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I live in Alton in Hampshire in England. A town of 20,000ish people. To be fair Google (Maps etc) tend to get the correct Alton, but a lot of mickey mouse site often thinks I am in Alton, Shropshire, a tiny village next to a more famous theme park, Alton Towers. Which is very annoying setting filters job sites as I am never sure which Alton it thinks I am in, local ads that don't make sense etc.

Worse there is an Alton, New Hampshire, which confuses even Google sometimes.

Even worse, Apple seems sometimes confused where I am as I have twice woken up to see a tornado warning on my IOS lock screen in the mornings. I live pretty far from any decent tornados. Unfortunately, I have been too sleepy to prevent myself from unlocking the screen before I remember to screenshot it.




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