Laura Corin Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I was giving Calvin dictation from his Chinese book today, and came across a chapter about London, Fog City. It went on about the fog being so thick that people bump into trees, get lost, etc. This hasn't been the case since before the Clean Air Act of 1956; London still gets a bit of mist, but nothing like the pea soupers of yore. What incorrect or obsolete stereotypes are there about your area? Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 What incorrect or obsolete stereotypes are there about your area? Laura only really nasty ones about Americans, I really wouldn't want to repeat them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 That we are all a bunch of rednecks. That's only 90% true. There are a few edu-macated folk in these here parts. Honestly, I think people here perpetuate that stereotype. Seems like there are too many people around here that embrace their ignorance in a very loud boisterous way, especially at sporting events :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Honestly, I think people here perpetuate that stereotype. Seems like there are too many people around here that embrace their ignorance in a very loud boisterous way, especially at sporting events :001_huh: Laura (stepping away from health care to discuss something lighter, I hope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I have no idea, but it's RAMPANT around here. Attending the elementary football games was a R rated event :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well, we live in the southern United States, so there are a lot of stereotypes surrounding that. :glare: More specifically, our county has quite the reputation. Depending on who you ask, we might be racist (we voted to keep MARTA out - 40 years ago; many other counties in the area have voted on the issue much more recently, but you don't hear it about them, and no one's really explained satisfactorily why a vote against MARTA - we do have our our public transit - is inherently racist). We also might be quite intolerant of the GLBT community, because of something that happened in 1995... well before most of our county's inhabitants even lived in the county. I'm sure all the perfectly happy same-sex couples that choose to live in our county would choose to if we were really as bad as some people seem to think we are. Oh, and we're "outside the perimeter," so we are, of course, no where near as cool as all the people who live inside the perimeter. :coolgleamA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaZ Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well, we live in the southern United States, so there are a lot of stereotypes surrounding that. :glare: More specifically, our county has quite the reputation. Depending on who you ask, we might be racist (we voted to keep MARTA out - 40 years ago; many other counties in the area have voted on the issue much more recently, but you don't hear it about them, and no one's really explained satisfactorily why a vote against MARTA - we do have our our public transit - is inherently racist). We also might be quite intolerant of the GLBT community, because of something that happened in 1995... well before most of our county's inhabitants even lived in the county. I'm sure all the perfectly happy same-sex couples that choose to live in our county would choose to if we were really as bad as some people seem to think we are. Oh, and we're "outside the perimeter," so we are, of course, no where near as cool as all the people who live inside the perimeter. :coolgleamA: My BIL lives outside the perimeter so I can laugh. I live in Augusta...and I don't golf. Yes, we do have this famous golf course but that does not make us all obsessed with golf related activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Oh, and we're "outside the perimeter," so we are, of course, no where near as cool as all the people who live inside the perimeter. :coolgleamA: So true! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 People in our area think that my city is snobby and that we're all rich. I love my city and would not live here if it truly were that way!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I live in a small town in the Deep, Deep South. Contrary to popular opinion, we have electricity, a nice library (wish it were nicer - but it's a small town and the lack of size is made up by the wonderful staff), my fridge is indoors and not everyone carries shotguns on the back of their trucks.Yes, I do know lots of hunters - most with doctorates and all are environmentally conscious. I know many who donate their processed game to people who need it. With my MBA I am one of the least educated people on my street. Not everyone here eats fried foods or white bread - but if you haven't had them - fried pickles are amazing. Not everyone in the South smokes - in fact it's not allowed indoors anywhere in my town so dining out is great and I think I only know 1 person who does smoke. I love my town, the people and the area. I am glad that we're here - and while I don't like stereotypes of any type - they keep my area less populated and thus, we can maintain our small town feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 NJ is not an industrial wasteland and the arm pit of America. Italians aren't all "connected." Despite what is portrayed on the Sopranos and Real Housewives of NJ we don't all have big hair, bad grammar, and call breasts bubies (or how ever you spell it.) We do tend to tell it like it is though. If you can't handle the truth keep walking. