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Though I wouldn't really use the term "inbred", there are a few dusty little towns in the Southern California desert, some in the Mojave Desert and others in the desert between Yucaipa (San Bernardino County) and Palm Springs (Riverside County) that could qualify, I think, though even these are more "up and coming" bedroom communities now that the LA sprawl is spreading like the Borg out past the Inland Empire into the desert. Banning and Cabazon, I think, used to fall in this category, though not so much anymore - especially Cabazon, which has a large Indian casino attached to it. I'm not sure if the small town is seeing the effects yet, though who knows? (Seriously, if someone does know, please say).
Further north (still in SoCal), some of those little California towns really do qualify. Half the town's citizens carry rifles and will happily plug someone if they can. Of course, this could be a stereotype, too.
Though I wouldn't really use the term "inbred", there are a few dusty little towns in the Southern California desert, some in the Mojave Desert and others in the desert between Yucaipa (San Bernardino County) and Palm Springs (Riverside County) that could qualify, I think, though even these are more "up and coming" bedroom communities now that the LA sprawl is spreading like the Borg out past the Inland Empire into the desert. Banning and Cabazon, I think, used to fall in this category, though not so much anymore - especially Cabazon, which has a large Indian casino attached to it. I'm not sure if the small town is seeing the effects yet, though who knows? (Seriously, if someone does know, please say).
Further north (still in SoCal), some of those little California towns really do qualify. Half the town's citizens carry rifles and will happily plug someone if they can. Of course, this could be a stereotype, too.
Hillbillies exist all over the United States i'd say. They can be found as far north as Upstate New York. The famous hillbilly country definitely covers most of the Upper South as well as Alabama and Georgia. If I were to vote "hillbilly states", Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama would be in the region without question. I would also say that Missouri and Ohio (especially around the Ozarks region of Missouri and in the Eastern Appalachia region of Eastern Ohio), also share in the hillbilly country. In addition, Arkansas I think is also filled with hillbillies in its Northern half, which is mostly covered by the Ozarks. THere may also be hillbillies in Upstate New York and Pennsylvania, since Appalachia extends across that region. Bottomline...Appalachia and the Ozarks are Hillbilly Inc. headquarters
Hillbillies exist all over the United States i'd say. They can be found as far north as Upstate New York. The famous hillbilly country definitely covers most of the Upper South as well as Alabama and Georgia. If I were to vote "hillbilly states", Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama would be in the region without question. I would also say that Missouri and Ohio (especially around the Ozarks region of Missouri and in the Eastern Appalachia region of Eastern Ohio), also share in the hillbilly country. In addition, Arkansas I think is also filled with hillbillies in its Northern half, which is mostly covered by the Ozarks. THere may also be hillbillies in Upstate New York and Pennsylvania, since Appalachia extends across that region. Bottomline...Appalachia and the Ozarks are Hillbilly Inc. headquarters
There's a part of northen New Jersey that has would you would call hillbiliies. In the northern part of the state, there's a group of people called the Jackson Whites who keep in the family and live very simply. Like NJ, most people wouldn't think NY or PA would have hillbillies. I've been off the beaten track a few times in those states, and yes, they do exist there! My husband, although from the eastern KY hill country, moved to Cleveland as a child but finally settled in Appalachian Pennsylvania and had no troubles adjusting.
Agreed there...Gainesville, Missouri is practically on the border of Northern Arkansas. There are TONS of Hillbilly towns in Northern Arkansas. Probably the most scary hillbilly town I've ever been to would have to be Berea, KY....I found myself surrounded on all sides by rednecks with guns in old Chevy pick-up trucks (shivers)...I ate at the Cracker Barrel then hightailed my ass out of there
Berea, KY are you serious? I live in Richmond, KY which is the same county as Berea and I've never witnessed this. Must have been a certain day or event. Haha! Now going into Eastern KY is different.
However speaking of hillbilly towns, people think of KY, TN, WV...however look into Pennsylvania and the midwest. I've come to realize that every single state out there has their own part of hillybilly!
Berea, KY are you serious? I live in Richmond, KY which is the same county as Berea and I've never witnessed this. Must have been a certain day or event. Haha! Now going into Eastern KY is different.
However speaking of hillbilly towns, people think of KY, TN, WV...however look into Pennsylvania and the midwest. I've come to realize that every single state out there has their own part of hillybilly!
Berea, KY are you serious? I live in Richmond, KY which is the same county as Berea and I've never witnessed this. Must have been a certain day or event. Haha! Now going into Eastern KY is different.
However speaking of hillbilly towns, people think of KY, TN, WV...however look into Pennsylvania and the midwest. I've come to realize that every single state out there has their own part of hillybilly!
As I said before, those people may not have been from that part of Kentucky, or what i witnessed was something out of the ordinary, but believe me it happened...I am not attempting to feed the Kentucky stereotype at all...i wouldn't be reporting this if it hadn't happened. Is I-75 the official dividing line between Eastern and Western Kentucky? Sure seemed to me like it was.
Tower City, PA and just about any old coal town in Schuylkill and Northern Dauphin Couties. Very bleak and depressing. Towns in the middle of nowhere, but are all run-down row-houses.
Pennsylvania has a lot of hillbilly areas. Go to a county fair in western/central PA and they come out in packs.
Also, i've heard of a midget town outside of Philly that has only midgets in it living in small houses, and if you drive there to check it out, they'll throw rocks at your car. Never seen it, but i've heard about it.
AJF131 posted: Arkansas I think is also filled with hillbillies in its Northern half, which is mostly covered by the Ozarks. THere may also be hillbillies in Upstate New York and Pennsylvania, since Appalachia extends across that region. Bottomline...Appalachia and the Ozarks are Hillbilly Inc. headquarters.
As someone who's lived in Northern Arkansas for over 30 years, I haven't run across any stereotypical hillbillies. Rednecks, yes, but frankly, when you get on the backroads in the Ozarks, you're more likely to run into someone who's moved from Massachusetts or New York or California than a native Arkansan. There are some small towns, to be sure, where a stranger might feel somewhat uncomfortable, but people aren't staring at you aggressively, they're just curious.
People tend to drive pick-ups in rural states because they're just more useful. Lots of people drive their pick-ups with gun racks behind the seat because they find it handy, not to shoot any "revenooers" but because sometimes they need a gun. Making assumptions that someone who lives in the hills of the Ozarks is an uneducated, inter-bred hick who'd just as soon shoot you as look at you is beyond ridiculous.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre is "based on" (very, very loosely) the story of serial killer Ed Gein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (who was from Wisconsin, by the way). There never was any crazed leather-clad family of inbred hicks chopping up attractive white girls in Texas. That's fictional.
I find it hilarious what some people find to be terrifying! Rednecks in Chevys! Oh no! Sweet God, did they have mullets, too? Will the terror never cease?
ROFL!!!!!
Only somewhat related to this thread...I love the phrase about Florida that states the further north you get, the further south you get. More rednecks with mullets, Chevys (and confederate flags) near Pensacola than near, let's say, Fort Lauderdale. I find it more interesting than scary. However, I've never felt terrified when driving through the area. Little do they know how much they should hate me...an educated Jewish Texan who hates sweet tea and can accept that fact that the South lost the war!
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