See, I would have to say that New Mexico was right next to California. And north of Mexico.
It is somewhat sad that I am really bad at UK geography. Not a clue where, for example, East Anglia is. It's down south.
Show me a blank map and I can point you to the big 3 Scottish cities, but I'll be really vague on my current location.
And I'll share a quote with you:
Me and my parents were in some random USA fast food joint. The waitress, confused by our accents, asks us where we are from. 'Scotland', we reply.
'Oh! I'm descended from Scottish! Uhm, what language do you speak there? French? German?'
'...'
And this offering from Bill Bryson:
'Where are yah from?', asks the old American guy.
'Well, I'm from England', replies Bill Bryson. He is actually American but he had lived in Britain for 20 odd years by that point so he just refered to himself as British.
'Well son, yah speak real good English for a foreigner.' Utters the old man.
Plus the old tired complaint about Americans acting as though Scotland had 20 inhabitants. 'Oh, so-and-so is from Scotland! Do you know him?' Well, no, I do not
personally know all five million Scottish.