Provincetown is a town but is not in a province. Discuss.
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@evan Now, it would be even more fun if it ascended to city status with that name.
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@phl "Provincetown is governed, like most New England towns, by the open town meeting form of government. The citizens, gathered in the town meeting, act as the legislative branch and approve the budget and amend the town's bylaws, while the popularly elected Board of Selectmen act as the executive branch and hire and oversee the Town Manager, meet regularly to determine policy, and appoint members of other boards and commissions."
It's a "town" because of this form of government, apparently!
Friend, that's how you get linguists specializing in regional naming conventions in your replies.
@evan It was when it was so named.
🎶 Even ol' New York was once New Amsterdam....
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@evdelen 'On June 14, 1727, after harboring ships for more than a century, the Precinct of Cape Cod was incorporated as a township. The name chosen by its inhabitants was "Herringtown", which was rejected by the Massachusetts General Court in favor of "Provincetown".'
So unfair!