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People say "flyover country" as metonymy of the two different realities that are both called "USA", but "transit country" and "SUV country" may be better images
by thanatropism 7y ago
People say "flyover country" as metonymy of the two different realities that are both called "USA", but "transit country" and "SUV country" may be better images.
Outside the USA, 80% of what we see on TV shows is NYC. Sometimes I have this acute FOMO that I should be miserably scraping by in NYC just to be in the Navel of the World. It's just a mindfuck to us unamericans how big the US really is and how empty and boring.
- irrational 7y agoEmpty, yes. Boring? No. The empty parts are where the national parks are like the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zions, Canyonlands, Arches, Yellowstone, Crate Lake, etc.