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Arizona is not mostly hot, empty desert full of saguaro cacti. We have the largest stand of Ponderosa Pine trees of any state in the country, we have plenty of mountains, and places that get snow.
Quite so. Got this from an old Frommer's guidebook; Arizona has more square miles of mountains than Switzerland and more acres of forestland than Minnesota.
Talking about sterotypes, the biggest suprise to me was something several people mentioned already. The media/Hollywood etc almost always shows Washington and Oregon as being a natural garden paradise, filled with green mountains, waterfalls, cool rivers and tall pine forests.
Turns out thats true for the western parts of those states. But the eastern half of those states is mostly arid lands. Thats never shown on television.
It's probably a generational thing. It might've been true over 50 years ago, but only really old people who say 'Joisey' these days.
Says the guy from Australia.
No. I am over 50 and lived in New Jersey all my life, and even those relatives and neighbors now long singing with the bleedin' choir invisible never called this state "Joisey".
The place that comes from is in old movies from the 30s and 40s where characters on the Bowery or in Brooklyn or Queens referred to NJ, because they were the only people who talked that way. And it's not an accent that's easy to find in those places anymore, either.
Arizona is not mostly hot, empty desert full of saguaro cacti. We have the largest stand of Ponderosa Pine trees of any state in the country, we have plenty of mountains, and places that get snow. I bet most people would never think that this was taken in Arizona (much less 25 miles from Tucson):
I am surprised. I would not have guessed Arizona had places like that. Thanks for posting those pictures.
I have only been in the corner where you drive from Las Vegas to the Western Rim of the Grand Canyon, so I only saw desert. But still, I thought most of Arizona did not have big trees.
I'd like to correct the recent idiotic stereotype that Minnesotans are not like the characters out of a scene from the movie Fargo, when in fact they most definitely are too.
I'd like to correct the recent idiotic stereotype that Minnesotans are not like the characters out of a scene from the movie Fargo, when in fact they most definitely are too.
ROFL. I was watching one of the true-crime shows, and they interviewed a witness who'd found a body in the woods of Minnesota, and he sounded exactly like one of the people from Fargo. Love that movie.
Image: Texans all ride horses and drive gas guzzlers.
FACT: Actually, you see that more in rural areas. Horses are more just recreational/special event. The SUV's and big ass trucks are somewhat accurate, but it's not uncommon to see a Smart Car or Prius or just people on bikes around.
Image: Texas is a Conservative, Bible-Thumping Red State.
FACT: Yeah, we have that.... and we also have one of the first openly gay mayors in one of the top 5 largest cities in America. We also have every major city in the state (Fort Worth is questionable, but not by much) vote for Obama in the past election. We also have several calls for green/alternative energy along with being the biggest producer of wind energy in the U.S. We also have Athiests, Agnostics, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, and people of several different faiths who are welcomed as much as any. We also have GLBT scenes and communities.
Image: Texas is nothing but country music lovin' Rednecks.
FACT: You'll find that Texas is VERY diverse in music and people when you look at this, this, this, this, this, this, this, and this. But there's nothin' wrong with a little country.
Image: Texas is rural.
FACT: .... quite possibly the dumbest stereotype. I mean, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Waco, Amarillo, Midland-Odessa, Beaumont, Laredo, Tyler, San Angelo, Arlington + the several DFW cities and towns. Hell, Texas is MUCH more urban than anything. I believe we only have less cities than California.
Most people think all of New Jersey is a ghetto or an oil refinery, but there's parts with beautiful, open countryside.
Hunterdon County for example...
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