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[wizardryforever]

As everyone has noticed by now, everyone else lives somewhere completely foreign to your understanding.  Somewhere. . . else.  Naturally, over time we as people come to believe all kinds of things about these places and the people who inhabit them and only some of them are based in fact.  More of them are simply ridiculous beliefs that no sane person with common sense could hold.

This thread is for the latter.

Go ahead and list the craziest thing you've ever seen/heard about your region (which could be continent, country, or sub-region).  This could be positive, or more likely, very negative.  Let's get all this stupidity out in the open.

I'll go first:  I'm from the American South (as in USA, for those who dislike us being "Americans"), and as such I've heard all kinds of derogatory things about my region.  Usually it boils down to racism, incest, and general backwardness.  But the craziest belief that I've ever heard is that we're so backward that we still use eighteenth century tech, like horse and carriage, no electricity, no plumbing, etc.  Like the Mason-Dixon line is some great technological divide.  So ignorant.

Let's hear some stories!  :happy:

[Dominus]

You could say I live in the detroit area; although there's no gonzo rumors I've heard, the facts themselves are more terrifying than fiction.

The violent crime rate is one of the highest in the United States, while the chances are roughly 1 in 16 to be a victim of a property crime. Neighborhoodscout.com reported a crime rate of 62.18 per 1000 residents for property crimes, and 16.73 per 1000 for violent crimes (compared to national figures of 32 per 1000 for property crimes and 5 per 1000 for violent crime in 2008).
The city's downtown typically has lower crime than national and state averages. According to a 2007 analysis, Detroit officials note that about 65 to 70 percent of homicides in the city were drug related, with the rate of unsolved murders roughly 70%.

Delightful.

[slimgrin]

I went to school for 3 yrs in Philladelphia and even on my third year, my friends and professors couldn't remember that I was from Montana, because to them all the western states were one and the same - an ambiguous wash of sheep, cows, and rattle snakes.

[Chromie]

slimgrin wrote...

I went to school for 3 yrs in Philladelphia and even on my third year, my friends and professors couldn't remember that I was from Montana, because to them all the western states were one and the same - an ambiguous wash of sheep, cows, and rattle snakes.

They aren't? 

[slimgrin]

Ringo12 wrote...

slimgrin wrote...

I went to school for 3 yrs in Philladelphia and even on my third year, my friends and professors couldn't remember that I was from Montana, because to them all the western states were one and the same - an ambiguous wash of sheep, cows, and rattle snakes.

They aren't? 

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Pilgrim, Ima gonna kick yer hide into next week.

[wizardryforever]

Angus Cousland wrote...

wizardryforever wrote...
I'll go first:  I'm from the American South (as in USA, for those who dislike us being "Americans"), and as such I've heard all kinds of derogatory things about my region.  Usually it boils down to racism, incest, and general backwardness.  But the craziest belief that I've ever heard is that we're so backward that we still use eighteenth century tech, like horse and carriage, no electricity, no plumbing, etc.  Like the Mason-Dixon line is some great technological divide.  So ignorant.

Let's hear some stories!  :happy:

I don't know, there's a pretty large number of people down here who fit the "mouth-breathing redneck" profile to a tee. In the urban areas they're pretty rare, but you head out into the hills and you can bet on running into some "good ol' boys" sporting hunting camo and Rebel flags, cruising down the road in an old pickup truck.

They may or may not be blaring the local country music radio station, shouting obscenities at passers-by, drinking 24 oz. cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon, and going 20 miles over the speed limit (at least). I guess it depends on the day of the week.

Amusing.  I'm not sure how serious you are with this, but I will say that rednecks exist everywhere.  They may not all behave exactly the same way, but they are everywhere except the most urban of areas.  Those places have their own unsophicated people, but they are decidedly different.

True story:  My parents went on vacation to Hawaii when I was little, and they were on some kind of nature tour (the details are a little fuzzy, since I wasn't there).  The tour guide was a redneck, whose dog was named Skeeter, and he had all the telltale signs of a redneck: the poor hygiene and grammar, some digusting habits, and the "glorious absence of sophistication" that is Jeff Foxworthy's definition of a redneck.  Anyway, he was Hawaiian, but still a redneck.

Our rednecks fit the traditional stereotype a bit better most of the time, but the whole South isn't like that, not even the rural areas.

[William Shakespeare]

slimgrin wrote...

I went to school for 3 yrs in Philladelphia and even on my third year, my friends and professors couldn't remember that I was from Montana, because to them all the western states were one and the same - an ambiguous wash of sheep, cows, and rattle snakes.

that's funny, because that is exactly how i was taught in high school. that, and the North is nothing but liberals. lol

[William Shakespeare]

wizardryforever wrote...

Angus Cousland wrote...

wizardryforever wrote...
I'll go first:  I'm from the American South (as in USA, for those who dislike us being "Americans"), and as such I've heard all kinds of derogatory things about my region.  Usually it boils down to racism, incest, and general backwardness.  But the craziest belief that I've ever heard is that we're so backward that we still use eighteenth century tech, like horse and carriage, no electricity, no plumbing, etc.  Like the Mason-Dixon line is some great technological divide.  So ignorant.

Let's hear some stories!  :happy:

I don't know, there's a pretty large number of people down here who fit the "mouth-breathing redneck" profile to a tee. In the urban areas they're pretty rare, but you head out into the hills and you can bet on running into some "good ol' boys" sporting hunting camo and Rebel flags, cruising down the road in an old pickup truck.

They may or may not be blaring the local country music radio station, shouting obscenities at passers-by, drinking 24 oz. cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon, and going 20 miles over the speed limit (at least). I guess it depends on the day of the week.

