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In terms of having the "marrying cousins" stereotype.

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[–] bradv@lemmy.ca 104 points 2 years ago (7 children)
[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] fresh@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 years 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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[–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 30 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?

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years 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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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Kyle@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

I would agree with this answer for the Zeitgeist of how Canadians see Albertans from a stereotypical way, and this is true for our rural population. But politically, Ontario takes the Alabama cake for voting in so many Ford's so many times. How do you guys keep doing this?

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[–] cs127@lemmy.sdf.org 69 points 2 years ago

Iranian here.

All of them.

[–] mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 61 points 2 years ago

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

[–] peter@feddit.uk 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] christophski@feddit.uk 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Globulart@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years 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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[–] T1000@lemm.ee 40 points 2 years ago
[–] Ashiette@lemmy.one 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Les Ch’tis

[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 2 years ago (5 children)

In the Netherlands, its gotta be Urk.

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] Mananasi@feddit.nl 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] T1000@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

You misspelt England.

[–] matto@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Persen@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Every other balkan country except the one i live in.

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago

In Australia it's Tasmania

[–] sndrtj@feddit.nl 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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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Probably Saskatchewan.

It's not Alberta, right guys? Right?

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[–] astreus@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Pogbom@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

If they're gonna be forced to be part of the UK, they can also enjoy the privilege of shitting on it like the rest do.

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

Mexico: Nuevo LeΓ³n (specifically Monterrey)

[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] GodsKillerKirb@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Vaginal_blood_fart@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] InactiveBeef@lemm.ee 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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[–] mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years 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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[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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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[–] iByteABit@lemm.ee 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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[–] TvanBuuren@feddit.nl 12 points 2 years ago

The Netherlands? Urk.

[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Alberta, and definitely traces of it in the Maritimes kkkanada

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[–] terny@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

In Costa Rica its a subdivision of a province, San Carlos. Very famous for incest (not being taboo). In the costa rican subreddit there was a long thread about it not too long ago. The thread mostly contained anecdotal but has interesting comments; a doctor that sees lots of teenage pregnancy cases, a story of a priest that refused to continue marrying cousins in a small town.

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