George_Washington
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GarzaUK said:I will say that the average European knows more about the world beyond it's borders than the average American does.
Yes but not in the way you're thinking of. The average European is more familiar with Europe as a whole and possibly the Middle East and Asia just because they really have to be. Everything is so much closer to your guys. You don't have to travel that far to get to another country. If you go south just a few miles, you hit France. If you go north, you hit Norway. Over here in America, we're dealing with a much greater land mass that is all one nation. So the equivalent of you saying that the average European knows more about Poland, for example, is like saying that the average American knows more about Virginia. Of course you Europeans have more exposure to other countries because you're all so tightly packed.