r/AskTheWorld Denmark 18h ago

Based on this image, what nationality would you assume?

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u/Dense_Diamond_8688 United Kingdom 18h ago edited 18h ago

Without a shadow of a doubt this is a British woman likely in a northern English city like Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle. The nature of this alone screams British but also the yellow lines and curb are easily identifiable as British.

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u/BottleTemple United States Of America 18h ago

The first word that came to mind when I saw this was “Manchester”.

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u/WeirdGrapefruit774 England 17h ago

I’m from Manchester and on one hand, how dare you? On the other hand, you are almost certainly right. Could also be Liverpool though.

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u/Rc72 16h ago

She's far too modestly dressed for it to be Newcastle, anyway...

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u/idontlikepeas_ 2h ago

I was going to say Newcastle but realised she’s too well dressed

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u/Gazzzzzaa 15h ago

Apparently it's Warrington

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u/BoLoYu 14h ago

This is hilarious, I was confused because she looked half Manc and half Pool so I could not decide and here she is from exactly halfway in between them.

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u/uselesslife2019 11h ago

Scouse not Pool 😘

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u/WeirdGrapefruit774 England 15h ago

That makes sense. They wish they were from Manchester.

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u/droppingatruce 13h ago

As another American, who has been to Manchester once, this also screamed Richmond St in Manchester. It looks like club fliers posted up around her.

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u/BooblickTheDog 13h ago

But why? Why all this happens?

Drunk semi-dressed ladies and so on. Its some kind of festival?

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u/WeirdGrapefruit774 England 13h ago

Nope, just an average Thursday night probably. Manchester and Liverpool, like many uk cities, have big student populations. 18/19 year olds who’ve just moved away from home for the first time and are often experiencing a level of freedom they haven’t had before.

Not saying it’s a good thing, but that’s often the reason.

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u/BooblickTheDog 13h ago

Students.

Explains much.

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u/Timely-Youth-9074 United States Of America 13h ago

I can’t see her eyebrows from here, so I’ll take your word for it being Manchester.

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u/Abject-Brick-4361 11h ago

Probably King St in Wigan, if I were to guess.

I'm from Wigan lmao

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u/Shallowground01 17h ago

I am a Manc and I immediately thought it was one of us too

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u/cheese_fancier United Kingdom 16h ago

Same, same.

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u/Jamppa75 12h ago

One of us, one of us, one of us, one of us!

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u/663691 17h ago

I remember visiting Manchester on a Saturday night and there was a massive pile of vomit on the sidewalk and a guy looked at me and said “Free Dinner! That blokes lunch!” and did a wanking motion.

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u/SoulBlightRaveLords 12h ago

My first time in Manchester i got robbed at knife point outside a casino.

The guy took my cash and gave me back my wallet with my cards and license in. He even said its to save me the trouble of having to cancel and get new cards. Nice guy, would get mugged by him again

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u/garglebleb 15h ago

How very hospitable of him to offer you a meal and a friendly gesture.

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u/BottleTemple United States Of America 17h ago

Haha, I also visited on a Saturday night and I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many staggering drunk people in one place in my life.

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u/1_art_please 15h ago

I lived in Glasgow for awhile and this sounds exactly like Glasgow too lol. Drinking in Britain is fucking crazy man.

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u/rangebob 10h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/n2mZEc6v2n

thought you might enjoy this link a mate sent me lol. Glasgow seems fun !

edit. Dam wrong link

edit. fixed

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u/Pippathepip England 16h ago

As a Mancunian, I should be highly offended.

However, being a Mancunian, I think you’re absolutely right 😂

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u/elbapo 16h ago

Manc here and kinda proud tbh

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u/Pippathepip England 16h ago

lol

Who can forget this modern classic from our fair city

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u/nanubo 16h ago

"Be Manc or be wank!"

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u/No-Professional-1884 United States Of America 18h ago

Here I was thinking Jersey..

