Why did Stephen King choose Zihuatanejo as the final destination for Andy and Red?

[malandrew]

In Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, why did Stephen King choose Zihuatanejo as the final destination for Andy and Red?


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[Bryan James]

He liked the way it sounded and the spelling.

[Dylan Roberts]

Timothy Leary escaped the US and went there.

[GNTLGNT]

He got a hell of a score out of it in Scrabble....

[Dani~]

I don't know the answer to that but it always bothers me when Andy tells Red the name of the town because I think...what are the odds he'll remember that? But of course , he does...