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“Nobody Lives There”: 30 Americans Reveal The Most Brutal And Hilarious Stereotypes They Hold About Each State
You could easily live in the US for your entire life and never set foot in all 50 states. In fact, the average American has only been to 17 of them. So it’s understandable that stereotypes spread like wildfire across the land of the free and the home of the brave.
One curious Reddit user from England reached out asking Americans to share the stereotypes that they associate with each state, and they did not hold back. So below, you'll find some of their most amusing and brutally honest responses, as well as a conversation between Bored Panda and King Siu, a writer for Solo Traveler. If you're an American panda, feel free to upvote the replies you agree with or set the record straight about what your state is really like, and enjoy hearing what your fellow countrymen think of you!
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#1
Alabama is incestuous bible-thumpin' rednecks.
Alaska is wild frontiersman.
Arkansas is obese small town folk who live in Walmart.
Arizona is retired Californian baby boomers.
California is weed-smoking surfer movie star tech bro commie valley girls.
Colorado are mountain Californians with somehow even more weed.
Connecticut is elitist yuppies.
Delaware is... I don't even know. Car dealerships and ticket attorneys?
Florida is retired East Coasters with a special blend of crazy.
Georgia is southern belles and rappers.
Hawaii is surfers with leis.
Idaho is potato-growing country bumpkins.
Illinois doesn't really have any stereotypes. It's one of the most average states. Lots of corn here.
Indiana is s***tier Illinois. Oh, and corn.
Iowa is corn.
Kansas is more corn.
Kentucky is horse riders and rednecks.
Louisiana are Cajun and Creole priests, chefs and witch doctors.
Maine are flannel wearing lobstermen.
Maryland are politicians and gangsters, I guess.
Massachusetts all go to Irish pubs to catch a sports games and eat clam chowder while jerking each other off about New York.
Michigan is an apocalyptic wasteland.
Minnesotans are overly kind and have goofy accents.
Mississippi are bible-thumpin' rednecks, with less incest than Alabama but somehow more poverty.
Missouri is half delicious barbecue and half methheads strung out in trailer parks.
Montana is mostly grizzly bears.
Nebraska is more corn.
Nevada is godless gamblers and strippers.
New Hampshire is libertarians.
New Jersey is sunburnt mobsters.
New Mexico is chili-slurping aliens, of both varieties.
New York is gangsters and wall street execs who are rude, impatient and think they are the center of the universe.
North Carolina are overly gracious but a little dumb southern folk.
North Dakota is empty.
Ohio is pretty average. Read: Illinois.
Oklahoma is corn with an extra dose of rednecks.
Oregon is hipsters and socialists.
Pennsylvania is pretty average. Read: Illinois and Ohio. They have the Amish I guess?
Rhode Island are often forgotten yuppies.
South Carolina is North Carolina and Florida's inbred child.
South Dakota is empty.
Tennessee is country and blues musicians.
Texas is gun wielding pastors and cowboys who love their state a little *too* much.
Utah is Mormons.
Vermont is rich socialists. Odd, I know.
Virginia is also pretty average. Read: Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Washington is Oregon's slightly saner and even rainier (heh) cousin.
West Virginia is inbred hillbillies and miners.
Wisconsin is cheese and beer.
Wyoming is empty.
Daydreaming Walker 2 years ago
My younger siblings were in a choir and they did
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Jeremy James 2 years ago
Ohio is not "average." Ohio is THE WORST. There's a reason why they have the most astronauts of any State. You'd be trying to get away, too.
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago (edited)
Georgia it honestly depends what part you're in. The metro Atlanta area is awesome and progressive, but drive an hour away from the city and suddenly there's confederate flags everywhere and while no one is "quite" racist or homophobic, 98% of the population is cishet white people. Savanah is also pretty cool though.
Arson duck 1 year ago
As someone from savannah and Atlanta, thank you, and that is very accurate
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Jef Bateman 2 years ago
By average age, Arizona is one of the youngest states. I know it got a reputation as a retirement place because of a few big retirement communities, but the main draw here is tech companies like Intel. Also, in New Mexico they spell it "chile" - assuming you are talking about red or green chiles.
Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
As a North Carolinian I can confirm that we are (mostly) people-pleasers, and while we aren't the smartest, we can get through life with reasonable intelligence. Ignoring the politics we just chill :)
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
Having traveled every state, I must say much of this is spot on. A bit of hyperbole on California though if you ask me!
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
As a lifelong Californian, I can confirm it's not hyperbolic XD At least, not about Southern California...
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Christopher Bowers 2 years ago
I was hoping for a little more of a roasting for North Carolina. That the best you got? Could had said something like, "North Carolina, the weather's mood ring" or "North Carolina is so behind the times that even the Amish are astonished"
To gain some more insight on the stereotypes that American states are often saddled with, we reached out to King Siu, a writer for Solo Traveler who was kind enough to have a chat with us. First, he shared some of the most popular stereotypes he's familiar with. "Everyone in California is glamorous, surfs, and works in movies or in tech; everyone in Texas is a cowboy who is a conservative, loves guns, and BBQ, and probably works in the oil industry; people in New York live fast-paced lifestyles, work in finance, and spend their weekends in the Hamptons; New Jersey is full of mobsters; that Florida man stories are an accurate representation of most Floridians; that everyone who lives in Louisiana is uneducated and lives in the swamp; and everyone in Colorado snowboards and smokes weed," he told Bored Panda.
But King was quick to point out that we shouldn't be believing these stereotypes. "There are way too many people in each state for any of the stereotypes to be true of the majority of the people there. It’s hard enough deciding on a restaurant to go to with a group of friends, so imagine now how unlikely it would be for millions of people in one place to decide to be exactly the same."
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#2
I’m kind of upset that only 2 people mentioned Alaska. We’re a f*****g state too, you pricks. And bigger than Texas to boot.
Nicola Roberts 2 years ago
mumbles "it doesn't mean we love you any less"
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Uncle Pato 2 years ago
Cut Alaska into 2 states and suddenly Texas is the 3rd largest state
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Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Hey, if Texas doesn't stop bragging about everything big... Alaska will cut herself in half and make Texas the 3rd largest state! LOL!
Michelle Lauer 2 years ago
PRO-TIP to fellow Californians: Forget Oregon & Washington; lf you're going to do it... Do it Right. ALASKA !
Ima Manimal 2 years ago
Alaska: I’m pretty sure we stole this one from Canada. When we changed our minds about it, Canada resumed to take it back.
#3
I've lived in Houston, Chicago, and New Haven, and done a lot of work in rural Texas and throughout Louisiana. I will avoid talking much about the west coast, because I know less about it.
Most of the differences are small. Houston is going to be more like Chicago than either one is like Bloomington or Beaumont. That said, there are a few.
People in the South are generally a bit more okay with "it happens when it happens" where people in the North want things to happen on time.
The South and Midwest care a lot about college sports. The North and West Coast do not.
