Howdy, fellow space cadets! : ) Following up on yesterday’s post about places that could have been the hometown of The Flintstones, I thought it might also be fun to list those communities with names that could have been used in space age inspired cartoon series The Jetsons (my personal favorite of the era). While compiling this list, the more I thought about it, I did not recall the name of the community they lived in ever being mentioned in the show. However, according to wikipedia, the hometown of George, Jane, Judy, Elroy, and of course their hilarious dog, Astro was named Orbit City. As Astro would say, “rat’s right!”

One of my favorite aspects of the show, especially watching reruns is to see all of the futuristic technology the Jetson family had in their 1960s cartoon (set in the year 2062) that we now have today. It is quite amazing to see how spot-on accurate the writers of the show were, sans the flying cars. Here is a brief list of today’s modern marvels that appeared in episodes of The Jetsons:

Personal computers

Skype-like communications

Electric/digital readers

Moving sidewalks

Food preparation machines

Holograms

Flat screen televisions/entertainment centers

Space-based travel

Tanning beds

Talking alarm clocks

Here’s my list of place names that could have served as the home of The Jetsons, albeit it is likely only partially complete. Enjoy!