First Image You See When You Think of Each State

[Rachael84]

Alabama: small towns with thick accents.
Alaska: ice skating on sidewalks (Mystery, Alaska movie )
Arizona: desert, spiritual people.
Arkansas: rednecks
California: valley girl type people.
Colorado: snow and mountains
Connecticut: fall foliage
Delaware: nothing really
Florida: beaches
Georgia: religious people with thick accents.
Hawaii: tropical
Idaho: Napoleon Dynamite, lol
Illinois: Chicago
Indiana: farms
Iowa: Field of dreams and corn fields, lol.
Kansas: tornados
Kentucky: rural towns
Louisiana: see Alabama
Maine: big pine trees, lobster
Maryland: crabs
Massachusetts: top colleges
Michigan: cold
Minnesota: hockey :-)
Mississippi: see Alabama
Missouri: St. Louis
Montana: people riding on horses
Nebraska: see Kansas
Nevada: gambling, desert
New Hampshire: Mt. Washington
New Jersey: factories
New Mexico: southwestern style in the buildings.
New York: home
North Carolina: colleges
North Dakota: snow
Ohio: see NC
Oklahoma: tornadoes again
Oregon: foggy and misty (all I ever saw when I was there).
Pennsylvania: Amish country (only a small portion, I know)
Rhode Island: Newport
South Carolina: Myrtle Beach
South Dakota: snow
Tennessee: Memphis
Texas: arrogance in where they live.
Utah: farms
Vermont: green mountains
Virginia: Willamsburg
Washington: rain and grunge music.
West Virginia: nothing really
Wisconsin: cheese
Wyoming: cowboys

[20yrsinBranson]

Originally Posted by DannyBanany

When you think of this state:

Alabama-Black people sitting on the porch of their run-down shack.
Alaska- Ice and Snow
Arizona- Saguaro Cactus
Arkansas- Historic Route 7 near Jasper
California- Blonde people with tans
Colorado- People from California
Connecticut- guys in three-cornered hats (gofigure????)
Delaware-Washington DC
Florida- Ocean
Georgia- Driving in Atlanta and lots of black people
Hawaii- Chunky women in moomoos
Idaho- farms and much like Colorado except no people from California
Illinois- East St. Louis and lots of black people
Indiana- Indianpolis - Love that town (but lots of black people)
Iowa- the blackest dirt I ever saw in my life
Kansas- flat and miles of nothing
Kentucky- horses and tobacco barns painted black
Louisiana- food food food and cajun music
Maine- that funny accent they have ah-yeah and those weird rain-slicker hats
Maryland- Washington DC
Massachusetts- lobster and clams
Michigan- the museum I went to once - boat museum it was cool
Minnesota- people who have an accent with big round vowels
Mississippi- shantyhouses and vegetable stands along the highway
Missouri- home - the mississippi
Montana- sheep!
Nebraska- Farmland
Nevada - desert mountain ranges
New Hampshire- nothing really
New Jersey- New York lite. Guys that say "Joisey"
New Mexico- ancient Indian pueblos
New York- People from everywhere all CRAMMED together.
North Carolina- Beautiful vegetation and tobacco farms
North Dakota- the Souix
Ohio- Cincinnati the Ohio River
Oklahoma- The smoke that comes into Missouri when they are burning their fields in the late summer. Garth Brooks
Oregon- The most beautiful pine trees in the world
Pennsylvania- The Philadelphia Museum of Art - breathtaking
Rhode Island- nothing really
South Carolina- Charleston - awesome city
South Dakota- That movie with Doris Day -Calamity Jane
Tennessee- Nashville and the river
Texas- The Gulf Coast Beaches
Utah- Cold
Vermont- smallest african american population of any state - percentage wise
Virginia- humid in the summer and the river again
Washington- I was born there. Supposedly rains a lot. The Ocean
West Virginia- poverty
Wisconsin- that accent (similar to Minnesota)
Wyoming- sheep! Colorado without the people from California


20yrsinBranson

[AmericanGurl]

Originally Posted by Time and Space

Hey, I was raised in Washington state...and I resent that....

