Looks Like Young Sheldon Fans Finally Solved One Huge Mystery About Sheldon
One detail from the latest episode revealed an interesting fact about Sheldon's hometown.
What do we know about Sheldon? Well, he is really intelligent, and eccentric, and lives in Medford, Texas. Wait a second, there is no town with this name in Texas.
There is one in southern Oregon, but it is way too far from Texas. You have guessed it right, Medford from Young Sheldon is a fictional town.
Throughout the series, Medford is depicted as a small town with a close-knit community and a slower pace of life compared to big cities.
It provides a contrast to Sheldon's intellectual pursuits and often serves as a source of frustration for him as he finds it difficult to fit in with his peers.
While the specific details about Medford in Young Sheldon may be fictionalized for the show's narrative purposes, the portrayal aims to capture the essence of small-town life and how it influences Sheldon's development as a highly intelligent but socially awkward individual.
However, a Reddit user shared an interesting detail found in the latest Young Sheldon's episode. In the episode we can see a TV weather forecast.
So, they showed a weather map, and based on this map and comparing it to the real-life map, the fan defined where Medford would be located if it existed.
It appears that in real life Medford's place is occupied by the town of Groveton, Texas, with the population of only 918 people at the 2020 census.
What a great attention to details by the fan, — now we know where Sheldon lives. Jokes aside, don't even think of going on a trip to Groveton in search of a house similar to Sheldon's.
This happened to the owner of Walter White's real-life house from Breaking Bad. Fans just drove the poor lady crazy.
While Young Sheldon is mostly filmed at the studio, fans, especially the ones from Texas, think that overall, the show does a great job on imitating 90s Texas.
Texans point out that the show accurately depicts the atmosphere of Texas with the football, religious nuts, the Oilers/Cowboys feud, etc.
Even the accents are great, except for the young actors who would obviously struggle with imitating a Texan accent.
Source: Reddit