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Iowa has a reputation for great schools. They aren't terrible, but they aren't great. At least the ones I've dealt with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 People who don't live in Illinois (and many who actually do) think Chicago is the only city in the state. In fact, on another board, someone actually posted a question asking how people felt about the governor of CHICAGO. I love Chicago, but there's more to Illinois than that. *hands on hips* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I live in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington DC. We are "Inside the Beltway". Contrary to what the news reports say there are lots of normal people inside the beltway. We are not all politically obsessed, clueless about the rest of the country, rich, or connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 That we are all heathens bent on sin. LOL I'm not Christian but I can tell you that we have more churches per capita than most other places. Seriously. We have nuns and priests (Catholic and Buddhist) within a mile of our house. That we love to gamble. The most I have ever won is $100. (Although my dh is very, very lucky.) We spend all of our time on the strip. I've been down there 2 times in the last 5 years. That we all work in casinos. Just not true. There are 2 million people in the Vegas valley these days. I do know strippers and dealers though. They are very nice people. :lol: The funniest one I ever heard was at a summer camp and the boy asked if school was held inside the casino too. Apparently, he thought we lived in hotels and went to school under the blackjack tables. Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 What incorrect or obsolete stereotypes are there about your area? Ha! I live in TX (and am a 6th generation Texan) -- take your pick. There are too many to count. Let's see: I don't live on a gajillion acre ranch w/as many longhorns as rattlers. I don't own an oil well. I don't have to fight Indians on my way to work. I don't wear a 10-gallon hat. I can occasionally speak correctly w/o turning every one syllable word into 4 or 5 syllables. I DO use the terms "fixin' ta" and "tump" in everyday speech. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 I live in Augusta...and I don't golf. Yes, we do have this famous golf course but that does not make us all obsessed with golf related activities. And I don't golf. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 I do know strippers and dealers though. They are very nice people. :lol: It was good money and free food, and the hours allowed them to pursue their other interests during the day. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needleroozer Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 That all it ever does in the northwest is rain, rain, rain. I have lived in NJ (and Karen, I don't know why it gets such a bad rap either- I thought it a beautiful and interesting state to live in- though a bit flat with no mountains to orient myself with like I have here, lol.), and (at the time- I looked it up) NJ gets more rain that WA does. And the drops are fatter, and meaner than here. We just have gentle mists and rains for the most part- I rarely need an umbrella. They also get more violent storms than we do here. Not a huge thing, but it has bothered me a bit in the past, since you asked.... all the rain and yucky weather stories there are about the NW, when I think it is absolutely wonderful to live in a temperate rain forest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 That you will bump into movie stars wherever you go (Southern CA).:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajama Mama Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 We live outside of Pittsburgh. It's still called the "Steel City" even though the steel mills left decades ago. Go Steelers! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Karen, I married into an Italian family here in NJ and a few years ago there was a scandal up in NYC concerning an organized crime family with the same last name as dh's family, but honestly we are NOT related to the crime family lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 That all it ever does in the northwest is rain, rain, rain. I have lived in NJ (and Karen, I don't know why it gets such a bad rap either- I thought it a beautiful and interesting state to live in- though a bit flat with no mountains to orient myself with like I have here, lol.), and (at the time- I looked it up) NJ gets more rain that WA does. And the drops are fatter, and meaner than here. We just have gentle mists and rains for the most part- I rarely need an umbrella. They also get more violent storms than we do here. Not a huge thing, but it has bothered me a bit in the past, since you asked.... all the rain and yucky weather stories there are about the NW, when I think it is absolutely wonderful to live in a temperate rain forest. Shhhh, Needleroozer. You are giving away our secret! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I am a midwest gal residing in southern Louisiana. When we told people we were moving to LA (not L.A.) they automatically assumed we were moving to New Orleans, um no, it's not the only city in the state. People also assume I love crawfish and alligator tail. No, I don't, I've don't want to try them. But I do like getting fresh shrimp right off the boat. :D While we were on vacation a very curious 6 year old boy was grilling hotel guests about where they live. I said I was from Louisiana. He asked if they spoke English there. It was so hard not to laugh. Then he asked two ladies from Texas if they were cowgirls and how big their ranch was. He was too adorable, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well, I'm in Canada. We don't live in igloos. We don't have polar bears, moose, or grizzlies wandering our streets (ok, bears in some areas, but definately no polar bears or moose in the cities!) We're not ALL nice. I don't say "eh" in every sentance. I don't say, "Doncha know". Ever. Specialists and surgery don't have 3 yr waiting lists. Curling is a naptime issue...puts us to sleep. Some stereotypes are true though: Our beer is stronger than the US, and the handles on the case ARE big enough to be able to carry wearing mittens. We love hockey (in my house, anyways) We wear touques to