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Old 12-05-2009, 04:14 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in the universe
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^Don't worry, it's just stupid stereotypes, doesn't mean everyone believes this. Then that would mean, according to most people, Texas is just tumbleweeds and oil, California is beaches and babes, Florida is old people, and so on.

This is what the media had done to us.

 
Old 12-06-2009, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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AL: fried chicken
AK: snow and ice
AZ: cactus
AR: wal-marts
CA: palm trees
CO: ski slopes
CT: affluence
DE: lighthouses
FL: elderly people
GA: coca-cola
HI: paradise
ID: potatoes
IL: corrupt politics
IN: crime in Gary
IA: cornfields
KS: tornadoes
KY: bluegrass
LA: mardi gras
ME: lobster
MD: crabcakes
MA: red sox
MI: automobiles
MN: cold weather
MS: poverty
MO: st. louis arch
MT: mountains
NE: farms
NV: las vegas strip
NH: new england accent
NJ: atlantic city boardwalk
NM: mexican food
NY: time square
NC: billtmore estate
ND: lots of uninhabitated land
OH: drew carey show
OK: oklahoma city bombing
OR: good microbrews
PA: philly
RI: newport mansions
SC: myrtle beach
SD: mount rushmore
TN: country music
TX: obesity
UT: mormons
VT: maple syrup
VA: the pentagon
WA: hipsters
WV: the appalachians
WI: beer and brats
WY: yellowstone
 
Old 12-06-2009, 05:46 PM
 
Location: Greenwood Village, Colorado
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AL: heavy southern accents
AK: Northen exposure
AZ: Desert
AR: hillbillies
CA: Hollywood, beach
CO: snow, green
CT: money
DE: lighthouses
FL: crime
GA: Atlanta
HI: beach, don ho
ID: potatoes
IL: chicago
IN: michael jackson
IA: cornfields
KS: tornadoes
KY: bluegrass
LA: mardi gras
ME: lobster. stephen king
MD: crabcakes
MA: Boston, Harvard
MI: automobiles
MN: cold weather
MS: poverty
MO: st. louis arch
MT: cowboys
NE: flat boring land
NV: las vegas
NH: east coast
NJ: Big hair, italians
NM: UFO's
NY: A happening state
NC: hill people
ND: Indians
OH: ckeveland
OK: oklahoma city bombing
OR: gronola people
PA: Liberty Bell
RI: Small state
SC: myrtle beach
SD: mount rushmore
TN: Nasville
TX: rednecks, heat, hell
UT: mormons
VT: maple syrup
VA: the pentagon
WA: Bil Gates
WV: the appalachians
WI: beer and brats
WY: yellowstone
 
Old 12-06-2009, 06:28 PM
 
Location: Houston
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AL: mullets, rednecks, cutoff sleeve AC/DC shirts.
AK: snow, mountains, Sarah Palin hunting for polar bears and baby seals
AZ: Desert, southwest architecture
AR: thick forest, rolling hills, backwoods
CA: SF Bay, hills, beaches, Hollywood
CO: mountains, skiing, green, Boulder, Denver
CT: big houses
DE: nothing comes to mind
FL: beaches, Cubans, Miami
GA: peaches, hills
HI: island paradise
ID: Boise
IL: Chicago skyline
IN: Lucas Field
IA: cornfields
KS: flat, corn
KY: Louisville, Appalachia
LA: swamps, bayous, the French Quarter
ME: leaves changing in the fall, stephen king
MD: The Wire
MA: Boston
MI: flat, ghetto, bitter cold wasteland
MN: cold, Minneapolis, cool accents
MS: backwoods, poor, plantations
MO: st. louis arch
MT: ranches, mountains, BEAUTIFUL
NE: flat, corn
NV: las vegas, desert
NH: Small state in the Northeast
NJ: SUV's, Soprano, obnoxious New Jersey accents
NM: Southwest art, Indian reservation, Southwest architecture
NY: Manhattan
NC: Charlotte, Duke, basketball, hills
ND: Blackfoot hills
OH: Cleveland, Cincy
OK: boring
OR: Portland, Redwood forest
PA: Philly, Pittsburgh
RI: Family Guy
SC: Charleston
SD: Mount Rushmore
TN: Nashville
TX: home, BIG, diverse, green, the Hill Country, BBQ, Mexican food, ranches, etc.
UT: Mormons
VT: small state in the Northeast
VA: Thomas Jefferson
WA: Seattle, the great outdoors
WV: Appalachian
WI: beer, cold
WY: The Rockies, a larger deer population than people
 
