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Re:Countries that have preoccupied Americans the most since ... by thrav on Saturday December 22, 2018 @11:27AM (#18741185)
In terms of states, I don’t think they meant, “everyone can’t point to Delaware on map.”

I’d wager it’s more like, “People know Texas, and California, New York, and Florida, Hawaii, etc.”

I’d wager most people can name several. This is mostly because of point 3, movies and media.

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Re:Countries that have preoccupied Americans the most since ... by jorvi on Saturday December 22, 2018 @11:37AM (#18741230)
American states are also the size of countries. A more apt comparison would be counties, which barely any foreigners know.
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Re:Countries that have preoccupied Americans the most since ... by petronio on Saturday December 22, 2018 @02:17PM (#18742011)
And if we're going there, it's more likely they'll know more European nations than U.S. states. I think there's probably few European nations that people wouldn't recognize by name (e.g. Andorra, Azerbaijan, Slovenia).
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Re:Countries that have preoccupied Americans the most since ... by austincheney on Sunday December 23, 2018 @01:18PM (#18747471)
Azerbaijan is in Asia. Its east of me and I am in Asia.
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