The state you live in and stereotypes

[LXAAlum]

Originally posted by valkyrie
I don't live in Colorado, but whenever I mention that I may move there, I get "Oh, do you ski?"

No, I don't. It's not like the state is just one big gigantic mountain and everybody skis to work every day.

THANK YOU.

You could only ski to work where I live in Colorado if (1) you like cross country (it's FLAT), and (2) you like skiing on dirt (we don't get a whole lot of snow here in the winter)...

We are a good 3 hours drive from the nearest ski slope, and I like it that way.

[AlphaGamDiva]

Originally posted by UKDaisy
I have never heard of this! OMG!!! Interesting!

Well, I am from Eastern Ky (granted its North Eastern) and I promise I have never met anyone who is inbreed. Nor, have I met anyone who doesn't have shoes!!!! Like I've said before "Kentucky is not a third world country!!!!!!"

i've never met them, either....but apparently they do in fact exist. and when i say eastern ky hills, i mean the eastern ky hills.....no one outside your own relatives for miiiiiiles, kinda deal....so i guess they have no other option for survival. to me, i would move...but then again, that's me.

story taken from a google search
It all started over 6 generations ago after a French orphan named Martin Fugate claimed a land grant in 1820 and settled on the banks of eastern Kentucky's Troublesome Creek, with his red-headed American bride, the former Elizabeth Smith, whose skin was as pale as the mountain laurel that blooms every spring around the creek hollows. The Fugates had seven children, four were reported to be blue. The clan kept multiplying. Fugates married other Fugates. Sometimes they married first cousins. And they married the people who lived closest to them, the Combses, Smiths, Ritchies, and Stacys. All lived in isolation from the world, bunched in log cabins up and down the hollows, and so it was only natural that a boy married the girl next door, even if she had the same last name.
"When they settled this country back then, there was no roads. It was hard to get out, so they intermarried," says Dennis Stacy who counts Fugate blood in his own veins.

Martin and Elizabeth Fugate's blue children multiplied in this natural isolation tank. The marriage of one of their blue boys, Zachariah, to his mother's sister triggered the line of succession that would result in the birth, more than 100 years later of Benjy Stacy. When Benjy was born with purple skin, his relatives told the perplexed doctors about his great grandmother Luna Fugate. One relative described her as "blue all over" and another calls Luna "the bluest woman I ever saw". Luna's father, Levy Fugate, was one of Zachariah Fugate's sons. Levy married a Ritchie girl and bought 200 acres of rolling land along Ball Creek. The couple had 8 children, including Luna. A fellow by the name of John Stacy spotted Luna at Sunday services of the Old Regular Baptist Church before the turn of the century. Stacy courted her, married her, and moved from Troublesome Creek to make a living in timber on her daddy's land. John Stacy still lives on Lick Branch of Ball Creek. Stacy recalls that his father-in-law, Levy Fugate, was "part of the family that showed blue. All them old fellers way back then was blue. One of em - I remember seeing him when I was just a boy - Blue Anze, they called him. Most of them old people we by that name - the blue Fugates. It run in that generation who lived up and down Ball Creek".

"They looked like anybody else, cept they had the blue color," Stacy said.

"The bluest Fugates I ever saw was Luna and her kin," said Carrie Lee Kilburn, a nurse at the rural medical center called Homeplace Center. "Luna was bluish all over. Her lips were as dark as a bruise. She was as blue a woman as I ever saw."

Luna Stacy possessed the good health common to the blue people bearing at least 13 children before she died at 84. The clinic rarely saw her and never for anything serious.

Benjy Stacy was born in a modern hospital near Hazard, Kentucky, not far from Troublesome Creek. He inherited his father's lankiness and his mother's red hair but what he got from his great, great, great grandfather was dark blue skin! The doctors were astonished, not so the parents, but the boy was rushed off to a medical clinic in Lexington (University of Kentucky Medical School). Two days of tests showed no cause for Benjy's blue skin.

Benjy's grandmother Stacy asked the doctor's if they had heard of the blue Fugates of Troublesome Creek. Put on that track, they concluded that Benjy's condition was inherited. Benjy lost his blue tint within a few weeks and now he is about as normal a 7-year old boy as you might imagine. His lips and fingernails still turn a purplish blue when he gets cold or angry and that trait was exploited by the medical students back when Benjy was an infant.

[AYE FEE]

California - Everyone is a health nut and has cut carbs and/or some other vital nutrient out of their diet.

