Americans suck at geography because we have to remember 50 states and how they connect. Its hard enough to remember those, even moreso all those little countries in Europe halfway across the world, most of which are smaller than my state. And we're motived by money; If you're not from "near" a big rich well known city then a lot of Americans won't care where you're from.
Even here in flyover country we have our prejudices. My girlfriend is from Iowa, and today I drove through southern Illinois and those places are about the flattest most boring places I could possibly imagine. At least here we have Dragons.