The South will tell you their food is better than everybody else. This can be contentious, but is generally regarded as true.
The North is slightly more direct in its communication style, where the South and Midwest focus a bit more on politeness.
The North puts a bigger focus on educational prestige and ranking colleges. In the South and Midwest, your state's public university is basically as good as Harvard as far as employers are concerned.
The racism is very different. If you live in the South, you know Black people, where I've met a surprisingly large number of people in Chicago and the Northeast who have never had a personal relationship with anybody from another racial group. So you're more likely to hear something outright hateful from an old southerner, but you hear a lot more mundane but frustrating ignorance in the North.
The South is poorer. It just is. Especially if you take out Texas, Nashville, and suburban Atlanta, it gets really noticeable really fast.
Phobrek 2 years ago
Ditto! For a list of generalizations, this is very well-nuanced. I'm in Massachusetts and the critiques of our racism (not just here but in general) are sadly earned. I grew up oblivious and ignorant about race, and it was very much because of segregation: I simply wasn't near people of color even though our city had a great mix of people. But we weren't mixed, was the problem. It's been improving, however slowly. "Frustrating" is right on.
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ravn 2 years ago
I'm not sure I understand why "direct" is placed in opposition to "politeness". One can easily be both.
Uncle Pato 2 years ago
"Direct" is often construed as "Rude" in the South. Agree that one can be both polite and direct, except sometimes in being polite, you have to participate in some social niceties that get in the way of being direct.
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Brocken Blue 2 years ago
Interesting break down off the North/South culture differences… seems pretty accurate
Rinso the Red 2 years ago
"The North is slightly more direct in its communication style, where the South and Midwest focus a bit more on politeness." Possibly, but the politeness in the South is all superficial.
Melanie Frey 2 years ago
The small Pennsylvania town I grew up in had LOTS of "foreigners" and in my neighborhood were blacks and Hispanics. We all played together well growing up and didn't think a "mixed race" neighborhood was unusual.
mysterious 2 years ago
The Midwest is not only agressive about college sports, but professional ones as well. Specifically with other midwest states. Speaking as someone from Wisconsin, you see things like people wearing Packers shirts to church, and while it's not a big thing, if someone likes a football team other than the Packers, it's treated as something unfortunate.
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
Definitely true. My entire family is from the north but moved to Atlanta before I was born, so my mannerisms are probably more northern. I definitely noticed the poverty thing, especially when I switched from an expensive private school to public school.
over it already 2 years ago
Sounds like you're a minority opinion. Care to elaborate?
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It’s all relative in West Virginia!
freakingbee (they/them) 2 years ago
well..my grandma's brother did marry his cousin and that's where they're from
Will Cable 2 years ago
A big family get together of aunts, uncles, mums, dads, sisters, brothers, cousins, grandpas, grandmas, etc all turn up...and only 4 people show but everyone is there.
We also asked King if he wanted to dispel any common misconceptions about the United States. "Americans are generally portrayed as unfriendly and rude, and this is not fair at all," he shared. "Americans are generally some of the friendliest people you’ll meet, and I’m saying this as a Canadian. I think they are often a bit more outspoken than others, which makes them stand out when they are abroad, and perhaps that’s why they get this stereotype. Of course, there are some who are unfriendly and rude, but I’ve found them to be the exception to the rule."
#5
People from Texas, REALLY LOVE being from Texas.
People from the Midwest are nice
People from Minesota are really nice
New Yorkers are rude
People from New Jersey are extremely rude
the_harbringer_of_doom[s/t/h] 2 years ago
im from texas and let me tell you, it sucks A$$ here its so hot rn...
Dorothy Reiser 2 years ago
New Yorkers aren't really rude, they are just "outspoken" and opinionated.
David H 2 years ago
We are not rude in New York, aside from I think you just mean NYC, its also you just dont understand us. The state is slightly larger than Greece in landsize and 1.4x times the landmass of South Korea, with 5 geographic regions, each with their own differences. But in NYC, it isnt being rude, it's being busy. We were ranked the most rude and most helpful major city in the USA. How? Well I will give an example with me, I was stopped by some tourists to ask for directions to something. I told them in 5 seconds how to get there exactly and then just walked off because I was busy and had somewhere to go. I understand they probably thought I was rude, but I was very polite and gave them exact directions.
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
But it's only the city that's rude; outside of Manhattan we have a wider range
Brocken Blue 2 years ago
New Jersey folks are extremely rude? Fück off! 😂 We are the most crowded state in the nation, and have to work together to make it livable. Don’t screw up the flow of traffic, don’t ask us if we know the members of Jersey Shore show personally, and do not ask if central jersey really exists. Those things deserve automatic rudeness, but other than that we are a pretty chill state.
#6
Ha, you should try visiting San Francisco. We are experts at layering because we have so many different microclimates. You can go from sunny to foggy to chilly all within a few miles or even in the same spot depending on the time of day.
People who think SF is “sunny California” will be in for a shock….
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
As a native Texan, I lived in Alaska for a few years (loved it), then moved to Southern California. I got colder there than in AK. Nearly froze in San Francisco! Finally came home to thaw out and embrace my allergies.
J 2 years ago (edited)
I, San Franciscan, claim that we are not SoCal or NorCal, but somewhere in between. You got SoCal, obviously, which is like either really effing hot or deathly cold, then you got NorCal, which is just redwoods, tourist traps, and coffee shops, then in the middle you´re either in the Bay Area (SF), or almond/orange/avocado/lemon farms.
Load More Replies... Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
People who think SF or the bay area is Northern California have also been seriously duped. That’s central California. Very few of us live in the true North.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
It's almost exactly in the center, yeah, but it's NorCal. Further north is the Lost Coast. Kinda like how San Diego isn't SoCal, it's LowCal.
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Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
I lived in a Victorian flat in Bernal Heights for three years. I could walk out my front door and it would be sunny, no clouds, no wind, and warm. I would walk about 70 feet to my back door (it was like a shotgun shack floorplan) and it would be cold, fog wipped by wind, and wet.
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
Had a friend who said, "If you don't like the weather in S.F., just walk a couple blocks." He also said once while we were driving through the city to downtown, "Of course the sun is shining on the straight people's neighborhood!"
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Max Fox 2 years ago
I think that it was Mark Twain who said the coldest winter he'd ever been through was June in San Francisco
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
That statement that has been attributed to Mark Twain was actually stated by a journalist in a more recent time.
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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
New Englander here. It's not remotely unheard of to have 22ºC temperature differentials within a 24-hour period. Layers, always.
Uncle Pato 2 years ago
Visited SF one summer and learned that sweaters and jackets are necessary year-round
King also took the chance to defend a few states who are unfairly stereotyped particularly often. "Florida does seem to get more attention than most as the poster child for people behaving strangely," he told Bored Panda. "Believe it or not, most Floridians are relatively normal people who don’t do crazy things."
