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Originally Posted by simmonjam1
I've worked in about 40 States over the years. I've drank beers with a lot of nice people, but some of them were completely ignorant about the world outside of their borders, hell some we're completely ignorant of their own country. I had one guy from Texas argue with me that New England was a State.
I'd say less than 20% knew where Calgary was. You name off any city with 1 million + people in it in the USA and I'll have an idea where it's at.
Maybe Global geography should be a mandatory class down there. I can only blame the education system down there I guess.
Btw, the Southern states are my favorite to work in. Awesome people live down there!
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I'm similar spent a lot of time in the US between travel and work and agree about the lack of knowledge when it comes to global geography , with that said most are interested to hear about it.
The thing is it doesn't offend me that much. Maybe it's because I'm used to it growing up in rural Alberta and the clueless look you get from the average American when you say you're from Calgary is the exact same one you get from the average born and raised Calgarian or Edmontonian when you say you are from Spirit River, Cereal, or Irma.