Is Geography not Taught?

[Glocksman]

Hell... Virginia is supposed to be the 'Birthplace of Presidents" and home of the intellectuals of our nation. So why do they have such dumb idjit ignoramouses who don't even know what their home state is NAMED?

It's a subconscious thing.

Those unreconstructed Rebs are mentally blocking out the fact that they lost the War of Succession and the resulting spilt of the western counties from the rest of Virginia.

So be gentle when you break the news that Richmond is no longer a national capital.

[Tsyroc]

Should have the Australian method. We're roughly the same size of the US, and have 8 states.

We started wizing up the further west we went.

The county I live in is larger than several US states.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

At least we figured out how to layout the damn counties correctly about halfway across. Jesus, the counties are just a fucking jumbled mess in the East...

[Tsyroc]

At least we figured out how to layout the damn counties correctly about halfway across. Jesus, the counties are just a fucking jumbled mess in the East...

99 counties seems a bit of overkill though don't you think?

On the same note, I think the 13 Arizona has is too few but if the state were divided up any more there would be counties with virtually no people.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Well, I was more refering to shape and layout than number. West of the Mississippi almost everything has straight lines and all nicely lined up, while the East states practically look like they all have their own miniature countries inside them.

[Tsyroc]

Well, I was more refering to shape and layout than number. West of the Mississippi almost everything has straight lines and all nicely lined up, while the East states practically look like they all have their own miniature countries inside them.

True, that's a good point. I just had to sneak in a little Iowa dig in there since I knew how many counties Iowa has. Incidently, I've always liked that Iowa's license plates put the county on them. In most cases you can make a pretty good guess what city the owners are from by the county on their automobile's license plate

Arizona still manages to screw around with it's congressional districts which is pretty bad in it's own right.

[Sea Skimmer]

Should have the Australian method. We're roughly the same size of the US, and have 8 states.

You've also got fewer people in your whole country then a number of individual American states. When you look at the "heavily" populated Australian states there comparable in size both geographically and population wise to many of those of America.

[TrailerParkJawa]

People often think California is the state of beaches and sunshine. While most of the state is sunny a great deal of the time, most of the state is no where near a beach. Let alone a nice beach with warm water.

[Phil Skayhan]

I don't have this problem. Everybody knows where New Jersey is, probably thanks to the smell.

Except the Weather Channel. They think NJ is named Into.

"Strong storms moving across Pa, Into, NY......."

[Xon]

Should have the Australian method. We're roughly the same size of the US, and have 8 states.

You've also got fewer people in your whole country then a number of individual American states. When you look at the "heavily" populated Australian states there comparable in size both geographically and population wise to many of those of America.

Actually, if you look at the population distribution the vast vast bulk of it is all along the coast and that is something we dont lack.

And our population is ~20 million, which is probable about the size of some cities in the USA

[Slartibartfast]

I've been through West Virginia. The scenery is some of the best you'll find on the East Coast. The poverty was just apalling, though. The difference once you crossed the state line from Virginia was amazing: huge modern house, huge modern house, huge modern house, state line, trailer, trailer, dilapidated farmhouse, trailer.

HEY! At least we can honestly say that we *OWN* those trailers, not rent out dinky little apartments in overcrowded cities.

So? A lot of those people have cars or trucks, or a wagon. If you want to live in one that's your problem

[Trytostaydead]

People often think California is the state of beaches and sunshine. While most of the state is sunny a great deal of the time, most of the state is no where near a beach. Let alone a nice beach with warm water.

Yes, most of the State is "on the way to Vegas"

[Knife]

A simple memory trick to keep them straight, WV and V that is. Just remember the difference between a WV farmboy and a Virginia farmboy.

One is the very defination of hick, the other wears a black suit with a little funny wire sticking out of his ear and sunglasses.

[Xenophobe3691]

It's a subconscious thing.

Those unreconstructed Rebs are mentally blocking out the fact that they lost the War of Succession and the resulting spilt of the western counties from the rest of Virginia.

So be gentle when you break the news that Richmond is no longer a national capital.

Someone's a Turtledove fan...It's spelled "Secession."

