Well, my opinion is mostly already said, because all of my fellow Americans commenting here pretty much hit the nail on the head about this map being almost entirely incorrect. His assumptions seem to focus on geography and limited tourist knowledge.
However, I go to school in Southwest VA (VA Tech) and travel a lot to WV, TN, SC. There is not a ghost's chance in hell that any of those states would be caught in the European Union. Hell, I don't think ANY of the "Atlantic America" states would be in the EUROPEAN Union! How does that make any sense? If he really understood North American culture (that includes Canadians), he would know that while many people in the Northeast (including myself, a DCer) identify with lots of values stemming from the EU, they would far prefer Canada over the EU simply because Canada has a way of being liberal and implementing those policies while being distinctly North American. We're not Europeans, we're North Americans. There's a huge difference.
I'm still not too clear on why states like IL, WI, MI, MN would be separate from the Northeast in political/social values. I would think that entire Northeast sector including the Great Lakes region would go Canadian.
However, the entire Southeast (at least outside of VA/NC towards the south and west, maybe including VA and NC) would definitely NOT be under Mexican influence. What a load of hooey. How does California escape this so-called Mexican influence? SoCal is way more "Mexican" than Mississippi! If anything the SE USA would just break away and do its own thing. And I have no idea what the Midwest would do, honestly.
Not to mention that the West Coast would probably end up joining the Northeast & Great Lakes states in joining Canada or doing whatever they would do. Since there's so many "Canadian-influenced" states, they would probably remain independent and just form their own much more liberal democracy, likely parliamentarian instead of republican.
So yeah: the Jesusland & US of Canada map is far more accurate than this.
However, I go to school in Southwest VA (VA Tech) and travel a lot to WV, TN, SC. There is not a ghost's chance in hell that any of those states would be caught in the European Union. Hell, I don't think ANY of the "Atlantic America" states would be in the EUROPEAN Union! How does that make any sense? If he really understood North American culture (that includes Canadians), he would know that while many people in the Northeast (including myself, a DCer) identify with lots of values stemming from the EU, they would far prefer Canada over the EU simply because Canada has a way of being liberal and implementing those policies while being distinctly North American. We're not Europeans, we're North Americans. There's a huge difference.
I'm still not too clear on why states like IL, WI, MI, MN would be separate from the Northeast in political/social values. I would think that entire Northeast sector including the Great Lakes region would go Canadian.
However, the entire Southeast (at least outside of VA/NC towards the south and west, maybe including VA and NC) would definitely NOT be under Mexican influence. What a load of hooey. How does California escape this so-called Mexican influence? SoCal is way more "Mexican" than Mississippi! If anything the SE USA would just break away and do its own thing. And I have no idea what the Midwest would do, honestly.
Not to mention that the West Coast would probably end up joining the Northeast & Great Lakes states in joining Canada or doing whatever they would do. Since there's so many "Canadian-influenced" states, they would probably remain independent and just form their own much more liberal democracy, likely parliamentarian instead of republican.
So yeah: the Jesusland & US of Canada map is far more accurate than this.