Complex sentence: By all indications, the city is unrelated to a real Oakdale, Illinois, however, show creator Irna Phillips may have modeled her fictional hamlet after this city, due to the small size of both entities.
Split into simpler sentences: By all indications, the city is unrelated to the real Oakdale, Illinois. However, show creator Irna Phillips may have modeled her fictional hamlet after this city, due to the small size of both entities.