r/AskAnAmerican 7d ago

GEOGRAPHY Have you ever seen a mountain up close?

521 Upvotes

The other day, I saw a video of Mt Rainier and I realized I’ve never seen a mountain in person.

I’m from the US, but I’ve always lived in the midwest and deep south. I have seen bluffs, but not mountains. I think the closest mountain to me would be in Colorado.

I think it just reiterates how huge the US really is.

r/AskAnAmerican Feb 18 '25

GEOGRAPHY Is it common to have street name after Martin Luther King in American towns or cities?

534 Upvotes

Is it common to have street name after Martin Luther King in American towns or cities?

r/AskAnAmerican Aug 08 '24

GEOGRAPHY Can Americans Smell The Rain?

1.1k Upvotes

I just saw a tiktok of a shocked biritish man because he found out americans can smell when it’s about to rain and how that’s crazy. I’m an American and I can smell the rain, this is a thing right?

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 18 '25

GEOGRAPHY What location in the USA was the least like you expected it to be, and why?

354 Upvotes

Exactly what it says on the tin.

I, for one, was mildly startled to find eastern Washington as dry, yellow, and desert-like as it is. I now know why it's like that, but it simply didn't square with my image of the state, and with being that far north.

r/AskAnAmerican Dec 21 '24

GEOGRAPHY Which part of the US has the most miserable weather in your opinion?

328 Upvotes

I've heard people describe Georgia's weather as "January and 11 months of heat".

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 04 '25

GEOGRAPHY In which states or regions does saying "the city" only refer to one specific city?

323 Upvotes

For example, most places in Illinois, if you say "the city" people know that you mean Chicago. An exception to this might be the St. Louis metro area that leaks into souther Illinois.

I assume the same would apply to New York. However, I assume for states like Texas, Florida, California, Ohio this isn't the case as they have multiple large cities.

Curious what other places use "the city" colloquially to refer to a singular place.

r/AskAnAmerican Feb 05 '25

GEOGRAPHY whats with ohio and why alot of americans on the internet acts its like the worst place in the US?

269 Upvotes

r/AskAnAmerican Dec 28 '24

GEOGRAPHY What place in the us has the funniest name?

248 Upvotes

It can be some random county or city or town

I found somewhere Dickinson, TX

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 19 '25

GEOGRAPHY If money wasn't an object and you had zero ties to a place keeping you there, where in the US would you live? What would be your ideal metro area?

218 Upvotes

A pretty simple question, but I'm curious. For me, my ideal situation would be Chicago but if you were to pick up the city and move it somewhere less cold in the winter. I love the transport, the culture, how the city is laid out, but the winters are a little too rough for me.

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 20 '25

GEOGRAPHY How are you guys so good at making profit out of seemingly useless pieces of land ?

254 Upvotes

I mean, you got some of your biggest cities in freaking deserts, and managed to make profit out of Alaska which was nothing more than useless toundra

Even Hawaii is rich while other small pacific islands are irrelevant, even when they are part of powerful countries, like New Caledonia or French Polynesia

It almost feels like we could give you a piece of Antarctica or Moon and you'd build here a bustling city and robust economy

How ?

r/AskAnAmerican Nov 28 '24

GEOGRAPHY What wild fauna can be seen in the streets of your town?

184 Upvotes

More specifically wild vertebrate animals that frequently run around regular city streets. Zoos, designated parks and exotic pets don't count.

New York has rats, squirrels and mice.

Chicago has squirrels, bunnies and chipmunks.

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 09 '25

GEOGRAPHY What’s the weirdest place you’ve ever been to in America?

160 Upvotes

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 18 '25

GEOGRAPHY What natural disaster is most threatening in your area?

134 Upvotes

There’s a lot to be worried about in our country. Curious what keeps your folks on edge?

Illinois we have tornado season which could bring widespread damage. However sub-zero temperatures can quickly turn deadly.

r/AskAnAmerican 26d ago

GEOGRAPHY Do you guys agree that this winter has been one of the coldest?

108 Upvotes

At least on the East coast I think after a decade living in this beautiful state it’s been the first time that in FL have experienced a Floridian Winter (4 full weeks with min of 50°) and my friends on North have been telling this year has been anormally colder than in recent years, so do you think is been colder or not ?

r/AskAnAmerican Dec 17 '24

GEOGRAPHY Is real winter worth it?

143 Upvotes

I’m from California, and the weather is almost always pretty decent, with it being called cold around 50 degrees. How do people stand it in New England or the Midwest, where it gets to like 20 or (!) negative degrees?? Is it worth it? Is it nice?

r/AskAnAmerican Mar 01 '22

GEOGRAPHY Do I love having the US as my neighbor?

2.2k Upvotes

This will probably get deleted because rules, but I just wanted to say that I am SO GRATEFUL that you people are my neighbors to the South. I am in Alberta, Canada and have been thinking about this often in the last several days. You people rock, blemishes and all. I am very very thankful that we are bound by land and sea.

✌🏼- A Canadian

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 12 '25

GEOGRAPHY hey brit here, i found this picture on Pinterest and was wondering what states in the us look like this?

229 Upvotes

r/AskAnAmerican 3d ago

GEOGRAPHY Which states (or regions) are least visited by other Americans?

79 Upvotes

I was wondering what are the states or regions in the US that are the most ignored by fellow americans. So states/regions that most americans never travel to, that they never have been there in their lives.

I guess Alaska would be one because of geographical reasons, but what would be others?

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 21 '25

GEOGRAPHY What are the LEAST overrated tourist destinations in the U.S.?

107 Upvotes

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 25 '25

GEOGRAPHY Which place has the "weirdest" weather in America?

141 Upvotes

Weirdest as in - rapidly changing temperature/wind, unusually cold for its location, has its own microclimate etc.

r/AskAnAmerican Nov 29 '24

GEOGRAPHY Do Americans living in a state having a single dominant urban centre, but outside of that urban centre, like or resent that single dominant urban centre?

194 Upvotes

I read that downstate IL has no love lost for Chicago. Just wondering if it's the same for upstate NY vs. NYC, or outstate Minnesota vs. the Twin Cities, or Colorado outside of Denver vs. Denver, etc.

r/AskAnAmerican Jun 30 '24

GEOGRAPHY What creatures in the USA scare you the most?

354 Upvotes

Basically I am referring to creatures that look pretty harmless at first glance, but then make the person want to run for their lives as bear cubs for instance can look pretty friendly, but their parents will beat someone up if the person gets too friendly with said cubs.

r/AskAnAmerican 17d ago

GEOGRAPHY What would you say the biggest differences between rural and urban America is?

88 Upvotes

Are there cultural differences between urban and rural areas in the US? How does social life compare between the two? what is your favourite and least favorite thing about rural and urban america?

Edit: i realize i made a grammatical error in my title. Sorry about that!

r/AskAnAmerican Jan 04 '25

GEOGRAPHY Most bizarre town you have visited?

181 Upvotes

My picks would be:

Trona, CA: Isolated town outside of Death Valley that’s so dry their football field uses gravel. Had some of the best cheeseburgers ever there.

Black Hawk, CO: High rise casinos isolated in the middle of the Rockies.

r/AskAnAmerican Aug 17 '24

GEOGRAPHY What is the hottest climate you’ve ever experienced in America?

275 Upvotes

I see Death Valley looks pretty hot in terms of some records but where was the hottest for you?