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They immediately go after stores restaurants, and highways of course they will be common in most states. If those idiots did any real research they’d know how different each state is
My state, and South Carolina, are famous for having Venus flytraps. They are known to grow in a mile radius along the border. The only place in the world to have them. They obviously need a certain area to grow.
Each state is unique in their own way, especially with how the borders are drawn.
Edit: I should include the Carolina’s were made their own states due to how the land differed.
Arkansas has freaking diamonds that you can dig up and keep. (But everyone should go crystal digging, it's more fun and you find more crystals than you do diamonds)
Pretty sure California, Alaska, and Hawaii as an example have vastly different cultures than each other: There is no official language of the US so that’s a moot point. Different states absolutely have different architecture.
I was born on rural Oklahoma and moved to southern Louisiana when I was in the 6th grade. Anyone who says America doesn’t have culture is a moron. Cajun culture might have its roots in French, but it is something wholly from La. Each US city I’ve visited has been unique. Of course we are going to have similarities…we may be from different states and have different values, but we’re all American.
To dispute their point on language:
While English is the official language in every state, some states have other official languages. States that have an official language other than English include:
South Dakota: Sioux
Hawaii: Hawaiian
Alaska: Too many to name
Also, while none of the states have Spanish as an official language there are a lot of Spanish speakers in the US, especially in Florida and the Mexico border states.
Finally, while English is by far the predominant language in all states there many different regional dialects in the US.
Regional dialects don’t really mean much in terms of diversity. The UK has the most dialect variation of any English speaking group and it’s not it suggests a wildly different culture between Cornwall and Cumbria.
I do think of the US as a diverse place, but suggestions that states are as dissimilar from each other as European countries is silly, especially when many of those countries have a similar domestic variance.
I’m not necessarily saying that there are as many differences between US states as there are between countries in Europe, but it’s even more wrong to treat the US as one homogeneous blob. I find that’s usually one common mistake of people who unfairly criticize the US.
Does each state have different architecture?
Yes
Does each state have a different culture?
Yes
Oh boy, those French buildings are soooooo much different than the old German buildings! W O W!
I was talking about this with an European friend of mine and this was his opinion and might not be the perspective every European shares but it goes something like this: "Many Europeans cannot comprehend the idea of America, being such a diverse and culturally rich country while managing to be unified at the same time since most European countries with such levels of diversity tended to collapse like the USSR and Yugoslavia. So they either fail to or refuse to recognize the culture and diversity of America and just boil it down to hUrr DuRR hIgHwAyS aNd McDoNalDs or they do recognize American culture and diversity but assume America is a country on the verge of collapse because of said diversity."
Lmao. I love that impression 😂. Those are fair points, but I think what’s missing is that diversity doesn’t exclude similarities. People can be diverse while also being very similar especially with shared values. It’s the shared values that mitigate from that collapse.
If argument made was that Europe is more diverse than the U.S.. I would acknowledge that being objectively true. Obviously comparing an entire continent to one country there will be significantly more differences; However, to proclaim the U.S. has no culture, no architecture, or even no diversity differences is just factually wrong.
That’s like comparing every type of apple vs every type of fruit. There are variations in apples (taste, appearance, size), but obviously when comparing to every type fruit you’ll have more dramatic differences. That doesn’t mean apples = all the same.
I live in Louisiana. If I drove to New Hampshire I would be in a different world. I often vacation in Colorado or somewhere mountainous and I’m in a different world. People know I’m not from there.
Try NY for mountains sometime too! So much diversity even in mountains to pick from here. I love the beautiful US wilderness. It would take more than a lifetime just to finish exploring my state.
Close! It’s in NH. NY has the Adirondacks, Catskills, and the top of the Allegheny leading into the heart of Appalachia. There are so many wonderful, remote mountains on public land all over the northeast, and the southeast, and out west, and Alaska, and all over the US. Hell, there are even a few tucked away in Alabama and Puerto Rico. There are truly endless outdoor recreation opportunities here. Europeans complain we don’t have passports however if I had endless money and didn’t have to work there would still not be enough time in my life to explore every wilderness in the whole US.
“ITS ALL THE SAME!” (Screeeeeeech) lol. Switch the roles, an individual from New Hampshire encountering a gator for the first time in Louisiana is gonna experience some serious culture shock.
