Eugene, OR?

So a comment received from somebody named Seiji, weird name for a Mexican, suggested that Eugen, OR is the true Springfield from the Simpsons. Citing the founder statue on the campus of the University of Oregon (Go!?! Beavers?) in Eugene’s resemblance to the statue of Jedediah Springfield on the Simpsons as proof. So lets see the pictures:

From the images above you can see a similarity but I think that would be the case with any depiction of a Daniel Boone like character. Since Matt Groening is from the northwestern United States it does seem probable that the scenes depicted in the Simpons bear a certain similarity in appearance but I think they idea that Springfield is wholly based on one real place completely unlikely.

~ by Tim Humphreys on 2007.July.17 Tuesday.