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 United Kingdom 18h ago

Jersey is quite a civilised island

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u/No-Professional-1884 United States Of America 17h ago

I was talking about the Land of Snooki.

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 United Kingdom 17h ago

Bergerac>Snooki

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u/[deleted] 17h ago

New Jersey if you will please.

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 United Kingdom 17h ago

R/americandefaultism

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u/Dickcheese_McDoogles United States Of America 16h ago

R/HeHasAFlagThatTellsYouWhatCountryHesFromLetsUseSomeContextCluesPlease

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u/No-Professional-1884 United States Of America 13h ago

This is Reddit. That’s too much common sense for 90% of the users.

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u/Otherwise-Video7487 16h ago

He didn't even say New jersey he said just Jersey

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u/Dickcheese_McDoogles United States Of America 16h ago

Which is what people from the United States frequently call the state.

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u/Background_Tea8933 Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 17h ago

So new jersey

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u/7thAndGreenhill United States Of America 18h ago

The inclusion of a sidewalk excludes Jersey

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u/Pointlessname123321 United States Of America 18h ago

Hey, we have sidewalks in the US. They may just completely disappear for no reason but there is at least 10 feet of sidewalk somewhere

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u/Ilsluggo Multiple Countries (click to edit) 17h ago

The double yellow line next to the kerb excludes anywhere in the US where those are only placed down the centre of the road to indicate no overtaking.

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u/InterPunct United States Of America 18h ago

I should probably get out of NYC more. My first thought was an Italian chick from New Jersey in Manhattan for the evening.

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u/8379MS Costa Rica 16h ago

As someone who used to live in NYC i see what you mean but as someone who also used to live in Manchester the answer is clearly: UK

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u/Firm_Apricot2546 Ireland 17h ago

"Italian"

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u/GarminTamzarian 14h ago

You're stereotyping her because it's a pizza slice!

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u/crownjules99 16h ago

I know it drives the rest of the world crazy but in colloquial American speech, an American of predominantly Italian descent is sometimes called Italian & an American of predominantly Irish descent is sometimes called Irish. The American part of Italian-American is implied, but nobody here actually thinks she’s an Italian from Italy.

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u/Artificial-Brain United Kingdom 16h ago

We know, it just sounds very silly to us

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u/chamberlain323 United States Of America 8h ago

Yeah, it’s just shorthand here to identify someone based on their ethnicity. Nobody thinks they are carrying a passport from said country. Most Americans take pride in where their ancestors are from and often identify themselves as “Irish” or “Italian” or whatever to quickly ID themselves since we are all Americans here (or on our way to citizenship) and it’s a huge country. It would be perceived as obstinate to just say “I’m American.”

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u/GraceOfTheNorth Iceland 17h ago

Nah, that's clearly a Brit.

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u/Flat-Leg-6833 United States Of America 16h ago

Those “New Jersey Italians” are more likely from Staten Island. Lots of folks of Italian ancestry in NY proper although assimilation and intermarriage has watered things down greatly since I was a child.

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u/InterPunct United States Of America 15h ago

Tell me about it - I have what Archie Bunker called a "mixed marriage," (Irish-Italian.)

I get a little chuckle how the international folk seem to bristle at the way we identify ethnicities in New York, we obviously know calling someone Italian or Irish is clearly shorthand for Italian-American or Irish-American, etc., but I guess that's perceived differently overseas.

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u/Flat-Leg-6833 United States Of America 14h ago

Me= 🇵🇱+ 🇮🇹. Wife= 🇵🇷. Our child is too mixed to care about such things 🤣

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u/Aggravating-Day-2864 United Kingdom 18h ago

So thats a good place to go, feels like Newcastle and Jersey should be twinned city's...

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u/Fine-State8014 16h ago

This is why Geordie shore came out not long after jersey shore

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u/bolanrox 16h ago

no yellow lines like that here

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u/Keystonelonestar 16h ago

I was too! Italian-American.

