Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "Fire of Learning"
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Living in England for a few years, I got a little irritated with the attitude that they thought they knew world geography. Sorry, but knowing where Paris or Amsterdam is, does not constitute the world. I found the British knew nothing of Chicago, my home town, while I knew about Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, etc. They knew nothing of most of the states, while I knew about York, Devon, Isle of Skye, Midlands, etc. I found that they had a passable knowledge of Europe, but were very ignorant of Africa and Asia, although they did tend to know Hong Kong, India, and South Africa - probably because they are ex-colonies.
Truth is most people around the world do not know geography very well. Often, they do not even know the geography within their own country, especially if it a large country, with profoundly different regions.
A pompous attitude about knowledge of geography is asinine. No matter who you are, there will be huge swaths of the globe where your knowledge of the topography, people, culture, economy, customs, and politics is going to be almost nil.
Get over yourselves.
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