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.

  • Today@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Ask it the other way, too. What’s the smallest European city Americans can name?

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Stratford-upon-Avon ~100k (had to look up the population)
      Or if England no longer counts for European, Corniglia, Italy (part of Cinque de Terra)

    • rjthyen@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Gimmelwald Switzerland, but I’ve been there a few times and the pretense was never being there lol

    • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Amalfi, Italy. My great grandpa was born there, though he immigrated with his family to the US pretty young.

    • pixelscript@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 months ago

      It would have been Fucking, Austria. But it finally broke under the pressure and was renamed. I have not dedicated any brain cells to remembering what exactly its new name is, which I guess is the intended effect.

    • davidgro@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Vatican City.

      I’ve likely seen some smaller ones in places like Tom Scott videos, but can’t name any offhand.

    • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Probably the smallest that could be called a city is Dieppe, because a Huguenot ancestor of mine was from there. The smallest municipality that I can think of easily is John o’ Groats, which is reasonably well-known for its location.