The phenomenon of telecommunications connecting us to the most interesting new cultural and artistic innovations has the unfortunate side effect of allowing locally quirky cultural subtleties go unnoticed by the majority. The bulk of these innovations are going to come from the largest concentrations of population (the more people, the greater the chance that one of those people will come up with something interesting), and their relative influence will be based on that population’s access to telecommunications technology.

Pop culture knows no borders, so long as the internet allows it to transcend them. Being a Canadian living next door to the US, I know this well. For cultural uniqueness, look to folk tradition while it’s still alive.