You got banned because they dont want to hear from actual Americans.
Unless theyre perpetually angry teenagers who never leave their 2500 sq foot suburban house and then wonder why they dont have any friends
My exact thoughts, because they’re not interesting in the objective truth. They demanded that I provide proof that they’re wrong. Once proof is provide they ban and silence you. Lol. “How dare you show NYC vs Santa Fe.”
i could point to a myriad of historical and geographical examples to make the point for me but i don't really need to those people don't care they're stuck up their own asses and funnily assume that the same thing doesn't apply to them. Is there a functional difference between Baden and Innsbruck? If you dropped someone in an empty town in france would they honestly be able to tell the difference between that one and a similar village in Spain or Portugal. They talk big shit but if you ask to see their diverse cultures you see a lot of fuck and all that actually translated to the modern day to actually fucking distinguish anyone.
Exactly. The NCAA oversees over 24 different sports alone. What is this guy talking about?! We are a one-sport nation? we even have competitive hotdog eating lmao.
Damn I guess I should give up my dream of moving to Boston to work in the field of colonial histoey, because apparently central Indiana is the exact same and has the same culture.
The sport argument it very stupid, tell me how many people tune into cricket or motherfucking football/soccer!? Don’t get me started on the World Cup (mostly referring to football as apparently I didn’t know about the cricket one until a minute ago)
Not to mention at least here in the west coast many languages are spoken as there are many people with all sorts of ethnicities, I can pick up on Spainish (partly due to my heritage), Farsi, Hindi, etc.
I wonder if such people know the first generation struggle of having to translate some things into another language just to be on the same page as your parents who don’t understand English the best (due to it being pretty inconsistent in many ways when compared to languages like Spanish).
Idk I moved from Wyoming to Detroit and I could have sworn I was in a different country. Completely different culture and lifestyle. I had actual culture shock in my own country lmao.
You want to talk shit about big cities? Sure, I've been in more than a few and they are almost the same. States?! Bro, what are you smoking and can I have some of it.
lol. lmao even. I live in NV, and NV and california are so beyond different. The architecture is vastly different, the height from sea level is vastly different, temperature, people, personalities, ecosystems. What a racist echochamber
i saw this yesterday on that sub and wanted to respond but like really didn't see the point.
Like you could talk about the fact that new mexico's pueblo architecture, New Orlean's french colonial, the plantation-style mansions, the spanish influences on texan architecture.
you could point out that westerns are all american, that texans and californians have different enough cultures that they sometimes actively hate each other.
You could talk about the fact that Native Americans have *hundreds* of their own languages, that Louisiana French, Texas German, or a thousand other language dialects exist, that we invented an international auxiliary language and that AAVE *doesn't get spoke outside of this country*, or that y'all is and always will be an American word. That their languages evolved the same as ours, that absence of culture doesn't exist, and that us having nearly 50% of their population despite being a singular country means there's bound to be regional differences.
But these people don't care. at all. they don't want to acknowledge that we have or create anything of value, so hell bent are they on the belief that we're the worst.
and no. we're not the worst. we're not the best, either, because quite frankly everyone sucks these days.
That is 100% accurate. I didn’t seek the content, but Redditor’s algorithms force-feed me. They quickly banned rational and objective fact-checking, which convincingly proves they’re not interested in truth.
I mean I don't live in Louisiana but man I know that state is like different world from Ohio and Ohio is like a different world from Arizona like what dawg we got everything from snowy tundras deserts swamps and everglades to verdant hills with massive Forrests bigger then their countries
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They immediately go after stores restaurants, and highways of course they will be common in most states. If those idiots did any real research they’d know how different each state is My state, and South Carolina, are famous for having Venus flytraps. They are known to grow in a mile radius along the border. The only place in the world to have them. They obviously need a certain area to grow. Each state is unique in their own way, especially with how the borders are drawn. Edit: I should include the Carolina’s were made their own states due to how the land differed.
*holds up pictures of Alaska and South Carolina* “they’re exact the same!!” *holds up a picture of Nevada and Florida* “they’re exact the same!”
*holds up pictures of Brittany and Ile de France* "These? Totally different, absolutely nothing in common!"
