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I think people really overestimate how much everybody knows about the US.
I'd say there's a large population that only know NYC, LA, and Chicago.
Not my experience, as a Canadian. I'm guessing Europe is a bit more ignorant, but they'll still know about the other big cities and basic regions like the South. In the third world you might be right. No clue about East Asia.
Used to be Dallas was pretty famous- Kennedy shooting, cheerleaders, and a titular TV show.
I'd say Salem, Massachusetts (pop just under 45k) is pretty famous thanks to the witch trials.
Van Halen and Spring Break dictates that everyone knows Panama city.
Population of under 36,000.
"Panama isn't about a city, it's the stage name of a stripper from Albuquerque!"
It doesn't matter that it isn't actually about the city. That doesn't change that people think of and know Panama the city due to the song. They either know it because they think it's about the city, or they know it because they're like you with their "actually", which shows that you and anyone else who knows it's about a stripper still knows of the city.
I thought it was about the country