He also pointed out some regions that deserve more hype. "New Mexico is often overlooked by tourists in favor of its more popular neighbors, such as Colorado and Arizona," King noted. "However, New Mexico is home to a rich history, culture, and natural beauty. Montana is probably another that was overlooked until more recently, thanks to the popularity of the show Yellowstone. Most probably think of California when they think of American wine, but there are also many great wineries in the Finger Lakes region of New York state."
#7
Wisconsin is very drunk. Not an unfounded stereotype, our drinking culture is pretty out of control and there's been data that shows we have more bars than grocery stores that I'm too lazy to find.
pat hayes 2 years ago
plus the fattest population by state....gotta be the cheese curds😂
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Samara Messer 2 years ago
My dad and stepmom live in Wisconsin. Its farmland cheese, beer and Green Bay Packers. I love it through. Really nice people.
GoldfishCrackers 2 years ago
You forgot the brats. As in bratwurst. That is key. You can’t have all that cheese and beer without our brats!
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Pretty sure every place I've ever lived had more bars than grocery stores.
Bobert Robertson 2 years ago
Is that natural light or water? Why is it so clear? Do Americans even actually know what beer is?
M O'Connell 2 years ago
That's the reason it's the cheapest beer money can buy.
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jdtimid123 2 years ago
So many bars and so few places to go dancing (based on my attempts to find good dancing bars near the town my sister lives in)
DrLivingstonipresume 2 years ago
They have notices posted all over restaurant tables warning pregnant women about the harms of drinking while pregnant. I finally asked a server and she said "it's a big problem, we are always seeing very pregnant women drink a lot of booze".
mysterious 2 years ago
Yeah, that's semi-locational. For example my dad's parents, who are from Northern Wisconsin drink a fair amount, and also live in an area where most of the resturaunts are bars. However, my mom's parents are religous, and don't drink at all, but live in southern wisconsin, where bars exist, but more resturaunts are chains, or small family owned stuff, super clubs, etc.
#8
I'm from MA. People assume we're either tweed-wearing college professors, bank robbing townies, or literal cod fishermen.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Everywhere in the US, if you can't find your kahkis, you've misplaced your pants... in Boston, if you can't find your kahkis... you can't start your kha...
MonicaChicagoGal 2 years ago
My husband is from MA took me a long time to get use to him saying CAH rather than CAR 😆 🤣
Dan Flo 2 years ago (edited)
My guess is a tweed-wearing bank robbing fisherman.
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SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Most of us think of Bostonians when we think about Massachusetts, actually. Sorry.
King also noted that it's important to visit the US, or to travel around it, to form your own opinions about these states. "Do not forget that the US is a huge country, and every state has its own unique personality," he pointed out. "The differences might take the form of cuisines, accents, lifestyles, etc., and it’s the combination of those that makes each state fun. In fact, each state can be so different that it feels like you’re in another country. Just as it wouldn’t be fair to lump everyone in Europe together, it wouldn’t make sense to do that to Americans."
"Americans should definitely travel to other states to learn more about their own country, and discover how they are all the same, but different. More importantly, Americans should travel outside of the US," King continued. "Most never do, and it's unfortunate that they’re missing out on learning about other cultures."
#9
Connecticut, when remebered, is believed to be populated by wealthy preps wearing pearl necklaces. Only true in small parts of the state - we have the largest income discrepancy in America!
Samara Messer 2 years ago
I live in PA and dated a guy for several years who was originally from CT. His mom still lived in CT and went to visit her a few rides, He was so friggin' elitist and acted like people from PA are uneducated simpletons. He even "corrected" me on the pronunciation of PA cities and towns and didn't believe I knew the correct way in spite of being born and raised in PA.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
"States" by largest income discrepancies: DC, New York, Connecticut, California, Massachusetts. Any American should immediately recognize what these states have in common, politically. (There's one outlier near the top: Louisiana.)
Jeremy James 2 years ago
Which way do you think those few wealthy elites in those States you decry are voting? Not with the masses.
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Yes! When I tell people that I grew up in Connecticut, they think, "Stepford Wives." And, yes, they held the record for the highest per-capita income State for quite some time, but that wealth is concentrated in a very few small areas. For example, my town had a ton of places to get your car fixed or get a slice of pizza, but not a single bookstore. When a Starbucks finally came to town, we thought we'd "arrived."
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
Connect-ticket. One of the few states I was promised I would get a speeding ticket by friends and actually did!
#10
Far southern tends to display acute allergic reactions to a little snow, while Maine and Michigan say “bro, this is still swimsuit weather!”
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Agree Oklahoma does have snowplows but they hit only the major streets and highways the rest have to wait until it melts.
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Detroit Citizen 2 years ago
Today is April 17, and they're calling for snow, in wait for it..... Michigan lol. April 19th, 70 degrees
Nobody 2 years ago
And Minnesota. It went from 92 degrees to 30 in 2 days
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Justin Trouble 2 years ago
Moved from South Carolina to northern Minnesota in the 80's when I was 6, the differences were striking, half an inch of snow shut everything down in the south, and it was gone by the afternoon. In Minnesota if there was a foot of fresh snow school might start late, but only if you rode the bus. If you walked to school like me you still had to start at the regular time.
Robin Roper 2 years ago (edited)
We southerners love snow, it's just that we have few snow plows, it's a holiday!
mysterious 2 years ago
It's the Midwest. Just this week, Friday in the seventies, rain Saturday, sunday night a few inches of snow.
Paul Pienkowski 2 years ago
My cousin moved back to Missouri from Florida. She cried Friday when the tornado outbreak happened. We were all confused. How is this worse than horrible hurricanes all summer? 😂
Susan 2 years ago (edited)
I can relate to your cousin. I don't mind hurricanes at all. You know when they're coming and, depending on your location, you have plenty of time to either evacuate or to stock up and stay inside. But tornados are so random and unpredictable with little to no time to get to safety. That's just my take, having experienced both many times.
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Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
We are, however, entertained when y'all get ice/snow/cold. My brother-in-law and I had to pickup my nephew from Ft Benning once. We left Mi at 4 pm...it was 5 degrees. We got to Atl about 8am, it was 5 degrees, schools closed, we laughed, and laughed. But here, when it's 90 and humid people shut down, there it's another just day.
Lady of the Mountains 2 years ago (edited)
I am astonished when they dont sell snow boots that go to the knee in states like these, that's how high the snow is every year, without fail
"People generally accuse New Yorkers of thinking that they are the center of the universe," King went on to note. "Okay, this one might have some merit, but only applies to those in New York City. To be fair, it’s really that their pride in the city sometimes comes across as a superiority complex. I mean, New York City is pretty spectacular, so it would be hard not to be proud of it if you lived there. The truth of the matter is that New Yorkers are some of the friendliest, most down-to-Earth people around, so don’t be afraid to start a random conversation with them the next time you’re in New York City. I promise it’ll likely go well…"
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#11
Ma**holes are usually terrible drivers, obnoxious sports fans (but not like european hooligans), yet more than likely have some type of higher-level education.
