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Epicurus0319 t1_j5yc6mm wrote

Reply to comment by AJEDIWITHNONAME in Anyone else get mildly annoyed when people/news refer to '...in Washington', but they really mean Washington, DC? by Nixx_Mazda

I mean Seattle seems to be a popular destination for international tourism too. I’m studying in Spain rn, many people I’ve met who can speak English have said they’ve been there and liked it (minus the weather ofc)

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EdgaristheDog t1_j5yy6gp wrote

Lol when we were in Italy, Italians would ask where we were from. We would say Spokane Washington. They would look at us confused. So then we would say “a few hours from Seattle” and they would go “oh, where greys anatomy is!!” I was like yep?? This happened multiple times in various cities in Italy and I thought it was really strange that that was what Seattle was known for not Amazon, Microsoft, etc, but grey’s anatomy. Lol it must be a popular show over there I guess.

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espresso-yourself t1_j600w5g wrote

When I lived in Spain, I used to have to explain that I was from Oregon - above California, below Seattle, in a place a lot like Galicia hahaha Now I can just tell people Washington, I guess, since I had to move for work

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Epicurus0319 t1_j5z65ct wrote

In my college on the east coast not a single person knew where Microsoft is located, let alone what Redmond is

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AJEDIWITHNONAME t1_j5yh6bs wrote

I live in Japan though! You’d think with Amazon, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Boeing we’d be better known. I jump to Ichiro now usually and they have a better idea but are still a little confused.

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