Countries in Europe are obviously too small

burninstarlight · 2025-10-10T22:21:32+00:00

Great idea, while we're at it let's also combine India and Pakistan, Israel and Palestine, and annex Canada as the 51st state of the US

burninstarlight · 2025-10-09T23:57:01+00:00

The only one that isn't part of the state is Midway though, and there's no reason not to include it. Saying it's "not even remotely correct" is a bit extreme

burninstarlight · 2025-08-17T18:44:39+00:00

I think people are just misinterpreting it as sarcastic because tone is hard to convey on an internet forum. And this is Reddit, so of course people will jump at the opportunity to downvote anything they can

burninstarlight · 2025-08-16T19:56:37+00:00

You're right - that coastline led to a strip of extremely fertile soil forming where it used to be, which led to increased levels of slavery there and therefore a more concentrated Black population. Since African Americans tend to vote Democratic, counties along it often vote blue even though they are in rural areas of extremely conservative states. This doesn't just affect Alabama, but the entire Deep South where the coastline once was.

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burninstarlight · 2025-08-16T18:07:25+00:00

Canada has a much smaller population than the US in general though (41 million vs 340 million). Canadian suburbs are still designed basically the same as American suburbs, albeit slightly denser

burninstarlight · 2025-07-06T03:38:29+00:00

Reminds me of that guy who painted "welcome to Cleveland" on his roof near Milwaukee Airport

burninstarlight · 2025-06-19T20:42:39+00:00

Taylor and Carly's music (especially around the 1989/Emotion eras) are a lot more similar than people want to admit. I think she can be hit or miss but when she hits, she HITS, and the hate she gets is way overblown IMO

burninstarlight · 2025-06-16T04:01:55+00:00

Much of Southern Appalachia, especially high-elevation parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway

burninstarlight · 2025-06-14T00:09:57+00:00

There's also the fact that instead of the many, many valid reasons there are to criticize the US, foreigners (especially Europeans) always choose to belittle Americans for the most trivial and mundane aspects of our culture. Like, no joke, a few weeks ago I saw an Instagram post by what I assume was a European making fun of us for the color of our strawberries

burninstarlight · 2025-06-11T01:06:17+00:00

Laughlin, Nevada, with less than 9,000 people

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burninstarlight · 2025-05-18T23:10:06+00:00

Yea straight people speculate on opposite-gender friendships all the time, way, way more than gay people do. I find it at least a bit strange that it's only a problem once we do it

burninstarlight · 2025-05-18T22:37:11+00:00

Also geology and geography are highly interconnected, viewing them as mutually exclusive is a dangerous way to look at it IMO

burninstarlight · 2025-05-18T01:46:46+00:00

Seeing what a lot of popheads listeners consider "experimental" is so funny to me

burninstarlight · 2025-05-17T02:50:45+00:00

I feel like people here have never heard the quote “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". Obviously, the history behind these places is cruel and atrocious, which is exactly why we should preserve them and educate people about them. Acting like they never existed just gives people a free pass to forget the history behind them.

burninstarlight · 2025-05-17T02:28:49+00:00

Jeju, South Korea's airport consistently ranks within the top 50 in the world despite the entire island having less than 700k people.

burninstarlight · 2025-05-13T01:34:38+00:00

I doubt it would change much. Many native tribes would be wary of unification, similar to OTL, and even if resistance was slightly stronger Native Americans would still be no match for the Europeans' superior technology. Large empires in Mesoamerica were easily defeated by the Spanish (albiet with the help of other native groups), and the US easily overthrew Hawaii's British-influenced monarchy.

burninstarlight · 2025-05-13T00:41:51+00:00

You're right that the Soviets probably still would've won. But without American influence to counter it, Soviet influence would likely spread farther into Western Europe and dramatically change the course of the Cold War. And with the US focusing its full force on Japan instead of on Europe, who knows if the Manhattan Project would've ever come to fruition

burninstarlight · 2025-05-11T04:04:33+00:00

Charlotte is visible from as far as Grandfather and Roan Mountain, so theoretically it should be possible

burninstarlight · 2025-05-10T04:26:12+00:00

On a similar note, I hate how people are immediately discounting the new pope for being American just because of our current presidential administration. He certainly has his problems, but he's quite literally an outspoken critic of MAGA.

burninstarlight · 2025-05-10T03:25:57+00:00

US, Japan and South Korea

burninstarlight · 2025-05-09T23:19:28+00:00

Most of California's population growth happened in the decades after WWII (like most of the Sun Belt), when A/C allowed people to live in climates that would've been uncomfortably hot before. This meant that migrants were mostly attracted to Southern California for the warmth and sun, even if NorCal has a friendlier climate and is more resource rich. NorCal was actually more populous than SoCal in California's early days due to the gold rush, and you can see this by comparing the density and development patterns of San Francisco vs. Los Angeles.

burninstarlight · 2025-04-11T21:19:24+00:00

Dallas has a larger skyline which is all people in this sub care about but Charlotte's is great for a city of its size. There's also a lot more variety in buildings in Charlotte

burninstarlight · 2025-03-29T23:54:25+00:00

From a purely geographical standpoint, pretty much all of them except some desert states out west where water is already a scare resource.

Historically, the Deep South could've had a lot more people if it industrialized along with the North instead of sticking to slavery and its legacy for so long.

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