I like that all the states are shown to be all blobby and fat looking. Perfection.

yeah, this is trivial to do when you cherry-pick. no cities? no national parks? nothing from any of the mountains, deserts, two sets of dunes, or coasts? nothing from the PNW? no forests? not even grasslands? the grand canyon is literally one of the natural wonders of the world.

I like how you drew a penis on a penis

I live in Germany now and have taken the opportunity to visit other European nations. I've also done a coast to coast road trip of the US.

Overall Europe has way better smaller cities and villages. They are actually liveable and have their own charm and feel. The largest cities are comparable to the largest US cities. They offer different things to those that live their and visit, but overall comparable.

Although the suburban sprawl of the US is an absolute hellscape and is just about the ugliest type of community imaginable.

Once you get outside of the suburbs though. The US natural landscapes wins hands down. There's a reason people from across the world visit Yellowstone. Not to mention the amount of empty space especially out west is something I truly miss. At least in Germany the greatest distance between any two buildings is 10km. That's the most remote you can get in the entire country. True wilderness is definitely something I miss

Back in the day I followed a blogger who was a designer and also travelled over the world. He had the habit of photographing local infrastructure like trash bins, lamp posts and such. He's said, infrastructure all over the US looks the same, including even overseas territories. When one is dropped off in US Virgin Islands, they could think they's in the continental US if not for the trees.

That is amazing that you see so many JC Penneys still in business

I checked. It isn't one.

Why are all the exits in Spain Italian cities?

From Indiana to West Virginia, all of it Hammer Country. My man The Hammer has billboards up for hundreds of miles.

I'm no german, not american either (pheeew) and even I can tell you the capital of Montana is Hannah

it has its show, it has its Linux distro. it's basically common knowledge by this point

American regional cultures are almost as diverse as European ones.

Not even close. Almost every European country has it's own language (sometimes more than one), and often times regional dialects within countries aren't even mutually intelligible.

In Europe, the differences in traditions and expectations for how to act are massive, with different stories, different educational systems and different political systems. Half of Europe even lived in a different economic universe with the Soviet union just up until 40 years ago. Many European peoples still retain traditional crafts and lifestyles - it's not "quaint little villages", it's a living heritage that it takes both specialized skill and understanding to maintain.

Spain is its own cultural universe spanning the globe, with media that never touches the English-speaking world; Albania and others have been Muslim-majority for 500 years (to say nothing of Turkey); Russia borders Finland in the West and Japan in the East. I could go on but I really think you're vastly under-estimating how different European countries are from each other, and exaggerating the differences between American states.

That's not to say that America doesn't contain diverse cultures, but it's your minority cultures within and across states that provide the flavor. But put succinctly: do think Minnesota is to South Carolina what Denmark is to Slovenia?

The second to last point makes no sense, since the capital of Montana plays no role in international geopolitics, so it's useless information. Poland is not the biggest international player either, but at least it's not just part of a federation

Europeans think of any European country as an equivalent to America as a whole. That's simply stupid.

It is stupid. Many European countries are culturally more diverse than the entire US.

American regional cultures are almost as diverse as European ones.

Not even close. This is laughable and, honestly, proof that the cliché of the American knowing nothing about world geography and foreign cultures is alive and well.

To even suggest that some guy from Texas and some other guy from California are as culturally far apart, as, say, a Spaniard from a Finn… this is truly the dumbest timeline.

Highway systems are one of those subtle things where you're reminded that you're in another country.

The line markings, the signage vary slightly. The way on- and off-ramps are handled is a little different. That's the case in Europe. I bet there are enough people who can identify the country just by seeing the pedestrian traffic light.

For all the uniformity of the interstate system, there are sections of roadway in the northeast and southwest that offer spectacular views. One of the most beautiful interstate passages is up through Franconia Notch (I-93) in New Hampshire in autumn when the trees turn color from a few good, sharp, dry, cold snaps. That kind of temperature drop gets the most reds to pop and when it happens, it's just breathtaking.

Truly there are some gorgeous stretches on the interstate highways, all over the country.

I have been (for longer than a couple of months) in Tampa, New Orleans, LA, they are different but all speak American English Tampa & New Orleans feel older, and out West does feel different.

You wouldn't say this if you'd been to Miami. That said, you wouldn't have anything nice to say about Miami either. Lived there. Wouldn't recommend. It's a shit hole.

In the English language, "America" is not a continent, "North America" and "South America" are continents. This also makes way more sense than any other system that considers Europe, Asia, and Africa to be separate continents, but lumps north and south America into one continent.

So you would say that Mexico is in "north america" and Peru is in "south america", but you wouldnt say that either is in "america" or an american country.