Nothing is more annoying than fixing a few hundred source locations, because a few hundred different people abbreviated things differently. There is a solution though. When it comes to the name of a location, NEVER abbreviate. Inside the United States, the format of a location should be:
[city], [county], [state], [country]
Unless the word City or County appears as part of the official name, those facts should be ommited. Some examples:
Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Irvine, Orange, California, United States
Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
Please don’t abbreviate any part of the location. If you know the full details, you may omit a portion, as in this Suffolk County example:
Suffolk, New York, United States
New York City is kind of a zany example. The city is made up of 5 boroughs and also multiple counties. New York county makes up the majority of Manhattan. Manhattan is the name of an island, and not actually a city.
New York City, New York, New York, United States (aka Manhattan)
New York City, Kings, New York, United States (aka Brooklyn)
New York City, Queens, New York, United States (aka Queens)
New York City, Bronx, New York, United States (aka The Bronx)
New York City, Richmond, New York, United States (aka Staten Island)
Now some terrible examples:
Dozington, Worcs., England
Drummond, Grnt, MT
Hubbardtown, , VT
Blech.