Source: Am Ma**hole
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Yep. I'm a huge Stephen King fan, and he uses the term "Mássholes" in many a novel to refer to Massachusetts natives, especially when they're on vacation in his home state of Maine XD
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Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Well, I think us Philly sportsfans have ya beat by a mile! LOL! OUCH!!
Robert Demers 2 years ago
Am a Ma**hole myself, lived here 43 years. Can't argue with some of this, but in all seriousness - if you are going the speed limit or below, GTFO of the passing lane (when traffic is normal and no obvious reason not to do so). That means the left lane of any 2+ lane roadway. Have some common sense. Education thing is more likely just due to the ivy league college density (AKA Harvard, MIT, etc - intelligence does not = common sense).
Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
My mother is from Massachusetts, and somehow my Southern dad is more of a obnoxious sport fan than her. She has thrown a pillow at him for saying Masshole before though, lmao
#12
St. Louis is basically Connecticut. Half of it’s fancy suburb and half of it’s 3rd world ghetto. Southeast Missouri’s where you go to get [drugs]. Springfield-Branson area’s an evangelical Mecca. And Brad Pitt. All of the north and northwest, even KC, is fairly boring. Columbia’s an average college town.
Paul Pienkowski 2 years ago
Meth. Not drugs. Meth. Missouri is meth capital. Oh, don't forget, St. Louis is also random shooting capital of the US too.
Jeremy James 2 years ago
There was a map going around where people were debating what's The South, The Deep South, and Not The South. In the best version, Southern Missouri, or MO Bottoms, was classed with Florida as, "Something Else Entirely."
just a girl who loves books 2 years ago
i live near STL and agree with everything, but still... GO CARDS!!
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
In my opinion the entire center of this country sucks! Flat, boring, conservative. Between the Rockies and the western hills of Pennsylvania is the middle of the Oreo, and i only like the cookie part. Specifically the west coast cookie. Go ahead, bring on the hate mid- westerners!
Juliette the Fox (she/her) 2 years ago (edited)
Onstead of hate, i say your right. Most of us are boring conservatives. But some of us are humans who get a life. Aka not white christian conservative males
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#13
Arizona- We are actually cactus cat-fishing everyone, pretending we're people.
Lauren S 2 years ago
🌵 Can confirm. Source: I am a lovely old Saguaro Cactus. I’m sorry to have lied to you BP.
Lauren S 2 years ago
I do really live here. I can really only speak for the Phoenix area. It’s incredibly hot and being a dry heat doesn’t really help when it’s 115 F. But it is very dry, your skin, hair, etc. will be different. But our Fall and Spring are GORGEOUS times to live here. We have Spring Training Baseball. People are mostly transplants. Everywhere has AC and you need to bring a sweatshirt even in the summer. But, somehow everything is outdoors still, like most malls and schools. People do not put their shopping carts away. Tons of sunshine and barely any clouds but I swear we have less wind but people laugh at me when I say that. Watch out for haboobs in the summer. California seems to be moving in and we have slid from red to blue. I hated living here for the first 5-10 years. Now I don’t really care one way or the other!
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Cosmologist wannabe 2 years ago
ah, az, the home of the heat lovers and the cold haters. what fun!
#14
California people are all sun-baked, laid back, and have nasally voices (especially SoCal).
The deep south has two different stereotypes, the typical redneck and the classy, overly polite, gracious southerner.
New Yorkers are always in a rush, rude, crass, high-strung. New Jersey are all rude and trashy, with bad tans and a grudge against New York.
Minnesotans are the most genuinely nice people ever, with adorable accents to match.
Ohio is stereotypically bland, middle America with nothing special.
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is full of gun-toting, flannel wearing lunatics (same with Maine).
Washingtonians are flannel wearing introverts with an obsession with Starbucks.
Texas is...Texas. Florida is a land of wife-beater wearing, alligator f*****g madlads.
Vermonters are hill commies.
New Hampshirites are libertarian Vermonters.
Etc, etc.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Californians aren't all sun-baked any more. We're not stupid. Very few of us roast in the sun any more XD The beach is for tourists!
Michelle Lauer 2 years ago
TRUTH: California is too Large AND Diverse to summarize into 3 (much less 2 or 1) stereotypes. There is a reason it has the LARGEST sub-national economy in the world!
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tweeve 2 years ago
Don't lump all of us Washingtonians in with Seattle. There is a massive difference between the west side of the state and the east side of the state.
Betsy Green 2 years ago
In Florida, there are plenty of us who are the sweet, polite Southern, but are still rednecks, especially when you tick us off 😉 . As for the sleeveless shirts- do you know how hot & sticky it gets down here? (Florida girl , proudly born, bred & raised 😁)
rodger coghlan 2 years ago
Even here in Seattle - most people hate SuxBux but they did start the trend of popularizing coffee shops
#15
Well, we pretend people from the center part of our state don’t even exist
Lauren S 2 years ago
Okay well the comment is talking about New Jersey but the picture is El Salvador?
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Welcome to Bored Panda, home of the batshít-crazy stock photo that has NOTHING to do with the post XD
Load More Replies... Klopec 2 years ago
I happen to love New Jersey, very nice people and the best Italian restaurants.
Lauren S 2 years ago
I am partial to Jersey too. My aunt, uncle, and cousins have lived there their entire lives, well, Northern Jersey. They are all such incredibly sweet kind people, but I can’t say they are representative of their state, could be, I just don’t know. Also, their bagels are just as phenomenal as NYC.
Load More Replies... Brocken Blue 2 years ago
This is the first accurate description of New Jersey in this whole list.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
New Jersey: they're even neurotic about gas stations.
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As a tourist, I find southerners far far more welcoming. Especially Texans. I f***ing love you guys
RavenTheCat 2 years ago
Im glad someone said it because i was honestly afraid to
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People in the South are waaaay more into high school football than anywhere else.
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
And in the Midwest same is true for college sports…since very few of the states have any real sports teams😂😂😂
Allison Riley 2 years ago
And I'm the rare Alabamian who hates it, but I'll gladly watch the other football especially English premier league
Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
And college sports. I've seen grown men get into a fight over Duke vs UNC. It's ridiculous.
#18
Does South Carolina even have stereotypes that do not apply to other Southern states?
Anyway, here go:
New York: There’s only NYC and the rest of the state. Those from the city are quite proud of it and might rival Texans, but the rest of the state hate that NYC is so influential and they get brushed aside.
Florida: Florida Man fighting gators.
Loiusiana: Secretly cheese eating surrender monkeys.
Texas: Everything is bigger there.
California: Rich people with tans and all surfers. Super liberal.
Wyoming: Nobody lives there
Utah: Mormons. Lots and lots of Mormons.
