What STuPiD stuff do people believe about YOUR state/area?

I know I'm late, I have been pretty sick (none of you doodyheads missed me one bit).

 
I did, Jules.  []

ORIGINAL: RidgebackGermansShep

Ahhh, I was born and raised in Kentucky. I'm sure you've all heard the horrible things about KY. We're uneducated (everyone in my family has been to college), we don't wear shoes, don't have teeth, we dont have plumbing, we all play banjos, and we all hunt for our food. I've seriously been on vacation before and had people asked me if i wore shoes! I've also had people asked me if i was poor (yes, that's why MY car is nicer than your parent's). We do have our share of rednecks though...try going to a county fair. In far eastern ky, in the mountains, you may find some interesting folk...but here in central ky it's really nice. You'd actually be quite surprised at the amount of upper upper class here in lexington. I do ride a horse, my mom and i both drive trucks, and we have a bit of a southern drawl...but by no means are we rednecks! Kentucky is really a beautiful place, with tons of beautiful thoroughbreds! Once people visit though, they really like it, and i always get compliments of how warm and friendly kentuckians are

 
I is from Alabama and we ain't all dum.  He-he!!!  Did I get your attention?  Unfortunately, many people around the country assume that people from Alabama are dumb.  In fact, much of what RidgebackGermansShep wrote fits most of what people think about those of us in Alabama.  Actually, most of the people I know are educated (NASA is one town over. Could that explain why the space program is in trouble??[sm=uhoh.gif]).  There is a lot of talent in this state (think of American Idol and past USA pageants). 
 
Personally speaking, my husband and I have lots of shoes and do wear them in public. We have full sets of straight, white teeth![sm=proud.gif] We don't chew on pieces of straw. Yes, there are rednecks here, but not as many as others around the country assume. We have nice cars (not horse-drawn carts) and a nice home (which is not a trailer, if that's what you were thinking.)  In fact, many people here and in the surrounding cities would probably be considered affluent.  Also, most of us here don't use the words "ain't" or "ya'll."  I do when I'm joking because people from other states seem to expect us to use those words.  There are many areas here that could be pictured on postcards.  By the way, it is true that it's humid here.  It's 95 degrees today, but that's not why I'm inside; the humidity is stifling.  Many visitors love this state because it is so beautiful!!! 
 
We ain't much different than you is.  At least we all luv our dawgs.  Ya'll have a nice day, ya hear??[sm=biggrin.gif]   

[sm=tex.gif][color="#cc0033"][size="5"][sm=happy.gif]ALABAMA sure does have beautiful "eskimos".  Oxy-moronic?[sm=rofl.gif]   LOL LOL[/size][/color]

Michele12...You seem a lil angry about living in SI...I live on Long Island...yeah gas prices suck but take a lil pride in the fact that you can't get a better bagel or slice of pizza anywhere else but NY... []

Me too, Julie.  I just haven't figured out how to do the quote thingy yet. [] So how do you compare Utah and the *Golden State*? Are we a little better or a little worse? And I gotta ask ... did you watch that HBO series that just ended,*Big Love*? I think that one fascinated a lot of people.[sm=biggrin.gif]

Joyce

Micksmom, I have to laugh... I also grew up in NY and recently moved to Warren Co., NJ. I thought it would be all chemical plants, etc. until I saw all of the mountains. I love it there.  When you moved, did you also get the question, "You're from NY... where's your accent?" 

When you moved, did you also get the question, "You're from NY... where's your accent?"

That's so funny!  I'm from NY, but now live in San Fran.  People are always SHOCKED that I'm not a native Californian due to my lack of accent.  But I went to prep school, and that was in Western Mass, so I guess that helped my non-accent develop....

I'am also a Kentuckian, I live on the western side of the state.  Ridgeback summed up our state very well.    We're not all rednecks by anymeans, we don't wash our clothing in the Creek or use the bathroom outside. We all don't drive trucks with bigfoot tires on them.  On my side of the state we use the words Ya'll guys and my favorite What up!!!! The joke around here is  that all the Inbreds live in fancyfarm.

This doodyhead was wondering why you were around less[8D]... but you still popped in a bit so I didnt ask.  Hope your feeling better!!![]
 
 

Muuahhhh I love you doodyheads...I was sick as hell but when I could I would pop in and read then go lie down again.  I think it started out as a simple cold but went into bronchitis and pneumonia.  I couldn't have a smoke or anything, I couldn't breath or move.  I feel all perky again and just want to get rid of the last of all that snot!  I had about eight hundred junky e-mails to go thru.  I am debating taking advantage of my smoke free status or maybe giving in and havin one.  My SO is a two pack a day, and I only go thru a pack  in about ten days.  I'm glad to be back I missed you all. 
Ohmuhgosh Joyce yeah huge differences between here and Cali.  It took me a couple of years to get used to it.
XOXO's Tina, Joyce, and Amy )       Jules

