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Old 04-13-2005, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Jovimimi
OK Maria you must be from a military family ...
LOL. Not at all - I just happen to be German, living in the US

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I think i can name and locate on a blind map all the usa states but it's just because I love to travel inside my head ....
you are an exception in that though. Most people (well educated) have no idea how big the US actually is and how long of a flight it is from one coast to the other. Most people cannot point to the state of Nevada if you give them a blank map or any other not so popular state (everybody knows where California or Florida is).

I really don't think people in Europe are more worldly than people in the US --- it's just that everybody knows 'their home' better than places on the other side of the globe. I remember a girl in school who at 16 years old believed that all Americans were black (she is German).
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