Oklahoma: Wannabe Southerners.
West Virginia: Mountains and moonshiners. Like Virginia, but to the west.
Kansas: flat plains, wind turbines and buffalo.
Missouri: Not as flat and boring as Kansas but still somehow nothing to do. It’s called Misery for a reason.
Mississippi: They have a river named after their state.
New Mexico: Like Mexico but new.
Illinois: Hey, it’s more than just Chicago.
Minnesota: Scandinavians, wannabe Vikings
Michigan: Hockey.
Delaware: What’s Delaware?
Massachusetts: Ma**holes.
New Jersey: Like Jersey, but new. Hate New Yorkers
New Hampshire: Libertarians
Colorado: Potheads, skiers and mountains.
Queen Jackson. 2 years ago
I remember my dad once saw a gator crossing the street in front of my catholic school right at Publix. A gator. At a Publix. In Jacksonville, Florida.
Jack and Coke 2 years ago
That NY statement is so true. NYC controls the whole state. We in wstern NY hate them. They're the rude ones and give the state a bad name. We're much more relaxed and courteous. Wish the city and Long Island would split into a separate state.
Justin Trouble 2 years ago
The Mississippi river was named that way way before the state was even an idea.
Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago
Ride a bicycle in Kansas for a couple of days and then see if you still think it's flat. Also no matter which direction you're going you'll probably be riding into a 30 mph head wind.
#19
Southerners like far more sugar in their tea.
They also seem not to have good winter coats
Lo Kindred 2 years ago
We don't have good winter coats because we barely get a winter half the time.
Robin Roper 2 years ago
The sugar in the tea cuts the grease in the BBQ and fried chicken - from a bbq and fried chicken eating, not so sweet tea drinking born and bred southern gal.
#20
California - Pretentious and fake people. Too expensive for people to live so full of homeless people. Best weather in the country, probably the world (especially in Southern California)
Oregon - Tree hugging Hippies
Washington - Rainy and tech companies
Idaho - Where potatoes come from
Nevada - Casinos and hookers
Montana - Not many people, they all have guns and hunt.
Wyoming - No one lives here
Utah - Mormons
Arizona - Desert rednecks
Colorado - 420 blaze it , big mountains
New Mexico - Native Americans and where breaking bad took place
North Dakota - Oil
South Dakota - Mount Rushmore is here. That's all
Nebraska - Where our food is grown
Kansas - Corn fields and home of the most hated church in the country (westboro baptist church)
Oklahoma - Basically Texas but poorer
Texas - Everything is big here, people most proud of their state. Lots of Oil drilling
Minnesota - Basically wealthier Canadians, lots of lakes
Iowa - Our food is also grown here.
Missouri - The name explains itself.
Arkansas - Poverty and where Walmart started
Wisconsin - Where cheese is made. Also home of the green bay packers the smallest city in America with a NFL team by far.
Illinois - Basically Chicago runs the state. Lots of crime and murder here home of some of the worst cities in America with Chicagos south side, and east Saint Louis.
Indiana - Indi 500 racetrack is here. Also Notre Dame
Ohio - Most average state. Take basically any statistic and it'll be about average. Wright brothers were born here (the birthplace of aviation).
Michigan - Big rivalry with Ohio because of football and also territorial disputes. Rivals Illinois with having some of the worst cities in America because Detroit and Flint Michigan. Isn't even able to give its people uncontaminated water after years.
Louisiana - Cajun food, used to be French, lots of voodoo witchcraft stuff and swamps.
Mississippi - Poorest and worst State in the Union, if your State is s**t you say thank god for Mississippi because it's worse.
Alabama - College football has overtaken these poor souls lives
Florida - The more North you go the more South you really go. Rednecks up top and Cubans in Miami. Old people go here to retire and die because it's warm all year long.
Georgia - Home to Atlanta probably the city where most black American culture comes from.
South Carolina - Famous southern drawl (accent). Has good barbecue
North Carolina - Basically South Carolina but less redneck
Virginia - Basically the beginning of the south (technically Maryland is, but not culturally). Big Navy Base here usually has most of our aircraft carriers.
Tennessee - Country Music
Kentucky - People with no teeth, horse racing.
West Virginia - Appalachia and mountains. Lots of poor people.
Washington D.C. not a State but is a big city and should probably be one. People here don't have voter representation. Lots of Museums and where all our politicians live.
Maryland - Technically the South but culturally, the first North Eastern State.
Delaware - Not many people live here but lots of businesses say they do because low taxes.
Pennsylvania - Where the rust belt (Pittsburgh) and the North East (Philadelphia) connect. Home of the first US capital City, Philadelphia. Has good cheese steak sandwiches.
New Jersey - A lot of New York City suburbs are here. A lot of people for being a fairly small State.
New York - Home of the biggest city in the US, New York City a huge financial center. Baseball is popular here. New York City is not the only big city in this state, there are a few other big ones (Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany). Also home of the beautiful side of Niagara falls (but the bad view of it)
Connecticut - Where rich New Yorkers move to be close to the City but still away from it.
Rhode Island - Smallest US state. Is not Actually an Island but Islands make up a chunk of the state.
Massachusetts - Home of Plymouth Rock where the pilgrims first landed. Huge amounts of Universities/Colleges here literally over a hundred just around Boston. Has good clam chowder.
Vermont - The most Socialist state, tried to get universal healthcare but abandoned it because they couldn't afford it because their taxes weren't high enough. Where Bernie Sanders is Senator. Also where the US gets maple syrup.
New Hampshire - Doesn't really have a major city, is more of a Boston suburb.
Maine - Mostly forest, known for fishing
Alaska - Lots of oil is drilled here. Very cold.
Hawaii - Most expensive State, year long warm temperature and home of Honolulu probably the most isolated major city in the world.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Hate to tell you that it's too expensive to live ANYWHERE these days, friend, not just California.
Phobrek 2 years ago
And the slam on Californians being fake/pretentious is a lame stereotyping. Cali is too big and varied anyway to pigeonhole personality traits.
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Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
"South Carolina but less Southern" pretty much lol. We do have kickass barbecue though, and some of us will get into a fight with Ohioans over the Wright Brothers (personally we are first in flight, but y'all are the birthplace of aviation bc they were born there)
GirlFriday 2 years ago
*POINT OF ORDER - There is no such thing as the Indi 500 racetrack. It is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (abbreviated IMS or The Speedway), and it is one of the most iconic sports venues in the world. Please put some respect behind it when you say it. Thank you.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
We do have great cheesesteaks, but a great nightlife too... Phiily folks are very giving people but don't cross us! And don't wear a Dallas jersey at an Eagles game! LOL!
Paulsible deniability 2 years ago
You would be surprised how much of your food comes from California.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
It's adorable, the people who visit Disneyland once and judge all of California based on a couple days i OC or LA. There's forty million people here, sport, and most of the ones you met were tourists.
