Originally Posted by Tiago:
some posts ago, you were talking about geografy,
i remember one time talking with an american when i was in Budapest, and i tell him i live in Portugal, and he ask me if Portugal was a province/part of Spain.... i had to control myself to not brake his face...
I know there are brilliant minds in USA, but also a lot of people that don't know anythnig about Europe.
I am sure we, europeans know much more about them, then they now about us.
Most Americans have never ventured outside of the USA, and I seem to remember only 10% even own a passport. And over 60% of New Yorkers never even leave New York at all, so you can kind of see why they are so insular. Also as we mentioned before, their news coverage is very localised and centred on the county they live in, let alone the US itself.
It is quite sad how little a lot of people, not just Americans know about geography.