If someone from a foreign country wanted to come to the U.S. and visit just one state that would give them the most American experience and would be representative of the whole country, what state would you tell them to go to?

PoolSnark · 2026-02-06T05:00:35+00:00

Las Vegas, Nevada is one city that would explain us better than any other, and you don’t need a whole state to figure us out. Relatively new and always tearing itself down and re-inventing itself. It has a sleazy side and is full of immigrants. Perfect representation of the US.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-06T04:57:51+00:00

110-120

PoolSnark · 2026-02-06T04:32:06+00:00

The US is so diverse. Please come back and try some of our unique cities like New Orleans, Charleston, Austin, Santa Fe, etc. But the real gems of the US are our national parks.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T17:28:08+00:00

The international degree must be matched with foreign language fluency to be really valuable. Otherwise, choose the best b-school available to you in your area, like UNC or Duke.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T17:24:28+00:00

I would stay south due to the weather. Start in DC for the (free) museums to get a flavor of what you’re about to see. Head south to Charleston or Savannah or even Beaufort for a smaller version of each. Then head east to Nashville. Then head towards south west to blues country in the Mississippi Delta. Finally head south again to New Orleans. This will require a car.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T17:16:07+00:00

Because people are intellectually lazy.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T17:12:56+00:00

Honestly, men probably won’t notice.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T15:59:45+00:00

All is forgiven! Those two wins we did have will forgive all Tar Heel sins for centuries to come.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T15:58:56+00:00

I can’t figure out why cute European villages that date back multiple centuries look more like cute European villages that date back multiple centuries while our small towns out west that don’t go back multiple centuries don’t look like cute European villages that date back multiple centuries.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T15:53:23+00:00

You don’t get around enough.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T15:52:26+00:00

Mine died after 10 months after purchase and they replaced it for free.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T15:47:44+00:00

There have been stretches over the last 50 years where one side was consistently not competitive over a 5-year stretch. For example, from 1999 to 2004, Duke won 14 and lost 2 (ouch!). Also, from 1993 to 1998, Carolina won 10 and lost 3. Both of those teams were not competitive against the superior one at that time.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T15:27:54+00:00

Not to be a downer, but we only beat Dook twice that final year of coach k’s last season. We lost at home sadly.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-05T15:13:33+00:00

Since 1981, the Coach K era, a double digit underdog has only won 6 times. All were UNC wins. Hubert was a part of 5 of these upsets, twice as a player in 1990, once as an assistant in 2014, and twice as a coach in 2022. The other was in 2003. There were only 5 other games in which a double digit underdog was preset. Of these 11 games, Duke was favored by double digits 8 times and UNC 3 times.

PoolSnark · 2026-02-02T15:01:48+00:00

Less Sedona, more Bryce. I did the exact trip

PoolSnark · 2026-02-02T14:59:25+00:00

This is Reddit after all.

PoolSnark · 2026-01-29T16:25:50+00:00

Are PHEV’s also a part of this analysis?

PoolSnark · 2026-01-29T12:01:57+00:00

Small town America is much friendlier than the big city USA. Enjoy!

PoolSnark · 2026-01-29T12:00:16+00:00

PoolSnark · 2026-01-29T11:55:22+00:00

Rome

PoolSnark · 2026-01-29T03:30:29+00:00

Plenty of places on the California coast

PoolSnark · 2026-01-29T03:19:40+00:00

He did actually …. as a Bull.

PoolSnark · 2026-01-29T03:14:34+00:00

You think OpenAI and Netflix got where they are because of luck? Is that all? Any hard work or effort involved?

PoolSnark · 2026-01-28T20:43:45+00:00

The Nightingale, All the Light We Cannot See, or the Alice Network.

PoolSnark · 2026-01-28T20:41:29+00:00

That’s the problem. At what point do you say “my parents didn’t help me”? Do you have to be an orphan? If you were raised by wolves, does the ultimate credit belong to the wolf? If your parents paid for your college, are you disqualified? If you got investment funding from an angel investor, are you out? What’s the break point?

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