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Can you tell the two Birminghams apart?

By AJC staff | Thursday, August 14, 2008, 10:43 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Those crazy Brits.

Once again, officials in Birmingham, England, have confused their city with its Southern namesake. In this instance, they handed out 720,000 leaflets that have a photo of Birmingham, Ala., rather than Birmingham, England. As this story details, the two cities have similarities — but their skylines are not one of them.

So what do you think? Innocent human oversight or is there some city envy going on here?

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By citigal

August 22, 2008 7:04 PM | Link to this

Look at the official website for Birmingham, Alabama. The picture of the policeman shows him in a strange hat. I looked up British police head gear and ther was the hat! So..

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