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Old Jul 20, 2022 | 9:08 am
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Originally Posted by BearX220
Visit the "Denver" airport sometime. Spoiler: it's nowhere close to Denver.
But didn't the city annex all of the land leading out to and surrounding the airport? It makes for a very odd city boundary, but I don't think that this is technically true; DEN actually is in Denver, Colorado.

While I completely agree with the OP, this same thing is also commonplace for sports teams. Don't even get me started on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ...
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