I myself live in a Canadian city that was called "Berlin" up until WW2. It was originally settled mostly by German immigrants, well over a century prior, and still boasts having the 2nd largest Oktoberfest celebration in the world, right after Munich, Germany.
We renamed the city to "Kitchener" because we weren't comfortable having a city named after the capitol of the primary enemy we were at war with.
(And also because every time the American news were on about how they were going to "burn Berlin to the ground!" we local Canadian Berliners, WELL aware of how poor most Americans are at geography, got very, very nervous! O_O)
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I myself live in a Canadian city that was called "Berlin" up until WW2. It was originally settled mostly by German immigrants, well over a century prior, and still boasts having the 2nd largest Oktoberfest celebration in the world, right after Munich, Germany.
We renamed the city to "Kitchener" because we weren't comfortable having a city named after the capitol of the primary enemy we were at war with.
(And also because every time the American news were on about how they were going to "burn Berlin to the ground!" we local Canadian Berliners, WELL aware of how poor most Americans are at geography, got very, very nervous! O_O)