Sorry, but I just don't imagine anything when I think of Washington state.
I feel the same way as you do when people talk negatively about my state (south carolina) but hey what can I do.

[kidphilly]

PA: Philadelphia and Pittsburg with Alabama in the middle (honestly may be better stated as West Virginia in the middle, sans the oasis that is Happy Valley Go PSU!)

PA is fairly diverse and has a bit of everything, big cities, surburban sprawl, history, unbelievably quaint towns, post industrial decay towns, majestic crountry-side, fertile farmland, mountains, extremely rural areas (actually believe PA has the largest rural population of any state)

On the whole it is fairrly diverse

To me the first thing that comes to mind is "home" though

[ReluctantGardenStater]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

PA: Philadelphia and Pittsburg with Alabama in the middle (honestly may be better stated as West Virginia in the middle, sans the oasis that is Happy Valley Go PSU!)

PA is fairly diverse and has a bit of everything, big cities, surburban sprawl, history, unbelievably quaint towns, post industrial decay towns, majestic crountry-side, fertile farmland, mountains, extremely rural areas (actually believe PA has the largest rural population of any state)

On the whole it is fairrly diverse

To me the first thing that comes to mind is "home" though

Pennsylvania, to me, is one of the more tolerable states in the Northeast.

I wouldn't live there due to weather and the politics coming in from Philadelphia, but I'd take it over New York (city or state) or New Jersey any day.

[8palmtrees]

•Alabama - swampy
•Alaska - cold as sh*t
•Arizona - cactus HUGE ones
•Arkansas - tornados
•California - LA area SUPERFICAL (cause of Hollywood), the rest beautiful country
•Colorado - skiing
•Connecticut - nor easters
•Delaware - small state
•District of Columbia - fun shopping
•Florida - nice weather, cold people (well most folks that I have met sadly)
•Georgia - awesome airport nice country folk
•Hawaii - pure air and green and lush
•Idaho - potatoes, yummmmm
•Illinois - My kind of town Chicago....
•Indiana - Notre dame
•Iowa - country living
•Kansas - home of "dorothy gale"
•Kentucky - southern bells
•Louisiana - spicy Cajun food
•Maine - quiet peaceful
•Maryland - small
•Massachusetts - Red Sox
•Michigan - great lakes
•Minnesota - Laura Ingles Wilder
•Mississippi - the long winding river
•Missouri - Take me to st louie
•Montana - BIG BIG BIG trees and LOTS of them
•Nebraska - brrrrrrrrrr
•Nevada - gambling
•New Hampshire - GORGOUS STATE, I have never been but I have seen photos
•New Jersey - the only state that you can say without the "NEW" in front of it
•New Mexico - rattlers (as in rattler snakes) yuck
•New York BEAUTIFUL CITY I heard, one day I am going to go to NYC
•North Carolina - LONGGGGGGGGG DRAW
•North Dakota - quiet
•Ohio - Many friends from there
•Oklahoma - The play
•Oregon - Chilly
•Pennsylvania - Chocolate
•Rhode Island - lots of boating
•South Carolina - They have a beautiful welcome sign,
•South Dakota - still quiet
•Tennessee - Elvis
•Texas - Long horn (texas stake house)
•Utah - Cattle town
•Vermont - see new hampshire
•Virginia - my home state
•Washington - Damp weather
•West Virginia - Mountains, LOTS of them
•Wisconsin - thick midwest accent
•Wyoming - more snow

[Bo]

Too many posts seem to be causing hard feelings with negative stereotypes. That seems to be causing members to retaliate with personal swipes, which are always against the rules. This topic is too open-ended and negative to continue if those are the most frequent outcomes. Thread closed.