In terms of having the “marrying cousins” stereotype.
Iranian here.
All of them.
Alberta
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.
I laughed out loud
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 “small 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.
Ya I would agree likely no Alabama equivalent, but I would say the closest would maybe be Saskatchewan?
Yep. We’re Texas North, but we’re striving to be Florida.
sobs in corner
Saskatchewan is the birthplace of the NDP (Canada’s social democratic party), universal public healthcare (ever heard of Tommy Douglas?), and historically one of the pillars of the labour movement. It’s now the most conservative province, but still has tons of new immigrants, racial and cultural diversity, good education, and well funded government services. The SK NDP ruled almost continuously from 1971 to 2006.
SK is much more like midwestern farm states that were formerly pro-labour pro-union hotbeds but are now more moderate or conservative, like Iowa and Wisconsin.
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?
Ask anyone in the UK and they’ll tell you the next county over from them
Yep. Norfolk, full of em.
Either Skåne or anything far up north in Sweden.
No no, Dalarna or Värmland has the vibe down much more. And “raggar” culture is full of cousin fucking vibes.
Skellefteå
For the Netherlands: Katwijk, even had a genetic disease named after it.
The article actually says the desease is not the result of incest, but instead all people with the decease most likely share a common ancestor.
So, incest?
n/a
EVERY SINGLE ONE. Marrying cousins is more than common, its prrtty much standard.
That’s the Saarland for Germany or some parts of Bayern (Bavaria) depending on who you ask
Loving all the Scots embracing the United Kingdom in this thread by describing England as a part of their country 😉
England.
What is Alabama?
England
Aye but also Kirkcaldy though.
How dare you insult the Lang Toun.
What is Alabama?
The US incest state.
One of the incest states.
Correction… *THE incest state. When people talk about incest, at least one person is gonna think about Alabama.
The fact we have an idiom “sent to Coventry” meaning to deliberately ostracise someone should tell you all you need to know.
I went to uni in that city; there isn’t enough money in all the world to make me go back there. City of 300k people with over 3k homeless. Utter monstrosity of brutalist architecture (the university library is based on a panopticon prison, I kid you not). And the ring road! Taking your life in your hand just merging into it!
Absolutely insane amount of crime, with one of the highest rates of child sexual abuse in the country (for context, it’s crime index is about 20% higher than London’s). And I’ve never seen so many street walkers in my life! Plus they charge, I am not joking, £20 a go.
As an American that as been to Alabama and also Coventry, I agree
Also the ring road is an absolute death trap. I’ve never felt more unsafe on a road
I don’t know. There is multiple possibilities here. Maybe Appenzell Innerrhoden where you’re at a low degree cousin of one of the members of the council at the head of the Canton. AI has just 16k inhabitants.
But if you ask a French speaker, it will be Jura. It remember me once I went there. I saw a young woman not older than 25. She was definitely not rich. She already had 3 pregnancies and was outside in a cold foggy morning with the 3 kids walking around the small town. The region has the reputation of alcoholism too.