Old 12-06-2009, 08:26 PM
HKB
 
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AL: Confederacy
AK: Glaciers
AZ: Desert
AR: Bill Clinton
CA: Hollywood
CO: Mountains
CT: Casinos
DE: Business Headquarters
FL: Palm Trees
GA: The Masters
HI: Beaches
ID: Potatoes
IL: Cubs
IN: Indy 500
IA: Farming
KS: Flat
KY: Chicken
LA: Swamp
ME: Lobster
MD: Chesapeake Bay
MA: American Revolution
MI: Automobiles
MN: Lakes
MS: Obese
MO: Mark Twain
MT: Big Sky
NE: College Baseball
NV: Debauchery
NH: Independent
NJ: Factories
NM: Adobe
NY: 9/11/01
NC: Kitty Hawk
ND: Desolation (in a good way)
OH: Aviation
OK: Indians
OR: Lighthouses
PA: Steel
RI: Family Guy
SC: Accents
SD: Black Hills
TN: Country Music
TX: Oil
UT: Bringham Young
VT: Quaint
VA: Tobacco
WA: Grunge
WV: Coal
WI: Drinking problem
WY: Yellowstone
 
Old 12-06-2009, 11:39 PM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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Default Actually///

Quote:
Originally Posted by ReluctantGardenStater View Post
Well her political base (in the Senate) was in New York, but she still originated in Arkansas and many people remember the Clinton's from back when Bill was Governor of Arkansas.
Hillary was raised in Park Ridge, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. She didn't meet Bill until she went to college or shortly thereafter. Later, and after they were married, William J. Clinton brought his bride to Arkansas where she was the First Lady for 12 years, FLOTUS for 8 years, NY Senator and then the US Secretary of State un der the first black US President. .

For a po' boy form AR, Bill & his wife made their mother's very proud. I don't know of any other American woman who has accomplished as much in politics as Hillary ihas in 40 years. .
 
Old 12-06-2009, 11:48 PM
 
Location: Savannah, GA
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To all the people who mentioned Forrest Gump for Alabama, most of that movie was actually filmed in Savannah, Georgia. ....Also, sad, but not surprising that most people think of Atlanta when they think of Georgia. More surprising that people think more of Myrtle Beach than Charleston for South Carolina.

As for me, I'll do my best...
(Please do not take offense to my thoughts if they seem negative)

Alabama: Where I was born. Southern, ultra conservative, Auburn vs. Alabama, my family.

Alaska: Cold, Northern Lights, Sarah Palin, Barrow.

Arizona: Desert, Indian Reservations, Grand Canyon, my two friends in Phoenix.

Arkansas: Jonesboro, open farmland next to hills and trees.

California: Los Angeles, Hollywood, The Santa Monica Pier, The Bay Bridge.

Colorado: Snow capped mountains, Denver, Aspen, skiing.

Connecticut: Snowy suburbs next to the ocean.

Delaware: Rehoboth Beach, a beach boardwalk.

Florida: Flat, hot, sunny, fast drivers, U.S. 1 in the Keys, Miami.

Georgia: Home, moss draped live oaks, Savannah, rolling hills in Middle Georgia, pine trees

Hawaii: Gorgeous women, beautiful beaches next to high rises, surfers, mountains.

Idaho: Potatoes, tall mountains.

Illinois: The John Hancock Building, Navy Pier, Lake Shore Drive; Chicago.

Indiana: Flat land.

Iowa: Corn fields, Des Moines.

Kansas: More flat land, super cell thunderstorms, tornadoes.

Kentucky: Blue grass, rednecks, conservatives.

Louisiana: Swamp land, Louis Armstrong, New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain.

Maine: Rocky coastline, lobster, cold, snowy.

Maryland: Rolling farm land, Chesapeake Bay.

Massachusetts: Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard, Boston accents.

Michigan: GM, failing auto industry, people moving away, empty neighborhoods of Detroit.

Minnesota: ay, doncha know, very cold, Minneapolis, Lake Superior, Ice fishing.

Mississippi: Happy rednecks, old Ford trucks, status quo, slow paced.

Missouri: The Gateway Arch, The Mississippi River; St. Louis.

Montana: Cold, mountains.

Nebraska: Flat land, Omaha.

Nevada: The Stratosphere, The Luxor, Casinos; Las Vegas, desert with high mountains.

New Hampshire: Untouched mountains full of trees.

New Jersey: Suburbia, rugged inner cities, huge million dollar houses on a hill, Atlantic City.

New Mexico: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, mountains, desert, high plains.

New York: Niagara Falls, Lake Erie, Empire State Building; New York City, The Hamptons.

North Carolina: Raleigh, the Outer Banks, Asheville, winding I-40 near the NC/TN border.

