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Where does Charlie Brown live? Was that ever established?
shareWhere does Charlie Brown live? Was that ever established?Northern California. share
I had always assumed they were somewhere in the Midwest or East Coast/New England.
shareSome have assumed that Schulz based the kid's neighborhood on where he grew up in Minnesota. It does have a midwestern feel to it, notably with the open-air sky and open spaces (I think that's why I liked it as a kid, because it felt kind of like where I grew up in Iowa-and, I found a bit of Charlie Brown in myself).
It's me, your lovable dictator! Uh-oh. -Bender, Futurama
Some have assumed that Schulz based the kid's neighborhood on where he grew up in Minnesota. It does have a midwestern feel to it, notably with the open-air sky and open spaces (I think that's why I liked it as a kid, because it felt kind of like where I grew up in Iowa-and, I found a bit of Charlie Brown in myself).It clearly took place near where Schulz lived at the time it was written, in Northern California. Did anyone pay attention to the first scene, it takes place on a beach of an ocean. The last time I checked no place in the midwest has frontage to an ocean.
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Yes, but what about in "A boy named Charlie Brown" when he takes a bus ride to New York City to compete in a spelling contest?
Wouldn't it be logical to assume that if he was to go from NoCal to NY, he would have probably flown instead?
So I would assume they lived somewhere close to New York, possibly (like I said) somewhere in upstate NY or New England.
Unless you want to make the arguement that this is nothing more than a typical cheesy 60's cartoon where such things really aren't so important?
In that case, this question and arguement is baseless.
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Where "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" is set is not what the discussion has been about. Maybe that one was set in upstate New York.
But the fact remains that in "Snoopy Come Home" the town must be on the West Coast since they are within walking distance of a beach with surf where the sun sets over the water in the afternoon. There is a lighthouse, and the other topography with a stream, etc. is consistent with Northern California or Oregon.