Hello? I LOVE red meat & beer!

[GeekyPenguin]

No, we don't all live on farms, milk cows, drive trucks, and ride tractors - and yes, there are cities in Wisconsin - big ones.

You know you're from Wisconsin when....

• Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow
• You can recognize someone from Illinois from their driving
• You know what a bubbler is
• You have gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.
• You can actually pronounce Oconomowoc.
• Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
• You know several people who have hit a deer.
• You know where Waukesha is AND can pronounce it.
• You hear someone use the word "oof-dah" and you don't immediately break into uncontrollable laughter.
• You see people wear bib overalls at funerals.
• You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
• You know all four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction.
• You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
• You think it's nice enough to swim when the temperature hits 50.
• Bucky the Badger hangs on your Christmas tree even if you didn't go to University of Wisconsin Madison.
• If you refer to U-W Madison as Madison.
• You loved it when the Brewers hit a home run so the guy would slide from the huge keg into the mug of beer.
• At every wedding you have been to you have had to dance the hoky poky and the chicken dance.
• You know that it's traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between the ceremony and the reception.

[GMUBunny]

Originally posted by MattUMASSD
One would think. The majority crime I would say happens east of the anacostia river. I dont think there a lot of gang activitity. I have no reasons why there is so many murders.

You can't really say you're from the DC metro area till you've been lost in anacostia! Such a wonderful place to be

Here's my love for my hometown

For Va Beach: http://www.duke.edu/~map8/youknow.htm

For HR in general:

You Know You're From Hampton Roads If...

1- You can name at least three of Mike Joynes’ law partners.

2- You can finish the “Beach Ford” song…

3- You know that 64 West in Chesapeake is actually going east.

4- Virginia Beach is “Va Beach” unless you actually live there.

5- You know that “Hampton Roads” aren’t actual roads.

6- You don’t go to the beach every day.

7- You don’t want to go to the beach every day.

8- You know which beaches to avoid, unlike the tourists.

9- You believe that Meyera Oberndorf will be the mayor of Virginia Beach for all time.

10- Little Neck and Great Neck are not locations on Long Island.

11- Little Neck Creek is not on Little Neck.

12- Any westbound trip you’ve ever made involves at least one tunnel.

13- You can name at least three underwater tunnels within a twenty mile radius of your home. Extra points if you can name all five.[1]

14- One of your Adopt-A-School partners in elementary school was a U.S. Navy vessel.

15- You can say “Norfolk” while sounding neither obscene nor incorrect.

16- You don’t stop and look skyward when aircraft fly over.

17- You’ve seen Rudy Boesch in the Farm Fresh.

18- You’ve seen Pat Robertson in the Farm Fresh.

19- You’ve seen The Neptunes in the Farm Fresh.

20- You’ve seen Timbaland in the Farm Fresh.

21- You’ve seen Missy Elliott in the Farm Fresh.

22- You even know what a Food Lion is.

23- You know which parts of each city to stay out of.

24- Sometimes the cities just blur into one big metropolis.

25- Sorry, I meant “suburb.”

26- You’ve been to more minor-league sports games than major-league. (More points if you can name three Hampton Roads minor-league teams)[2]

27- You know that on-base purchases have no sales tax. (Further points if you can name four military installations in the area)[3]

28- Newport News is not a catalog, it is a city.

29- It’s Hampton, not The Hamptons.

30- It’s not a peninsula, it’s the Peninsula. With a capital P.

31- You can name all the I-64 spurs.

32- It’s not Portsmouth, it’s P-town.

33- It’s not Virginia Beach Boulevard, it’s just The Boulevard.

34- The Strip isn’t a nudie bar, it’s a tourist trap.

35- To you, Scope isn’t just mouthwash.

36- The Boathouse doesn’t actually dock any boats.

37- You’ve been to the 17th Street Surf Shop.

38- No, the real one.

39- You know what WRV, Hotline, Roxy, Billabong, and Quiksilver are.

40- You’ve ever heard “South Side” by Moby while actually on the Southside.

41- You know Dam Neck and Birdneck aren’t necks of any kind.

42- You use Cox Cable and refer to Cox High School without even snickering.

43- You know Mount Trashmore is a real place, not a joke.

44- You don’t mind the jet noise.

45- You don’t slow down in the tunnel, because it’s not a big deal. Stupid out-of-towners.

