Ivo
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(N.B.: Someone else can probably come up with a better thread title; if yes, let me know and I'll change it if I agree.)
Needless to say, given that most of us are very well versed in travel, we know where more or less everywhere of note is in the United Kingdom. To illustrate the point, we all know where Lisburn is, or Nantwich, or Wick, or Billericay, or Sandwell, or St Clears, or...
Anyhow, it is regrettably fair to say that this does not apply to the majority of the country. As I stated in the "Dumb Britain" thread, I know of some people who couldn't locate Leeds on a map!
So what would everyone consider reasonable then? I can reasonably say that I have rubbed off on those around me, which has improved their "knowledge", but surely it can only go so far before you start wondering how people don't know of X, Y or Z? I am sorry to reveal that I know of only one other type of person who knows where various odd locations are - hardcore football fans
Needless to say, given that most of us are very well versed in travel, we know where more or less everywhere of note is in the United Kingdom. To illustrate the point, we all know where Lisburn is, or Nantwich, or Wick, or Billericay, or Sandwell, or St Clears, or...
Anyhow, it is regrettably fair to say that this does not apply to the majority of the country. As I stated in the "Dumb Britain" thread, I know of some people who couldn't locate Leeds on a map!
So what would everyone consider reasonable then? I can reasonably say that I have rubbed off on those around me, which has improved their "knowledge", but surely it can only go so far before you start wondering how people don't know of X, Y or Z? I am sorry to reveal that I know of only one other type of person who knows where various odd locations are - hardcore football fans