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NYC is just an enclave in the northeast and is quite different culturally from the rest of the region. In NYC, yes, people are not reserved, and are hurried.
The more people I meet from other parts of the country (and even the world), which is more often than not in the DC area, the more I realize that supposed regional differences tend to be exaggerated or very stereotyped. That's not to say there aren't some personality traits that are more prevalent in certain areas, but they're much more subtle than what we are led to believe.
I also think you'll find much less personality distinctiveness in large urban areas than more rural areas with fewer transplants and more homogeneity.
The more people I meet from other parts of the country (and even the world), which is more often than not in the DC area, the more I realize that supposed regional differences tend to be exaggerated or very stereotyped. That's not to say there aren't some personality traits that are more prevalent in certain areas, but they're much more subtle than what we are led to believe.
I also think you'll find much less personality distinctiveness in large urban areas than more rural areas with fewer transplants and more homogeneity.
I agree. Really, people are people everywhere, for the most part. However, at the same time, no two places are exactly the same. So it's interesting to analyze them and discuss their differences. I mean, for example, people in Mississippi are different than people in Massachusetts. But I would imagine, however, that Americans are WAY different than Europeans.
The more people I meet from other parts of the country (and even the world), which is more often than not in the DC area, the more I realize that supposed regional differences tend to be exaggerated or very stereotyped. That's not to say there aren't some personality traits that are more prevalent in certain areas, but they're much more subtle than what we are led to believe.
I also think you'll find much less personality distinctiveness in large urban areas than more rural areas with fewer transplants and more homogeneity.
Yep. It's like the poster who told me "I don't notice southerners" and "I haven't noticed any southern culture." It's as if he expected Jethro Clampett to move into the apartment next to him, turn on the Hank Williams, and then invite him over for a tall, cold glass of tea sweetened with Dixie Crystals.
I just find it laughable that anyone would say the northeast is close minded, especially when 8 out of 9 states in the region have been open minded enough to accept gay marriage, well before anywhere out west. People in the northeast, however, are reserved and keep to themselves most of the time. That doesn't mean close minded, however.
Except for you, all worried about peoples political beliefs and religion... lmfao.
Attributes? The northeastern U.S. is basically a wealthy, educated, vibrant, historical and developed region with a good deal of natural beauty to go along with it.
Attributes? The northeastern U.S. is basically a wealthy, educated, vibrant, historical and developed region with a good deal of natural beauty to go along with it.
Attributes? The northeastern U.S. is basically a wealthy, educated, vibrant, historical and developed region with a good deal of natural beauty to go along with it.
That much is obvious enough, I'd say.
I love the Northeast just as much as anyone else, but you make it sound MUCH more utopian than it actually is. I'd agree that the region is uniformly historic with very pleasant natural beauty all around, but it absolutely has its fair share of poor, uneducated and economically-depressed areas, just like the rest of the country.
In fact, the supposed high incomes of the Northeast have to be adjusted for high cost-of-living differences -- so even the overall wealth of the Northeast is somewhat exaggerated.
Right, because one small city in PA represents the entire northeast region.
45% of the population in the Northeast does not live in the Boston, NYC or Philly MSAs. And there are certainly more people in the region living like the people in Reading than there are who are living like Richie Rich.
Some of you guys sound like the characters in the Greet Gatsby, traversing the Valley of Ashes en route to the next tapas restaurant or cupcake shop. Sure, they are lots of wealthy people in these metros, but there are vastly outnumbered by the poor and working-class. So overall, I'd say that Reading is more representative of the region than the "wealthy" areas of Connecticut and Long Island.
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