46- Walking up hills causes an instant asthma attack.

47- While away from home, you can identify a fellow HR resident by their being the only one in a 17th Street shirt and flip flops. In December.

48- You can go surfing and strawberry-pickin’ in the same day.

49- The left lane is not the passing lane, it is the only lane.

50- You know what Rita’s Italian Ice is.

51- You have friends at three other high schools, minimum.

52- Jimmy Buffet is a regular fixture at parties and social events.

53- A hermit crab is a legitimate pet.

54- You know not to bring your golf clubs to the Tidewater Country Club.

55- No, it’s a city. Not a county.

56- It’s normal for seven cities to be linked in almost every conceivable way.

57- Your city is 20 miles long but only 3 miles wide.

58- You can leave town for years at a time to find the same sections of road still under construction.

59- Base/shipyard traffic is one of the most dehumanizing experiences you can think of.

60- You have to adopt a surrogate professional sports team because you live in the largest metropolitan area without a single one.

61- It’s Seven Five Seven, not Seven Fifty-Seven.

62- An inch of snow closes everything down.

63- 3 inches is a blizzard.

64- You’ve been due for a “Major Hurricane” for about 15 years.

65- Earthquakes? Pardon?

66- Your region is having an identity crisis: Hampton Roads? Greater Norfolk? Tidewater? Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News?

67- At least 75 mph on the interstate: It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law. If you want to survive.

68- You know who the Norwegian Lady is.

69- No, you can’t walk to the beach. Moron.

70- You block the box.

71- You didn’t immediately respond to #70 with “What?”

72- The pedestrians are only at the beach.

73- You’ve seen Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, and First Landing. And don’t think it’s that big of a deal.

74- During Real Stories of the Highway Patrol, instead of saying “Too bad for him,” you say “That guy was in my gym class!”

75- You can see another 7-11 from the 7-11 you’re currently at.

76- You can’t afford Nordstrom. But you have one.

77- Why shop at Gap and Old Navy when you have Walmart, Target, and Payless?

78- MacArthur was not only a brilliant general, but a fine shopping establishment.

79- Bridges go over water, not land.

80- Tagalog is a language, and you might know a few words, if not speak fluently.

81- You know not to swim at Buckroe Beach.

82- You know Jefferson Park is not a real park.

83- You don’t laugh when you hear “Rip Rap Road.”

84- You hear “downtown” and immediately think of some other city.

85- You have to specify which Lynnhaven, Princess Anne, or Kempsville Road you’re referring to.

86- You have to go to DC to see any of the big-name concerts because you live in the largest demographic cul-de-sac in the United States.

87- You can name all the HR cities.[4]

88- You don’t know what the big deal about lacrosse is.

89- Nor do you know what the big deal about ice hockey is. Rhinos? Who?[5]

90- You know that Norfolk International Airport isn’t really an international airport.

91- Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport never even enters your mind.

92- No, you’re not hallucinating. Those are mermaids.

93- You’ve attended the Neptune Festival without being pagan.

94- You’re still wearing sandals in November.

95- You’re a Republican.

96- You know the real reason we haven’t been hit by a hurricane in the last several years is because of Pat Robertson. Emphatically cough here for emphasis.

97- You’ve ever wonder how many fish and crabs PETA killed building their new headquarters on the banks of the beautiful Elizabeth River.

98- You had a nickel for every OBX sticker you saw on the road, you’d be a rich man by now.

99- You’re tired of there being no respect for your home.

100- You know that it all started here.[6]



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[1] The Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (I-64), The Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel (I-664), The Downtown Tunnel (I-264), The Midtown Tunnel (U.S. 58), and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (U.S. 13)

[2] The Norfolk Admirals (AHL), The Norfolk Nighthawks (af2), The Norfolk Tides (AAA baseball), the Hampton Roads Mariners (minor league MLS), and the Hampton Roads Piranhas (women’s minor league MLS)

[3] Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk Naval Air Station, Oceana Master Jet Base, the Norfolk Shipyard, Camp Pendleton, Fort Story, Fort Monroe, Fort Eustis, Little Creek Amphibious Base, Craney Island, St. Julian Creek Annex, Fentress Field.

[4] In order of population: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, Suffolk. Maybe Williamsburg, if you’re feeling generous. Add York and James City Counties if you’re not in an urban mood.

[5] The Hampton Roads/Norfolk Rhinos were a failed attempt by George Shinn to bring an NHL franchise to Norfolk. Didn’t work. Surprised? Don’t be.

