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Old 10-20-2014, 01:49 PM
 
Location: Hong Kong / Vienna
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maybe right

osterreich is more like texas
Well, at least try to spell it right when you show off your German skills. Which are clearly non existing.
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Old 10-20-2014, 01:54 PM
 
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Well, at least try to spell it right when you show off your German skills. Which are clearly non existing.
lol so Österreich is not like Texas?

which one would be texas then?

Bayern?
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Old 10-20-2014, 01:54 PM
 
Location: London, UK
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Russia - Canada

Vast Northern Hemisphere countries

Haiti - Cape Verde

Large Creole / African population with similar cultures. Except one is Portuguese derived and another French derived.

New Mexico - Mexico

Similar cuisine to Northern Mexico, terrain and climate.

Netherlands - England

Similar world outlooks, same European cultural block, similar terrain, climate and relatively diverse urban populations.

Italy - Spain

Similar culture, Southern European and similar climates to be found to both countries.

South Korea - Japan

Highly developed, technological East Asian countries that raced globalisation.

Bahamas - Belize

Both countries in the English speaking Caribbean with similar cultures and demographics. However both are overlooked when people think of the Caribbean.
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Old 10-20-2014, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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West Virginia - Slovakia
Michigan - Denmark
Rhode Island - Netherlands
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Old 10-20-2014, 01:58 PM
 
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New amsterdam (new york) = netherlands
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Old 10-20-2014, 02:01 PM
 
Location: MO->MI->CA->TX->MA
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Pacific Northwest = Low Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, northern France and Germany)

Colorado = Sichuan, China

Upper Midwest (North/South Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc.) = Siberia

Southeast Alaska coast = Norway, Sweden

Wyoming = Switzerland, Austria

Alaska = Kaliningrad, Russia

Louisiana = Hong Kong, Guangdong

Maine = Finland

Detroit = Novosibirsk

Northern California = France

Southern California = Spain

Utah = Mongolia

New Mexico = Turkey
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Old 10-20-2014, 02:04 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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New amsterdam (new york) = netherlands
We need more skyscrapers.
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Old 10-20-2014, 02:05 PM
 
Location: London, UK
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New amsterdam (new york) = netherlands
How?!

Because it use to be a Dutch colony over 200 years ago?

And has a district called Harlem?
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Old 10-20-2014, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Upper Midwest (North/South Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc.) = Siberia

Alaska = Kaliningrad, Russia

Louisiana = Hong Kong, Guangdong

Utah = Mongolia

New Mexico = Turkey
I don't get them.
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Old 10-20-2014, 03:02 PM
 
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How?!

Because it use to be a Dutch colony over 200 years ago?

And has a district called Harlem?
harlem, brooklin, bronx, hoboken, and so on

also the general feeling of the city
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