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==="Speedtrapped" and the Location of Lawndale===
[[image:SpeedtrappedLandscapeWeb.jpg|frame|left|||border|A section of road between Lawndale and Fremont from ''Speedtrapped.'' Note the light, sandy soil, lack of vegetation, and pumpjack to the right of the windmill in the background.]]▼
Lawndale's actual location has long been an open question in Daria fandom. Glenn Eichler, the definitive source on matters ''Daria,'' could only give this equivocal reply:▼
<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. 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> ▼
This interview with Eichler dates from 2005-2006, however, and some prominent fanwork had already situated Lawndale in other parts of the United States. [[Michelle Klein-Hass]], for example, wrote a series where Lawndale was in Connecticut, and took its title from that.
Compounding this problem for fans is the landscape of the area surrounding Lawndale shown in "Speedtrapped." Fremont is only one hundred miles from Lawndale, but much of the terrain Daria and Quinn cover on their drive there resembles the arid southwest. What little community there is the landscape is appropriate to it: there is the hitchhiker [[Travis]], a singing cowboy, and [[Mad Dawg's]], a western saloon complete with swinging doors, and finally, the regional accents of the Fremont sheriff's staff and jailhouse regulars.▼
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===Alternate-Universe Versions of “Speedtrapped”===
▲[[image:SpeedtrappedLandscapeWeb.jpg|frame|left|||border|A section of road between Lawndale and Fremont from ''Speedtrapped.'' Note the light, sandy soil, lack of vegetation, and pumpjack to the right of the windmill in the background.]]
▲Lawndale's actual location has long been an open question in Daria fandom. Glenn Eichler, the definitive source on matters ''Daria,'' could only give this equivocal reply:
▲<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. 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>
▲Compounding this problem for fans is the landscape of the area surrounding Lawndale shown in "Speedtrapped." Fremont is only one hundred miles from Lawndale, but much of the terrain Daria and Quinn cover on their drive there resembles the arid southwest. What little community there is the landscape is appropriate to it: there is the hitchhiker [[Travis]], a singing cowboy, and [[Mad Dawg's]], a western saloon complete with swinging doors, and finally, the regional accents of the Fremont sheriff's staff and jailhouse regulars.
===Alternate Canon Versions of “Speedtrapped”===
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