Boring, Oregon and Dull, Scotland became sister cities as a publicity stunt

Some towns just have the worst names. Boring, Oregon is one of them. Why someone thought that was a good name for a town is beyond me.

Boring is located in Clackamas County off of Route 212 in Oregon. It is a suburb of Portland and has a population of about 8,000 people.

In 2012, Boring joined forces with another badly named town, Dull, Scotland. Dull is located in Perth and Kinross County in Scotland and is rather small. In Gaelic, "dull" means "meadow." Definitely doesn't mean that in English though.

Boring and Dull decided to pair their municipalities as a way to promote tourism in both towns. By playing on their atrocious names, they hoped to generate some awareness and draw visitors to their two towns halfway across the world from one another.

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