Stereotypes of your city/state/region/country, and are they true?

[RuralGamer]

Rural southern Scotland; we're racist, anti-monarchy, anti-Westminster government, anti-religious (seriously, we're apparently the most atheistic place in Europe) and really like to gossip, especially about outsiders (i.e. people who live there that aren't from around there). Oh and the majority of the population is over 60... So basically we're largely selfish, intolerant old folks.
Yeah that's all about right sadly; no wonder a lot of people want to leave; there are poor job prospects, unfriendly old folks and little to do. A quiet, relatively safe place to bring up your children, but that's about all its got going for it.

And yeah, a good deal of other Scottish stereotypes apply to where I live to varying degrees.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

In Cumbria in rural England we have the reputation of we are all super awesomely friendly...this is true we have won polls of the most charitable and friendly county. Well that is...up until you do something that isn't.

Then you will be; (taken from recent newspaper headlines) Lynched/sent back to your home country to be executed/there will be big men waiting for you outside the court and no one will do anything to help you.

delete as applicable

Don't do bad things in Cumbria...we don't like your sort round here.

Also, lots of sheep and rain.

 

[Timmehexas]

And, I understand that Sydney has the highest proportion of homosexuals in the world. This is an example of how open-minded and accepting Australia can be, but I should mention that our poofs could beat the shit out of your poofs any day of the week.

What?! Really? Why have I been living in Brisbane all this time?

I don't know mate, but I don't know why anyone would want to live in any other state. NSW is obviously superior to all the others in all possible ways.

Are you sure you weren't dropped on your head at all? I think you might be hallucinating! Queensland is obviously much, much better.

Of course both my parents were born in NSW and I spend a lot of time in NSW visiting my grandparents so I like both states, but obviously if someone from NSW and someone from QLD don't argue about which state is better the universe implodes.

 

[scyrin]

I'm from Hawaii so...

know how to play ukulele: not many people do

knows how to surf: not many people even have surf boards

live in grass shacks: ... (yes someone really asked this)

 

[LongAndShort]

And, I understand that Sydney has the highest proportion of homosexuals in the world. This is an example of how open-minded and accepting Australia can be, but I should mention that our poofs could beat the shit out of your poofs any day of the week.

What?! Really? Why have I been living in Brisbane all this time?

I don't know mate, but I don't know why anyone would want to live in any other state. NSW is obviously superior to all the others in all possible ways.

Are you sure you weren't dropped on your head at all? I think you might be hallucinating! Queensland is obviously much, much better.

Of course both my parents were born in NSW and I spend a lot of time in NSW visiting my grandparents so I like both states, but obviously if someone from NSW and someone from QLD don't argue about which state is better the universe implodes.

True, and if someone from NSW doesn't argue with someone from Victoria, the universe EXplodes.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

Massachusetts, Boston especially. We are all assholes and yes the stereotype is true. Its almost uncanny.

 

[SpaceCop]

Well I live in Victoria, Canada so some things like how we Canadians say "aboot" and live in igloos it sometimes gets annoying but it doesn't come up to often, now if you'd excuse me im going to go ride a polar bear.

Ha-HA, Victoria! Canada's retirement home. There are so many old people here that instead of advertisements the sides of our city buses list the warning signs of strokes. We've got so many monarchists that American tourists vacation here for a taste of England. Our city's biggest sources of income after tourism are government work and panhandling. We feel guilty throwing away aluminum cans, but know if we leave them on the side of the garbage they will disappear overnight, whisked away to the bottle bank by whimsical street people.

"How many Victorians does it take to change a lightbulb?" None, we like it the way it is, thank you. (Cue inneffectual pro-bulb-changing protest and organic bake sale).

I was born in Vancouver, city of rain and sushi and art installations. Driving through downtown is folly; parking there is madness. Half a million dollars will net you a subdivided crackhouse in a shitty neighbourhood, but you'll be able to see the water and the mountains from your porch. Everyone in Vancouver is either Asian, a burned out American draft-dodger, a yuppy with dreams of leaving their corporate job to become a painter, or homeless.

And everyone in both cities loses their minds at the first sign of snow.

 

[TheIronRuler]

Israel, take your pick.
Fortunately most of the negative ones are bullocks, but some think otherwise.

The stereotypes of israel are laughable at times, mostly because you are somehow linked with afganistan and therefore is a country filled with terrorists.
OT: Australians say that us New Zealanders fuck sheep. I will let you figure that out yourself.

New Zealand ... I found an interesting statistic - "New Zealand has 13 times as many sheep as people (approximately 47.2 million sheep in the land - although possibly less than this figure by now)".
But be relived, because Welsh are supposed to hump sheep.
You just herd them
Besides, your Kiwi are adorable.

 

[Benmonkey7]

My city is too small to have stereotypes so I will go with my state: Michigan.
Hmm...Michigan stereotypes. Yes, we do point to our hands when referring to where we live to people outside of our state. Or at least I do, because my city isn't well known. I don't think it would be as common in a city like Detroit. No, we don't like mittens. Most people prefer gloves. I can't think of any others.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Another California resident reporting in.

I get so sick and tired of the stereotype that Californians party and surf all the time because they supposedly live next to the beach and the weather's always nice.

California is the third largest state in the Union with all sorts of different landscapes. We've got forests, plains, snowy mountains, volcanoes, and sagebrush deserts to name a few. Depending on where you are and the time of year, temperatures can range anywhere from -10 to 120+ degrees farenheit. I myself live in the midst of an agricultural area full of rice fields and almond orchards, where it rains for weeks on end during the winter and gets scorching hot in the summer.

We're not all extreme liberals here either (while I myself lean a bit to the left, I consider myself a moderate). The House Representative for my county is a staunch conservative, and he's held the position for well over two decades.

One final note: we northern Californians don't really like our southern counterparts at times, particularly when they take our water all the time because they had the brilliant idea to build their major cities next to a desert. We also dislike how we tend to get grouped together with the ultra-liberal, ex-hippie crowd from the Bay Area. Up where I live, we think of them as the northern border of southern California.

 

[megaraccoon]

im welsh and our sterotypes are medieval, backward, stupid, made up language, and of course sheep shagging. course most of thse are untrue, the sheep shagging though is probably true especially in mid-wales and north and west and a little down here in the south-east so yea.

 

[Valkaris]

Everyone thinks everyone in Washington state loves dental floss and super glue. they think we like to put superglue on our floss and floss our teeth with it. this is NOT TRUE, we are actually normal people who clean our teeth like everyone else.

That really begs the question, where did they even get the idea that we do that?

Who knows 0.o

 

[C95J]

Well I certainly don't think all the English stereotypes are necessarily true (although I do like certain food types and hot beverages), but I certainly think they are funny

 

[Shock and Awe]

Im from Georgia, most of them aren't true.