What city is the television show "Raising Hope" supposed to be set in?

When I googled "Lacey Park", it came up with San Marino, CA, Lacey Park, PA, and Lacey, WA.

Maw-Maw
• If you see palm trees, California.

• Natesville, Lacey Park is the neighborhood in which they live.

  guy icognito

• It's the city in Washington. Burt wears a Washington Capitals t-shirt all the time.

  Duh.

• The washington capitals play in DC not washington state....

  J

• In San Marino, Lacey Park is the town center green space, not a neighborhood.

• Just like Camden a fictional town in Virginia from My Name is Earl, Natesville is also fictional. I assume it's in Northern Virginia as well (based on Burt's Caps shirts).

  Anonymous

• Gotham City.

• San Mateo, CA

• Dogpatch, "an average stone-age community nestled in a bleak valley, between two cheap and uninteresting hills somewhere."

  A.%20Capp

• Well so far I have heard of Lake Wheeler, and Umstead Park which is around Raleigh/Garner NC.

  missy

• The grandmother was also a cheerleader for the Baltimore Colts back in the day so they could be in Maryland too. I'm a MD resident and fan of the Caps and Ravens :)

  CapsFan

• I'm much too worried about global warming and the Darfur orphans to think about such things.

  Prudence%20McFarland

• It's halfway between Smallville and Metropolis.

  Lana%20Lang

• I am reminded of the time I attended a performance of "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny," and the friend who was with me exclaimed with pride that Atlanta is the capital of Georgia.

• Lacey Washington is a charming small town with a thriving gay & lesbian community.

• I don't think R15 has ever been to Lacey. Olympia is full of lesbians. Lacey is all conservative trash.

• either Virgina or Maryland B/C Virgina (the Character) wore a Virgina is for lovers T-shirt and Maw Maw said she used to be a Cheerleader for the B-more Colts.

• In "666 Park Avenue" set for ABC in the Fall starring Vanessa Williams, they don't show the real apartment house at the address. The Ansonia at 73rd and Broadway will be used for exteriors.

• Definitely Maryland. They have mentioned being in Baltimore and some of the local Towns.

• I live in the DC/VA/MD area and I took notice of all of Burts Caps and Skins Tshirts, anyway I found out that the reason for the shirts is that the creator-producer of the show (Garcia) is from the DMV (arlington VA)and is a huge Caps/Skins/Orioles fan. I think this is why the town in EARL is called Camden after the Orioles stadium -Camden Yard- which leads me to possibly believe that Natesville in RAISING HOPE is taken from Nats Stadium in DC. This could be totally wrong but I think that it makes sense.

• R16 is correct.

• From the DMV?

• They never do winter on he show, so it must be CA or FL.

• It's a fictitious town in a fictitious state. In the opening scene of season 2 episode 4 Burt receives a package and you can read their address on the envelope. It reads natesville, CC 55555. There's no state with that abbreviation.

• Yep, it's made-up, which can be disconcerting at times. There have been references to the D.C. area, Pacific Northwest, and CA or FL (because of the occasional palm trees and general setting). But since Greg Garcia is from MD, I pretend it's set around MD or NoVa. I guess I need to conclude something for my own psychological satisfaction. The show definitely contradicts itself in a few ways, though. Probably on purpose, just for mindfucks.

• It does appear to be intentionally confusing as to what state Natesville is in, but my money is on CA. The recent episode, "Squeak Means Squeak" features an appearance by Filthy Phil of the Sons of Anarchy, caring for his sister's kids. His Redwood Original patch is clearly visible, indicating that the fictional town of Natesville must be somewhere in northern California, within a reasonable distance of the also fictional town of Charming. In the following episode (and others in the past, I believe) the radio dj takes a call from Camden County, placing Natesville near yet another fictional place. While some on this board seem sure of Camden's location, I don't think it was ever made clear on 'Earl, but clues place it in the southwest somewhere, perhaps NM. It could, of course, have been a nationally syndicated radio show, rendering this detail irrelevant. The fact remains that it never snows on either show - in fact, it never seems to get cold at all. This, along with the occasional palm tree, tells me California.

  Adam

• I love this show.

• This thread reminds me of the gigantic argument going on for years on imdb about where Hooterville is located. People appear to have a hard time understanding that fictional places don't exist.

• Ugh, R28. Except for OP, we KNOW the place doesn't actually exist. It's just amusing (for some fans of the show who are bored) to banter about what general vicinity it could qualify for. R26, On the other hand, there are many things that would not mean CA. A few off the top of my head: Sabrina took a drive "up" for a weekend to New York. The Chances were heading homeward on a bus and slept through their connection in Indy, and woke up in Cleveland. As I said, it's all just to fuck with our minds and probably throw a little bit of everything in there.

• As much as I'd love for it to be set in MD, since that's where I live, it's gotta be California. In the episode "Cultish Personality" there is a commercial on TV for Burt's brother's store, which gives an 818 area code, which puts it in LA/San Fernando Valley area.

  Pringles

• It's someplace that doesn't see snow but has plenty of vegetation.

  twillabme

• the creator of the show, greg garcia, is from the washington dc area. i assume he is paying homage to the area.

• Gotham City. Next season the entire family will be killed with Joker venom, just you watch.

• If Natesville is supposed to be set in any real US state, it has to be a state that allows both the death penalty (as Lucy is executed in the pilot) and same-sex marriage (as Jimmy and Frank have a legally binding gay marriage in "What Happens at Howdy's Doesnt Stay at Howdy's"). As of January 2013 (when "Howdy's" aired), that would narrow it to Washington State, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, or Maryland. If I had to guess one I'd say Maryland based solely on Burt's variety of D.C. sports apparel. Natesville also has a quasi-Southern feel to it, and to me would be more believably situated in rural Maryland than New England or the Pacific Northwest. More likely than not, however, Natesville was probably never intended to be anywhere in particular. The writers probably figured it was best to take a page The Simpsons and set their imaginary town in an unnamed, unidentified state so that they could have more creative flexibility with the setting.

  Duke%20Silver

• I think he (garcia) also attended college at frostburg state in MD a little to the west of DC--out near cumberland somewhere . . . . .

• The only states that allow electrocution as a form of capitol punishment are Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia. My money is on VA given the number of references to DC.

  Vol21

• well we know that it has to be in near maryland cuz they just drove to hagerstown MD.

• Van Nuys, CA near North Hollywood. Is the city where the Chances house is located. I don't know the exact address, but I am sure it is in Van Nys,CA.

  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Nuys%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California%23section_4

  Samantha%20

• The question should be what state, because the city is mentioned over and over, which of course is fictional. The state is either VA or MD, in the last episode of season 3 Burt goes to Hagerstown, which is in MD but pretty close to VA. I'm not 100% sure but I think I have seen mountains in some episodes, so most likely they live in VA....

  jojo