Paul Pienkowski 2 years ago
Missouri is more than Misery! It also has BBQ meth! I mean, BBQ AND meth. Or BBQ meth...
Juliette the Fox (she/her) 2 years ago
Uhg westboro sucks. And again, not corn, WHEAT. And we aren’t all westboro churchgoers:)
Vanessa Richardson 2 years ago
Exactly! I live roughly 6 blocks from the Westboro “church” compound. It’s just a house with a sign and a giant privacy fence around it. Hahaha although it’s not an actual “church” that you can be a “churchgoer” to. They don’t hold Sunday services there. the Phelps’ family members have, over the years, successfully bought a lot of the houses around it, but they are unassuming; you wouldn’t know they were “Phelps houses” unless someone told you.
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#21
As someone who has spent most of their life in the south but also spent a few years in the Midwest I would just add that they are both polite in different ways. People are very kind in both areas but in my experience midwesterners are a bit more reserved and maybe a little more cautious of outsiders. In the south you can strike up a conversation asking for directions and end up invited over for dinner to a strangers house and sent home with leftovers. In the Midwest they will kindly point you in the right direction and wish you well. It was honestly the biggest difference for me when living there, I grew up hugging people I just met, in the Midwest you start with a handshake.
Queen Jackson. 2 years ago
I’m from the south and a lot of my family are Africans from the east coast. I hate having to hug people and touch people all the team so honestly that sounds like a dream,
UselessKnowledgeFont 2 years ago
I'd also say there's huge potential between Northerners and Southerners for accidental insults/misunderstandings. All of my neighbors who'd lived in or were from Cleveland tried to be welcoming and make chit chat with another originally from Kentucky. They asked the culturally normal for them question "what are you?" KY transplant thought this the height of rudeness (so did a mixed race friend from Cincinnati). In the Cleveland area it provides a certain shorthand given the area's melting pot. I've even asked it of a coworker from up there (I'm in CBus) who replied "Oh thank God! I wanted to ask you, but you got it out of the way first!" These conversations tend to devolve into cuisine and bakery talk. Also, my family aren't really huggers.
Reece Aster 2 years ago
I'm from near Cleveland. Unless everyone in that conversation is blatantly white and knows what you're asking, it's totally inappropriate.
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barn owls ️ 2 years ago
bro im from the south and let me tell y’all, you need something, we’ll give it to ya. ya hungry? grandma’s got a four course dinner in the oven. ya need a new tire? just take my car
#22
If you make it into a New Englander's house without being someone's +1, there's a chance they'll take a bullet for you.
Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
Can confirm. Bostonian by birth. We're a very tough nut to crack, and we all have thick armor, too. But once you're in - you are one of us forevermore.
#23
Everything between Pittsburgh and Philly is Amish or rednecks. Or Amish rednecks.
People in Alabama sleep with their sisters.
Louisiana is full of people who talk some weird hybrid of French and English that no one else on Earth can understand. Also ghosts. Also bacchanalia.
Florida is full of the wackiest criminals.
California is full of serial [criminals] and surfers. Except LA. Nobody is from LA.
It always rains in Washington state, especially Seattle.
Happy 1998, Oregon! Watch out for that Y2k thing though.
Wisconsin is full of yetis.
New Yorkers are always in a rush, and one of the things they're in the biggest hurry to do is put down people from New Jersey.
New Jersey is full of rich white trash.
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
I live in WA and will tell you, that once you are on the East Side (past the Cascade mountains) it does not rain much. On the other side of Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens it is desert.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
Everything between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia is called "Pennsyltucky!" LOL
Reece Aster 2 years ago
I live in Louisiana and just had to Google bachanallia. Even after reading, my only connection is the krewe of Bacchus.
Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
I live near Sacramento (North Central Valley) and surfing here would be difficult as it would be anywhere inland. It’s cold in the winter but not enough to snow (on avg) nice and warm in Spring and fall, often a little too hot in the summer “but it’s a dry heat!” Most people I know, including me, use lots of sunscreen. Politically there are far right pockets here and there but from my experience mostly just slightly left of center. CA is a pretty diverse, and very large state so it’s impossible to define us in such narrow terms. It’s articles like this that cause problems such problems from all the over-generalizations. I’ve never been to a lot of the states and I admit I’ll find myself judging people I’ve never met based on comments like these that are too common. It’d be great if we could all just step away from these uninformed and unfair observations and maybe cut people you’ve never met a little slack.
MonicaChicagoGal 2 years ago
I guess I'll get in my car drive up to Wisconsin and have a look at these Yetis.
#24
To elaborate on the west coast: in California at least, we have a very robust community college system, and in general the emphasis of education has to do with technical specialization, i.e. industry employers favoring schools not because of prestige, but for notable departments or programs. (Though unfortunately this can also lead to industries using excessive technical training as a gatekeeping mechanism, i.e. crazy high training requirements to be a hair dresser.)
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
True about the community colleges in California - I believe there are more than 20 community colleges within a 20-mile radius of where I live XD The community college I went to is less than 2 miles from where I live.
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
Yep, mine was about 5 or so miles from where I lived. It had one of the most top rated nursing schools in the country.
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The Southern states in general (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma): Fat, racist, inbred rednecks who love guns, Jesus, and college football. You can get a little more specific in parts, like West Virginia is full of bizarre mountain folk like in Deliverance, Louisianans are Cajuns, Floridians are insane drug addicts, etc.
New England states in general (Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut): Antisocial, frugal Yankees who can also be pretty arrogant and dismissive of other parts of the country. Decent chunk of the population is irreligious.
California: Surfers, tech-bros, hippies, and fake/shallow people who desperately want to be in show business and have plastic surgery as birthday gifts. They move to other states and ruin them.
Colorado: Weed smoking snowboarders/skiers who hate Californians.
Connecticut: A bunch of rich people. Half of the state is part of New England, the other half was annexed by New York, sport rivalries ensue.
Delaware: Doesn't exist, is actually just a PO box for corporations to place their headquarters, the federal government perpetuates the lie that Delaware is real. Stay woke.
Hawaii: Hula girls, retirees, surfers, and homeless people who were sent from the mainland.
Illinois: Farmers, unless you're from Chicago, then you're a criminal.
Idaho/Indiana/Iowa/Kansas/Nebraska: Yet more farmers.
Maine: Flannel-wearing lobster fishermen, only word they can say is "ayuh".
Maryland: People who eat a s**t-ton of crabs, they really like their flag. If you're from Baltimore, you're a criminal. If you're from outside Baltimore, you're a redneck.
Massachusetts: Either a hyper-intelligent MIT geek, or an Irish-American who won't shut up about how great their sports teams all are. Hates people from New York. Live off of Dunkin' Donuts.
Minnesota/North Dakota/South Dakota: Super friendly Scandanavian-Americans like in "Fargo", can also be super passive-aggressive.
Alaska/Arizona/Missouri/Montana/Nevada/New Mexico/Wyoming: No idea.