North Dakota: Cold, flat plains.

Ohio: The OH license plate (random, I know), Cedar Point, Lake Erie.

Oklahoma: Wheat fields, gridded farmland.

Oregon: Astoria, high rugged mountains.

Pennsylvania: Rolling hills, the amish, Philadelphia, steel.

Rhode Island: Providence, Family Guy.

South Carolina: Charleston, the Battery, Ravenel Bridge.

South Dakota: Sturgis, open road.

Tennessee: The Smokies, country music, Dolly Parton.

Texas: A BIG state, Austin, Dallas, Houston, GREAT BBQ, brown Gulf of Mexico water, cowboys.

Utah: Orange colored rock, Salt Lake, mormons.

Vermont: Green, mountains, Burlington.

Virginia: Suburban sprawl of the DC Area, King's Dominion, Charlottesville, Monticello, Blue Ridge Pky.

Washington: Rugged coastline, mountains, The Space Needle; Seattle, grunge, overcast.

Washington, DC: The Washington Monument, The Mall, The Capitol Building, The White House.

West Virginia: Winding highway, tree covered mountains, banjos, overweight, lower class, mobile homes, tunnels.

Wisconsin: Cheese, farm land, cold, flat.

Wyoming: Unspoiled country that goes on forever, cold, Yellowstone.
 
Old 12-07-2009, 12:13 AM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
11,535 posts, read 30,259,477 times
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NY Rensslaerwijk
VA Culpeper
PA Eaglesmere
FL Winter
GA Gulf Coast
MS Vicksburg
MN Snow in May.
WI Cecil
OH Civil War Volunteers
IL Barges on the Illinois River
IN Mishawauka
IA The #1 corn producing state
MO The hardware store in Carthage
OK Grand Lake,
KS Drivers
LA Natchitoches
AR Hot Springs
NM Inn of The Mountain Gods
AZ Wnslow
CA Palm Springs
 
Old 12-07-2009, 06:04 AM
 
370 posts, read 1,010,213 times
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GottaHerdOn View Post
Apparently all we have in WV is coal and rednecks... lol a lot of you people are so ignorant.
I wouldn't sweat it... I've seen a ton of people who picture NOVA/DC when they think of VA. Sorry but that place is the Twilight Zone compared to the rest of the State although I am happy that we get back some of the Federal tax money that goes into creating all the jobs up there
 
Old 12-07-2009, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Orlando
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Alabama: Beautiful rolling hills. Friendly non-judgemental people

Alaska: Glaciers...salmon

Arizona: Cacti

Arkansas: Ozarks

California: Plastic surgery...liberals

Colorado: Rocky Mountains wide open spaces.

Connecticut: Christmas in Connecticut...favorite Christmas movie.

Delaware: Hudson

D.C. : White House

Florida: Disney. Beautiful beaches

Georgia: Peaches

Hawaii: Beauty.

Idaho: Potatoes

Illinois: Chicago overshadows the entire state, Land of Lincoln Beautiful outside Chicago

Indiana: Corn

Iowa: Corn

Kansas: Very flat Wizard of Oz

Kentucky: Fiddles, tobacco, bluegrass

Louisana: Mardi Gras...and hot sauce.

Maine: Lobster, New England clam chowder, rural

Maryland: Beauty

Mass.: The Kennedys. Cape Cod

Michigan: Mackinaw Island

Minnesota: German/Norweigan culture

Mississippi: blues

Missouri: Mark Twain, Midwestern/Southern mix,

Montana: Open spaces, ranches

Nebraska: one of the square states, farmers

Nevada: Gambling..Valley of Fire

New Hampshire: Big ol brick homes

New Jersey: Rather not say

New Mexico: Spanish culture, pueblos

New York: Beautiful ourside NYC

North Carolina: Smokey Mountains

North Dakota: Fargo

Ohio: Corn

Oklahoma: Cherokee Nation and cowboys

Oregon: Mountains and HUGE trees

Pennsylvania: Coal mines, Steelers

Rhode Island: Ivy League

South Carolina: Longest stretch on I-95...lol

South Dakota: Indian reservations, Black Hills, Mount Rushmore

Texas...HUGE...cowboys and steaks

Tennessee: Memphis blues, Dolly Parton, country music

Utah: Mormons, Salt Lake

Vermont: Classic New England charm, rural, maple syrup

Virginia: Rich American history.

Washington: Coffee, Mt Rainier

West Virginia: Hollows, coal mines, endless hills and mountains

Wisconsin: Cheese, Door County

Wyoming: Yellowstone, ranches..cowboys
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