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Here's a tip for Americans, if you want to annoy a Canadian ask them if they're from Alberta, if they ask why tell them they give of Alberta vibes, if you're feeling sauce just say 'Berta vibes instead of Alberta vibes.
I laughed out loud
I donβt think Canada has an Alabama. As conservative as they are, Alberta is wealthy, highly educated, and they frequently vote for women and POC. They like βsmall governmentβ, but also have some of the highest paid government workers in the country. I just donβt see much similarity.
I think the comparison to Texas is more apt because theyβre both conservative petro states with center left suburban sprawl cities.
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I've always heard that Alberta is the 'Texas of Canada' (presumably for the oil & being politically conservative). But since Canada only has 10 provinces, I guess that would mean each province needs to represent 5 different US states.
If Alabama and Texas are two of them, what are the other 3 for Alberta?
New mexico, Utah, not sure about the other
Most of the mid-west would be split between Saskatchewan and winnipeg
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Rafael Cruz is from Alberta, so even got enough crazy to export.
I would agree with this answer for the Zeitgeist of how Canadians see Albertans from a stereotypical way, and this is true for our rural population. But politically, Ontario takes the Alabama cake for voting in so many Ford's so many times. How do you guys keep doing this?
Iβm not Canadian, but I had a brief fling with a girl from Alberta. She had just gotten out of an 8 year relationship with a crackhead (her words, not mine) and she herself had just been released from rehab. I think I know exactly what you mean somehow
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That's the Saarland for Germany or some parts of Bayern (Bavaria) depending on who you ask
Bavaria is more like Texas and Saxony is Florida, the crazy swamp part, not the rich.
What do Bavaria and Texas families have in common?
Something something cream
Weird hats, weird music and a dangerous border in the South that must be secured at all cost
And dog whistling fascists everywhere.
Iranian here.
All of them.
Tasmania for Australia. At least they are on their own island.
Tasmania, reputedly home of the diamond-shaped family tree
From one of the songs in the video game Redneck Rampage, "My family tree's a STUMP."
England.
In the Netherlands it's Urk, although it's not a province but a municipality
There's even a genetic disease specific to Urk. Half of the people who have it are from the the former island and as I understand it the others have their roots there.
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Every other balkan country except the one i live in.
For the Netherlands: Katwijk, even had a genetic disease named after it.
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Sardinia is something between Alabama and Scotland (π)
You misspelt England.
In Australia it's Tasmania
Mexico: Nuevo LeΓ³n (specifically Monterrey)
The Netherlands? Urk.
Loving all the Scots embracing the United Kingdom in this thread by describing England as a part of their country π
If they're gonna be forced to be part of the UK, they can also enjoy the privilege of shitting on it like the rest do.
EVERY SINGLE ONE. Marrying cousins is more than common, its prrtty much standard.
India?
South mountain in Nova Scotia, Canada. There was (still is?) a family (the Goler clan) famous for poverty, sexual abuse, and inbreeding. A bunch of them were arrested for sexual abuse in the 1980s. Rumor has it, they inspired the Xfiles episode "Home".
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Portuguese here. I don't think we have that at all. I guess rural areas in general get that wrap a little bit but not really.
Portuguese immigrants in Canada from mainland Portugal say this about people from the Azores. I heard it a lot growing up.
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Speaking only on the incest stereotype, Spanish Wells in the Bahamas. Theyβre known for strictly dating and marrying other fellow islanders, which at this point is basically one large family.
Edit to remove the double βat this pointβ
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