I've traveled to many US states and to Mexico, but I've only really experienced Texas, Illinois, and Florida. I'd say Illinois was the worst because people were just really unfriendly. I think it's the cold.
I've traveled to many US states and to Mexico, but I've only really experienced Texas, Illinois, and Florida. I'd say Illinois was the worst because people were just really unfriendly. I think it's the cold.
I dunno, I still don't think that you can claim with a straight face that the difference in cultures across the USA is similar (or imo, anywhere close) to that of the same land area in Europe. We're talking a landmass that has been populated, fought over and written about for literally thousands of years. Each country has its own independent history and culture that has been built up over centuries. Did the Mongols bother Great Britain that much? The Ukrainians are descendants of them. Large sections of Europe spent a long time under communist rule and the effects are still very visible. The ancient Greeks invented western civilisation.
That's to say nothing of the dramatic differences in weather and climate.
That's almost like Europe!Quote:
If you go to certain areas of the US, you'll find entire neighborhoods where English isn't even the primary language that's spoken.
EDIT: Okay I reread through the thread and nobody is really making a point about Europe not being diverse. I'll still remain skeptical that NA countries are that different compared to other continents, though.
I disagree. California and Florida culture are very different from the East Coast. I even see cultural differences with states like Philly and Vermont.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuchulainn
I think of various differences culturally and socially between California and New York even though I have only been here a day. I think the most jarring thing is the huge difference in time pacing and the lack of Chinese restaurants.
lmao if you actually visit other places for culture and history rather than just to tell people at home all the cool culturally-interesting and historically-fascinating places you've been
time to lmao then
Just ignore them. Their 'arguments' are all bollox. There's a part of belfast where they all speak Polish....I suppose I'll get my fill of diversity there. Complete balls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Manus
Yea there's slight differences in pacing, food, traditions etc but you get those slgiht differecnes everywhere, even in Ireland. In England the North/South divide is still there but you're pretty much in the same place.
Says the man who claimed all parts of the US are the same and you can only get cultural diversity by traveling to another country. :roll2Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuchulainn
Not tired of putting your foot in your mouth I see. :p
lmao if you think that where i grew uphttp://i.imgur.com/3X3GbBS.jpg and new york cityhttp://i.imgur.com/DqyiGJF.jpg, which I'd like to point out are both in the same state, are similar culturally. there's more to culture than just art, architecture, language, etc
I stopped counting my score at 1300. I've been to more countries than most people have states.
Cuch, I have no idea why you're arguing so strongly about an opinion with no experience to back it up. The differences between Arizona and Missouri are just as much as the differences between Germany and South Korea. I've been to all four. Some things are the same everywhere they go and others are different. I've been to your country, several other European countries, several Asian countries, and several states. America has regions where things are alike, the same as how things things in Western Europe or Eastern Asian countries can be similar, but American regions can be as varied as Western Europe is to Eastern Asia.
A whole lot of nope all over that. The differences between Arizona and Missori are the same as the differences between Germany and Korea? Lay off the meth.Quote:
Originally Posted by theundeadhero
Nope. But they're the same as the differences between Germany and Italy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuchulainn
You keep saying this kind of stupid trout, but how many of the places people are mentioning have you actually visited? I'd love to know if your wacky opinion is based on personal experience or if you're just pulling trout out of your ass with no basis whatsoever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuchulainn
I mean, have you visited Arizona or Missouri? How many US cities/states have you *actually* visited?
That's a nice str awman you're attacking there. Do you get a discount if you buy them in bulk?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuchulainn
Point is, you said something which is objectively false, ignores the 300 or so years of varying history the US has from the time of it's founding, through it's expansion across North America, right into today, and absolutely no one is failing to notice how ignorant you look right now.
No one is saying that there wouldn't be bigger cultural differences between two places like Germany and North Korea than there are between two states. But that's because the rest of us aren't complete morons. But what we are saying, is that to say the entire US has the exact same culture across every town, city, and state is not only false, but just plain shows how ignorant you are about the whole damn country.
I'm with Miriel, I honestly doubt you've had much experience travelling to the US if you honestly believe this sort of nonsense you're spewing. And that you so adamantly defend it just makes it all the more baffling. It's okay to admit you don't really know a lot about the culture in different regions of the US. But please don't go around making blanket statements that are plainly false on the face of them when you don't have the actual knowledge and experience to back it up.
EDIT: Hmm, apparently we have a word filter on [s]trawman. Shame this is one of those times that the original word is wholly accurate and the filter makes it seem like Cuch actually knows what he's talking about.
Yeah, the straw.man filter is incredibly dumb.
You people will bicker of damn near anything.
I've been to: North Carolina, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Mississippi, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., Nebraska, Hawaii, and Kansas. I've also been to Tijuana.