go tobogganing. We do pronounce 'z' as 'zed', and do spell with the 'u' ie colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Probably the biggest one here (Utah) is that we're all polygamists who walk around in black 1850's style clothing. There are a few tiny, isolated groups, but you rarely even MEET a polygamist, let alone one from a group who dresses in an old-fashioned manner. Also that 99% of the people who live in Utah are Mormon. In Utah county it tends to be around 80%, but that's by far the highest in the state. Salt Lake county is less than half. There's also the stereotype that all Mormons live in Utah, when over half of us don't even live in the US, let alone Utah. But it is true that Utah has the largest percentage in the country, just not as large as people seem to think. There are actually a huge number of really strange "stereotypes" and rumors surrounding my religion, and which tend to be associated with the state of Utah. For example, I've been asked what happened to my horns on more than one occasion (in all seriousness, I'm not counting the times it was a joke) and one person even went so far as to ask if they could examine my scalp to see where the stubs were filed down. When I was about 20 and working in a restaurant to support my college habit one of my fellow-employees expressed great confusion about my being a single 20yo Mormon girl going to college, and wasn't that going to get me in HUGE trouble with my church elders since I was supposed to be locked up inside the temple since age 16 waiting for a missionary to come pick me for his wife so I could get out. And COLLEGE? What would they DO when they found out? That was probably the funniest one I've heard, though similar rumors have cropped up at other times. (Reality: LDS girls are strongly encouraged to get all the education they can.) The most disturbing was one who had been told by his pastor in some kind of class that we sacrifice babies on the altars of the temple. There are a whole lot that are just plain wrong, but not quite so bizzare, too, like that we worship Joseph Smith, or that we believe Jesus was just another prophet. You're right, though, regional stereotypes are fascinating things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) There is more to Arizona than Saguaro and rocks! The entire state is not 100+ degrees year round, there are actually places where it snows (gasp!). Yes, there are times when it is a "dry heat" but monsoon season brings us some crazy humidity. Obviously, summers are hot, but July and August are the big rainy months. Heat + moisture = not dry air. Scottsdale is not all rich people. In fact, I know a decent number of families in Scottsdale and they are all middle/upper middle. All of the very wealthy people I know happily live elsewhere. (gymnastics is not a sport for the poor, in case you were wondering) (I am really scared to jinx myself with this, but it's been 3.5 years and I have not yet seen a scorpion in my house) And not all Coloradans ski all winter long!!!! Edited July 23, 2009 by Ailaena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 --The ground does not shake all the time. Just sometimes, and usually we can hardly feel it. --The beaches are beautiful, but there are no palm trees and people wear wet suits in the water because it is cold up here! Guys, this is not Southern California. When Mark Twain wrote, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco," he was not kidding all that much. --Not everyone does drugs. No, really. --Many engineers can talk and write. Honestly. Actually, many tech types are truly well-rounded--they are interested in the arts and literature even though they are sciency. Can humanities people truly claim to be well-rounded? Hmmm? --Corollary--Not everyone here is an engineer. We do have a higher concentration than most places, though. --Sadly, this one is true--our schools are terrible. We do have some great universities, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinakel Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 That we are all heathens bent on sin. LOL I'm not Christian but I can tell you that we have more churches per capita than most other places. Seriously. We have nuns and priests (Catholic and Buddhist) within a mile of our house. That we love to gamble. The most I have ever won is $100. (Although my dh is very, very lucky.) We spend all of our time on the strip. I've been down there 2 times in the last 5 years. That we all work in casinos. Just not true. There are 2 million people in the Vegas valley these days. I do know strippers and dealers though. They are very nice people. :lol: The funniest one I ever heard was at a summer camp and the boy asked if school was held inside the casino too. Apparently, he thought we lived in hotels and went to school under the blackjack tables. Ha! I'm in Henderson, the suburb south of Las Vegas. Yes, it gets hot here in the summer, but the weather is just lovely the rest of the year. Henderson is a great place for families with many parks and recreation centers, free concerts and Shakespeare. I have never gambled, nor do I wish to. And I am an old hippie...never have worn gold heels.....or carried a big gold purse. The Strip is a very strange place, and we stay away as much as possible...but Vegas, and Henderson are sort of still very small townish. I am sure there are more, but you get the picuture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 That we don't have rednecks in the Northeast. Oh yeah-- a slightly different breed-- but we got 'em. Around these parts they're known as Swamp Yankees. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 People who don't live in Illinois (and many who actually do) think Chicago is the only city in the state. In fact, on another board, someone actually posted a question asking how people felt about the governor of CHICAGO. I love Chicago, but there's more to Illinois than that. *hands on hips* :lol::iagree: I grew up in IL - and in a city that made Letterman's top 10 list for being racist. I NEVER encountered rascism in IL.......but found it w/in a week of moving away.