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'''Lawndale''' is the suburb in which the events of the ''Daria'' TV series take place. Maps of the region may be found in ''[[The Daria Diaries]]'' ("Welcome to Lawndale") and online at MTV's Virtual Lawndale webpage (see "External Links").
For a small and apparently dull suburb, Lawndale boasts its own
Lawndale dates back to colonial times: a newspaper article seen briefly in "[[See Jane Run]]" mentions roadworks on North Avenue found
The not-known-for sure city of which Lawndale is a suburb is only actually seen once in the series. Lawndale lacks tall buildings, but in [[Is It College Yet?]] when Mack goes to visit [[Andrew Landon|Jodie's father]], there are tall buildings seen out of the very high window of Mr. Landon's office. This location must be close to Lawndale because Mack came by to visit him before school.
==Location==
[[Image:Lawndalescity.jpg|thumb|right|The city of which Lawndale is a suburb, as seen from [[Andrew Landon]]'s office.]]
The location of Lawndale is endlessly debated, and even [[Glenn Eichler]] wouldn't commit to an answer beyond the mid-Atlantic states:
<blockquote style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">I thought the Morgendorffers lived in a mid-Atlantic suburb, outside somewhere like Baltimore or Washington, DC. They could have lived in Pennsylvania near the Main Line, though.<br/><br/><i>(Source: [http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/glenninterviewsfull.html Interview at DVDaria.info])</i></blockquote>
while director [[Guy Moore]] thought it was New Jersey.
Clues in canon are:
[[Image:Governorsayscrap.jpg|thumb|right|The guv'nor.]]
* "[[The Lab Brat]]" seems to imply Pennsylvania as the more likely location of Lawndale, as Kevin expresses his desire to aid Daria in their lab project after that night's Steelers game. Were Lawndale to be a suburb of Baltimore, it is unlikely Kevin would be a Steelers fan, as there is an historic rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore's football team, the Ravens.
* The "See Jane Run" article calls the Dutch "settlers", which implies Dutch colonists. That would place Lawndale in the ex-New Netherland states of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland Delaware, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania]. Alternatively,
* The state's voters get to vote on whether or not they have a property tax increase and for the three years Daria was there, they voted against it everytime and wrecked school funding. (The third time, the state governor was quoted saying "crap") ("[[Fizz Ed]]"). The governor looks like a ''Daria'' version of then-Governor of Maryland [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parris_Glendening Parriss Glendening] but Maryland doesn't get to vote on tax increases. In fact, none of the Mid-Atlantic states do! (''California'' voters do and Eichler was likely writing about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_ballot_propositions_2000%E2%80%932009#March_7.2C_2000 a recent vote there].
▲Lawndale dates back to colonial times: a newspaper article seen briefly in "[[See Jane Run]]" mentions roadworks found "that the street lies over a pre-revolutionary Dutch Orthodox cemetery" (presumably meaning Dutch followers of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Orthodox_Churches orthodox church], not the name of the sect). Depending on your view of Lawndale's state, that means it was either a Dutch colony or had a Dutch migrant community. (Maryland's Cecil County had Dutch North American holdings)
* Lawndale is within reasonable driving distance of the coast (the Sloane's have a summer home there), somewhere with southern accents ("[[I Don't]]"
* Lawndale's a few hours drive away from [[Newtown]] (home of [[Bromwell]] University), which is itself 3 to 4 hours from Boston. Newtown itself may be modelled on New Haven, the home of Yale, in Connecticut. ("[[Is It College Yet?]]")
▲The not-known-for sure city of which Lawndale is a suburb is only actually seen once in the series. Lawndale lacks tall buildings, but in [[Is It College Yet?]] when Mack goes to visit [[Andrew Landon|Jodie's father]], there are tall buildings seen out of the very high window of Mr. Landon's office. This location must be close to Lawndale because Mack came by to visit him before school.
* Daria went to [[Camp Grizzly]] when she was a child in [[Highland]], and it was a few hours away when she was in Lawndale. Highland is canonically in Texas, a long way away from the mid-Atlantic. Yeah, there's no solving ''that'' one.
Even the county in which Lawndale resides is conflicted in [[canon]]. For more on the Carter County/Lawndale County debate, see [[Off-Canon Canon#Carter County vs. Lawndale County|Off-Canon Canon]].▼
▲Even the county in which Lawndale resides is conflicted in [[canon]], with the MTV websites puttig it in [[Carter County]] and "[[One J at a Time]]" putting it in [[Lawndale County]]. For more on the Carter County/Lawndale County debate, see [[Off-Canon Canon#Carter County vs. Lawndale County|Off-Canon Canon]].
