RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina is no stranger to onscreen depictions, but perhaps no show has drummed up as many jokes or questions as “Outer Banks.”
The hit Netflix show not only takes its name from the famous string of barrier islands off the North Carolina coast, but also mentions plenty of other places throughout the state — sometimes putting them miles away from their real locations.
The result, aside from jokes on social media, is largely what the show’s creators intended: a “mythical Carolina coast,” as described by creator Jonas Pate in an interview with The News & Observer last month.
