{ "Wait, New York is north of D.C.?" }

[delga]

So, long story short, I've had the relative locations of NYC, Baltimore and Washington DC mixed up all these years. Suffice to say, my world was realigned tonight.

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[fallapartagain.livejournal.com]

Posts like this just strengthen those feelings of "omigodyourock!".

(I LOLed a lot. A LOT.)

[asemic.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

I was VERY distressed. !

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

I am embarrassed! But also: my world view has changed dramatically. I'm not saying I was all that good with American geography to begin with (um, for ages I thought Seattle was close to Chicago. DON'T ASK) but I thought, you know, I take a look at these three places quite often. I SHOULD KNOW THESE THINGS. And the conversation was horrific. "Wait, New York is south of Washington, right?"
"No, Meisha."
"--YOU'RE KIDDING ME."
"No, Meisha."
"But--"
"No, Meisha."

[asemic.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't worry about it, really. I know Americans who have no idea where our nation's capital is. It's not in Washington state.

Ah, the future of our country, right there. Huzzah.

[emmademarais.livejournal.com]

I believe they did a survey once and a scary number of Americans didn't even know *what city* was our nation's capital, much less where it was on a map.

Ow. My countrymen. How they wound me.

Meisha can you make some room in the UK for me? At least there I warrant they don't believe the Queen is *actually* in charge of running the country. /facepalm/

And FWIW, the eastern seaboard of the US is very confusing. Don't even get me started on Delaware...

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Well, you never know. There's a lot of Stupid in the air these days. Self likely included.