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Which parts of the UK correspond to which parts of America?

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Whitehorsewaves · 20/10/2020 20:53

This is just a light heart random thought that occasionally pops into my head for some reason. I try to work out which bits of the UK could be mapped across to the states. Obvious the climate is very different but hopefully you get the idea.

I think about characteristics/ terrain or just whatever tenuous link I can think of!

So for me:

London = New York
Manchester = Chicago
Cornwall = Florida
Devon = Louisiana
Edinburgh = Seattle
Wales = Montana

Any more ideas or better suggestions?

Just for fun Grin

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Whitehorsewaves · 20/10/2020 21:04

Clearly travelling is off the cards so I'm on a mental road trip Grin

M1 - route 66

I'm stuck on one for the lake district

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ShirleyPhallus · 20/10/2020 21:06

Route 66 is north coast 500

Brighton is San Francisco
Florida is Norfolk
Jersey is Hawaii

emptyplinth · 20/10/2020 21:07

Essex = New Jersey

Splodgetastic · 20/10/2020 21:08

Red Wall = Rust Belt

felineflutter · 20/10/2020 21:12

Louisiana Birmingham
Long Island Aldeburgh
Seattle Edinburgh
LA Blackpool
New York London
Atlanta Milton Keynes
Texas Southern Counties
Montana - the lake district

Whitehorsewaves · 20/10/2020 21:13

Brighton = SF
Essex = NJ

Like it!

Los Angeles?

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AgeLikeWine · 20/10/2020 21:13

Liverpool = Boston (even more so than London = NYC)
Sheffield = Philadelphia
Blackpool = Atlantic City
Bristol = Seattle (✈️)
Lincolnshire = Nebraska

AgeLikeWine · 20/10/2020 21:15

I’m stuck on one for the lake district

Maine?

Scarby9 · 20/10/2020 21:16

The Hamptons = Scarborough / Filey / Bridlington. Obvs. Smile

Ihatemyseleffordoingthis · 20/10/2020 21:18

Middlesbrough = Detroit
Lake District = Wisconsin

Ellmau · 20/10/2020 21:18

Essex: New Jersey
Norfolk: Mississippi
Liverpool: Detroit
Cheshire: Georgia
Hampshire: Virginia
Channel Islands: Hawaii
Cornwall: Florida
Yorkshire: California or Texas

Whitehorsewaves · 20/10/2020 21:19

Maine could work

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AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 20/10/2020 21:23

I'm not sure Edinburgh is seattle- Seattle is really wet and californian while Edinburgh is v cold, drier and windy and the people are games for being stuck up and not properly Scottish. (I don't agree with that at all, it's just that's what people have said about Edinburgh while I've grown up there!)

I think Edinburgh is more like a draughty East coast city like Philadelphia or maybe even Boston. Could Glasgow be more Seattle?

RunningFromWaterGhoul · 20/10/2020 21:23

Scilly Isles = Hawaii
Highlands & Islands = Alaska

purpledagger · 20/10/2020 21:24

York = New York
Hampshire = New Hampshire
Boston = Boston
BIrmingham = Birmingham

.... clearly not getting this 🤣.

weebarra · 20/10/2020 21:26

Yes, Edinburgh = Boston

SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 20/10/2020 21:27

Utah: Shropshire
Las Vegas: Blackpool

SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 20/10/2020 21:30

Kentucky: Peak District
Alaska: Highlands

tobee · 20/10/2020 21:32

Some excellent responses 👏

MitziK · 20/10/2020 21:36

Cornwall's a bit higher up than Florida. Near Roanoke and the like.

Some of the banks still have a small number of older people who speak with what is a Cornish accent.

Twilightstarbright · 20/10/2020 21:38

Channel Islands would be the islands off New England- Cape Cod, Nantucket etc. Wealthy but also quaint.

Struggling to think of an equivalent for Bath- Charleston perhaps?

AgeLikeWine · 20/10/2020 21:48

Shetland = Alaska. But colder.

itsafig · 20/10/2020 22:04

I think Bristol = Portland

mnahmnah · 20/10/2020 22:07

Vermont for the Lake District? Maine is a good shout though

AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 20/10/2020 22:08

What would New Orleans be I wonder? 🤔
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