Ask Yahoo "What state do the Simpsons live in?"

well i think the simpsons live in a town called Seatle were Matt Growing grew up witch is in W.A i think this beacuse they have a rocky beatch a quorky mayor a monorail and the space nidel but to tell you the troth i don't think even the creators know were the Simpsons live.

Vermont did win...and they will also host the premier.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070710/simpsons'-springfield/

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2054763.ece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6287064.stm

Whatever is i think we can easily figure out that they probably made up the city...

in one episode an announcer identifies them as a northern kentucky family...

I know that the simpsons do not live on the coast. In the episode where Apu is threatened to be deported, Lisa asks him to identify his state. Bart's head pops up in the screen, blocking the exact location of their state. The east coast was visible, and Lisa was not pointing to a coast. She was pointing somewhere in the mid-west.

Correct me if im wrong but on the episode where homer takes bart to behavior camp in oregon he tells moe he cant manke it because he has to take bart to a camp in oregon. Which means he doesnt live in oregon.

anyone see the episode where homer goes to college. If my memory serves me right - the college had a sign that said U of M

I was playing my baseball game and i noticed one of the minor league teams name was the Alberqueque isotopes. So i think there from New Mexico.

Its impossible. They tell you the border states in the Movie.

I did it out and it did not add up.

they live in paris

Watch the movie and you'll find out... Flanders tells Bart what boarders Springfield... Or thats what I got out of it...

ITS A CARTOON THEY LIVE IN AN IMAGANARY WORLD !!!!!!!! ON one EPISODE THEY GO OUT SIDE OF SPRINGFEALD IN TO A DESERT THE NEXT IN TO WOODLAND AND THE NEXT TO A SKI RESORT !! DUR MATT HAS TOOKEN POINS FROM EVERY STATE IN THE USA AND CONBIND THEM TO CREATE THE TIPICALL AMERICAN STATE
WHICH HAS THE FEATURES OF EVERY STATE IN THE USA IN WHICh THE TYPICALL AMERICAN FAMILY LIVE ( PS I CANT SPEALE THAT GOOD !!!)

Its in Kentucky. According to a Simpsons special Troy Mc Clure says they are from there.

I think there are in Illinois cause Springfield, Ill, is the only city to have a hockey team. Springfield, Ill has a hockey team in the American Hockey League

im pretty sure its new jersey because there are many episodes where they mention going to atlantic city which is located in nj also flanders moves slightly over to pennsilvania in one episode

actually u cant really tell cuz sometimes they give clues to this state then clues to a different state, plus i think matt groening just likes to torture us.

matt groening is from oregon. there are streets in portland oregon called flanders and other shit like that. i go to the university of oregon, and our neighboring town is springfield. it is a hick type of town. eugene, where campus is, is supposed to represent shelblyville. on our campus there is a statue of a pioneer, which i believe was the inspiration for jeb smith the pioneer. the areas are always green and oregon is the most green state in the country. seriously, its oregon. this is where groening grew up.

it is in oregon. that is where matt groening is from. i go to the university of oregon, which is in eugene and neighbors springfield. this town resembles the simpsons springfield quite nicely. shellbyville is supposed to represent eugene. on campus there is our famous pioneer man statue, which is what jebediah smith is made to resemble. on one episode they are on a river and it is said that "now entering the most beautiful place in the world", or something to that effect and there is a sign that says eugene, oregon. its oregon man, groening grew up there. also there are lots of snow capped mountains, the area is very green, and there are deserts. moes i believe is supposed to be a local bar called maxs in town.