== Basic geography ==
In the map, the town is surrounded by an ex-quarry and unstable ground across the south, with a railway line running through the south-west (possibly with a station). The east and south east are bordered by large woods, with roads running through them. (One of those woods [[Legends of the Mall|is avoided at night]]) The school, the shopping districts, and most of the housing is clustered in the south and centre, with the large scale shopping out of the town proper and in the north west.
After the dreaded Seven Points road network in the north, there are scattered houses (most of them in the north-west, clumped to the side of the mall), more greenery, and a few remote corporate buildings. Beyond that, all we can see are fields.
== Lawndale Locations And Landmarks ==
===Abandoned Quarry (Lovers' Lane)===
The town's Lovers' Lane is right above an abandoned quarry, on the southern far edge of town and on the other side of the railway. It appears in the Lawndale map of "The Daria Diaries". Daria warns "engage parking brakes before making move".
===Big Strawberry===
The [[Big Strawberry]] is a roadside tourist attraction shown on the Lawndale map in "[[The Daria Diaries]]". [[Lawndale High]]'s web page implies that it may be torn down,
Believe it or not, this is based on [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/4035 a real roadside attraction at Strawberry Point, Iowa].
===Crewe Neck===
Is a fictional gated community introduced in "[[The Invitation]]" and described in "The Daria Diaries" as "Where nobody mows their own lawn, mops their own floor or colors their own hair in the sink. The unofficial motto was "Private and Proud." [[Brittany Taylor]] and her family live at Deerview Court. It's in the south, worryingly near to the unstable landfill.
===Dega Street===
[[Dega Street]] is located in Downtown Lawndale and most promiently shown in the episode, "[[Pierce Me]]". [[The Zon]] is assumed to live there. "Virtual Lawndale" puts this in the south west, close to the railway.
===Halcyon Hills Corporate Park===
Is a fictional corporate office park in Lawndale shown on the map in "The Daria Diaries." [[Morgendorffer Consulting]] is located in Building G. The sunlight reflecting off the buildings has been known to set nearby woods on fire. Located outside of town, up in the north.
===High Hills Park===
Is a public park shown on the map in "The Daria Diaries",
===Lawndale High School===
[[Lawndale High School]] is one of the primary settings for the show. The school is featured on the map in "The Daria Diaries" and also the "Virtual Lawndale" map on the MTV website.
===Lawndale Mall (AKA Cranberry Commons)===
The [[Lawndale Mall]] is also an important setting for the show and featured in multiple episodes.
===Lawndale Shopping District===
As seen in "[[I Loathe a Parade]]". Daria sums it up with: "Where the residents do the five percent of their shopping that they don't do in malls." Based on "Virtual Lawndale", it's next to Dega Street.
===Rx Plex===
It is the medical office complex shown in the episode, "[[Too Cute]]" where [[Dr. Shar|Dr. Shar's]] Swan Shoppe is located. It lurks on the north-west edge of town, hiding behind the mall. One of the earliest dating clues in the series is a banner that read, "1997 Adjustable Bed Show" visible when Daria and Quinn arrive.
===Sedimentary Rock Country Club And Links===
Is a fictional country club and golf course shown on the map in "The Daria Diaries", far away in the north-west from all the riff-raff. The description is, "Not restricted. At least, nobody's been able to prove it in court."
===Seven Corners===
[[Seven Corners]] is a complex intersection shown on the map in "The Daria Diaries" and described as "Lawndale's most confusing intersection
===Village Green===
Is the town center for the main town, shown on the map in "The Daria Diaries".
===Unstable Landfill===
Shown in the map on the far edge of town, in the south east. Lawndale's Director of Public Works lives outside it. (A sink hole opened in his garden)
=== Winged Tree Country Club ===
The country club seen in "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]".
== Lawndale Businesses==
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At store of uncertain business along the parade route of "I Loathe a Parade." Most notably, [[Daria Morgendorffer]] found [[Tad Gupty]] crying in front of the store because he had lost his parents.
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[[Axl's Piercing Parlor]] is a Dega Street business shown in "[[Pierce Me]]" run by [[Axl]].
[[Image:BigSub.jpg|thumb|right|100 px|Big Sub Shop]]
===Big Sub===
Seen in "I Loathe a Parade" near the spot where Daria, Tad and [[Tom Sloane]] hop on the [[Fashion Club]] float. Also seen as "Mmm Sub".
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* [[Lackluster Video]]
* [[McGrundy's Brew Pub]]
===Mr Fun's Exciting World of Games===
The local arcade, seen in "[[The New Kid]]" - with ''incredibly'' advanced virtual reality combat games for a small town in 1998 (and now!). Daria regularly goes and allots $15 of her weekly budget on it ("[[The Daria Database]]").
