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(34,087 posts)But when I moved from east of the center of the country (along Highway 30 from NY to CA), 2/3 of the way to the east coast, I discovered that a significant portion of highly educated US residents (they were attending Oberlin College) belived that Ohio was at most one state east of California, and definitely west of the center of the country. Similarly, people from the west coast believed Ohio was no more than one state from the east coast.
csziggy
(34,137 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)PA is one long state, and doesn't have an Atalantic coastline. (Fronting on the Delaware River doesn't really count, not to mention, it's got most of NJ between it and the ocean.)
lunatica
(53,410 posts)The problem is they all look the same. Cornfields from dawn to dusk when you drive through.
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)Im saying damn well done.
Tho MN Texas 2????
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)The ''uck is going on HERE??? OMG too funny...
Good catch....
The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)Though I doubt I would do very well naming the German states on a blank map, without some reference to hand. Once years ago, perhaps, but not anymore.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)What the fuck is going on here haha
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)understand, they cannot place all our states either, a lot that are the size of their countries. And i am good with that. I have google whenever i need to know where and what is happening with another country in this world.
Interesting and fun.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)hear it from smug Europeans how bad we are at geography (ok, well a lot of Americans are, but not all of us) when this is how they label our states. He should have at least been able to peg New York!
Patterson
(1,531 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)They_Live
(3,240 posts)Ha!
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)CanonRay
(14,113 posts)Where's Anhalt???
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)This is clearly a send up. But, funny!
coti
(4,612 posts)No, but seriously though.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Got Arkansas right.
MissMillie
(38,578 posts)it's better than my knowledge of German geography.
I didn't realize we had so many states named Kansas (thank goodness we don't) and Ohio.