The Simpsons cant live in most Western States like Cal. and Ore. because in an episode when Skinner was driving to orlando, a sign said it was 2,653 miles away

OK THIS IS IT>>>>THE SIMPSONS LIVE IN FLORIDA!!! IN EPISODE 'Marge's Son Poisoning' WHERE SHE BUYS A TANDEM BIKE, WHEN SHE GOES TO SELL IT AGAIN SHE IS ON A BUS WITH THE BIKE THAT HAS MIAMI ON IT.
IF THE SIMPSONS LIVED ANY FURTHER AWAY OR IN ANOTHER STATE I DOUBT SHE WOULD TAKE A BUS TO MIAMI. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME! SORRY BOUT THE CAPS

well i live in yelm, wa everyone over here is convinced its based on our town, we have powerplants identical to those in springfeild not to mention matt groening is from yelm....

way i see it, they dont want anyone to know! the clues change all the time, conflict with each other, and of course people will argue because everyone WANTS them to be from their state!
maybe we're just supposed to WATCH the show and ENJOY it without worrying about the location of a FICTIONAL television show.
i love the simpsons as much as the next chick who grew up with them, but truth is, ITS NOT REALITY.
hasnt anyone noticed the tree house of horror episodes?
bart has died like twice right?
maggie became a green alien
bart also got replaced by his "not evil" twin
oh, and not to mention they meet every single celeb thats famous at the time.
its not meant to be critisized on this leval!

in the episode were he goes into the real 3d world and is at the cake shop. if you found that place you could prove were they live

i think that the simpsons are the best thing ever and any kill joys hoo come along a say that people hoo talk about the simpsons are nerds are fags wif nuthin better to do but cut their wrists, wank and make fun of other people

peace out yalll

Sorry guys, but your all stupid, they obviously live in Michigan. Springfield has what people say "ocenas" in that state, well I say they're surrounded by great lakes. U.P has the mountains which are shown in episodes. There was a desert in the episode once, hence the numerous sand dunes in michigan. Michigan allows the death penalty, so does Springfield, It is obvious it is close to Canada due to the fact that they went to canada to smuggle drugs (I just saw that episode). And lets also bring into reference that Springfield was the fattest city, much like detroit, was one of the worste cities with crime, much like to detroit, and it also has a neighboring city that it hates, (grand rapids, or flint take your pick). And lets not forget the numerous mentiosn it has to michigan city, such as when they said "You just beat the old fattest city record" and MIlhouse said "Flint". Plus I can't remember the episode, but I do remember a computer there and I think it was talking about the worste city in america, or maybe something else, any way, Lansing was the first on that computer. ITS MICHIGAN AND I REFUSE TO BELIEVE OTHERWISE.

You need a copywrite date are your website is going to be canceled.

There is no way to know where they live, since fox always changes and makes new clues that point to another state.

i dont think they live in any state but i think the directors are just screwing around with us so we would never know

Illinois because there is a shellbyville next to it.

Illinois because there is a shellbyville next to it.

You ass clowns. Think about all these statements for a minute. Michigan? Illinois? Either you've never watch the show or you have a poor understanding of geography. The Simpsons is a fictional town. It's surrounded by mountains, oceans, deserts, and volcanoes. Also, in the movie, Ned states Springfields neighbor states are Ohio, Maine, Nevada, and Kentucky (look at a map).

Im an ass clown.
Springfield's a fictional town.

season 12 ep 13 Homer gets a medicinal marijuana card for OREGON its oregon

the anonymous and mark in the begginning of this whole thing are fuckin retarded and should die and burn in hell haha,im saying its illinois casue its seems the most logical thing, so screw u guys if u dont agree

the anonymous guy and mark in the begginning of this whole thing are fuckin retarded and should die and burn in hell haha,im saying its illinois casue its seems the most logical thing, so screw u guys if u dont agree