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 When I took a vacation to New York, several people seemed downright surprised that a simple Texan was wearing regular shoes (not cowboy boots), spoke proper grammar (without a redneck drawl), and (GULP!) actually LIKE living here :lol:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I've lived in different parts of the States and Canada, so I'll go with Nova Scotia/other Maritime provinces for now. Not all Maritimers are lazily living on unemployment! There are lots of hardworking and creative people here, and we have some great little cities here, and lots of crafts businesses that astound me with their creativity and ability to make money with that! And I've heard it said that NS is considered "Canada's education province" with regards to the universities here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff in TX Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Ha! I live in TX (and am a 6th generation Texan) -- take your pick. There are too many to count. Same here... but I'm 4th generation, on both sides :001_cool: I do say "ya'll" in casual conversation:D and I don't have a bit of problem with the word. I am not a cowgirl and I don't live on a ranch... I have only been on a horse twice in my whole life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I live in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington DC. We are "Inside the Beltway". Contrary to what the news reports say there are lots of normal people inside the beltway. We are not all politically obsessed, clueless about the rest of the country, rich, or connected. LOL, Alice most of my family is from up there ;) I'm from the Northern Neck. We don't really want people to move here. It's not US, it's the realestate people and other people from elsewhere that are selling the land. If we're nice, it's because we were raised that way (we call it well-mannered or polite), it's not necessarily because we like you. We are capable of friendship, but the odds are if your conversations revolve around how to make things better (ie, a few more stores, less woods, more buildings, better roads, [in summary, making it like wherever the heck you came from] etc), then you are going to have your heart blessed and your back stabbed repeatedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillieBoy Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Shhhh, Needleroozer. You are giving away our secret! Yes, shhhhh. Oh Jean in THAT Newcastle...I got ya now :001_smile: I'm thankful for the overcast today. I want our green back! It was feeling like E WA. But seriously not everyone from the NW wears socks with sandals, most of us do not carry an umbrella or bumbershoot, drink ungodly amounts of coffee, or are left wing liberals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Everyone lives on a ranch and rides around on horses with their cow boy hats on. I guess the night soap, Dallas, is stuck in their heads.:lol: No! I don't know JR. or Bobby Ewing.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I live in a small town in the Deep, Deep South. Contrary to popular opinion, we have electricity, a nice library, my fridge is indoors and not everyone carries shotguns on the back of their trucks. We also have electricity, a nice library, an indoor fridge, and no shotgun on the back of dh's truck. We are not culturally backward. We do have indoor toilets. Don't believe everything you saw in Gone With the Wind. Even if it WAS that way during the Civil War, it's not that way now. We Southern ladies are not prone to fainting, and we don't wear fluffy dresses or carry fancy fans. We don't live in mansions, and we don't have slaves. My parents & sister moved to a large northern city when my sister was in high school. Her classmates sincerely believed that she had lived on a plantation, and they asked how many slaves our family had! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I grew up in Kansas City, MO and some people I met were amazed we really didn't have cows walking down the street. I did feel for an exchange student I met once. He was so thrilled to see that he was going to Manhattan for a year. Much to his chagrin it was Manhattan, KS, not NY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Let's see: I don't live on a gajillion acre ranch w/as many longhorns as rattlers. I don't own an oil well. I don't have to fight Indians on my way to work. I don't wear a 10-gallon hat. I can occasionally speak correctly w/o turning every one syllable word into 4 or 5 syllables. I can sometimes see people struggling, when they first meet him, to not say, 'You're really short for a Texan.' Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 NJ is not an industrial wasteland and the arm pit of America.Italians aren't all "connected." Despite what is portrayed on the Sopranos and Real Housewives of NJ we don't all have big hair, bad grammar, and call breasts bubies (or how ever you spell it.) We do tend to tell it like it is though. If you can't handle the truth keep walking. :D My dh is from northern New Jersey. It's beautiful! You can see why it's called the Garden State. Not all parts of NJ are verdant and quaint, (near the Newark airport didn't seem so lovely) but really NJ is a beautiful, beautiful state. