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.

  • Kindness@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Bluff, Utah. Met a bloke online who told a joke off it, which only made sense after searching for “A bland bluff in Utah.” Which brought up another town.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 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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      8 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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          8 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.

  • black0ut@pawb.social
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    8 months ago

    Wayland, Texas. According to wikipedia it had a population of 100 people in the year 2000. AFAIK it’s a ghost town now.

    I know that town because I once read a “fun fact” about the Wayland Protocol that said its name was chosen for being the name of an actual town, which (supposedly) cannot be copyrighted.

    • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      I stopped for gas in London, Texas recently. My wife looked it up, and it had a population of 188 about 20 years ago, and nobody has counted since.

      The lady behind the counter at the gas station was ancient. She had a handwritten “no loitering” sign on the door that seemed ironic.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 months ago

        Naw that sign was there to chase off Steve. Sumbitch always hanging around harassing the womenfolk what come in to buy their sundries, never buying anything.

  • GreyShuck@feddit.uk
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    8 months ago

    The first I thought of was Dead Horse, Alaska. Permanent population 25 - 50, I understand.

    I really can’t recall where I first heard of it though.

    I have probably heard of a few other odd ones like this.

    • bhmnscmm@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      That’s where the “definitely just a balloon, don’t pay any attention” landed after the Chinese spy balloon was shot down about a year ago.

      At least that’s the first time I heard of Dead Horse.

  • Dave@lemmy.nz
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    8 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.

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    8 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.

    EDIT: Famous metal bands come from there. Slipknot from Des Moines, Gorguts from Sherbrooke, Voivod from Jonquiere

  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    8 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

  • HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 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.