I think it's conspicuous that in the Simpson's Movie, they list the four states that theirs borders, and they include Ohio and Kentucky, two of the states that most people are betting on. As for Maine or Nevada, there are probably a great deal of clues to support those two as likely states as well. I think what they're trying to say is, "To all you people who think you have it right, think again. There is no right answer."
When you try to find the state that borders all four, there of course isn't one. This supports the theory that the city is located in whichever state is convenient for the episode. A slight clue comes with the fact that in the movie, their back yard is at the edge of town, while in several episodes, there are other houses beyond the back fence. But in order for the story to make sense this time around, (no explanations, don't want to spoil it) they had to be at the edge of town.
As for Shelbyville, it is one of the most common city names, after Springfield of course. There are many of them within driving distance of a Springfield.
The names are common. I had a friend in college whose legal name was Homer Jay Simpson, yes Jay like in the episode. Of course there are street names in every state named Homer and Lisa and so on.
The point isn't that they are in -a- state, it's that they're every family in every state, with a picket fence and 2.5 kids and ridiculous problems like the rest of us. The humor is in how they respond to normal situations and blow them incredibly out of proportion.
Kind of like the "years" some people have put into trying to figure out what state they're from.
The Simpsons is a parody of real life and the people and places that make it up. When you're telling such a story you don't have to have all the facts straight, just whichever ones lend themselves to a funny story.

If the states that border are Kentucky and Ohio, it has to be Indiana!!!

P.S. Try to prove me wrong!

In the one of the newer episodes, called "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" the beginning pulls back from the simpson house to reveal that it is slightly southwest of the great lakes, making it Springfield, IL!!!!! FINALLY!

I am from Springfield illinois and they did a contest to decide what springfield it was and ours was not selected... unless that was for a promo or something. If you look in our town we do have the smoke stacks just like the movie.. other things resemble our springfield also. I think out of all the springfields ours closest resembles it.

I am from Springfield illinois and they did a contest to decide what springfield it was and ours was not selected... unless that was for a promo or something. If you look in our town we do have the smoke stacks just like the movie.. other things resemble our springfield also. I think out of all the springfields ours closest resembles it.

springfield is not meant to be in any specific state, it is a fictional place in a cartoon show, the point of it being called springfield is because there are so many, so the writers can give "clues" to fuck with people...like all of you..who are convinced springfield is located in a specific state. its a cartoon they change things to fit different senerios.

youll never find out what state the simpsons live in until there absoulutly sure its the last season or movie plus its a cartoon there not supposed to make sense

Who knows.

It isn't possible for the Simpsons to exsist in any state, it's just a joke to wind you up. There are so many contradictions, they are most likely to exist in North California or Washington State, but even then it is impossible.

Im from Ireland and I think all you Americans are pretty stupid, ITS A JOKE!

The Simpsons suck, Family Guy is a million times better, and in Family Guy you can actually tell where it's set, amazing isn't it!

It is like when the beatles had clues on there albums about paul's death.
The uncertain location of Springfield is a recurring joke in the series. There are 34 states in the United States that have at least one community with that name. Episodes frequently make fun of the fact that Springfield's state has never been revealed, by adding further conflicting descriptions, obscuring onscreen map representations, and interrupting conversational references. There has been much speculation on the location of the state. A web page discussing Springfield's location states that, due to the many contradictory clues, it is impossible for Springfield to exist in any set location.( http://snpp.com/guides/springfield.list.html)

David Silverman, a director for the Simpsons, has claimed that Springfield is in the fictional state of "North Tacoma" (or "North Takoma"). This is substantiated by the state abbreviations NT and TA used within the show. However, this has never been officially confirmed in any canonical episode of The Simpsons or by other Simpsons producers. Homer's driver license displays the state as NT and the ZIP code as 49007 (Kalamazoo, Michigan), although the area codes for Springfield have also been stated as 636 (East-Central Missouri) and 939 (Puerto Rico).

In The Simpsons Movie, the idea that the state cannot exist for real is further emphasized when Ned Flanders identifies the four bordering states as Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky, most of which are vastly separated from each other. To promote the movie, various towns and cities across the United States called Springfield competed to hold the premiere of the movie in their town. Springfields from many different states entered the competition. The town of Springfield, Vermont, was elected to host the movie's premiere.

its springfield louisiana because there is an episode where they zoom out of springfield and it is clearly right left of florida and left of texas, which explains the rivers and the trees and the desert to the north and the sea and alot of things

i know the simpsons ive been to there house for drinks homer got wasted on wild turkey they live in kingston wa.