Amusing.  I'm not sure how serious you are with this, but I will say that rednecks exist everywhere.  They may not all behave exactly the same way, but they are everywhere except the most urban of areas.  Those places have their own unsophicated people, but they are decidedly different.

True story:  My parents went on vacation to Hawaii when I was little, and they were on some kind of nature tour (the details are a little fuzzy, since I wasn't there).  The tour guide was a redneck, whose dog was named Skeeter, and he had all the telltale signs of a redneck: the poor hygiene and grammar, some digusting habits, and the "glorious absence of sophistication" that is Jeff Foxworthy's definition of a redneck.  Anyway, he was Hawaiian, but still a redneck.

Our rednecks fit the traditional stereotype a bit better most of the time, but the whole South isn't like that, not even the rural areas.

where there is camo, there is rednecks

[bmwcrazy]

Jersey Shore. 'nuff said.

[slimgrin]

To be fair, I was quite the ignoramus when I moved to the big city, and had plenty of misconceptions that I quietly tucked away as I socialized. I miss the city actually and may move back one day. My advice for anyone from the west/mid west moving to the east coast is: they'll never be able to discern your accent. This can come in handy. 

Modifié par slimgrin, 13 février 2012 - 02:18 .

[android654]

I'm from Manhattan, so take your pick.

[chunkyman]

I'm from the Northwest, and people from the south and east coast tend to think we're all either cowboys or tree hugging, gun banning libercrats.

(I'm sure you can guess which group thinks what lol)

[RPGamer13]

I believe some think all people from Virginia are rednecks.

That everyone from VA are from the south.

I don't consider myself a southerner, far from it. I'm from the north part of the state and we distinguish ourselves from the rest of the state.

[Volus Warlord]

Here's one:

[Clover Rider]

DominusVita wrote...

You could say I live in the detroit area; although there's no gonzo rumors I've heard, the facts themselves are more terrifying than fiction.

The violent crime rate is one of the highest in the United States, while the chances are roughly 1 in 16 to be a victim of a property crime. Neighborhoodscout.com reported a crime rate of 62.18 per 1000 residents for property crimes, and 16.73 per 1000 for violent crimes (compared to national figures of 32 per 1000 for property crimes and 5 per 1000 for violent crime in 2008).
The city's downtown typically has lower crime than national and state averages. According to a 2007 analysis, Detroit officials note that about 65 to 70 percent of homicides in the city were drug related, with the rate of unsolved murders roughly 70%.

Delightful.

I am in Baltimore and the idiotic beliefs people have of my home is that we are just as bad as Detroit.

[vometia]

Bad teeth, bad food, bad plumbing, needing our "asses" saving repeatedly, pining for our empire, everyone either living in "Bucking Ham Palace" or addressing their betters as "guv'nah"... the list seems endless and varies from the amusingly ridiculous to the quite irritating.

[JRCHOharry]

Newcastle upon Tyne: 'Chav' capital of the world.

Well it's not OK! That title belongs to Liverpool, innit bruv.

[Gabriel S.]

Hmm, lemme see...

• it's a third world country
• we're all gypsies (I hate the Bulgarians)
• we hate gypsies (F you Madonna)
• we're all a bunch of beggars (I hate the French)
• our orphanages are full and what we can't fit - we sell (I hate the British)
• we're too poor to have a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of
• the blood banks in Transilvania are empty because Dracula is real (they're empty because people DON'T DONATE)
• we're all thieves and criminals (I hate the Italians)
• we're all hackers (not true... I'm not a hacker... honest)
• we're all pirates, AKA copyright infringers (I hate the American corporations)
• Romanian women are beautiful (I hate every single male celebrity that came out of an airport in Romania and said that; that's right - I hate Michael Jackson)
• the national football (soccer) team sucks balloons (I hate football)
• gymnastics are the only profession in which Romanians are good at (not true, we also make a killing selling porn)
• our government is corrupt (be serious! which government ISN'T corrupt)
• the skiing is good (not true - it's great)
• O-Zone is a Romanian band (IT'S MOLDAVIAN, DAMMIT!) (oh, yes, I hate the Moldavians)

That's about all I can think off right now.

Modifié par Gabriel Stelinski, 13 février 2012 - 11:45 .

[Dutchess]

I believe the stereotype of the Dutch involves something with mills with tullips in the garden, smoking pot and wooden shoes....

[vometia]

JRCHOharry wrote...

Newcastle upon Tyne: 'Chav' capital of the world.

I don't think I've heard anyone claim that, but I still hear plenty of outdated and ignorant stereotypes about the region from Home Counties types, who as often as not get Newcastle confused with Yorkshire and Scotland (and even Birmingham on occasion, unbelievably.)

[Chuvvy]

Ignorant, fat, stupid, ect,ect. By the way, for the amount of **** some Europeans give Americans for being ignorant, they're just as ignorant as we are. Yes, a nation of 350,000,000 conforms to a single stereotype. I swear to God, all the worlds problems would be solved if people left their home countries and found out that people are in fact, just people, most them don't want to destroy your way of life, most of them aren't evil, most of them aren't crazed nationalist, most of them are dealing with the same **** you are.

[MordinKrios]

Slidell505 wrote...

Ignorant, fat, stupid, ect,ect. By the way, for the amount of **** some Europeans give Americans for being ignorant, they're just as ignorant as we are. Yes, a nation of 350,000,000 conforms to a single stereotype. I swear to God, all the worlds problems would be solved if people left their home countries and found out that people are in fact, just people, most them don't want to destroy your way of life, most of them aren't evil, most of them aren't crazed nationalist, most of them are dealing with the same **** you are.

 

Glenn Beck doesn't help you lot. Neither does Fox News, who are just left of Mussolini on the political spectrum.