We are all Americans BUT

[JessicaR]

I absolutely love the cowboy stereotype Texas still carries. I hope it lasts. that will keep so many dang people from moving here. We'll keep it under our hat that Austin is full of tech companies, musicians and college students.

That dress like cowboys... I'm kidding, have family there and in Dallas.

 

[hentob]

I absolutely love the cowboy stereotype Texas still carries. I hope it lasts. that will keep so many dang people from moving here. We'll keep it under our hat that Austin is full of tech companies, musicians and college students.

I think I would like Texas. As a child, I dreamed of living on the Ewing Ranch. It seemed so rich to me. So "fancy" and upscale.

But the heat I would melt if I lived there year round.

I WILL visit Texas one day

 

[tinkermom23]

North Dakota is "empty". No one lives there.

I think there are a couple of people there. Oh, maybe not, they moved to Montana.

Minnesota- isn't everything frozen there in the winter

In the winter it is. But in the summer, we usually thaw out for a month or so.

Minnesota---most northern of the accents

What accent are you talking about...exactly???

I'm remembering way back to the time I spent out in Washington and a local, after learing I was from New York, asked if I had ever seen a tree or a cow before coming to Washington. He was dead serious thiking all of New York was concrete and skyscrapers.

There are cows in New York? Seriously??????

 

[hentob]

There are cows in New York? Seriously??????

I know you are kidding, but.....

Most of New York state is desolate. Take a ride up 81. Vast.

 

[AustinTink]

That dress like cowboys... I'm kidding, have family there and in Dallas.

I left myself WIDE OPEN for that one.

 

[AustinTink]

I think I would like Texas. As a child, I dreamed of living on the Ewing Ranch. It seemed so rich to me. So "fancy" and upscale.

But the heat I would melt if I lived there year round.

I WILL visit Texas one day

Not to go off on a tangent, but I've read that the studios are in talks about bringing back Dallas!! I'd love to see what the Ewings are up to these days.

 

[hentob]

Not to go off on a tangent, but I've read that the studios are in talks about bringing back Dallas!! I'd love to see what the Ewings are up to these days.

Don’t taunt me like that

And let’s say they did bring them back and they would incorporate the gang from Knot’s Landing, I would actually faint

 

[SandrA9810]

What accent are you talking about...exactly???

That's "minnie sooo ta" accent. I always find it funny when some one pronounces the state name when they're from there. Most also sound similar to the Canadian accent. Just not as thick and not so many "eh"s.

 

[tinkermom23]

That's "minnie sooo ta" accent. I always find it funny when some one pronounces the state name when they're from there. Most also sound similar to the Canadian accent. Just not as thick and not so many "eh"s.

Well, we're suppose to be "Minnesota Nice" so I won't tell you that we don't have an accent, you guys do.

 

[JessicaR]

I have a dear friend that lives in Maryland. He gets a huge kick out of my accent. He tells me however that they have no accent in that area - true? I just think everyone has an accent to someone that lives elsewhere.

Lots of people comment on us LI'ers though.

 

[GeorgeG]

There are cows in New York? Seriously??????[/QUOTE]

Yes, a lot of cows. I grew up and lived for many years along the NY/NJ border just a stones throw from NYC. A lot has changed, but when I was young the area was full of dairy farms, orchards, and farms. Urban sprawl has ruined all that, but there are still plenty of trees. As you go farther up into NY State it's still very sparsley populated with small towns amid the mountains and lakes.

 

[Dopeygirl]

I've never had any desire to go there..

Me either. And I certainly did NOT want to get stationed here. And I really DID not want to have any kids here. And no way would I EVER stay here during a deployment. Then God reminded me has a sense of humor...Three years, one deployment and two boys later, we're getting ready to leave Hawai'i and return to the mainland.

Even after three years here...eh. I REALLY enjoy the other islands but this one? Beautiful? Sure. But not more so than the view of Mt. Rainier on a foggy early morning, Tennessee on a fall day, Indiana corn fields as far as the eye can see on a beautiful summer day, the vastness of Alaska, rolling hills of Kentucky...I've had my breath taken away in Hawai'i and in many, many other parts of this country.

 

[PFlamingo]

I've been stuck in Georgia for 15 years. Believe me, all of the stereotypes are true, at least outside of Atlanta. All of them. Every last one. As a PP noted, Atlanta may be "hick" relative to NYC (love NYC!) but it's thoroughly trendy and cosmopolitan compared to the rest of the state.

I'm a native Floridian from a time when no one was a native. I tell people I ended up here b/c I was reeeeaaaalllly bad in a past life. I live for the day when I can get back to Florida. I'll probably be one of those old people by that time, but that's okay - I'll fit right in.

 

[Evi]

wow I love Nyorkers, I honestly think things changed dramatically for NY after 9/11. I've noticed people are friendlier more likelier to answer a question and generally nicer. They are still honest to a fault and very rush rush on the go but I like that they can keep up the pace.

Which brings me to the slower end of things.

Florida - people are way to laid back and and like to do things at a slower pace. Oh wait and I cannot forget at least in Miami and south your way to friendly. lol (I have relatives all around Southern Florida from Miami to the keys and when I was a kid it kinda creeped me out how friendly everyone always was). I'm freaked out by the city planing I don't get how I can be in-front of a mansion one minute and in the slums the next.

Georgia - I like the southern hospitality except for the towns that don't want anyone stopping by and want everyone to just keep driving through. (Enough said)

North Carolina - I can repeat myself more slowly if you can pick up the pace.

