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US states are definitely easier than UK counties, regardless of where you're from, as the states are divided into (generally) quite recognizable shapes. Also, people are more used to seeing USA maps with the states defined. England counties, haven't a clue outside a couple like Devon and Cornwall and maybe Norfolk.
I actually think they did a decent job. Only English counties I could identify are London and Kent. I knew Surrey and Essex were near London and Yorkshire in the north around York, but couldn't place them. The rest, no clue.
# states that showed up almost everytime.
1. Florida
2. California
3. Texas
A lot seemed to know where Arizona and Hawaii where the kept putting NYC in Delaware.
US states are definitely easier than UK counties, regardless of where you're from, as the states are divided into (generally) quite recognizable shapes. Also, people are more used to seeing USA maps with the states defined. England counties, haven't a clue outside a couple like Devon and Cornwall and maybe Norfolk.
Indeed. After Cornwall I'd be lost. Suffolk is the only other one I even know is a county.
The thing about English counties, though, is that they really don't have any meaning anymore. They're merely ceremonial historic regions that hold no governmental significance today. England is a unitary state (and geographically small, at that), so I think it's within reason for Americans to have less of an understanding of all of the ceremonial counties than it is for the English (or Brits in general) to make a distinction between huge states in an enormous federal union like the US, where state boundaries do matter.
It would be like people from California having an understanding of the counties of New England states like Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts — many of which no longer have any local governmental power.
I wonder how many Americans could place these locales on a map of England. I bet not very many, in fact I could only place some of them. These maps are funny for us to look at, but I wonder if they asked some Americans to do it for Britain as well. Maybe right now they are laughing at our attempt as well. In all reality it is only the real geography nerd who memorizes the states, provinces, territories, counties etc. of other nations by heart. Most people in any country cannot do that. Now when we see Americans who cannot find Austria on a map, or Romania on a map we should be ashamed. If they cannot find Sussex I think we can forgive them.
Well I like England. Berkshire is where the beautiful Winslet was born, Essex or Hertofordshire is where the main London airport is, and Warwickshire is where Shakespeare is from. I couldn't even place all the New Jersey counties in my own metro area cause it's too complicated but I could probably name them all (if naming south New Jersey counties by accident is allowed). New Jersey's county map looks like England, even down to the names.
A lot seemed to know where Arizona and Hawaii where the kept putting NYC in Delaware.
Maybe cause the states in that area are the smallest so they think it must be the most densely populated part? Rhode Island is the smallest (except maybe the piece of Virginia hanging off of Maryland) but maybe they know that's New England (and too close to Boston). I think Gotham City of Batman and Metropolis from Superman are on Delaware Bay. They're not real, lol. But Gotham is a nickname for New York.
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