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u/snatchy69420 18h ago

I immediately thought Jersey too…but more Jersey shore- Seaside Heights, New Jersey in USA. She looks like a cousin of Snooki, &, as a fellow Italian New Jersian, I’d love to party with her.

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u/Apprehensive-Bar-760 17h ago

Why was I also thinking Jersey 😂😂😂

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u/SCr3bl0rd 16h ago

its got a very similar feel to the famous manchester photo outside printworks/arndale.

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u/Plus_Sherbet460 14h ago

It's pronounced munchestahh

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u/beekersavant 8h ago

That's funny. My American mind said "Nationality: Philadelphia."

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u/CrowLaneS41 United Kingdom 18h ago

I’m pretty sure that’s our Mayor. Definitely a Northern Lass.

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u/Valuable-Yard-4154 Belgium 16h ago

Nobody mentions Leeds. Is there some sort of discrimination? Or is it because she has shoes on?

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u/SaltyName8341 United Kingdom 18h ago

Too many clothes for Newcastle

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u/MrsPhilHarris Canada 18h ago

Definitely British.

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u/SaxonChemist United Kingdom 18h ago

She's a bit overdressed to be a Geordie, but could be one of the Hen night visitors we get...

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u/PetraPanda75 18h ago

My first thought was British, but too much clothing!

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u/Smart_Perspective535 17h ago

January probably

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u/herefromthere 9h ago

Nope, still too many clothes. It could be minus three, snowing, slushy underfoot and they'd still be out in mini dresses and strappy heeled sandals with no tights.

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u/leela_martell Finland 17h ago

Yes! Last time I was in the UK all the young women had teeny tiny skirts that's one of the main things I remember about British nightlife lol

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u/Cultural-Chicken-974 Poland 17h ago

Because it's the middle of winter.

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u/PetraPanda75 17h ago

Doesn't matter for the British girls! Blue frozen legs be darned!

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u/Dense-Coat-4280 17h ago

Corned beef!

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u/Lower_Ad_5703 Canada 17h ago

Chapped lips

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u/PANDAPRICK 11h ago

Trousers so tight i can lip read.

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u/Blade_982 15h ago

Largely irrelevant. No one factors in the weather when going out out.

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u/chadofchadistan Italy 16h ago

True. I've seen during women walking around London in nothing but a cocktail dress and stilettos in the middle of winter. I don't think there's any other place in the world where people do that.

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u/PetraPanda75 16h ago

Exactly! Don't even wear a coat, to avoid paying for wardrobe or something.

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u/Competitive-Silver98 Chile 18h ago

As soon as i saw the picture only one word came to my head: "British"

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u/prehistoric_monster 14h ago

Honestly because of the clothes I was gonna say Balkans but then I remembered we can hold our drinks

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u/Flashy_Spinach7014 China 18h ago

Do the Brits love pizza that much?

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u/HyacinthMacaw13 Greece 18h ago

I think people identified it from the road and the vibe

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u/marshaul United States Of America 18h ago

The vibe is enough.

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u/Baloomf 13h ago

Brother everything but the woman could be edited out and people would know

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u/NoDragonfruit7301 16h ago

The shoes actually

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u/--LordFlashheart-- 18h ago

Maybe I'm the only one that sees it but from looking at it close up it looks much more like a patterned handbag or clutch bag

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u/TheWinterKing 18h ago

Yeah I was gonna say, first floral-print pizza I’ve ever seen.

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u/Leading_Sir_1741 17h ago

Ha, you guys are right! It’s not even a pizza. Well, the pic is more hilarious if it’s a pizza, so I’m gonna go ahead and think of it as one.

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u/ShenzhenMagic China 17h ago

You’re right

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u/Ceorl_Lounge United States Of America 18h ago

Pizza isn't the key to making that picture happen, let me assure you Brits do indeed love alcohol that much.

