sadly... people just don't know "stuff"!

Sunny said:
And a few years ago, when I visited Austin, TX for the first time, I was amazed at how "un-Texan" the capital of Texas was! If felt more like California.
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There are Texans that would consider that as the #1 insult of all time. I of course, am not one of them. Yes. I am not one of them. No I am not.
 
Sunny said:
And a few years ago, when I visited Austin, TX for the first time, I was amazed at how "un-Texan" the capital of Texas was! If felt more like California.
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We watched a program on PBS some time ago about the success story of Austin, Tx. Apparently, the state government, local business, and the U of Texas joined forces to create an environment that would attract tech companies. It was described as what can happen when these entities cooperate. I was offered the opportunity to move to Austin by Cisco Systems during the "dot com" bust when they closed down our facility. They wanted software engineers with embedded Linux experience, and I was (am) one. I will never know if I should have taken it because I readily found a job where I live, and have never been to Austin. I have been to Dallas and to Houston for work travel, and due to the heat and humidity, would not want to move to either of those. I am sure they are otherwise good places to live though.

Tony
 
tbeltrans said:
In a way, I am glad to hear you say that: Well when I was in grade school I don't remember anything being taught about the U.S. at all.

One of the complaints I often heard as we worked our way down to the US border, was that Canadians who lived nearer the border learned more about the US than they did about Canada. I thought that was a real shame. Not that I think there is something wrong with learning about other countries, but that these folks were apparently not learning about their own.

Tony
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I'm about 30 miles from the U.S. border. A real treat was to go to a U.S. city for recreation and shopping. It still is a destination in the winter for 'snowbirds' who go to Florida and Arizona and Texas for the winter. It's easy to pick up on anything in the U.S. We both speak the same language and really have the same interests.Politics while they are discussed in Canada are really not a priority item like they are in the U.S.
 
Camper6 said:
I'm about 30 miles from the U.S. border. A real treat was to go to a U.S. city for recreation and shopping. It still is a destination in the winter for 'snowbirds' who go to Florida and Arizona and Texas for the winter. It's easy to pick up on anything in the U.S. We both speak the same language and really have the same interests.Politics while they are discussed in Canada are really not a priority item like they are in the U.S.
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I would like that. :)

I do remember working on a joint project with Bell Northern Research at their Lab 5 in Ottawa in the early 90s, and there was the French speaking section of town, and the English speaking part. The people I was working with were bi-lingual, so we were able to see both parts.

Tony
 
I think that part of the problem is that geography doesn’t seem to be taught at all
Also with air travel, people think in terms of hours or time to get someplace, without a clue as to what and how much Land, how many miles they are flying over. If one never goes off the interstates, even a cross country trip doesn’t show much.
Have loved maps since I was a kid. Free maps is about the only reason I maintain my AAA membership.
Wish I could have gotten to western CANADA and the Vancouver area before my physical mobility declined. I adore Maritime, Atlantic Canada, even made it to Newfoundland. (and to the little known islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon off the coast. )
 
Sunny said:
And a few years ago, when I visited Austin, TX for the first time, I was amazed at how "un-Texan" the capital of Texas was! If felt more like California.
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I've never been there but I'd love to attend the SXSW music festival there someday. My son graduated from U of T Austin for his pre-med but I never visited him there.
 
Geezerette said:
I think that part of the problem is that geography doesn’t seem to be taught at all
Also with air travel, people think in terms of hours or time to get someplace, without a clue as to what and how much Land, how many miles they are flying over. If one never goes off the interstates, even a cross country trip doesn’t show much.
Have loved maps since I was a kid. Free maps is about the only reason I maintain my AAA membership.
Wish I could have gotten to western CANADA and the Vancouver area before my physical mobility declined. I adore Maritime, Atlantic Canada, even made it to Newfoundland. (and to the little known islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon off the coast. )
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I always get Canada and Mexico confused. [Runs for cover...] :)

Tony
 
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