i want to start a trend of writing european place names like american films do:
This is so unfair. There are NUANCES and DIFFERENCES between the states!
For example, the billboards in Illinois have a washed-up football player advertising a hair regrowth product, while the billboards in Indiana are for strip clubs, weed dispensaries in other states, and telling you hell is real.
Funnily enough, “Check Republic” is the exact thing Americans should do
I have been (for longer than a couple of months) in Tampa, New Orleans, LA, they are different but all speak American English Tampa & New Orleans feel older, and out West does feel different.
The highway system is federal and those interstate roads all do look the same.
And all of the medium sized cities do have some road (here in Tampa it's Dale Mabry) that you could pretty much plop down into any other medium sized city, switch them without anybody noticing. Miles of strip malls. Impossible to cross safely on foot.
Ok but I'm stealing 'tumblypoos' cause it's weirdly adorable.
Houston in the 70s, I just saw this shot in a recent episode from Wendover. Not that it’s like, a different city or anything, but the same area has far fewer parking lots and is somewhat more walkable now. Still a lot of parking lots, but definitely improved at least:
Fewer people know about the extensive pedestrian tunnel system underneath downtown Houston:
It's equal parts shopping mall, liminal space, and 70s engineering marvel.
I swear GTA San Andreas have better distinction between Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas.
Should have included Texas, looks totally different (our traffic lights are horizontal instead of vertical almost always)
I bled red, white, and bald eagle from reading this post.
Ragebait used to be believable 🥀
Its not ragebait, its satire mocking how similar small town design is across America.
As a Check, I feel personally attacked.
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