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwka Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I am from Poland. During my first trip to US in 1992 I was invited to speak in a private school to junior high group of kids. They've asked if there are horses where I live, if we have electricity, if we live in huts and wear clothes made out of animal skins? I was so shocked that I looked through a high school history book (don't remember which one:tongue_smilie:) and saw a map of Europe where there were Western countries and then the whole Eastern Europe was marked as a part of Soviet Union. People still ask me if we have "national language" or do we just speak Russian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well, we live in the southern United States, so there are a lot of stereotypes surrounding that. :glare: More specifically, our county has quite the reputation. Depending on who you ask, we might be racist (we voted to keep MARTA out - 40 years ago; many other counties in the area have voted on the issue much more recently, but you don't hear it about them, and no one's really explained satisfactorily why a vote against MARTA - we do have our our public transit - is inherently racist). We also might be quite intolerant of the GLBT community, because of something that happened in 1995... well before most of our county's inhabitants even lived in the county. I'm sure all the perfectly happy same-sex couples that choose to live in our county would choose to if we were really as bad as some people seem to think we are. Oh, and we're "outside the perimeter," so we are, of course, no where near as cool as all the people who live inside the perimeter. :coolgleamA: You must live in Cobb County with me. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well, I'm in Canada. We don't live in igloos. We don't have polar bears, moose, or grizzlies wandering our streets (ok, bears in some areas, but definately no polar bears or moose in the cities!) We're not ALL nice. I don't say "eh" in every sentance. I don't say, "Doncha know". Ever. Specialists and surgery don't have 3 yr waiting lists. Curling is a naptime issue...puts us to sleep. Some stereotypes are true though: Our beer is stronger than the US, and the handles on the case ARE big enough to be able to carry wearing mittens. We love hockey (in my house, anyways) We wear touques to go tobogganing. We do pronounce 'z' as 'zed', and do spell with the 'u' ie colour. One correction to your list, I have seen moose TWICE in the last year crossing St. Albert trail at 156ave lol So yes sometimes moose do come into the city. Also to add, Canada is huge, I do not know Sue in Toronto, or Bob in Halifax We do have long winters, BUT they do not last all year, we do have all 4 seasons and summer does get hot (especially this week). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I've lived in different parts of the States and Canada, so I'll go with Nova Scotia/other Maritime provinces for now. Not all Maritimers are lazily living on unemployment! There are lots of hardworking and creative people here, and we have some great little cities here, and lots of crafts businesses that astound me with their creativity and ability to make money with that! And I've heard it said that NS is considered "Canada's education province" with regards to the universities here. Yeah but that's cause you are in Nova Scotia and not a Newfie ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I live in the Poconos, and I'm from NJ. Contrary to popular belief, my kids and I were probably safer in NJ. The Poconos seem touristy, but it's really more like an urban area shoved into the country. It's not very friendly. It's mostly made up of HOAs and Civic Associations, but don't go picturing golf course communities (though we do have a few). Many of the houses in my development are run-down shacks. Sitting next to McMansions plopped on cleared lots. We moved here b/c we loved to vacation here. Residing and vacationing are two very different things!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 DH and I both battle these... right now we live in Oklahoma, and NO, we do not live in teepees (and yes, I have been asked that by someone who was dead serious) and I do not have an outhouse. I have never seen a tornado in person. Just because you know my state song, please do not sing it to me. I have running water, electricity, and own vehicles. I do not live on a reservation. The Native Americans who DO live on reservations live just like the rest of us. DH has to put up with stereotypes about Australia. No, he had never met Steven Irwin before he died. Quite frankly, he thought the man had a horrible hick accent and didn't really like him at all other than for comedy relief. He's never thrown a boomerang. He has never called anyone 'mate' that I've heard (and I've been married to him for 9 years). He doesn't say "g'day." Anything out of Crocodile Dundee is a crock, basically... he hadn't even heard of that movie till he moved here and everyone started asking him about it. He'd also never heard of an Australian shepherd. He has never raised sheep. He *does* like Vegemite, though, and we do have a jar of it in the fridge at all times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaNYC Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Born and raised in New York City. Geez where do I begin. We are not rude - we just like you to get right to the point. We are not "high crime". We are actually the safest large city in the country. It's not scary here. It's very family-friendly and more kid-oriented than you'd think. It's not crazy-crowded. The streets of Manhattan can be, but don't forget, there are 4 other boroughs in this city. It's not dirty. Well, some areas are, but not the majority. It's so expensive to live here. Maybe, but we make more money here. It works out evenly. ;) . But... We do think our bagels and our pizza are the best. And yes, we are the capital of the world. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hathersage Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) Kansas is not a gray drought-ridden dustbowl. Nor am I amused at Wizard of Oz references and jokes. Edited July 23, 2009 by Hathersage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 And I don't golf. Laura Have you seen Robin Williams skit on golf? Very funny. You can find it on Youtube. Warning only appropriate for adults and don't watch if you are easily offended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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