Vermont - I love Cows too thank you for being so dairy centric. But on another note the 60-70's are over.

New Jersey - I feel like Jersey is in limbo. It has great things and horrible things going for it.

Maine - I have nothing bad to say I Love Love Love Maine. The people are friendly but not too friendly the air is clean lots of places to go lots of green and ah the Great Lost Bear... and Duck Fat..Yumm (restaurants)

NewHamshire - its the south of the north. Bikers abound and everyone seems to be a contractor.

Arizona - Is beautiful but backwards. Minutemen boooo your in Mexico really?? The Indian reservations made me want to cry. It is beautiful but needs work. You don't need 3 lanes to take a left turn at least you don't need to use all 3 of them. Stop all the irrigated plants you confuse me why am I so dry and thirsty if there are trees and water fountains everywhere.

Texas - I love Texas lol love the people.

California - Southern specific people please stop spending your money on products and treatments, look at your other issues. San Fransisco - I don't understand SF I don't like the piers ( the seals need more docks and so do the people to watch the seals. I don't like the bums stalking me down the street. I don't understand how chanel can be next to cvs. I don't understand the stinking rose I mean it was fun but in a practical joke kinda way. I don't understand Alcatraz you feel like your going to fall down everywhere you walk.

MA - We are good drivers. You just never saw a rotary before... Its not about being proper its about being private. We really are not uppity were just conservative. The best time to visit us is in the school year don't come during the summer that when the students leave and we get the city back ah and not everyone from Boston talks like the people in the movies, true Boston accents are all but lost. You used to be able to know exactly what part of the city someone was from based on someones accent. But with gentrification and all the suburbanites that decided the city was uber fabulous this is no longer the case.

Ok I didn't list everywhere there are a lot of other states I could list but I think my list is long enough.

 

[Handbag Lady]

Lol, you have no idea how many times I was asked if there were trees in NY. Whenever asked I'd remind them of the book:

Yeah. In the title there is ONE tree. "A" tree grows. So, you have one!

 

[bunkkinsmom]

Fun thread It is interesting what stereotypes there are - kind of like how, when there is a movie set in Paris, you can see the Eiffel Tower from every window.

I live in Iowa & although I have 3rd and 4th cousins who farm, I have never lived on one. And the last pair if bib overalls I wore was in 1st grade.

OK, so my preconceived notions are:

* NJ & NY ers are rude & loud.

* CA is full of gorgeous, toned people.

* I hear about folks in the Appalachians & all I see are the people on the 20/20 specials who give their babies Mountain Dew.

THIS HAPPENS!! I live in NC (reading through the thread to see what ya'll say about us!) and am a native. I used to be a District Manager for Golf Courses and Country Clubs. I had to spend every Tuesday at Montgomery County Country Club and work at their clubhouse. There was a lady who came in for dinner and had a little girl born on the exact same day as mine. They were not even a year old yet. She was drinking Mountain Dew out of a bottle.

 

[AustinTink]

Don’t taunt me like that

And let’s say they did bring them back and they would incorporate the gang from Knot’s Landing, I would actually faint

It's true. Bobby Ewing still looks pretty good. I just saw him in that new Jaime Lee Curtis movie.

Back to topic... It's true Texas does have a lot of ranches. And, yes, most teenage Texans have been cow tipping a some point in their lives.

 

[amyren]

I've been stuck in Georgia for 15 years. Believe me, all of the stereotypes are true, at least outside of Atlanta. All of them. Every last one. As a PP noted, Atlanta may be "hick" relative to NYC (love NYC!) but it's thoroughly trendy and cosmopolitan compared to the rest of the state.

I'm a native Floridian from a time when no one was a native. I tell people I ended up here b/c I was reeeeaaaalllly bad in a past life. I live for the day when I can get back to Florida. I'll probably be one of those old people by that time, but that's okay - I'll fit right in.

Really? I'm a native Georgian. Sure we've got our share of hicks but newsflash so does Florida!

My grandparents lived in Gainesville Fl as cattle ranchers. My aunt & uncle lived just outside of Orlando for about 20 years. When I visited them I was surprised at the number of err… rednecks in the great state of Florida. I'm not sure why Florida is immune to the Southern stereotypes. Lots of Floridians are flying their "bars & stars" from their jacked up pick-ups just like here in GA.

In my mind South Georgia and North Central Florida kinda blur together.

No offense - I love Florida.

 

[mhsjax]

Really? I'm a native Georgian. Sure we've got our share of hicks but newsflash so does Florida!

My grandparents lived in Gainesville Fl as cattle ranchers. My aunt & uncle lived just outside of Orlando for about 20 years. When I visited them I was surprised at the number of err… rednecks in the great state of Florida. I'm not sure why Florida is immune to the Southern stereotypes. Lots of Floridians are flying their "bars & stars" from their jacked up pick-ups just like here in GA.

In my mind South Georgia and North Central Florida kinda blur together.

No offense - I love Florida.

I was born in Orlando, Fl. Moved to Jacksonville when I was 6. I am now 47. The joke here in jacksonville is that we are not really Florida we are Georgia. Some one just drew the state line in the wrong place. lol

 

[Kirby]

That's "minnie sooo ta" accent. I always find it funny when some one pronounces the state name when they're from there. Most also sound similar to the Canadian accent. Just not as thick and not so many "eh"s.

Don't cha know? Or is that Wis-caan-son? According to family in Chicago.