midwestyankee
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Bump time! And now with an extra stupid question!
So. It seems very common (on TV and movies at least - my primary source of all things American!) that Americans say that somebody is going to, for example, "Paris, France" instead of just saying "Paris". And I understand the reason: you have probably 20 places called Paris scattered all across your vast country, so it helps keep things clear. The same goes for lots of other cities as well.
If someone said they're going to Paris without adding any qualifier to it, would you not automatically think of the capital of France?
Generally, yes. As you suggested, there are towns named Paris in several states here - I know that both Maine and Texas have a Paris - so context would matter whenever the speaker knows that a distinction is needed for accuracy’s sake.