Here's one for you all to look up. In 2000 there was an episode called "Behind the Laughter". After all the feuding of the family, the announcer clearly states they are a "Norther Kentucky family".

Well threes a sign in Poppa's Got A Brand New Badge (where fat tony's going to go and kill homer) it says on the way there interstate 95 so its on the east coast of america! I 'm really pleased wiht myself for figuring that out.

what about the episode whe there was badlands just outside sprigfeild with oil feilds i say texas which i think explains the hurricane

I saw an episode where someone wrote down a phone number and the area code was 636, which is Missouri

The Simpsons live in the town of Springfield, PA.
-Springfield is a 45 minute drive from Harrisburg (Capital).
-It's 1 hour from the New Jersey shore. -It has a very large water inlet that leads out to the Atlantic Ocean.
-It's about a 2 hour bus ride to New York.
-It shares a nuclear power plant with the town of Limerick (Shelbyville) that they have a strong rivalry with.
-They have their own Minor League Baseball team.
-There is a local brew out of Springfield that you can't get outside the township.

There are a lot of other things that the towns share...I'll have to look them up later.

But which one is it? There are 9 Sprigfields in PA

the simpsons is such a stupid show i can't believe you are all arguing about this..

It has to be a state that has a beach, as they go there several times.

Heres one, ya know every guy who wrote on the 23rd march, and flying chicken and anonymous from 20th april were all me!!!

the simpsons are obviously from hawaii. this explains why they are all asian, they always wear leis, and why dog the bounty hunter is maggie's real father.

go to this website. it gives u all the answers and evidence what state the simpsons live in

http://www.snpp.com/guides/springfield.list.html#evidence

Meh, I'm satisfied with North Takoma. Marge draws an X through Florida on a map in which every state except North Dakota and Arizona is crossed off. She then states, "At least we are welcome in North Dakota and Arizona." To which Homer replies, "But Marge, Arizona smells funny." Marge then proceeds to put an X through Arizona. They cant live in Arizona. Their state currently holds death penalty for murder, so it isn't North Dakota.

Hooray for North Takoma!

dis is stupid will somebody please respond to me just say hi in the next box

obviously, springfeild is meant to b in any state USA. mayb that's represented by north tacoma. anyway, the producers new that folks like u would over analyze, so they left clues that lead to just about every state (with a springfeild). its middle america. [[hi cheese man]]

THEY LIVE IN KENTUCKY! THEY REVEALED IT IN A SPECIAL!!! QUIT ARGUING ABOUT IT! IT'S KENTUCKY!

Worst thread EVER!!!! The Simpsons are from Canada!!!!! There is no proof at all that they even live in The USA!!!! It's SO obvious it's good ole' Canada. You guys are morons!!!!!

canafda! wtf havent u seen the episode were bart ges deph and his pants come down at the usa flag i couldnt see no canada flag and plus the simpsons live on a coast and mountains are there same with desset in west spring and incase u guys havent figured the creator matt groaning said 8 years ago that there isnt any state it is suppose to be a mystery because on the simpsons movie springfield borders these states ohio nevada maine and kentucky no towns or states border them all u guys are retarded fuck!

Just because it shows them living by a body of water doesn't mean it's an ocean. It could be a lake, like the Great Lakes. But it's not Ohio because in the Simpsons movie. Flanders mentioned Ohio as one of the border stats.

they live in a fake state cuz how could west springfield be 3 times the size of texas

dis is ridiculous i cant believe ur all even looking at this its a joke u sad, sad people

look it doesn't matter.. the whole point is to throw everyone off

No no nooooo listen in the begging opening credits, some episodes have marge in the supermarket with maggie,
Okay.! so when maggie gets scanned there's a number that pops up in the little screen. That number is 847.63 Okay, take away the period and thats an area code. UTAH.! =D

it's either kentucky or ohio
i'm guessing ohio

its a cartoon. they do not live in a state. in one episode, they say that east springfield is three times the size of texas. since the only state larger than texas is alaska and alaska does not have a springfield it is no state at all. more like anytown, usa. just enjoy the show

