# Kind of amusing - "The World According to Americans"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 11, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357 "2011-10-11T22:57:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357/1 "2011-10-11T22:57:50Z")

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[The World According to Americans](http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/the-world-according-to-americans/)

Also check out "View of the World from 9th Avenue.” in the link.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357/2 "2011-10-11T23:11:10Z")

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Um, what was the funny part? Looks like an accurate map to me.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357/3 "2011-10-11T23:58:40Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Um, what was the funny part? Looks like an accurate map to me.

The view from 9th Avenue seems logarithmic, like one of XKCD’s maps.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357/4 "2011-10-12T00:26:25Z")

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You are giving Americans too much credit.

They are unaware of Antarctica.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357/5 "2011-10-12T01:16:35Z")

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It’s based on an old joke: [The World According to Ronald Reagan](http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/800px-reagan-digitised-poster.JPG).

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357/6 "2011-10-12T01:23:28Z")

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Here’s [XKCD’s](http://xkcd.com/850/) version.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-amusing-the-world-according-to-americans/599357/7 "2011-10-12T01:26:28Z")

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In a similar vein, here is the map of [New Yorkistan](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sokref1/2098036789/) and explanatory notes in [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yorkistan).