[6] The settlers of Jamestown landed on Cape Henry before establishing the first permanent English colony, just through Hampton Roads and up the James.

[enlightenment06]

Originally posted by CutiePie2000
How can SO MANY murders happen within such a relatively small piece of land? I don't get it? Is there a lot of gang activity/criminal activity? Sorry to be an ignoramous but I genuinely want to know. You'd think that with DC being the 'seat of gov't' that things would be a bit more genteel somehow (or not).

there are a lot of socioeconomic reasons behind it. Part of it is because DC residents don't have enough control over their own city (taxation without representation) and the local government (which has little power) is corrupt (Anthony Williams = corrupt politician)

[LXAAlum]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
You know you're from Wisconsin when....

• You know that it's traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between the ceremony and the reception.

I went with my father-in-law to Milwaukee and Waukeshaw (does that mean I'm now from Wisconsin? ) over Memorial Day to his old neighborhood where he grew up. No kidding about bar hopping - I could not believe where all the bars USED to be - very frigging corner was either a bar or used to be one.

He could sit up late at night and listen to the Brewers games from his bedroom window, he lived so close to the stadium...

[goldendelta]

Whenever someone asks me where I live I say Long Island, not New York. If I say New York, they automatically think I live in the City. But then I get, Oh! I love your Iced Tea! Wrong Long Island!

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by LXAAlum
I went with my father-in-law to Milwaukee and Waukeshaw (does that mean I'm now from Wisconsin? ) over Memorial Day to his old neighborhood where he grew up. No kidding about bar hopping - I could not believe where all the bars USED to be - very frigging corner was either a bar or used to be one.

He could sit up late at night and listen to the Brewers games from his bedroom window, he lived so close to the stadium...

You wish you were from Wisconsin! But can you handle Oconomowoc? I love how there are bars everywhere here and it's so normal to us that we think other states are weird.

I can see Miller Park from my apartment, as well as having a lovely view of I-94.

[LXAAlum]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
You wish you were from Wisconsin! But can you handle Oconomowoc? I love how there are bars everywhere here and it's so normal to us that we think other states are weird.

I can see Miller Park from my apartment, as well as having a lovely view of I-94.

Oconomowoc - Yes I can. Well. Ok. Fine. I DID have some help the first time I saw it on a sign on the interstate, but yes I can pronounce it correctly...

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by Rudey
Do the blue people give good face?

-Rudey
--You know what they say about those blue girls.

Blue people only kiss their blue cousins.

[SSS1365]

Originally posted by CutiePie2000
How can SO MANY murders happen within such a relatively small piece of land? I don't get it? Is there a lot of gang activity/criminal activity? Sorry to be an ignoramous but I genuinely want to know. You'd think that with DC being the 'seat of gov't' that things would be a bit more genteel somehow (or not).

DC has its really nice parts, and it's pretty bad parts. The weird thing is, you can be in a really nice part, take one wrong turn, and suddenly find yourself in a pretty scary place. Of course, I am not a DC resident, so I'm speaking from an outsider's point of view. A guy I work with does live in DC though, and he says that he wouldn't dare go in certain sections that are just a couple of blocks away from his apartment.

Now, as for Virginia, we have the stereotype that all Virginians are... well... rednecks. Sorry, can't think of a better term right now. It doesn't help that our representatives on "Survivor" have completely fit that stereotype. And Evan Marriott, aka Joe Millionaire, really doesn't help either. BUT... there are a lot of parts of the state where people DO have really southern accents, drive jacked-up pickup trucks, love NASCAR, and whatever stereotype of the like that you can think of. I used to live in a small town like this. A year ago, I moved to Northern VA, which is TOTALLY different.

[snuggles12]

Since I moved to Florida from NJ, I missed not having to pump gas.

I really could go for a good cheesesteak.


BJ

Exit #5 - Turnpike
Exit #45B - 295

Originally posted by axotiger
Let's see.. dirty jersey, we have the attitude, we're going to step on a needle if we go to the beach, we're crazy drivers... the list goes on...