its a cartoon. they do not live in a state. in one episode, they say that east springfield is three times the size of texas. since the only state larger than texas is alaska and alaska does not have a springfield it is no state at all. more like anytown, usa. just enjoy the show

sorry that was west springfield

It's obviously a running joke. Here's why.
-Springfield in almost every state.
-Several Springfields near Shelbyvilles
-I-95 runs countrywide
-KBBL (K, instead of W, call letter denotes west of Mississippi River) but Marge almost says Ohio, twice.
-They're near the desert, and it snows.
I could keep going, but the majority of you that are closed minded need to accept and recognize the brilliant recurring joke that is.

using a list of clues from


http://www.snpp.com/guides/springfield.list.html

and reading just about every post on here, i ruled out states that springfield can't be in. i started with only a list of states that actually have a real springfield. for some clues that ruled out states on the list I also considered "hmm, maybe springfield is in another part of the state"

these are the states springfield can be in:

Arkansas
Illinois
Maryland
Mississippi
Nebraska
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
South Dakota
Virginia

ps: although this is fun when you are bored, it's really just a running joke!

I just figured out which Springfield the Simpsons live in.
Since there's a Springfield in so many states, you could never tell.

Mr. Burns "We want you to smuggle in sugar from south of the border."
Homer "You mean Tennessee?"

The only two states that have Tennessee as a southern border are Kentucky, and Virginia.

Springfield had always had a rivalry with the neighboring city Shelbyville.

There's no Shelbyville in Virginia, but there is one in Kentucky. Shelbyville and Springfield are only an hour apart, so this must be the Shelbyville that is near Springfield.

So, the Simpsons must live in Kentucky because of its southern border being Tennessee, and containing the two near cities Springfield, and Shelbyville.

I agree with everyone who has said that Springfield is just a fictional town, because it is. It is a total compilation of many different cities in many different states. There have been some very strong clues in some early seasons that it was in Oregon or Northern California, one such episode when they are moving "upstate" so Homer could work for that terrorist. They are driving through a forest and Lisa explicitly says that they are driving through a Redwood forest, and the only place on Earth where Redwood forests exist is California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia (Canada). If you were to speculate, there isn't enough rain for it be in western Washington, and also not enough snow to be in Washington period. If it were the coast in Oregon it would make sense... lack of snow, not as much rain as further north, potential for hurricanes, mountains on the coast, ocean, plus desert in the interior of the state. So I think Matt strongly designed the show after his home state or just slightly outside (northern California).... however, there was one episode where the 'camera' pans out and up into space and it lifts off right around the Louisiana coast, but we know it isn't fashioned after the gulf coast.

As many clues as there are, it's pretty cool to think that it really is just Springfield Anystate. There is a little bit of everything in there, that's what makes the show so much fun. And yes, the writers like to mess with everyone, as many times there have been different state abbreviations inserted after Springfield on drivers licenses and newspapers.

But if I were to surmise... I would have to say Oregon, there are just too many similarities. Nobody has an accent (except Cletus), it is mostly a white (yellow) population, not particularly religious, has a small presence of an Italian community and is also attractive to immigrants (Apu, Kookie Kwan), a mild climate where it doesn't really get hot or cold... you see the 'generic" face that the writers have given the town?

But I still stand behind the whole Redwood forest thing.....

in one episode where nelson throws his birthday party he talks about highway 88 and again in another episode where homer starts to walk a lot the camera zooms out and it looks like its near the middle of the U.S.

i think the simpsons live in kentucky.in one episode were marge banns sugar from springfeild so homer joins an illegal group to smuggle sugar. mr burns says " we are going to smuggle in sugar from south of the border" and homer replies,"you mean tennissi?" and kentucky is north of tennissi

i think they live in virginia! its close to water, new york..n i just saw the new episode last night where flanders n homer were bounty hunters..n they got on the metro. n i live in springfield va n we have a metro out here...i dunno about all the other springfields??

