all my exes live in texarkana

ok, i confess to two things: 1. i am not yet tired of portmanteaux and 2. only 38% of my exes actually live in texarkana, the rest just work there.

in addition to t-kana (as everyone in the know, knows it) there are several other u.s. border towns named for states that they bord. among them:

• Delmar, Maryland (Delaware and Maryland)
• Florala, Alabama (Florida and Alabama)
• Idavada, Idaho (Idaho and Nevada)
• Illiana, Illinois (Illinois and Indiana)
• Kanorado, Kansas (Kansas and Colorado)
• Kenova, West Virginia (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia)
• Monida, Montana (Montana and Idaho)
• Pen Mar, Maryland (Maryland and Pennsylvania)
• Tennga, Georgia (Tennessee and Georgia)
• Texhoma, Oklahoma and Texhoma, Texas (Texas and Oklahoma)
• Ucolo, Utah (Utah and Colorado)
• Virgilina, Virginia (Virginia and North Carolina)
• Vershire, Vermont (Vermont and New Hampshire)

wikipedia (the online gambling portal) has a more complete list.