[sm=tex.gif]COOKIEMONSTER.  In my original post I stated that we do have the best food on the planet.  You living on Long Island, has it not changed over the years?  Staten Island did.  I call it condo island.  We had farms at one time.  NO MORE!!  We have condos (ya know well manicured concentration camps).  Thats why I am looking in Pennsylvania for a new place.  Again to everybody---we do not have accents.  People from other countries do!!!  Oh, and I do occasionally visit Southern California.  My parents live there.  My dad hates it.  Hes a real NY'er.  When I was down south people cocked their heads when I spoke.  Almost like a dog does when he is hearing a strange high pitched sound.  Californians just stared at me, afraid.  I do sound very Brooklyn. It was quite interesting when I crossed the California/Mexico Border back to the states.  But thats another story.  Lets just say I really was a NY'er!!
[sm=devil.gif]Fondly, Michele

I coulda sworn I wasnt the only Canadian on this board... 

Cookiemonster, you're SO right about bagels and pizza.  Those are the exact two things I crave the most about food back home (I live in Oregon now, but lived in CT until I was about 27).  I think CT bagels and pizza are just about the same as NY.
 
When we first got to Oregon, my aunt used to overnight ship bagels to me from my favorite place in West Hartford, CT.  You cannot get good bagels here.  The same applies for pizza (unfortunately, we haven't devised a way to get those shipped here hot from our favorite pizza places in Hartford and New Haven counties!).  There are a few places in Portland that are pretty good at taking the edge off my cravings, but nothing even comes close in Salem, where I live. 
 
When I go home to CT for a visit, I eat pizza as many times as I can, and my mother stocks up on bagels so I can have one every morning!
 
P.S. to Jules - I'm sorry you were feeling crummy.  I just started with a wicked cold yesterday.  It's even making all my teeth hurt (either that, or I've got a dental problem AND a cold).  It really sucks being sick during nice weather.  Also, at the start of your post about your diagnosis and lack of smoking, I thought, "I hope she decides to make an attempt at quitting now that she's had a break."  Then I read your next sentence.  It sounds like you're very close to eliminating the habit - go for it!  That's how my mother quit - she had pneumonia and didn't smoke for 2-3 weeks, so she just didn't re-start (not that she doesn't miss it - she does!).  Good luck! [sm=wink2.gif]

Tacran, how lucky you are to have bagels and pizza shipped to you!!! Does is still taste the same??? 
 
I visited my folks in SC and there wasn't even a dunkin' donuts! That was depressing. [&o] Had to drink Maxwell House [:'(]

When I first got married and moved to the city of Akron Ohio from a Texas farm in east Texas, i would say a dozen words before someome would pipe up with "What part of the south are you from?"  As soon as i said Texas "Oh, is your family in cattle buisness or oil business?"  HUH, only oil we owned was in the vehicle, ony cattle we owned was our milk cow and her occasional calves we slaughtered.  Now we are talking back in '65, long before the TV show Dallas where the Ewings were in CATTLE and OIL.    When I wrote home about this my family thought I was pulling their legs.  THEN my sister married a guy from North Carolina and blow me down, if she wasn't asked the very same question.  After that my family did believe.

Also, I found that so many people thought the only towns in Texas were Dallas and Houston.  The Alamo/San Antonio was one and the same place.  Didn't even know Austin was state capitol, but usually thought Houston was. Don't know where El Paso, Whichita Falls, Corpus Christi, etc got lost either.  When people would ask what part of Texas, I naturally said Whitehouse (like anyone would have heard of this town of 610 people).  So I would explain it was 10 miles south of Tyer,  Surely everyone had heard ofTyler, the Rose Capitol of the World.  Nope.  Well, Tyler was about 100 miles east of Dallas.  OH---lighbulbs showed up over their heads.

Someone mentioned they think the people in Texas are friendier.  I have heard that a lot recently.  For several months there has been a bowling tourny going on over in Corpus.  I got out on the gambling boat a couple of times a week and during all these months have sat at the supper table with bowlers/wives from all over the USA  and many have said how friendly people in Texas are.  Said they feel so welcome here.  That makes me feel good as I am very, very proud (two proud maybe) of my state and it's historical background.  In fact, one of the biggest shocks I ever had was when I was 11 and discovered my cousins in Pueblo Colo studied COLORADO HISTORY INSTEAD OF TEXAS HISTORY.  How boring that must be. LOL
 
EDITED TO ADD  I do believe one would have to be a New York City area person to really get the full impact of 9-11.  However, I do have two brothers on the Austin Fire Deparment and hearing of all the Firemen's deaths really hit me hard as it could happen anywhere and it could be my brothers caught in a crumbling building.  I watched in horror  as the buildings fell, knowing they were full of people, firemen and police included.