New Hampshire: Libertarians who refuse to wear helmets or seatbelts. Hate people from Massachusetts but commute down there for work.
New Jersey: Italian-American mobsters a la Sopranos, big inferiority complex towards New York.
New York (city): Loud and obnoxious people who physically cannot stop talking about "New Yawk" and how amazing it is. Hate people from Massachusetts.
Ohio: Generic, flavorless Middle-America. Sucks and every Ohioan wants to escape it, which is why the Wright Brothers and a bunch of astronauts are from there.
Oregon/Washington: Tech-bros and quirky, crunchy-granola hipsters, see the TV show "Portlandia".
Pennsylvania: If you're from Philly, you're a violent thug. If you're from Pittsburgh, you're a Yinzer. If you're from anywhere in between, you're a Pennsyltucky redneck.
Rhode Island: Most Italian-Americans in the country, big inferiority complex towards Massachusetts, loves drinking "coffee milk". Hate people from Massachusetts.
Texas: Oil-tycoons and cowboys, they love Texas more than America itself, hate Californians.
Utah: Weird Mormons with massive families and magic underwear.
Vermont: Farmers, socialists, retired hippies, all covered in maple syrup.
Michigan/Wisconsin: Dairy farmers with really obnoxious accents. Michigan's upper peninsula is inhabited by a people called "Yoopers" who are a weird mix of Scandinavian American and Canadian.
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago (edited)
Funny how all of the California stereotypes are all so similar. Kinda pathetic. Again, LA is NOT California.
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
Central and Eastern WA are mostly religious conservative farmers who couldn't be further from "Portlandia" culturally, unless they lived on Pluto.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago (edited)
I'm from Philly and definnitely NOT a violent thug. Cheesesteaks, Liberty Bell, lots of music... Just don't p**s off us Flyers and Eagles fans!
banana for scale 2 years ago
as a hawaiian, I can definitely confirm the homeless one. but most of them are actually super nice people :) as for the whole "hula girls" thing, you really only see the grass-skirt and coconut bra type at all the stereotypical hawaiian resorts.
Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc 2 years ago
*Southerner here, we're not all as this stereotype described, just a reminder. My family at least is pretty much the opposite of what was described, although we are semi-Catholic.
#26
Oregonians are super lefty, environmentally conscious and green, spiritual (but not religious, I’m talking new age hippies with their “healing crystals” and “auras” and anti-vaxx and all that b******t) and [REALLY REALLY LIKE WEED.]
Spider 2 years ago
One of the most liberal hippie antivax towns in Oregon is about a 20 minute drive away from where the kkk first grouped in Oregon. It's really really not as left leaning as it may seem. At least not the more rural towns (everything except Portland).
Gabby Ghoul 2 years ago
Not all of Oregon is super lefty. In fact, conservative Idaho wants to annex the east half of Oregon.
Queen Jackson. 2 years ago
Most spiritual hippies I know (the again I’m gen z) are very pro vaccination.
Johnny Rodriguez 2 years ago
Oregon is an interesting contrast - I have lived in almost every state west of the Rockies and currently live in Oregon.... and it is my favorite so far. Oregon is very much a place where people embody "you do you and let me do me".... as long as you doing you does not interfere with their chosen lifestyle. If they disagree with you they will typically be willing to just ignore you, if they support you they will offer help in surprising ways. Also they vote with their pocketbooks, if they don't like a business, a politician, or a leavy they will choose to withhold their money.... and they will pour money down rabbit holes that they should have given up on a looong time ago just because they can't let go of that particular ideal. But at the end of the day the people are very real and willing to show you who they are with no filters, which can be a rare trait to find in todays world.
Spider 2 years ago
Did you happen to visit Ashland Oregon?? And the Shakespeare Festival lmfao
Uncle Pato 2 years ago
Visited Ashland back in my military days (mid-1980's) and thought it was a beautiful town. Recently researched Ashland as a possibility for retirement but was absolutely floored by the house prices and property taxes there.
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At this end of the country, it's the right wing that's antivax. My state (Massachusetts, one of the most progressive states) has the highest vaccination rates in the country.
#27
Illinois is difficult to define because the north is so different from the south, but maybe you could say northern Illinois (i.e., Chicago and its suburbs) is characterized as a friendly New York (i.e., kind city people), and southern Illinois is thought to be a sort of Greater Missouri (i.e., a tad bit racist and pretty boring but not obnoxiously so). These are just stereotypes, of course.
#28
All of Washington is like Seattle...not
Burnt Bagel 2 years ago
Holy s**t thank god it’s not! Washington is a beautiful state. Seattle is fun for a bit but go see the mountains!
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
Once you are on the eastern side of the Mountains, it is the opposite of Seattle....and I mean ultra conservative farmers in the desert different.
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Washington has been described pretty well in other posts. It’s very liberal, green eco friendly, granola crunchy folk. To give you a taste, their zoo’s kids meal choices included Turkey burger and veggie burger options. Not saying that’s bad, just inclusive. There’s also the tech side of things booming up there. My brother lives here and it’s nice to visit because weather and terrain wise it’s exactly the opposite of Arizona. It’s wet, damp, very lush and green, and very “hilly” compared to my dry, flat, hot desert. All that said, I’ve never been too far from Seattle so yeah.
tweeve 2 years ago
The green of Washington is only half the state. The other half of the state is fairly dry. There is a large rain shadow between the Cascade Mountain Range and the Rocky Mountain Range. Also the east side of the state is much less populated and has a ton of farmland. Also don't go to Richland WA, and be anti-nuclear, you will get your @$$ handed to you.
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Ohio: They're famous for eating their own boogers.
CrazyKnitter 2 years ago
More astronauts are from Ohio than anywhere else in the US. So bad that they wanted to leave the planet - stereotype I've heard about Ohio.
Queen Jackson. 2 years ago
Omg that reminds me, we have the Kennedy space center! I never got to visit but I just reminded myself that I want to.
Load More Replies... UselessKnowledgeFont 2 years ago
Wondering if this was written by a Michigander? Ohioans gave the world airplanes, the most astronauts, and the most presidents. And semi joking about that state up North BTW. They know Ohio won the war of Toledo (not that some living there know 😉)
Tree P 2 years ago
Yeah, you got Toledo, but we got the whole UP! I'd say WE won! You can keep Toledo!
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Lisa McCourt 2 years ago
Agree with both the comments that this was written by someone from Michigan and that everyone in Ohio is desperate to get out. To anywhere other than Michigan, cause that would be the only worse place for an Ohioan, speaking as a native Ohioan who did briefly live in Michigan.
#30
The biggest thing I've noticed is people don't understand layering. My mom is from Montana and we visit frequently. But have also watched many NYC based sitcoms and picked up on multiple layers characters wear in the winter. We went to NYC for Christmas one year and I would regularly have a thin long sleeve t-shirt or polo, with a quarter zip or hoodie and then my puffer coat on top
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Michigan here...long sleeve tee or thermal, tee, flannel(if it's in single digits) insulated hoodie....good to go.
