Posted by alexandra_k on July 4, 2005, at 19:10:24
In reply to oops!, posted by henrietta on July 4, 2005, at 13:01:04
> That's even worse than people living on either coast of the US not knowing the difference between Iowa and Ohio!
Oh right, the difference between Iowa and Ohio... ;-)
I heard a joke off the Simpsons. Can't remember exactly how it went... Something about the mid-west - where is that? Oh, you know, somewhere in that waste of space between LA and New York...
> There's a saying that goes something like this:
> Wars are the American's method of learning geography. I've mutilated the saying, but you get the idea....Heh heh, yeah I do. There must be a better way... Take this for instance:
http://www.ticket2ridegame.com/index.php?t=content&sub=inside&rid=&S=5abc2f0fc2e5c653ab50a6a64dff2094It is a board game. Dare I say it is a REALLY REALLY great board game that I highly recomend. Not only is it fun but the map (which you can see in the link) is a real map of the US. There are state boundary lines (not all of them I dare say it gets a little complicated in some parts I seem to remember...) and the main city (or two) of each state is named. You get tickets and have to build railway tracks connecting the places specified on the ticket. I am a board game fan - I'd highly reccomend this one and it gives you a good idea of US geography. The track between LA and NY gives you lotsa points, for instance, whereas NY to Miami isn't as far... There are Canadian cities on the map too...
And there is a Europe version. Have to get that one next.
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