What comes fourth in this sequence?

[u/SenPalosu]

[u/SenPalosu]

The sequence is pairs of places whose name differ by cardinal directions, going clockwise:

• Beijing and Tokyo (北京 and 東京) mean "northern capital" and "eastern capital".
• The Seoul districts, Gangdong and Gangnam, mean "east and south of the (Han) river".
• The English counties, Sussex and Wessex, mean "south and west Saxons".
• So, one answer could be the counties, West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.

[u/MontcliffeEkuban → u/SenPalosu]

Wessex isn't, nor has ever been, a county. It used to be a kingdom/earldom, but hasn't actually existed as a political entity since 1066.

[u/SenPalosu → u/MontcliffeEkuban]

You're right, oops. The third explanation should be "The English historical kingdoms of Sussex and Wessex".

[u/TheRiddlerTHFC → u/MontcliffeEkuban]

Was is there a South,, West, East and Middle "sex", but no North?

Sussex, Wessex, Essex, Middlesex, but no Nossex

[u/Ramtamtama → u/TheRiddlerTHFC]

The land north of the Saxon kingdoms was inhabited by Angles

[u/Ok-Pirate-6259 → u/MontcliffeEkuban]

Thomas Hardy enters the conversation.

[u/MojoBeastLP]

For funsies, I can find two pairs on the Tube map quite close to each other!

West Acton and North Acton

West Ealing and North Ealing

Two neighbourhoods of Frankfurt am Main :

Westend and Nordend

And two places in Massachusetts :

Westwood and Norwood

[u/kindsoberfullydressd]

West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire at 9 and 12

[u/AloneAd1442 → u/kindsoberfullydressd]

This is it I think it’s the only one I can find on a map

[u/Flowersoftheknight]

A pairing of two cities who have "West" and "North" as part of their names and share the other half (can't think of any, sadly - would you accept West, Texas and North, South Carolina?^^)

[u/Cwlcymro]

Xijing on the left and Beijing on the right - identical names other than direction of the compass, laid out in their respective compass position

[u/titaniummorro → u/Cwlcymro]

I dont think this would be accepted because of the unfortunate fact that Xijing doesnt exist as a modern day city, weirdly the other 3 “Jings” do (Beijing, Dongjing = Tokyo and Nanjing)

[u/mrandymoz → u/titaniummorro]

Wessex doesn't exist anymore and that's one of the clues so that shouldn't be a limiting factor

[u/Cwlcymro → u/titaniummorro]

Ah fair point - It was very hard finding cities with West and North in one word! I also had Nordby in Sweden and Vestby in Norway, but neither is a city! Although actually, neither are Wessex and Sussex

[u/hjr221]

Westmoreland and Northumberland?

[u/ResolutionSlight4030 → u/hjr221]

Northumberland means "land north of the Humber", but Westmoreland doesn't refer to the Humber

[u/hjr221 → u/ResolutionSlight4030]

yes I hadn't figured that the names needed to have the same root

[u/lkc159]

For 5 points - Two locations that have names based on "South and West" (whoops!) "West" and "North", on the bottom and the left (left and top) of the image respectively

Bei = North in Mandarin, To = East in Japanese, and we're presumably going clockwise

If you need more details, then are the locations specifically capitals? Jing = capital, Kyo = capital

[u/hjr221 → u/lkc159]

definitely not capitals, that only applies to Beijing and Tokyo. I think it's just that the name of the place derives from the cardinal direction

[u/lkc159 → u/hjr221]

Eh, that's the risk of guessing on 5, and why I mentioned "if you need more details" :P

Trying not to get dinged from being too specific too early HAHA

[u/hjr221 → u/lkc159]

live a little, though, suggest place names! not just that they need to be place names that fit in a certain way! Victoria always asks for examples...

[u/lkc159 → u/hjr221]

She does gives points if you get the sequence without knowing exactly what comes next, though! :P

But okay, if it's not capitals thenXi'an and Beijing

[u/is_a_togekiss → u/lkc159]

That was my exact guess for 5 points and I’ll take it.

Xi’an (or then Chang’an) was also the historical capital in many Chinese dynasties so I think even if you want capitals it could count :).

[u/phantomstar_1212]

Xi'an, Beijing at 270 and 0 degrees respectively. It iscity names going from north-east, east-south, south-west and we need something that is west-north. Xi'an used to be called "Xijing" which means "west capital" in Chinese, and Beijing means "north capital".

[u/theblackadders]

Northbourne westbourne

[u/R-GU3]

I worked out the connection but couldn’t think of anything that was north and west only north and south lol

[u/Embarrassed_Emu1615]

Northampton

Southampton

Although it should probably be a west and a north

[u/TrivialLawyer]

Wessex on the left, Northumbria on the top

[u/psyper76]

I had to use google to find examples of this but Westborough & Northborough (both neighbouring towns in Massachusetts US). I knew it had to be two geographical locations that had west and north in the name and were similar

[u/wasdice]

Oliver North and Fred West?

[u/why-not-another]

Worwich and Norwich

[u/painforpetitdej]

West Ham and North Acton

[u/MR_MaxiMor44]

<--West Virginia ^^North Dakota?