Here's what i think. Its not clear, but I do remember in an episode saying they live somewhere in the midwest. I am thinking in order of what is likely it goes: Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio. I think it is either Missouri or Kentucky, and the clues are so close its hard to pick by reading the posts. I'm okay with narrowing it down to two states.

at the end of the behind the laughter episode, they clearly say family from northern kentucky

I thought one time the former director, David Silverman said that they live in a fictional state called "North Takoma"....but i dont know

I just was watching an episode where homer becomes a security gaurd for the town and the mafia wants to kill him so they show them driving to homers house, there is a sign along the high way that says interstate 95 then a short time later a sign that says springfield and the population, if you look up interstate 95 and springfield on google maps its a town in VA.

they probly live in Organ... thats where the writer is from(Portland Organ) and alot of there names and street names are the same as in Organ.

Also:
In a 2004 Austin Chronicle article, a publicist for the show comments: "Matt had the Simpsons live in Springfield because it was the most common city name in the U.S. The writers 'toy' with the state location constantly, (thus) there is no specified state...."

Ok, in the episode where Marge and Lisa are painting eggs, Marge rings some person and the person says, "whats your address."

Marge says 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield..." Then Maude comes in and Marge say, "Oh-hio Maude"

It is definately in Ohio, case closed

I think they live in Mexico. Oh no, sorry, I accidently hit "SAP" on my remote control. Oh no wait, I disagree with myself, it's in China. OBVIOUSLY.

my finger is the world leaning on a bubble

In the episode when Bart goes to camp because he needed to be disciplined Marge Said "Oh Homer look! this is the best camp in North Oregon."

Nentum Relnacks

WHO FUCKIN CARES!!!!

I jst bougth simpsons season 11 and i was watching the last episode of the season behind the lafter.

It says at the end the future looks bright for this NORTH KENTUCKY family but on the subtitles it says SOUTH MISSOURI.

I think this is pretty strange and considering in the movie Ned Flanders says to bart that kentucky is one of the cities bordering springfield my guess is that it is Missouri

I've always thought it was in IL. However I was watching the "Homer Simpson, This is yiur wife" episode. And in the beginning credits when the cashier scans Maggie the price screen says 84763 which is
Rockville, UT 84763. Clue? Idk. Just thought I'd share.

1 thing in a few episode homer roots for such teams as the broncos,bengals and browns cud it be colorado or ohio...also in the episode where marge and homer have lisa and bart chase them around the US and they go over the waterfall doing the naughty...they say that the hotel marge and homer were staying at got hit by a tornado...which means no NY,California,Nevada,Oregon, or Washimgton sorry fellas

In one of the halloween episods, when homer gets cloned, the government guy says "The Homers stared here" and if you freze it, it shows 6 states, so it has to be one of the states...and none are IL

and whats a spam robot?

In one of the halloween episods, when homer gets cloned, the government guy says "The Homers stared here" and if you freze it, it shows 6 states, so it has to be one of the states...and none are IL

and whats a spam robot?

In one of the halloween episods, when homer gets cloned, the government guy says "The Homers stared here" and if you freze it, it shows 6 states, so it has to be one of the states...and none are IL

and whats a spam robot?

The writers toy with three states. Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky. All three are mentioned the most in the Simpsons episodes and all three have a Springfield. They switch up these three states to keep you guessing. If they focused on one state we would all know where they live. Using these three mid-western states, they can keep the mystery alive. They mention living near Chicago on numerous occasions, they mention living north of Kentucky on numerous occasions, and mention Kentucky on numerous occasions including a behind the scenes episodes. Happy to help all of you out.

I personally think it is Texas because in one episode, Homer yells "Go Texas!" when he is in Canada. Also, there is that Texas guy that always shoots his pistols and there are cactuses everywhere when they are driving

I don't know what is their state . in behind the laughter they say that the future looks bright for this nort kentuky family but in papa don't leech Lurleen Lumpkin sais that she's the happiest girl in witch ever side of misisipy this is.So i tink nortern kentuky or misisipy