Like, can you name just a few large cities in certain regions, none at all, wtf is the USA, etc.

The USA is geopolitically isolated in a rather unique way on the global stage where this is an interesting perspective.

  • Dave@lemmy.nz
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    9 months ago

    Smallest settlement I know would be Intercourse, Pennsylvania. Not a city by any stretch.

    The next one that comes to mind is Jackson, Jackson Hole, Wyoming where we had an exchange student from 20+ years ago.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 months ago

    Uhh, without looking anything up, Nome, Alaska? In the lower 48, maybe Butte, Montana. Oh wait, how big is Roswell?

    I know a fair bit. I could probably label most of the states on a map. Canada is very, very close culturally and obviously geographically, and we pay attention to you the way a flea pays attention to dogs.

    • j4k3@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Yeah yeah, y’all are like Texas talking about independence but from the other side of the boarder. You’re practically States already; one major oil strike away from a WMD Bushwanking invasion.

      …if only we could afford your Megaflea market - Vancouver.

        • j4k3@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I don’t think any of us really have a choice in the matter of our governments any more than a sand grain has a choice of beach or sea bed, right?

          I’m not flinging mud friend. I think all philosophical government speak must come with a ribald pall. I am flinging a beer at a new friend in a digital bar for a few empty words. Sorry if my ebullience tints florid or dare I say turgid.

          I’ve fallen through the social safety net of my respective government with an insuperable future. My sardonic outlook colors my words.

  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    For me it’s mostly places in the middle of nowhere that popped up on Google Maps because they had the same name as a city this side of the pond that I was looking for. I know there are several tiny Londons, a tiny Prague, and iirc even a tiny Poland

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I visited NYC for less than a week.

    Des Moines , Iowa.

    For Canada it’s probably Sherbrooke or jonvive Jonquière.

    Bonus game: name the linking theme and specific things that link those places. Hint: it’s not french things.

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
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    9 months ago

    A few smaller ones that pop into my head are Boulder, Amarillo, Centralia (does that still count?), Slab city (not sure that counts either), Salem and Providence. Looking it up, the smallest proper city of these is Salem with 44k.

    I could also probably name a ton of European city names and there will be small towns in the USA with that name, but that would kind of be cheating.

    • Vej@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      The place that is modeled after is a real place called Centralia in Pennsylvania. It’s a town largely knocked down due to unstable grounds due to the coal fire that has been going on underground for years. Because of this toxic gasses and smoke bellow out of people’s basements and house foundations. There are several venting pipes as well. If I recall there is maybe a dozen hold out residents left in the town and possibly a handful of vampires or something. I got bored watching a documentary about it.

  • HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 months ago

    While flying to NY for a week, I saw some cities on the airplane map that I remember because it was weird to me that there is a “London” in the USA, or a “Berlin”. Apparently, Berlin (New Hampshire) is a city of around 10k inhabitants…

    I mainly know big cities and the names of some states.

    • kora@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      In a similar vein, there is a town in Oklahoma (the foam finger above Texas) called Hooker.

      I’ve been there… It should just be called Lot Lizard…

  • MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I am from the USA but I want to say that for any foreigner who’s seen the movie Groundhog Day (or news about the occasion), the answer is Punxutawney.