What are some wild assumptions that people make about where you live?
Everybody from California lives at the beach, next door to movie stars and is super liberal. <--- Nope to all 3!
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That everyone is Texas wear cowboy boots/hats, rides horses, and owns guns.... we do almost all say "y'all" though. lol
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I used to get asked if I surfed to school (California)....nope!
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That everyone from Mississippi is racist, unintelligent, uneducated, and lives in a trailer. I almost always hesitate to say where I'm from because of the preconceived notions most people have about my State.
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Hmm...I don't know if there are any big misconceptions for Maryland as a state. However, people often think everyone in Baltimore is like the characters on the show The Wire.
I hate to disappoint, but I am not a gun-toting, drug dealing, gangster. We have them, but they are definitely the minority!
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some really idiotic people have thought we're in/near New York. Uh..
I haven't heard too many bad ones, though. I'm from Rhode Island.
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I've been asked if we have igloos in the winter time (Canada). Uh, no. My brother, when he taught overseas, was asked if he was an Eskimo.
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I have no idea! Are there misconceptions about Virginia?Northern and Southern VA are so different though.
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Hmmmm.... Everyone from Alberta is rich and works in the oil industry? There are a lot of rich oil & gas peeps, but I don't think it's the norm....
I honestly don't know what else? Maybe that they think we're all redneck cowboys! Ha
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I know there are some...hmm, but I can't think of any off the top of my head right now, I'm from Michigan.
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I don't think there are any about PA specifically, but there are definitely preconceptions about philly and Pittsburgh.
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Another Canadian.... Igloo living, whale blubber burning seal clubbing no summer girl.
Fact- it was like 90something dregrees last week in my town.
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@sorrycharlie: I was just going to say that people think RI is part of New York.
A guy in college asked me what it was like to grow up on an island. -
That we marry our cousins, are racist, and can't form an intelligent sentence... Alabama
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@sorrycharlie: @oliviaoblivia: Like confusing Rhode Island with Staten Island and Long Island type deal? (also,
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I'm from NJ. There are a lot, and Jersey Shore did nothing to help. I live in MA now and I don't think there are too many bad stereotypes, but most people don't have a very thick Boston accent (although plenty do!).
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That people from Arizona are all racist and hate immigrants.
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Texas...cowboys, riding horses...
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@matador84: you're *not* a cowgirl?!?!
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Everyone from Philly hates Santa Clause (when he got booed ONCE at a sporting event back in the 70s!)
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Colorado: we all live in the mountains and ski/snowboard every weekend.
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I agree with @rahlyrah: not sure if Maryland has much of a national reputation. But Baltimore for sure: drugs, danger, murder. Those negative characteristics are a very real part of our city and, as a public school teacher, I know that they can affect our communities. However the majority of folks who live in and visit Baltimore will never experience those things.
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@Katrocap: Umm...there is a Baltimore bee on here and I didn't know about it?!?! AND you're a public school teacher?! Be still my heart!
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@TurtleDoves: haha, unfortunately wherever one might be from in texas, that is the notion! actually...where I live is pretty legit country. we brand cattle yearly, i live near the beef capital of the world, it's not uncommon for me on my drive to work to see people riding horses next to me.
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That we all are addicted to coffee?
I don't know if there are any presuppositions about people from my state.
Can you guess which one?
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I live in Indiana, but I am just across the border from Kentucky (where I mostly grew up) and we don't wear shoes or have all our teeth!
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: Washington?
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Everybody from my state is Mormon and conservative. Not true at all!
@Rainbow Sprinkles: Washington State! My perception is that you all are very nice, but hard to get to know
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that everyone from Connecticut is filthy rich and lives in a mansion. can't tell you how many times people have said "you must be loaded" when finding out where I was from. Totally not true!!
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Everyone from Texas rides horses to work/owns a gun/is a Republican/loves George Bush. None of these apply to me!!
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People always assume we have perfect weather and it never rains (California) where I live it gets cold, it rains, and it gets REALLY hot.
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I'm originally from upstate New York, and I always have to clarify that I'm not from NYC. I grew up on a lake, near vineyards...completely different world!
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Everyone from Lancaster Co. PA is Amish and drives a horse & buggy <--- you don't want to know how many times I asked this in college, given "Amish" as a nickname and insisted upon my horse & buggy was parked at home.
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@Mrs. Jacks: @tlcbaby: yes!!
I know that the county I live in has one of the highest abortions rates in the country but I doubt people think of that when they think of Washington!
We're boring here. Except we do have earthquakes. Guess that's exciting!
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Everyone assumes you live in NYC when you say you're from NY
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@lawbee11: oh and i forgot, super conservative and southern baptist!
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@DigAPony: Don't you
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@MrsStormy: I'm from the Central Valley, so I know the California you speak of
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I don't know if there are any misconceptions about people from ND- because when I tell people out east that I live in North Dakota, they're like, "People actually live there?!" Lol, shoot me some preconceptions about North Dakotans and I'll tell you if they're true.
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Everyone from NYC is rude/unfriendly, a criminal (NYC is a dangerous place), fashionable, wealthy or very poor, snobby.
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