Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> BTW, to many Chinese, Southern California mainly means
> great LA (including Orange County) and San Diego area. And North
> California mainly means San Francisco Bay Area. Again this may not
> be that correct but it is just the perception.

To most americans, China is one "place", and it doesn't matter anyway since
they all look alike there ;-)

That was sortof a joke, but there's some truth in it anyway, at least what
it says about americans.  Americans seem to be disproportionately
geographically illiterate.  I wonder how many can name a country that starts
with "U".  I bet well under half could correctly fill in the names of 25 of
the 50 states on a map with only the outlines.


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