We're going to every place mentioned in the song, but first we need to figure out wtf Kokomo is.
General internet opinion seems to suggest that the Kokomo in the song is a made up place, but here are some real Kokomo's we've found:
1. Kokomo, Indiana.
It made us happy that the mayor of this Kokomo is Greg Goodnight, and that Kokomo had a "boom" in business when natural gas was discovered there. It didn't make us happy to discover that Kokomo hosted the largest Ku Klux Klan gathering in history in 1923;
2. Kokomo, Mississippi.
I don't know much about this place, apart from churches.
3. Kokomo, Hawaii.
This is apparently a community, which I assume means a town or suburb.
4. Kokomo Island, Jamaica.
This really is off the Florida Keys, but now it's called Sandals Cay. Also, it appears that the song came first and was actually inspired by a pool-side bar in Islamorada, in the Florida Keys. I think we should go there too.
Which should we go to?
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