In terms of having the "marrying cousins" stereotype.

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[–] 104 points 2 years ago (7 children)
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    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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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (7 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?

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    [–] 69 points 2 years ago

    Iranian here.

    All of them.

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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

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

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    In the Netherlands, its gotta be Urk.

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

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Every other balkan country except the one i live in.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    In Australia it's Tasmania

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Probably Saskatchewan.

    It's not Alberta, right guys? Right?

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    [–] 16 points 2 years 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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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

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

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    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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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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    Mexico: Nuevo LeΓ³n (specifically Monterrey)

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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    South mountain in Nova Scotia, Canada. There was (still is?) a family (the Goler clan) famous for poverty, sexual abuse, and inbreeding. A bunch of them were arrested for sexual abuse in the 1980s. Rumor has it, they inspired the Xfiles episode "Home".

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    The Netherlands? Urk.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years 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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