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fuckyeahtx:
lishadra:
manwiththesquidhat:
kichizone:
oswinstark:
wilwheaton:
kittydoom:
jimmyfury:
pumpkinskull:
interruptingpanda:
myotpisgay:
ninjaboots:
gayyourlifemustbe:
cloakstone69:
president-vanellope:
wake up america
this is to educate my non-American followers. This really is how the US sees itself. (and yes, 95% of the time, Florida = WHAT?!)
In Florida the more North you go, the more “South” you get
In Florida the central part pretends to be the south, the western part pretends to be the northeast and the south pretends to be the west I’m not even kidding you
… Please tell me you guys are kidding.
Florida is like it’s own country I swear
I’m from Florida and I can confirm this. Also, South Florida is basically Miami and alligators.
oh, i always assumed florida was part of The South?
north florida is yes. The rest is not.
I’m from Florida, and grew up in SC/NC. Can confirm all true. 👍
Um. This is so wrong.
You’re forgetting the part where California sees itself as its own entity.
We do not want to be grouped in with everyone else, thanks.
clearly none of you have ever met someone from texas
Washington and Oregon are hipster twins who call themselves the Pacific Northwest, thank you very much
I’ve been waiting for this.
listen i get that the whole world doesn’t need to be as US-centric as the US is but I do get tired sometimes of people thinking that having seen a lot of American culture gives you any kind of perspective onto our history or geography. (Related: it says a lot of things about the American educational system that this goes double for Americans themselves.) Of course the map isn’t equally quartered. Why isn’t Europe just a grid of square countries? It ought to be, by this logic!
Regional identities are an important thing and they’re often defined by a combination of factors, including climate, history, geography, population density, and trade routes, which have literally nothing to do with a straight line on a map.
Straight lines on maps get drawn by men in distant rooms who don’t actually know what the geography looks like, and so if there are any, that also tells you A Lot.
Also: the South properly are the states that lost the Civil War, that’s why that boundary exists. The North is called the Northeast if you’re speaking geographically, but if you just call it The North, you’re talking about the states that won the Civil War. That’s why that’s a thing.
(I’m upset nobody here has championed New England. Come on, that’s an important distinction. If nothing else for the stupid accents and, admittedly, superior clam dishes.)
fuckyeahtx:
lishadra:
manwiththesquidhat:
kichizone:
oswinstark:
wilwheaton:
kittydoom:
jimmyfury:
pumpkinskull:
interruptingpanda:
myotpisgay:
ninjaboots:
gayyourlifemustbe:
cloakstone69:
president-vanellope:
wake up america
this is to educate my non-American followers. This really is how the US sees itself. (and yes, 95% of the time, Florida = WHAT?!)
In Florida the more North you go, the more “South” you get
In Florida the central part pretends to be the south, the western part pretends to be the northeast and the south pretends to be the west I’m not even kidding you
… Please tell me you guys are kidding.
Florida is like it’s own country I swear
I’m from Florida and I can confirm this. Also, South Florida is basically Miami and alligators.
oh, i always assumed florida was part of The South?
north florida is yes. The rest is not.
I’m from Florida, and grew up in SC/NC. Can confirm all true. 👍
Um. This is so wrong.
You’re forgetting the part where California sees itself as its own entity.
We do not want to be grouped in with everyone else, thanks.
clearly none of you have ever met someone from texas
Washington and Oregon are hipster twins who call themselves the Pacific Northwest, thank you very much
I’ve been waiting for this.
listen i get that the whole world doesn’t need to be as US-centric as the US is but I do get tired sometimes of people thinking that having seen a lot of American culture gives you any kind of perspective onto our history or geography. (Related: it says a lot of things about the American educational system that this goes double for Americans themselves.) Of course the map isn’t equally quartered. Why isn’t Europe just a grid of square countries? It ought to be, by this logic!
Regional identities are an important thing and they’re often defined by a combination of factors, including climate, history, geography, population density, and trade routes, which have literally nothing to do with a straight line on a map.
Straight lines on maps get drawn by men in distant rooms who don’t actually know what the geography looks like, and so if there are any, that also tells you A Lot.
Also: the South properly are the states that lost the Civil War, that’s why that boundary exists. The North is called the Northeast if you’re speaking geographically, but if you just call it The North, you’re talking about the states that won the Civil War. That’s why that’s a thing.
(I’m upset nobody here has championed New England. Come on, that’s an important distinction. If nothing else for the stupid accents and, admittedly, superior clam dishes.)
