Is Kansas City the only city that people don't know what state it's in or its general size? Charlotte?

[SteveTime]

EVERYBODY..knows what state Charlotte is in,...now some may be surprise at how big it is,..especially if their not a city data junkie like some of us

[rossiapacifica]

This underscores the need for better geography education.

- People frequently confuse Idaho and Iowa. Isn't Boise the capital of Iowa?
- The post office occasionally confuse Des Moines Iowa with Des Moines, Washington.
- People, especially in the east, frequently confuse Washington State and Washington D.C. Go to the book store and you'll frequently see Washington DC tour books filed in the Washington State section, and Washington State in the D.C. Section.
- There is a Kansas City Kansas AND the larger Kansas City Missouri.
- Reiterating the lack of knowledge of the State Capitols is an absolute panic! (or is it Capital-heh heh). Chicago is not the Capitol of Illinois (although people in Chicago think this). New York is not the capital of New York (figure that one out.) Neither Miami nor Jacksonville are the capitol of Florida.
-Quick--name the capital of Minnesota. It's NOT Minneapolis.

One time while reading the Los Angeles Times (yes--the Los Angeles Times) a map published therein had the names of Washington and Oregon reversed.

Canada is not part of the United States! Amazing how some don't understand this. And Canada has provinces. What is the capital of the province of British Columbia?

Amazing stuff! But of course, its not really important. I've got to get back to my video games anyway.

Rossiapacifica

[SteveTime]

Capital of British Columbia is Victoria,...Capital of Minnesota is St Paul,...know geography like the back of my hand...and I didnt have to google it

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by SteveTime

EVERYBODY..knows what state Charlotte is in,...now some may be surprise at how big it is,..especially if their not a city data junkie like some of us

Disagree on the first part. Plenty of people like to put it in SC. I've even seen "Charlotte, SC" in print more than a couple of times.

[ogre]

Originally Posted by rnc2mbfl

Years ago I was asked where I was born. When I replied "Oregon", I was then asked "What state is that in?".

Someone actually didn't know this? I thought everyone knew that Oregon was in the state of Seattle.

[Count David]

Originally Posted by ogre

Someone actually didn't know this? I thought everyone knew that Oregon was in the state of Seattle.

No, I think it's a suburb of it.