“We know the location of the Big Apple, but do we know where the Minneapolis?”

“Minneapolis” sounds like “mini apple is.” “If New York is where the big apple is, Minnesota is where the Minneapolis” was posted on Twitter by Ernie Halter on July 3, 2014.
 
“We know the location of the Big Apple, but do we know where the Minneapolis?” was posted on Twitter by Darren Walsh Puns on October 17, 2014. The joke was told at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2015.
   
“We all know where the Big Apple is but does anyone know where the Minneapolis?” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on September 12, 2019.
   
     
Twitter 
Ernie Halter
@erniehalter
If New York is where the big apple is, Minnesota is where the Minneapolis.
See you tonight 8pm
@BryantLakeBowl
1:37 PM · Jul 3, 2014 from Wisconsin, USA·Tweetbot for iΟS
   
Twitter
Darren Walsh Puns
@DarrenWalshPuns
We know the location of the Big Apple, but do we know where the Minneapolis?
10:55 AM · Oct 17, 2014·Twuffer
     
Mirror (London, UK)
Top 5 jokes from the Edinburgh Festival today plus Darren Walsh, Glenn Wool, Peter Brush, The Labour of Laugh and Andrew Ryan reviews
By Trevor Davies & John Nicholson
18:03, 25 AUG 2015
Here’s the 15th of our Five a Day jokes and reviews from the Fringe – many of the acts are contenders for a Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award.
 
And we’re celebrating Darren Walsh winning Dave’s Best Joke of the Fringe with five of his gags today:
 
1. Darren Walsh: If I take my cat to the vet, they put him down. If I take him home, he dies. Cat’s 22.
2. We know the location of the Big Apple, but do we know where the Minneapolis?
 
Twitter
Alex Robertson
@alexpanix
“We know the location of the Big Apple, but do we know where the Minneapolis?”
@DarrenWalshPuns #edfringe2015 http://wow247.co.uk/2015/08/25/funniest-jokes-edinburgh-fringe-2015/
7:16 AM · Aug 26, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Darren Walsh Puns
@DarrenWalshPuns
We know the location of the Big Apple, but do we know where the Minneapolis?
2:31 PM · Feb 5, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
     
Reddit—Dadjokes
u/GT_Knight September 12, 2019
We all know where the Big Apple is but does anyone know where the
Minneapolis?
 
Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
We all know where the Big Apple is but does anyone know where the…
Minneapolis.
1:33 PM · Sep 12, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
u/koravel September 14, 2019
Everyone knows where the Big Apple is.
But, does anyone know where the
Minneapolis ?
COMMENTS
mdruckus
Yes, the Minneapolis next to the Minnesota.