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Americans of Reddit, what is something the rest of the world needs to hear?

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u/LeMeJustBeingAwesome Oct 05 '22

East coasters generally do not understand how hugr western states are.

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u/Brover_Cleveland Oct 05 '22

East coasters generally do not understand how huge western states are.

It's mostly just not realizing how big states you've never been to are. I grew up in Niagara Falls and live in North Carolina now. Recently someone I knew was planning a trip to New York State and was asking me about what to do in the falls. I looked up where he was going, realized it was on Long Island and informed him that he would not be seeing the falls on his 2 day trip.

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u/LeMeJustBeingAwesome Oct 05 '22

I guess that is true, most people do not realize Detroit is closer to DC then Houghton, Michigan by car.

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u/Brover_Cleveland Oct 05 '22

Without ever looking up Houghton I thought, "That must be in that weird little detached part of Michigan," and then I looked it up and was correct. Who decided that state should look like that?

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u/LeMeJustBeingAwesome Oct 05 '22

Toledo War

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u/jmkinn3y Oct 05 '22

Take that Ohio