What is Something You Wished People Knew About Your State/City? (taxes, live in)

[Chriscross309]

Originally Posted by BruceTenmile

I didn't want to jump the gun and offend you. I wanted you to say how you feel it's perceived yourself.

oh I knew that, I just get worked up on this LOL

Thanks for asking though

[emcee squared]

That it doesn't resemble Siberia for 12 months a year and the population is extremely well educated.

[Pine to Vine]

That my native state, Delaware, is not completely urban:


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[citylove101]

I wish more people knew that New York City is NOT just Manhattan. They may have some vague idea that Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island, and Brooklyn exist, but they don't know that most New Yorkers actually live in these places and that they have little resemblance to what people see on Law & Order, Sex and the City, or Seinfeld. There are loads of neighborhoods in NYC with wide swaths of suburban style housing where people drive cars most of the time, kids go to local neighborhood schools, and people have backyard barbecues. There are tons of small and low rise apartments outside of Manhattan without doormen and that dont cost $2500 a month for one room. There are poor neighborhoods but also thriving middle class ones outside of Manhattan. Leave the core and its not too different from the rest of America.

[BruceTenmile]

Originally Posted by jm02

That my native state, Delaware, is not completely urban:[/url]

I didn't know anyone thought that. I always think of Delaware as reasonably rural and that it's New Castle County which is fairly urban and Kent and Sussex are far less so.

[Gantz]

That New York has beautiful nature, and not just in Niagara Falls area.

[xGrendelx]

That Norfolk is more than just the military.

[Ghengis]

well....not everyone in Minnesooota talks like a character from one of dose Cohen Brothers movies, ya know. But whatever.

[jeffredo]

There are plenty of regular people here going about their business and most of the freaks/weirdos/irritating types moved here from some other part of the US (so don't blame the natives).

[canudigit]

Originally Posted by jeffredo

there are plenty of regular people here going about their business and most of the freaks/weirdos/irritating types moved here from some other part of the us (so don't blame the natives).

LOL, this made me laugh.