Justin Trouble 2 years ago
Northern Minnesota here, regular winter jacket if your going to be outside for more than an hour, otherwise standard hoodie works. Unless you have to shovel then gloves and t-shirt.
Load More Replies... UselessKnowledgeFont 2 years ago
These days I'd say wear a cotton 'pandemic' mask underneath your scarf. Probably won't even need the scarf and will feel warmer with just the mask
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West Virginia: We're all potato sack, shoeless, toothless, illiterate, moonshine swilling, hillbilly who f**k our mom's, sister's, daughters.
#32
The other thing that got all my in-laws when they came from the west coast to New England was ordering “regular” coffee at dunks and getting it loaded up with cream and sugar.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Ah yes..everywhere you go in NE involves direction from a Dunkin' Donuts
#33
All Californians are liberal
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
HAHAHA have you actually BEEN to California, friend? I live in a beach town and it is massively, MASSIVELY red. Like so red that I would get heckled and harassed on the street when I was younger walking around with my boyfriend - who was Chinese. I'm white.
Pineapple 2 years ago
okay unrelated but can you confirm that californians are mildy crazy
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Burnt Bagel 2 years ago (edited)
Do you guys have a clue what lies north of Los Angeles, except along the coast. It’s redneck as anywhere in the USA in most of California. Demographics are all about LA and the Bay Area.
Gabby Ghoul 2 years ago
I don't think it ever gained any traction, but I remember a proposal to split California into 6 or 7 states, some of which would be arch-conservative.
What do you think ?
William Teach 2 years ago
I really wish Bored Panda would stop running these types of posts. They aren't funny. They are just mean and nasty, and divide people.
Salty.Hag 2 years ago
I think it's fun to know what other people think. There doesn't have to be a division or anyone angry if they just take it for what it is, opinions.
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Paul Rabit 2 years ago
These were a bit more brutal and less hilarious. Also I just read this almost exact same article in Buzzfeed yesterday so it wasn’t really original tbh. How about do another one where it’s the NICEST stereotypes about a given place? It would be a much happier way to start the morning.
Brocken Blue 2 years ago (edited)
Hi everyone, New Jersey here! Just a friendly reminder that the Sopranos and the Jersey Shore show are not an actual documentaries about our state. There’s life beyond TV. Come visit New Jersey and you will find we are pretty diverse and interesting place. If people are rude to you it’s because either A) you fücked up merging on a highway or B) you act like we we know Snooki personally.
Aisling Raye 2 years ago
Not to mention that NJ has some truly beautiful areas. Went to visit a friend there once and found out why it's called the garden state :)
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Ada Hunter 2 years ago
as someone born and raised in utah, i think y’all need to stop immediately assuming that we are all mormon. sooooo many people move here, (which sucks because i like having enough water), and because of that, culture and social norms change. it’s not the same place it was 20 years ago. also, don’t assume mormons are bad. most are actually super chill and very helpful and nice
Queen Jackson. 2 years ago
In Florida (and probably lots of other places) you’ll find everyone everywhere. Especially since it’s one of those places where people are always moving and and leaving (In Jacksonville, so many people are born literally anywhere else it’s hilarious). You’ll find republican black people, valley girl accented beach lovers, country accented preachers, there’s not a lot that can really describe most people as a whole (imo). But this was interesting to read!
Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
North Carolinian here: Friendly reminder that we are not "a Texas copycat", our flag may be similar but we have a VERY different culture. Also, NC barbecue and Texas barbecue are entirely different animals, STOP CONFUSING THEM. There are SERIOUS rivalries between colleges here, if you're in Chapel Hill or Durham, do NOT discuss your love for Duke or UNC, depending on which one your in.
Pineapple 2 years ago
you accidently tricked me bc ive been trying to find california ones that are good and i read carolinian as californian
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Maryland:people whose blood is half old bay. Colorado:beautiful scenery;hipsters;the craft state(anything with the word “craft” in it is popular[coffee,coctails, whiskey, beer, etc);Pennsylvania: some nice areas, but horrible traffic and not much to do outside of museums. I’ve lived in all three places so I may be a bit biased.
William Teach 2 years ago
I really wish Bored Panda would stop running these types of posts. They aren't funny. They are just mean and nasty, and divide people.
Salty.Hag 2 years ago
I think it's fun to know what other people think. There doesn't have to be a division or anyone angry if they just take it for what it is, opinions.
Load More Replies... Paul Rabit 2 years ago
These were a bit more brutal and less hilarious. Also I just read this almost exact same article in Buzzfeed yesterday so it wasn’t really original tbh. How about do another one where it’s the NICEST stereotypes about a given place? It would be a much happier way to start the morning.
Brocken Blue 2 years ago (edited)
Hi everyone, New Jersey here! Just a friendly reminder that the Sopranos and the Jersey Shore show are not an actual documentaries about our state. There’s life beyond TV. Come visit New Jersey and you will find we are pretty diverse and interesting place. If people are rude to you it’s because either A) you fücked up merging on a highway or B) you act like we we know Snooki personally.
Aisling Raye 2 years ago
Not to mention that NJ has some truly beautiful areas. Went to visit a friend there once and found out why it's called the garden state :)
Load More Replies... Ada Hunter 2 years ago
as someone born and raised in utah, i think y’all need to stop immediately assuming that we are all mormon. sooooo many people move here, (which sucks because i like having enough water), and because of that, culture and social norms change. it’s not the same place it was 20 years ago. also, don’t assume mormons are bad. most are actually super chill and very helpful and nice
Queen Jackson. 2 years ago
In Florida (and probably lots of other places) you’ll find everyone everywhere. Especially since it’s one of those places where people are always moving and and leaving (In Jacksonville, so many people are born literally anywhere else it’s hilarious). You’ll find republican black people, valley girl accented beach lovers, country accented preachers, there’s not a lot that can really describe most people as a whole (imo). But this was interesting to read!
Bisexual Axolotls 2 years ago
North Carolinian here: Friendly reminder that we are not "a Texas copycat", our flag may be similar but we have a VERY different culture. Also, NC barbecue and Texas barbecue are entirely different animals, STOP CONFUSING THEM. There are SERIOUS rivalries between colleges here, if you're in Chapel Hill or Durham, do NOT discuss your love for Duke or UNC, depending on which one your in.
Pineapple 2 years ago
you accidently tricked me bc ive been trying to find california ones that are good and i read carolinian as californian
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Maryland:people whose blood is half old bay. Colorado:beautiful scenery;hipsters;the craft state(anything with the word “craft” in it is popular[coffee,coctails, whiskey, beer, etc);Pennsylvania: some nice areas, but horrible traffic and not much to do outside of museums. I’ve lived in all three places so I may be a bit biased.
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