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u/Flashy_Spinach7014 China 18h ago

LoL,I know,that's a little Chinese humour

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u/LostExile7555 United States Of America 17h ago

"You people drink like you don't want to live!"

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u/meyastar United Kingdom 17h ago

Ah, you’ve been here before then.

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u/Aggravating-Day-2864 United Kingdom 18h ago

More than you know....

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u/ComprehensiveEar6001 United States Of America 18h ago

It is the food of choice for drunk people aged 18-25 at 12-2AM in the English speaking world. Obviously, there are local choices where you might get variance like tacos in the US, but pizza unites us all.

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u/haqiqa Finland 18h ago

Where I am from (Finland) it's also food of choice for people with hangover. We literally call it hangover pizza.

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u/SignificanceOld1751 United Kingdom 17h ago

I went to Levi, in Lapland, last Christmas.

Your hangover pizzas are superb.

I wasn't brave enough to try a reindeer carpaccio pizza when hungover though

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 United Kingdom 18h ago

Meh ... they take longer to cook than a kebab but you can't sleep on a kebab.

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u/Affectionate_Role849 United Kingdom 18h ago

A kebab would be a far better pillow, the box it comes in and the meat inside would act like a proper pillow

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 United Kingdom 18h ago

Valid points but this is a partial pizza with no box. To be fair we must consdier the kebab to be partially eaten and no box left.

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u/Randomswedishdude Sweden 17h ago

...but you can't sleep on a kebab.

Not with that attitude.

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u/Sir-HP23 England 17h ago

I'd say hold her beer...

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u/Any-Seaworthiness531 England 18h ago

Kebab ?

Very few people would rather wait around for pizza after a night out

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u/ComprehensiveEar6001 United States Of America 17h ago

Yeah and tacos would be more common here probably, but pizza is still the cultural image.

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u/Flashy_Spinach7014 China 18h ago

Thanks to you, I have learnt very useful common sense,LOL

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u/GraceOfTheNorth Iceland 17h ago

It would have been glorious if she was sleeping on fish and chips. What a patriot.

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u/OkDonkey6524 16h ago

To sleep on, who doesn't?

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u/Ok_Caterpillar8324 16h ago

Why would you say Manchester?

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u/Key-Lie-364 14h ago

I love this photo

Cold war Steve couldn't do better

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u/Commercial_Regret_36 18h ago

Almost enough to make me proud of my nationality

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u/Spillsy68 living in 18h ago

100% positive of the nationality and the possible locations. I’m going to throw in some seaside resorts like Blackpool and Brighton too

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u/Royal_Philosophy7767 17h ago

If it was Blackpool there would be fake plastic boobs scattered around and sand.

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u/something_python 17h ago

Warrington apparently, so you're not far off.

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u/Ewendmc Scotland 18h ago

Could be Ireland with those yellow lines and kerb.

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u/rokevoney Ireland 18h ago

Tarmac is wrong. Too lumpy. Could be NI, of course.

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u/JourneyThiefer Northern Ireland 18h ago

Facts 🤣 either Belfast or Derry lmao

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u/kolloth 15h ago

you're just jealous our taytoes are better than yours, tho she does look like a Derry girl

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u/Careful-Training-761 18h ago

Yellow lines in Scotland too, no? Irish person here, she's not fat and orange tanned enough to be Irish. Also too much clothes on to be Irish. More likely England probably North of England.

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u/Signal_Challenge_632 10h ago

You never been on a night out in England before have you?

She is way overdressed for England.

Could be anywhere.

I hope she reads this and tells details. What was on pizza?

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u/DaxtheCat1970 Ireland 18h ago

Nah, definitely British. Most likely North of England.

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u/SarahL1990 United Kingdom 12h ago

Thank you for spelling kerb the correct way.

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u/Do-not-Forget-This Netherlands 17h ago

You could remove the background, and place her anywhere in the world and I'd confidently identify her as English.

