In terms of having the “marrying cousins” stereotype.
Every other balkan country except the one i live in.
Iranian here.
All of them.
Loving all the Scots embracing the United Kingdom in this thread by describing England as a part of their country 😉
If they’re gonna be forced to be part of the UK, they can also enjoy the privilege of shitting on it like the rest do.
Alberta
Here’s a tip for Americans, if you want to annoy a Canadian ask them if they’re from Alberta, if they ask why tell them they give of Alberta vibes, if you’re feeling sauce just say 'Berta vibes instead of Alberta vibes.
I laughed out loud
I don’t think Canada has an Alabama. As conservative as they are, Alberta is wealthy, highly educated, and they frequently vote for women and POC. They like “small government”, but also have some of the highest paid government workers in the country. I just don’t see much similarity.
I think the comparison to Texas is more apt because they’re both conservative petro states with center left suburban sprawl cities.
Ya I would agree likely no Alabama equivalent, but I would say the closest would maybe be Saskatchewan?
Yep. We’re Texas North, but we’re striving to be Florida.
sobs in corner
Saskatchewan is the birthplace of the NDP (Canada’s social democratic party), universal public healthcare (ever heard of Tommy Douglas?), and historically one of the pillars of the labour movement. It’s now the most conservative province, but still has tons of new immigrants, racial and cultural diversity, good education, and well funded government services. The SK NDP ruled almost continuously from 1971 to 2006.
SK is much more like midwestern farm states that were formerly pro-labour pro-union hotbeds but are now more moderate or conservative, like Iowa and Wisconsin.
I would agree with this answer for the Zeitgeist of how Canadians see Albertans from a stereotypical way, and this is true for our rural population. But politically, Ontario takes the Alabama cake for voting in so many Ford’s so many times. How do you guys keep doing this?
I’ve always heard that Alberta is the ‘Texas of Canada’ (presumably for the oil & being politically conservative). But since Canada only has 10 provinces, I guess that would mean each province needs to represent 5 different US states.
If Alabama and Texas are two of them, what are the other 3 for Alberta?
Also, more importantly, cowboys and ranching. At least back when I was a young’un out in the sticks it was commonplace to see someone wearing a cowboy hat, and rodeos were one of the major events for many small towns. In fact, one of (if not) the largest public events in Alberta is the Calgary Stampede, which is rooted in and still features many rodeo and cowboy type activities.
Oh yeah! I forgot about the ranching culture. That’s a great point. I’ve actually been to the Calgary Stampede (decades ago).
South mountain in Nova Scotia, Canada. There was (still is?) a family (the Goler clan) famous for poverty, sexual abuse, and inbreeding. A bunch of them were arrested for sexual abuse in the 1980s. Rumor has it, they inspired the Xfiles episode “Home”.
People wanna say Alberta, but this is the real answer.
Yeah, there’s a lot of drunk oil hicks here, but I haven’t seen much inbreeding. Though the last time I attended an event in Rumsey I couldn’t help but wonder.
The south. It’s always the south.
The question is: does it flip after passing the equator or is the law universal for both halves of the globe?
Nah, in the UK it’s the midlands. Coventry, Birmingham, Leicester, and Loughborough can all go in the bin.
I’ve heard Australians say this about their northern territories.
Nah the Aussie equivalent is probably Tasmania.
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The Netherlands? Urk.
England.
In Germany: Saarland
Bayern
Bayern is Texas
Nicht die Franken?
Franken ist vielleicht Kentucky oder Missouri, aber nicht Alabama.
Probably Saskatchewan.
It’s not Alberta, right guys? Right?
Only because Alberta is the Texas equivalent
The fact we have an idiom “sent to Coventry” meaning to deliberately ostracise someone should tell you all you need to know.
I went to uni in that city; there isn’t enough money in all the world to make me go back there. City of 300k people with over 3k homeless. Utter monstrosity of brutalist architecture (the university library is based on a panopticon prison, I kid you not). And the ring road! Taking your life in your hand just merging into it!
Absolutely insane amount of crime, with one of the highest rates of child sexual abuse in the country (for context, it’s crime index is about 20% higher than London’s). And I’ve never seen so many street walkers in my life! Plus they charge, I am not joking, £20 a go.
The fact we have an idiom “sent to Coventry”
yeah but that was because Coventry was a roundhead stronghold where they imprissoned captured caveliers
As an American that as been to Alabama and also Coventry, I agree
Also the ring road is an absolute death trap. I’ve never felt more unsafe on a road
I guess it’s “Coventrated” after all.
Outside of UK, Coventry is mainly known for the bombing, is there some connection to its current bad state?
OH god, in Coventry it’s all they talk about. But a tentative yes. It was flattened in WW2, but didn’t have the clout of London so it was rebuilt as the utter hell hole it is now. However, there was still a lot of industry there (mostly cars) until the Thatcher era. And then that went away as well. Now there’s two unis and that’s about it
Ask anyone in the UK and they’ll tell you the next county over from them
Yep. Norfolk, full of em.
Speaking only on the incest stereotype, Spanish Wells in the Bahamas. They’re known for strictly dating and marrying other fellow islanders, which at this point is basically one large family.
Edit to remove the double “at this point”
Alberta, and definitely traces of it in the Maritimes
There’s a whole lotta cousins that I ain’t met yet So you can imagine the shock I get There’s one of them I think I mighta dated back in school But that’s alright, in Alberta that’s cool
Corb Lund - Family Reunion
For the Netherlands: Katwijk, even had a genetic disease named after it.
The article actually says the desease is not the result of incest, but instead all people with the decease most likely share a common ancestor.
So, incest?
