I'd not planned to GGG this one, but it's that time of the year when people take vacations to new and different places...
Posted on 05/26/2025 8:33:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
"A hypothetical small town regarded as typically dull or insignificant."
That's the definition Google assigns to the word "Podunk." For many it's a mythical place filled with country bumpkins and nothing to do.
As it turns out, Podunk actually exists and it's right in Upstate New York.
There are no official signs to let you know you've arrived, other than map coordinates and the nod of a street sign reading "Podunk Road," but one can actually visit the hamlet of Podunk, New York. The tiny no-stoplight-town, made up of a handful of houses, is inside the town [township] of Ulysses, nestled within the village of Trumansburg.
There is the Podunk Cross Country Ski Center, but even that is in Covert, north of Podunk itself. And, as if to keep itself a mystery, Covert is sometimes listed as Trumansburg or Interlaken.
Map coordinates will take you to the heart of Podunk and you leave almost as soon as you arrive. The hamlet's Pennsylvania Ave. is decidedly less grand, though possibly more scenic than the nation's capitol avenue of the same name, as it is sandwiched between Bolter Creek and Taughannock Creek.
The tiny town is a six minute drive from picturesque Taughannock Falls State Park and 20 minutes away from downtown Ithaca.
While taking photo evidence that I was in Podunk, a local man leaving his house said, "You should see this place in the fall, it's really colorful."
...This Tompkins County dwelling is not alone. There is a Podunk in Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Michigan...
The word itself was traced back to Algonquin origins, according to NPR, though no one is exactly sure what it means.
(Excerpt) Read more at syracuse.com ...
It’s much like my hometown.
Criminals beware...if we aren’t following NYS gun laws...nobody’s ever gunna know...because nobody will find the bodies.
It’s otherwise perfectly safe. Well, unless you’re from Riker’s Island and wind up slowly dying due to exposure.
I'd not planned to GGG this one, but it's that time of the year when people take vacations to new and different places...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Egg
Places like that are a dime a doz- uh, never mind...
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