Anyways, try living here in the Wang of the country! I live about an eight hour drive from the next state, let alone any other part of the country!

[LadyTevar]

Huzzah for the Blue Ridge Mountains!!

AMEN!!

[LadyTevar]

Well, I was more refering to shape and layout than number. West of the Mississippi almost everything has straight lines and all nicely lined up, while the East states practically look like they all have their own miniature countries inside them.

Well, many of the counties used mountain ridges, waterways, or resident's property lines to set up county and state lines.

What's really hilarious is that it took until the early '90s and the advent of GPS to finally nail down the exact boundary between WV and VA. Although people living along that line still have problems with which 911 responds, which school their child should go to, etc.

[The Yosemite Bear]

Reminds me of the complaints by the residents of New Mexico against the INS, Social Security, and office of homeland security, for attempts to deport them, because it's a seprate country....

[The Dark]

Anyways, try living here in the Wang of the country! I live about an eight hour drive from the next state, let alone any other part of the country!

Yeah, and Pensacola's as far from you as Atlanta, so even just the Wang is huge . Florida's about 16 hours from southeast to northwest, IIRC (this is going off my time driving from Orlando to Pensacola, and a good friend's time driving from Lakeland to Miami).

People often think California is the state of beaches and sunshine. While most of the state is sunny a great deal of the time, most of the state is no where near a beach. Let alone a nice beach with warm water.

Bah. Florida's not even all that sunny, and we're the Sunshine State (as well as CA). During the summer, it's a rare day when we don't have rain. Sure, it'll be a nice, semi-cloudy day for about 6 hours, but those storms are nasty. Ask Xeno how bad some of the roads flood in Orlando, which is the center of the state and gets relatively lesser storms compared to the coast. And I'm about ready to leave the state if I get caught in a hurricane again. Three plus a half dozen tropical storms is enough.

[TrailerParkJawa]

Bah. Florida's not even all that sunny, and we're the Sunshine State (as well as CA). During the summer, it's a rare day when we don't have rain.

California is the Golden State and not because of the gold rush.

[Singular Quartet]

You, see. I don't have any of your god damn problems about people not being able to find my state. We get recognition because we were the only state that didn't vote for Reagen. Everybody knows where we are, and god dammit, if you ever come here, we'll run you off the road with our insane drivers.

[Pu-239]

Five calls today, where I'm playing Receptionist for the office, where the person calling did not know that West-by-God-Virginia was a seperate state from Virginia.

I sometimes wonder... does North and South Dakota, or North and South Carolina have this problem? Is it just West Virginia that keeps getting stupid idjit Virginians that don't know (Charlottesville, Covington, Richmond, Tazwell, etc) are not West Virginian cities?

Hell... Virginia is supposed to be the 'Birthplace of Presidents" and home of the intellectuals of our nation. So why do they have such dumb idjit ignoramouses who don't even know what their home state is NAMED?

West Virginians might be redneck hillbillies... but at *least* we know what state we're from.

I resent that... oh, wait, you must be talking about those hillbillies down south... Never liked this state, too many conservatives.

[Glocksman]

We get recognition because we were the only state that didn't vote for Reagen. Everybody knows where we are, and god dammit, if you ever come here, we'll run you off the road with our insane drivers.

Minnesota's flyover country.
Kind of like Indiana, but colder.

[Singular Quartet]

We get recognition because we were the only state that didn't vote for Reagen. Everybody knows where we are, and god dammit, if you ever come here, we'll run you off the road with our insane drivers.

Minnesota's flyover country.
Kind of like Indiana, but colder.

Meh, I guess I forgot to mention where I'm in: Massachusetts. Land of Liberals and the home of the world's most expensive public works project in the history of mankind.

Ah, the joys...

[Lonestar]

Everyone Knows Texas.

[kojikun]

Speaking of rain, today it rained nonstop. I was woken up by thunder and it's still fucking cloudy so I can't see the eclipse. I live in Fort Lauderdale, about 30 miles north of Miami, in one of THE party towns (MTV had one of it's recent Winter Breaks here, I believe).

Dark, Xeno: Did you notice how since about 2000 the summers had very little rain, but this summer we've had more normal amounts?