# Map of the world according to Americans! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554 "2011-10-13T16:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/1 "2011-10-13T16:57:23Z")
Got this from a friend today and thought it was pretty funny. Something for everyone, righties and lefties alike. I’m putting this in the Pit because I’m thinking acerbic discussion may follow. The mods of course are free to move it should they see fit. [![](https://ritholtz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/world-accordign-to-USA.jpg) ](https://ritholtz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/world-accordign-to-USA.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/2 "2011-10-13T17:04:00Z")
That looks about right (for certain values of “right”). ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/3 "2011-10-13T17:05:55Z")
Funny! I especially liked the place marked “Santa!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/4 "2011-10-13T17:20:02Z")
No Israel? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/5 "2011-10-13T17:27:02Z")
I love it. “Bombs go here.” Heh. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/6 "2011-10-13T17:53:55Z")
While we’re linking to 8 year old maps, I think [this one](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100211143850/uncyclopedia/images/b/b4/America.gif) is the best. HERE BE DRAGONS ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/7 "2011-10-13T17:55:30Z")
Oh my! I was having a pretty shitty day and that brightened it right up. Thanks! “More America!!” just awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Vihaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/8 "2011-10-13T18:08:45Z")
I think the US should be bigger… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/9 "2011-10-13T18:16:34Z")
Missing from both maps is New Mexico, but it’s not a very important country anyway. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/10 "2011-10-13T18:17:32Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > No Israel? [This map](http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=13233) on the Landover Baptist forums fixes that for you. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/11 "2011-10-13T18:25:21Z")
Moved to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/12 "2011-10-13T18:27:34Z")
Why would there be acerbic discussion? Looks about right to me… ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/13 "2011-10-13T18:35:18Z")
[thread=627529]Thread from a few days ago[/thread] about this very map. Also, I started another [thread=624523]thread[/thread] a few weeks ago about the Mapping Stereotypes Project, and it does include a few “According to Americans” maps (as well as maps of the world according to other nationalities). That thread pretty much turned into a discussion of how the US and Canada view each other, but there’s much more interesting stuff on that site. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/14 "2011-10-13T19:49:01Z")
[The Average American’s View of the Muslim World](http://www.derfcity.com/cityarchive/dubyayears/dubyayears8.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/15 "2011-10-13T19:58:15Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > [The Average American’s View of the Muslim World](http://www.derfcity.com/cityarchive/dubyayears/dubyayears8.html) I had no idea that the Muslim part of Cyprus was the _eastern_ part… ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/16 "2011-10-13T20:50:32Z")
[Here’s a similar one.](http://bigthink.com/ideas/21087) The more things change, the more they stay the same. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/17 "2011-10-13T21:03:12Z")
Har har haaaarr. Americans are sooooooo stuuuuuuuupid. Har har haarrr. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/18 "2011-10-13T21:09:03Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Missing from both maps is New Mexico, but it’s not a very important country anyway. \ There’s a _New_ Mexico? \ ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/19 "2011-10-13T21:11:21Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Har har haaaarr. Americans are sooooooo stuuuuuuuupid. Har har haarrr. You certainly aren’t doing much to disabuse anyone of that notion. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554/20 "2011-10-13T21:17:13Z")
Funny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/map-of-the-world-according-to-americans/599554.md?page=2)