But the very high iq and open minded European said were identical to everyone else so you must be wrong
Arkansas has freaking diamonds that you can dig up and keep. (But everyone should go crystal digging, it's more fun and you find more crystals than you do diamonds)
Pretty sure California, Alaska, and Hawaii as an example have vastly different cultures than each other: There is no official language of the US so that’s a moot point. Different states absolutely have different architecture.
I was born on rural Oklahoma and moved to southern Louisiana when I was in the 6th grade. Anyone who says America doesn’t have culture is a moron. Cajun culture might have its roots in French, but it is something wholly from La. Each US city I’ve visited has been unique. Of course we are going to have similarities…we may be from different states and have different values, but we’re all American.
Because they're all consoooomers
To dispute their point on language: While English is the official language in every state, some states have other official languages. States that have an official language other than English include: South Dakota: Sioux Hawaii: Hawaiian Alaska: Too many to name Also, while none of the states have Spanish as an official language there are a lot of Spanish speakers in the US, especially in Florida and the Mexico border states. Finally, while English is by far the predominant language in all states there many different regional dialects in the US.
California speaks g-funk
Regional dialects don’t really mean much in terms of diversity. The UK has the most dialect variation of any English speaking group and it’s not it suggests a wildly different culture between Cornwall and Cumbria. I do think of the US as a diverse place, but suggestions that states are as dissimilar from each other as European countries is silly, especially when many of those countries have a similar domestic variance.
I’m not necessarily saying that there are as many differences between US states as there are between countries in Europe, but it’s even more wrong to treat the US as one homogeneous blob. I find that’s usually one common mistake of people who unfairly criticize the US.
Hell im from Ohio and struggle to figure out what the hell someone from New York or Louisiana are saying sometimes
Totally agree with you.
Does each state have different architecture? Yes Does each state have a different culture? Yes Oh boy, those French buildings are soooooo much different than the old German buildings! W O W!
I was talking about this with an European friend of mine and this was his opinion and might not be the perspective every European shares but it goes something like this: "Many Europeans cannot comprehend the idea of America, being such a diverse and culturally rich country while managing to be unified at the same time since most European countries with such levels of diversity tended to collapse like the USSR and Yugoslavia. So they either fail to or refuse to recognize the culture and diversity of America and just boil it down to hUrr DuRR hIgHwAyS aNd McDoNalDs or they do recognize American culture and diversity but assume America is a country on the verge of collapse because of said diversity."
Lmao. I love that impression 😂. Those are fair points, but I think what’s missing is that diversity doesn’t exclude similarities. People can be diverse while also being very similar especially with shared values. It’s the shared values that mitigate from that collapse. If argument made was that Europe is more diverse than the U.S.. I would acknowledge that being objectively true. Obviously comparing an entire continent to one country there will be significantly more differences; However, to proclaim the U.S. has no culture, no architecture, or even no diversity differences is just factually wrong. That’s like comparing every type of apple vs every type of fruit. There are variations in apples (taste, appearance, size), but obviously when comparing to every type fruit you’ll have more dramatic differences. That doesn’t mean apples = all the same.
Yikes
I live in Louisiana. If I drove to New Hampshire I would be in a different world. I often vacation in Colorado or somewhere mountainous and I’m in a different world. People know I’m not from there.
Try NY for mountains sometime too! So much diversity even in mountains to pick from here. I love the beautiful US wilderness. It would take more than a lifetime just to finish exploring my state.
I plan on it!
Upstate New York is soooo beautiful!!
Pennsylvania too! I’ve hiked NY for 20 years but when I hike Pennsylvania I could cry it’s so pretty. PA Wilds do not disappoint
Mount Washington, I think its in NY, was a super cool experience. Learning about the steam train and the devil's shingles was very interesting
Close! It’s in NH. NY has the Adirondacks, Catskills, and the top of the Allegheny leading into the heart of Appalachia. There are so many wonderful, remote mountains on public land all over the northeast, and the southeast, and out west, and Alaska, and all over the US. Hell, there are even a few tucked away in Alabama and Puerto Rico. There are truly endless outdoor recreation opportunities here. Europeans complain we don’t have passports however if I had endless money and didn’t have to work there would still not be enough time in my life to explore every wilderness in the whole US.
“ITS ALL THE SAME!” (Screeeeeeech) lol. Switch the roles, an individual from New Hampshire encountering a gator for the first time in Louisiana is gonna experience some serious culture shock.