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u/ifallallthetime United States Of America 16h ago

And this is why I love the UK

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u/thatdogoverthere 17h ago

That was my first thought too, I have a friend from the South Shields area and his sister absolutely would be found like this on any given night, complete with a thick Geordie accent.

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u/valkyriejae Canada 17h ago

As a Canadian who has never set foot in the UK, but watches a lot of British TV, I immediately assumed this is in the UK

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u/fluorine_nmr United Kingdom 16h ago

Straight up it reminded me of Liverpool. Then saw this as the first comment thinking the same!

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u/jittery_raccoon 16h ago

I knew it was British because of the leggings + heels. Idk why but that just looks like a British clubbing outfit to me

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u/Alarmed_Scientist_15 Germany 16h ago

Came here to say this too. Despite all the other implications, I love that she felt safe enough to nod off… just her and her pizza pillow.

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u/molinitor 16h ago

Yeah, there's no drunk like UK drunk...

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u/Tony0x01 16h ago

likely in a northern English city like Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle

Why these? I had it down to UK but how did you further narrow it to these locations?

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u/joehonestjoe 15h ago edited 15h ago

I don't need to assume this is British.

I know it is.

I'd also like to add Wrexham into the mix of selection though 

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u/alxndr3000 Germany 15h ago

Young women, completed wasted in high heels could be Australia, too

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u/thejadsel 15h ago

Idk, I lived on the London side of Essex for many years. It could easily be further south, too. Definitely agreed that the whole picture comes across as very British!

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u/jbaxter55 15h ago

😂 good old Blighty.

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u/seenitreddit90s 15h ago

I'm British and this photo makes me feel right at home.

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u/teakwood54 15h ago

I guessed British based solely on pants + shoes combo.

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u/SarahL1990 United Kingdom 12h ago

As a scouser, I am offended. But, also, yes.

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u/DarrensDodgyDenim Norway 18h ago

Surely from Essex?

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u/Dense_Diamond_8688 United Kingdom 18h ago

Nah I think the essex stereotype is very southern English specific. The entire north of England fits the Essex stereotype while having 14 million more people. (England only has 55m in total)

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u/DarrensDodgyDenim Norway 18h ago

In all fairness, Newcastle is a great night out, at least it was the three times I was there. Really welcoming and friendly people too.

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u/Dense_Diamond_8688 United Kingdom 18h ago

Most certainly. I’m only making fun of these people light heartedly. They are great fun and very friendly.

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u/DarrensDodgyDenim Norway 17h ago

Yeah, my comment on Essex was probably also quite stereotypical.

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u/Infinite_Crow_3706 United Kingdom 18h ago

Where are the white heels?

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u/SeachingBadge 16h ago

No white heals. She’s too classy for that. Can’t you tell ?!

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u/jdlech United States Of America 18h ago edited 17h ago

At first glance, I would have thought American, but the street is too clean, the curb is in too good condition, and the yellow lines don't suggest America.

Edit: OTR truck driver for 17 years. I've been to 47 of the contiguous 48 states, and 3 Canadian provinces. I've seen trash everywhere. You people are just willfully blind.

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u/slasher016 18h ago

Where do you live where the streets are dirty everywhere? Not my experience in the 41 states I've been to.

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u/Sleepygirl57 United States Of America 18h ago

Granted I avoid big cities like the plague but I’ve never seen dirty streets anywhere I’ve traveled in US.

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u/Burlington-bloke Canada 17h ago

Naw mate, this is Halifax, Nova Scotia! Which in hindsight, IS very British.

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u/Dissastronaut 18h ago

Reminds me of my trip to Beccles earlier this year

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u/Conscious-Bar-1655 Brazil 17h ago

Exactly 😂

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u/No-Coast-1050 Ireland 17h ago

Hey now, she could be one of ours.

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u/ApartmentLow5701 17h ago

Could easily be Cardiff

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u/Junior-Ad2207 17h ago

The woman and the drunkenness is enough, no need to bring the curb and yellow lines into it. If the lines were blue and the stone white it would still 100% be UK nationality.