But for you NEW JERSEY folks... check this out:

"You Know If You're From New Jersey" one... here are a few:

-You don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges."
-You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.
-You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.
-You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.
-At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen.
-You know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from.
-You know what a "jug handle" is.
-You know that WaWa is a convenience store.
-You know that the state isn't all farmland.
-You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey. There's "The Shore". And you don't go "to the shore". You go "down the Shore". And when you are there, you're not "at the shore", you are "down the Shore".
-Even your school cafeteria made good Italian subs. And it's a Sub, not a submarine sandwich or - worse yet, a hoagie, a her! o, or a grinder.
-You know how to properly negotiate a Circle.
-You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving.
-You know that this is the only "New..." state that doesn't require "New" to identify it (like, try... Mexico, .... York, ... Hampshire ... doesn't work, does it?)
-You only go to New York City for day trips, and you call it "The City."
-You go to "The City" to get a good knish, but great pierogies can be found just around the corner.
-You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich.
-You don't think "What exit" is very funny.
-You know that the first "strip shopping center" in the country was on Route 22.
-The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school, church or local bar.
-You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.
-You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.
-Every year, you had a least one kid in your class named Tony.
-You know the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos opening credits.
-You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall.
-You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar and people from South Jersey go to Wildwood. It can be no other way.
-You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state.
-You've had a Boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.
-You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.
And finally ...
-You've NEVER, NEVER pumped your own gas.

[EagleChick19]

I'm from Pennsylvania...

You know you're from PA when..


1. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

2. "Vacation" means going to Hershey Park for the weekend.

3. You measure distance in hours.

4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

5. You often switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day.

6. You use a down comforter in the summer.

7. Your grandparents drive at 65mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.

8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.

9. You install security lights on your house and garage and then leave both unlocked.

10. You think of the major food groups as deer meat, fish, and berries.

11. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend or wife knows how to use them.

12. There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the Sheetz mini-mart at any given time.

13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

15. You see deer around all the time.

16. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.

17. It takes you 3 hours to go to the store for one item, even when you're in a rush, because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.

18. You can comfortable wear a snow suit and a bathing suit in the same day without either being too cold or too hot.

19. You can actually eat cold pizza(even for breakfast) and know others who do the same.

20. You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know that it comes in several colors: Red, Blue, White, Brown, Gold (Go Big Ben's!)

21. At least 5 people on your block have electric "candles" in all or most of their windows all year long.

22. You know what a "State Store" is, and your out of state friends find it incredulous that you can't purchase liquor at the mini-mart.

23. You know several places to purchase or that serve Scrapple, Summer Sausage (Lebanon Bologna), and Hot Bacon Dressing.

24. Top 3 PENNSYLVANIA "SPORTS": BOWLING, DARTS, POOL

25. You can't go to a Pennsylvania Wedding without hearing the "Chicken Dance" and at least 5 other Polkas.

26. You think that both Steelers and Eagles should be in the superbowl every year.

27. Your favorite holidays are the first day of fishing season, and first day of deer season.

[12dn94dst]

Originally posted by axotiger
Let's see.. dirty jersey, we have the attitude, we're going to step on a needle if we go to the beach, we're crazy drivers... the list goes on...

But for you NEW JERSEY folks... check this out:

"You Know If You're From New Jersey" one... here are a few:

-You don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges."
-You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags.
-You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven.
-You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery.
-At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen.
-You know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from.
-You know what a "jug handle" is.
-You know that WaWa is a convenience store.
-You know that the state isn't all farmland.
-You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey. There's "The Shore". And you don't go "to the shore". You go "down the Shore". And when you are there, you're not "at the shore", you are "down the Shore".
-Even your school cafeteria made good Italian subs. And it's a Sub, not a submarine sandwich or - worse yet, a hoagie, a her! o, or a grinder.
-You know how to properly negotiate a Circle.
-You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving.
-You know that this is the only "New..." state that doesn't require "New" to identify it (like, try... Mexico, .... York, ... Hampshire ... doesn't work, does it?)
-You only go to New York City for day trips, and you call it "The City."
-You go to "The City" to get a good knish, but great pierogies can be found just around the corner.
-You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich.
-You don't think "What exit" is very funny.
-You know that the first "strip shopping center" in the country was on Route 22.
-The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school, church or local bar.
-You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls.
-You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers.
-Every year, you had a least one kid in your class named Tony.
-You know the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos opening credits.
-You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall.
-You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar and people from South Jersey go to Wildwood. It can be no other way.
-You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state.
-You've had a Boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries.
-You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.
And finally ...
-You've NEVER, NEVER pumped your own gas.

*sigh* I miss Jersey sometimes