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In terms of having the "marrying cousins" stereotype.

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 year ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here's a tip for Americans, if you want to annoy a Canadian ask them if they're from Alberta, if they ask why tell them they give of Alberta vibes, if you're feeling sauce just say 'Berta vibes instead of Alberta vibes.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don’t think Canada has an Alabama. As conservative as they are, Alberta is wealthy, highly educated, and they frequently vote for women and POC. They like β€œsmall government”, but also have some of the highest paid government workers in the country. I just don’t see much similarity.

I think the comparison to Texas is more apt because they’re both conservative petro states with center left suburban sprawl cities.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I've always heard that Alberta is the 'Texas of Canada' (presumably for the oil & being politically conservative). But since Canada only has 10 provinces, I guess that would mean each province needs to represent 5 different US states.

If Alabama and Texas are two of them, what are the other 3 for Alberta?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

New mexico, Utah, not sure about the other

Most of the mid-west would be split between Saskatchewan and winnipeg

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Rafael Cruz is from Alberta, so even got enough crazy to export.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago

Iranian here.

All of them.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the Saarland for Germany or some parts of Bayern (Bavaria) depending on who you ask

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bavaria is more like Texas and Saxony is Florida, the crazy swamp part, not the rich.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tasmania for Australia. At least they are on their own island.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tasmania, reputedly home of the diamond-shaped family tree

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

From one of the songs in the video game Redneck Rampage, "My family tree's a STUMP."

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ask anyone in the UK and they'll tell you the next county over from them

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I'm from Somerset which would be a classic answer but Norfolk is still considered the one county that saves us from being the goto joke inbreds.

It's a load of bs anyway... I'm barely related to my wife at all!

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The north, in France. Lille is the rumoured capital of cousin-inbreeding.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Les Ch’tis

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (5 children)

In the Netherlands, its gotta be Urk.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sardinia is something between Alabama and Scotland (πŸ‘)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

You misspelt England.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the Netherlands it's Urk, although it's not a province but a municipality

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

In Australia it's Tasmania

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Probably Saskatchewan.

It's not Alberta, right guys? Right?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Mexico: Nuevo LeΓ³n (specifically Monterrey)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For the Netherlands: Katwijk, even had a genetic disease named after it.

https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katwijkse_ziekte

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Loving all the Scots embracing the United Kingdom in this thread by describing England as a part of their country πŸ˜‰

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Either SkΓ₯ne or anything far up north in Sweden.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Speaking only on the incest stereotype, Spanish Wells in the Bahamas. They’re known for strictly dating and marrying other fellow islanders, which at this point is basically one large family.

Edit to remove the double β€œat this point”

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Podlasie in Poland, definitely. My friend's parents have both the same maiden name despite not being closely related. Their whole village has basically the same surname.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Albertabama

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The south. It's always the south.

The question is: does it flip after passing the equator or is the law universal for both halves of the globe?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

EVERY SINGLE ONE. Marrying cousins is more than common, its prrtty much standard.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

@vis4valentine nota close equivalent but Alberta would be high on the list

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alberta, and definitely traces of it in the Maritimes kkkanada

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