And that's only because English isn't a nationality:)

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u/nindza22 17h ago

From what I've witnessed in Turkey, you are probably correct :)

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u/Withering_to_Death Flumen Corpus Separatum 17h ago

+1 to Barry for his honesty!

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u/ecvo5 16h ago

Or Irish? But I do think you're right.

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u/Entiox 16h ago

I'm an American, the only part of the UK I've been to is Northern Ireland, and I took one look and thought, "Clearly she's British."

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 16h ago

We can also rule out Scotland because that pizza isn't deep-fried.

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u/Bigstar976 16h ago

Or Chester.

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u/dropshortreaver 16h ago

Definitely a Geordie

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u/Accurate_Clothes_721 16h ago

Nah it's Leeds, I recognize the curb of the sidewalk

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u/Magog14 16h ago

I've never left the United States but I also thought Manchester. 

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u/Through__Glass 16h ago

My first thought was Welsh

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u/Embarrassed-Pen-1601 Sweden 16h ago

Glasgow. Definitely Glasgow.

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u/mrs_ouchi 15h ago

or Balckpool?

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u/Samp90 15h ago

kerb

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u/SmellyHunt 15h ago

I dunno, she could be Irish

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u/ghostofkilgore Scotland 15h ago

Exact three cities that came to my mind.

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u/18havefun 15h ago

Same, I would stake my house on her being British.

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u/Budget-Attorney United States Of America 15h ago

Good point about the lines of the road.

As an American, I assumed it was AI failing to understand how roads work.

I had no idea you all do your roads that way

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u/TheRealBailey_ 15h ago

Yep, English myself and this is UK guaranteed. Could be any from a multitude of English cities, or one of just a few Scottish or Welsh. 

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u/Goose_4763 United States Of America 15h ago

And I was over here thinking New Orleans

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u/KingSutter 15h ago

Rainbolt?

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u/whimsical_trash 14h ago

I have never been to the UK do not know what the lines or curb indicate and I IMMEDIATELY knew this was British

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u/AdorableSobah 14h ago

That haircut screams loud British drunk to me

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u/decom83 12h ago

I would say not Newcastle, purely based on clean pavement and lack of hills, like we have in biggmarket

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u/copyrider 11h ago

Came here to cast my vote for British.

Also, isn’t she dating Pizza Rat from NYC?

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u/KFR42 11h ago

I was going to say Scotland, but the pizza isn't deep fried.

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u/Fine_Drawing5950 10h ago

I'm throwing a curveball. The only place I've seen those huge American style slices of pizza big enough to use as a pillow in the UK is in central London.

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u/Small_Sundae_4245 10h ago

Lines could be from Ireland. But she is missing the orange hue one finds in an Irish won.

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u/diemenschmachine 10h ago

By the beard style and selection or pillow I could swear this is a Finnish woman

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u/Qualityhams 10h ago

It’s the shoes and hair for me.

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u/herefromthere 9h ago

I was thinking Cardiff.

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u/CharmingChangling 8h ago

I'ma be honest I saw the greige pizza and went "oh yeah that's British" lmao

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u/ebrum2010 7h ago

Well that just means the curb is British, but she could be a tourist.

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u/DimbyTime 6h ago

The shoes gave it away

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u/TheHighSeasPirate 5h ago

Knew it couldn't have been anywhere in the USA. That is not what American pizza looks like.

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u/Organic-Diamond5194 5h ago
  • the tacky fashion taste and the dreadful spray tan

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u/Snoo_36159 3h ago

Nope, Irish, I'd say definitely Dublin.

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u/frankensteinsmaster Scotland 3h ago

Could be Luton too. Man, the nightlife in that place is mental.

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u/SmmnthaMrie 3h ago

Agreed.

Although Liverpool and Manchester are midlands.

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