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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Like, can you name just a few large cities in certain regions, none at all, wtf is the USA, etc.

The USA is geopolitically isolated in a rather unique way on the global stage where this is an interesting perspective.

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[-] black0ut@pawb.social 11 points 8 months ago

Wayland, Texas. According to wikipedia it had a population of 100 people in the year 2000. AFAIK it's a ghost town now.

I know that town because I once read a "fun fact" about the Wayland Protocol that said its name was chosen for being the name of an actual town, which (supposedly) cannot be copyrighted.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

I stopped for gas in London, Texas recently. My wife looked it up, and it had a population of 188 about 20 years ago, and nobody has counted since.

The lady behind the counter at the gas station was ancient. She had a handwritten “no loitering” sign on the door that seemed ironic.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Naw that sign was there to chase off Steve. Sumbitch always hanging around harassing the womenfolk what come in to buy their sundries, never buying anything.

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