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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Getting Oklahoma but not Minnesota is frankly nuts.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

Yeah Minnesota is just Canada lite.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Oklahoma had an easy to remember shape

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

And there are tons of Quebec plates driving around New Hampshire. Mostly for the cheap booze I assume.

And it borders Quebec too. Unlike Louisiana.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I'm glad they know the trick for Kentucky (a chef outline cooking Kentucky Fried Chicken)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

You can’t unsee this. I’ve tried.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

This is the first time seeing it and it’s hilarious. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Ooh. Now do Americans filling out Canadian provinces.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ngl I’d just make up names

Is Ontario one?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Yay I did something

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Is it two of them?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m gonna mix most of the interior ones up and totally forget that Montreal isn’t called Quebec.

Now the hard mode is Mexico. They have enough states to be confusing and not enough presence in English internet to be memorable

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

The spot near the border is called Toronto, everything else is Alaska junior. There is a small swamp somewhere called "Quebec". Up north is something beautiful called the Aurora Rae Jepsen.

How'd I do?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was just one giga state...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It is actually, Canada is the state. The US is the weird one with multiple states.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

East to west along the US border is Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba?, Alberta?, and BC. I think.

Then there’s Nunavut. And maybe Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland? I’m realizing I have no idea how many provinces Canada has

Edit: Looked it up and I definitely missed a few

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

My rage at them getting New York wrong is only quelled in knowing that they pissed off many Pennsylvanians in the process.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Glad Seattle got in there, just happy to be remembered.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

It's a little bigger than I remember

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

who lives here

We're like 100 miles from every canadian in existence. Bruh

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

With the number of hockey players and associated rivalries churned out by that circle I question the OP's Canadian credentials.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

I like that the who lives here circle has 3 of the top 4 most population dense states

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Don't mind me, just doing my daily 10 (12? 14?) hour commute from western Washington, across the Cascades and the Rockies, to Seattle.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Is this not correct?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oof. I'd rate Ohio as one of the more memorable/unique shapes like Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, etc

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Got all the relevant ones. Full marks.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I’m from the Midwest and when I travel overseas I just tell people I live “near Chicago” cuz it’s the only place between the Rockies and the Appalachians people reliably know.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

come on now, wyoming is memorable for being so utterly fucking devoid of people that the entire state has a smaller population than luxembourg.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I remember Wyoming because it's super square.

That's it, literally everything I know about it.

edit: reinforced by a recent Map Men video.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My heart died a little at seeing my beautiful state slandered by being labelled as Arkansas

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

What? You now are living in the state formerly known as Idaho. Better than most folks got.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think it depends where you live in Canada. I'm in Quebec so the bunch of states you circled in New England with "who lives here?" is rather easy for people living in QC or NB, as they are our immediate neighbours.

Like, south of Montreal it's New York, then east of the Richelieu river/Champlain lake it's Vermont, then New Hampshire when you're getting east of the Memphremagog lake or south of Sherbrooke, then there's Maine between NB and QC. I dont know the rest but this part is easy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

As a Canadian I’m shit at remembering names, but give me an accurate list of State names and I could complete this map with at least 90% accuracy.

As it is, having to remember names off the top of my head I would likely only get about 50-60% correct.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Huh. TIL Colorado has a Canadian border. I've been in CO for almost 10 years and didn't know that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

West Dakota and East Dakota: nobody ever remembers us... 😢

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I like how they get a bunch of corn-field-states but can't identify any of the east coast.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

If the US the same number of people per state as each Canadian province there would be 88 states

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Maryland and Delaware get no love smh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I would say this person is from BC except they don't know where Seattle is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Both of the states I’ve lived in got ???’d 🥲

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Better idea. Let's add two more Puerto Rico and the Virgin Isles

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