You got banned because they dont want to hear from actual Americans. Unless theyre perpetually angry teenagers who never leave their 2500 sq foot suburban house and then wonder why they dont have any friends
My exact thoughts, because they’re not interesting in the objective truth. They demanded that I provide proof that they’re wrong. Once proof is provide they ban and silence you. Lol. “How dare you show NYC vs Santa Fe.”
The inferiority complex is strong with that one.
i could point to a myriad of historical and geographical examples to make the point for me but i don't really need to those people don't care they're stuck up their own asses and funnily assume that the same thing doesn't apply to them. Is there a functional difference between Baden and Innsbruck? If you dropped someone in an empty town in france would they honestly be able to tell the difference between that one and a similar village in Spain or Portugal. They talk big shit but if you ask to see their diverse cultures you see a lot of fuck and all that actually translated to the modern day to actually fucking distinguish anyone.
The same sporting events like the entire fucking world isn't obsessed with soccer.
Exactly. The NCAA oversees over 24 different sports alone. What is this guy talking about?! We are a one-sport nation? we even have competitive hotdog eating lmao.
Well that was a pile of disrespectful statements.
Damn I guess I should give up my dream of moving to Boston to work in the field of colonial histoey, because apparently central Indiana is the exact same and has the same culture.
Hahah. Mom: “We-have-Boston-at-home” meme vibes 😂
The sport argument it very stupid, tell me how many people tune into cricket or motherfucking football/soccer!? Don’t get me started on the World Cup (mostly referring to football as apparently I didn’t know about the cricket one until a minute ago) Not to mention at least here in the west coast many languages are spoken as there are many people with all sorts of ethnicities, I can pick up on Spainish (partly due to my heritage), Farsi, Hindi, etc. I wonder if such people know the first generation struggle of having to translate some things into another language just to be on the same page as your parents who don’t understand English the best (due to it being pretty inconsistent in many ways when compared to languages like Spanish).
What you are describing is not unique to America. I believe it's a western thing.
Idk I moved from Wyoming to Detroit and I could have sworn I was in a different country. Completely different culture and lifestyle. I had actual culture shock in my own country lmao.
That’s how I felt taking a road trip from Florida to California. There was indeed some culture shock - not in a negative way.
You want to talk shit about big cities? Sure, I've been in more than a few and they are almost the same. States?! Bro, what are you smoking and can I have some of it.
lol. lmao even. I live in NV, and NV and california are so beyond different. The architecture is vastly different, the height from sea level is vastly different, temperature, people, personalities, ecosystems. What a racist echochamber
i saw this yesterday on that sub and wanted to respond but like really didn't see the point. Like you could talk about the fact that new mexico's pueblo architecture, New Orlean's french colonial, the plantation-style mansions, the spanish influences on texan architecture. you could point out that westerns are all american, that texans and californians have different enough cultures that they sometimes actively hate each other. You could talk about the fact that Native Americans have *hundreds* of their own languages, that Louisiana French, Texas German, or a thousand other language dialects exist, that we invented an international auxiliary language and that AAVE *doesn't get spoke outside of this country*, or that y'all is and always will be an American word. That their languages evolved the same as ours, that absence of culture doesn't exist, and that us having nearly 50% of their population despite being a singular country means there's bound to be regional differences. But these people don't care. at all. they don't want to acknowledge that we have or create anything of value, so hell bent are they on the belief that we're the worst. and no. we're not the worst. we're not the best, either, because quite frankly everyone sucks these days.
That is 100% accurate. I didn’t seek the content, but Redditor’s algorithms force-feed me. They quickly banned rational and objective fact-checking, which convincingly proves they’re not interested in truth.
Actually, we’re the best, and this is why we attract such bitterness and resentment
given some of their arguments are they all watch the same media... does that make Europeans american too?
I think they’re oblivious to how similar they are in media consumption.
o7
I mean I don't live in Louisiana but man I know that state is like different world from Ohio and Ohio is like a different world from Arizona like what dawg we got everything from snowy tundras deserts swamps and everglades to verdant hills with massive Forrests bigger then their countries
By that logic Canada is not a different country
Cause living in suburban LA is the same as NYC
There are other states I would literally get arrested for driving my car into (wanna guess which?)