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Many view "the US" as a homogenous place, culture, and group of people. Nothing could be further from the truth. And I've spent many years living overseas as
by jki275 8y ago
Many view "the US" as a homogenous place, culture, and group of people.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
And I've spent many years living overseas as well as having grown up in the midwest and now living in one of the largest metro areas in the US.
- coldtea 8y ago>Many view "the US" as a homogenous place, culture, and group of people. There are differences in the ways of life between NY and South Dakota, or SF and Alabama, or Denver and New Orleans, but there's also a distinct common national culture and character. Poverty levels, jobs, city vs rural etc change, but culturally all those places are more similar to one another compared to a different country. France is not homogenous either, in the pedantic sense, but in the same we discuss here it is.
- jki275 8y agoI think it used to be that way. Culturally today, the difference between the metro areas and the "flyover country" is increasing to the point that people make silly comments like the gp post that betray a total lack of understanding of the rest of the country. There are some common themes -- but they're becoming less and less common.