Before 1750, most Americans found an SO within 6 miles from home

[darkswordsman17]

TECHNICALLY, there wasn’t an “America” in 1750....

Technically you're wrong. Like, in every possible sense. It existed in name. It existed as a landmass (so saying there wasn't one, either you're a "the Earth is 600 years old" believer but also somehow think things happened as said, just on a massively accelerated timescale, or you're just being stupid to try to be an argumentative dick).

Don't be a stereotypical American moron somehow equating "America" as only the United States thereof. I mean, basic logic would make you wonder why would they call it the United States of America if America didn't exist.

And? Amerigo is not the same as America...you moron.

Except that it was literally called America by mapmakers. Mercator called it America (both North and South) in the 1500s you ignorant jackass.

 

[shortylickens]

actually I love Boomer, I was just giving him shit.

Sorry if I instigated a pissing contest. I gotta watch that.

 

[BoomerD]

Technically you're wrong. Like, in every possible sense. It existed in name. It existed as a landmass (so saying there wasn't one, either you're a "the Earth is 600 years old" believer but also somehow think things happened as said, just on a massively accelerated timescale, or you're just being stupid to try to be an argumentative dick).

Don't be a stereotypical American moron somehow equating "America" as only the United States thereof. I mean, basic logic would make you wonder why would they call it the United States of America if America didn't exist.



Except that it was literally called America by mapmakers. Mercator called it America (both North and South) in the 1500s you ignorant jackass.

n modern English, North and South America are generally considered separate continents, and taken together are called the Americas in the plural, parallel to similar situations such as the Carolinas. When conceived as a unitary continent, the form is generally the continent of America in the singular. However, without a clarifying context, singular America in English commonly refers to the United States of America.

 

[brianmanahan]

null miles

 

[Red Squirrel]

Makes sense to me. No internet or other long distance real time communication back then. You met people at school and church and other local places.

People probably didn't travel much for the sake of leisure either as it was more involved.

 

[Darwin333]

I met a cute girl about a mile from my home. We got to talking and she mentioned that her cousin attended the same HS I did. Yep, her cousin was my second cousin.

There are seven hundred miles between my wife's birthplace and mine.

If her cousin is your second cousin what does that make her to you, are you sure all the links are blood? And exactly how "separated" do you have to be to make it not wincest?

 

[Darwin333]

I don't think they're trying to "fault" anyone, they're just looking at the data and then suggesting reasons for it. They specifically said they think people started marrying that close because it became less socially acceptable.

If I'm not mistaken, they've shown that even marrying very close isn't as damaging as they used to believe (and that there were probably a lot of other factors, like leaded makeup or other things that would have affected say royal families having so much issues).

I'd think that walking being the main form of transportation played a pretty large part in it...

 

[Darwin333]

Makes sense to me. No internet or other long distance real time communication back then. You met people at school and church and other local places.

People probably didn't travel much for the sake of leisure either as it was more involved.

Man, I used to bitch about things involved in dating, I couldn't imagine having to walk 20+ miles for each date. Not to mention I'm pretty sure they were a lot more prudish back then so it took a lot more dates to get some nookie.

 

[SKORPI0]

TECHNICALLY, there wasn’t an “America” in 1750....

Correct, so where did they get data from?