* [[Mmm Sub]]
* [[Morgendorffer Consulting]]
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* [[Pizza Forest]]
* [[Pizza Place]]
===Play House 99===
A cinema in downtown Lawndale, which has put on arty film festivals like Food In Film. Seen in "[[Monster]]", the Food In Film playlist shown in "[[The Daria Database]]". Likely holding the Fellini film festival in "[[Fire!]]". It also shows standard blockbuster films.
* [[Suds Laundrymat]]
* [[Tom's Liquor]]
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==Lawndale and the paranormal==
Lawndale has been the centre of some quite bizarre
* Two urban legends among students are the [[Rattling Girl of Lawndale]] who stalks the popular girls, and the [[Girl in the House of Bad Grades|House of Bad Grades]] where a malevolent ghost will ruin your homework ("[[Legends of the Mall]]")
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* [[Metalmouth]], a teacher turned attempted serial killer, lurks in the woods outside of Lawndale and has attacked cars ("[[Legends of the Mall]]")
* A dimensional wormhole to [[Holiday Island]] exists behind the [[Good Time Chinese
* Everyone in town spent a whole day singing ("[[Daria!]]")
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* [[Artie]] is allegedly abducted by aliens time and again in Lawndale, though this is not independently verified
* The newspaper's article on the Dutch Orthodox cemetary is warning that disturbing the grave may result in something supernatural.
In most of these cases, nobody talks about this odd events ''ever again'' after they've happened. (While the show presents them as really happening, [[Off-canon_canon#Fantasy_Episodes_and_Scenes|many fans have theorised alternate explanations]] for the events - others have used them as 'carte blanche' to write more fantasty-based fanfiction) ▼
▲In most of these cases, nobody talks about this odd events ''ever again'' after they've happened. (While the show presents them as really happening, [[Off-canon_canon#Fantasy_Episodes_and_Scenes|many fans have theorised alternate explanations]] for the events - others have used them as 'carte blanche' to write more
==Fandom's Views on Lawndale's Location==
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* [[Dervish]]: In a fictitious American state called Vikizan
* [[DJPotatoe]]: Frederick MD or Red Lion PA
* [[Michelle Klein-Hass|Michelle Klein-Häss]]: Connecticut
* [[Lawndale Stalker]]: East-central Washington state (e.g., Richland, Washington), or inside a tesseract or time/space warp
* [[Mike N]]: Texas coast between Corpus Christi and Houston
* [[Robert Nowall]]: Similar to town of Poughkeepsie, New York
* [[Ranchoth]]: The Netherworld or Texas
* [[Ranger Thorne]]: Texas, though he recalls a map putting it in Connecticut; also wrote a story in which Lawndale was between New York, Metropolis (down around Norfolk),
* [[TerraEsperZ]]: Inside a tesseract (per Decelaraptor)
* [[TheBrodsterBoy]]: Outside of Harrisburg, where Lawnton is IRL.
* [[Veldrin]]: Massachusetts
* [[WacoKid]]: Colorado
* [[Mike Xeno]]: St. Louis, Missouri, or New England
* [[User:Pittsburghmuggle|Pittsburghmuggle]]: Always assumed it to be in California (a lot of other shows always seem to be), until [[Is It College Yet?]] when they drove up to Boston
* [[Ana Spanakopita]]: Richmond, VA; easy enough to tie into the Mid-Atlantic cultural references crossing over with southern. Close enough to east coast and Boston for driving purposes.
==External Links==
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* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2839 Lawndale: A new angle on where it is?]
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2990 Bookish Daria] (off-topic section)
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5268 Reviving the "Where's Lawndale?" question] '''(thread removed)'''
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5832 Iron Chef: The world Lawndale is in]'''(thread removed)'''
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6716 What's the population size of Lawndale?]
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7557 Lawndale's location]'''(thread removed)'''
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8174 Essay topics for the future]'''(thread removed)'''
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10658 Where is Lawndale located?]
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12043 Who is the richest person in Lawndale?]'''(thread removed)'''
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15596 "Daria" and the Class System]'''(thread removed)'''
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15597 Class and Lawndale]'''(thread removed)'''
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17294 Where is Lawndale? Does it matter?]'''(thread removed)'''
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21121 Where is Lawndale?]
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=25399 What is the population of Lawndale?]'''(thread removed)'''
* [http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26897 TMI+20: Lawndale after Three Mile Island goes BOOM!] (Lawndale as a suburb of Harrisburg PA)
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