Indiana stereotypes?

[I-miss-Ind]

As I remember most of the towns in IN roll up there sidewalks by 6-8pm and on weekends by 10pm except the big cities like Indy,SB,FW and such.

[Candy T]

Originally Posted by fallingwater

I moved to the South Bend area from Detroit this past summer. Ive been here long enough to notice some things.

-I havent met anyone with an accent or noticed

-People seem friendly

-The area seems to be in a little bit of a time warp. Never looked at so many houses with orange countertops!

-houses are either really small or huge.

-Getting anything done like a library card or car plates is a huge hassle. They seem paranoid. Bring 3 pieces of ID or your not getting anything done.

-Cant walk out of the Mishawaka Wal-mart without having my bags searched and needing to show proof I bought the stuff.

-The radio stations suck. Never heard so many 80's songs since....well the 80's

-The news anchors on tv seem uncomfortable and inexperienced. There is one new guy that has such a stone face I cant help but crack up every time he does the news. His partner has the worst highlight job in her hair I have ever seen.

-Cant find a decent pizza joint to save my life. It used to be our friday night ritual. No more.

-Big Meth problem

-Snows like B here and they dont plow or salt the roads

-awesome parks in Mishawaka

-driving around UP mall at Xmas was a nightmare.

I will report later as I live here longer

Here in Northwest Indiana:

"houses are either really small or huge"---I live in a really small one. There are all sizes available here, for all budgets.

"Bring 3 pieces of ID or your not getting anything done." Same here, ever since 9/11

"Cant walk out of the Mishawaka Wal-mart without having my bags searched and needing to show proof I bought the stuff." Here, too. I carry my receipt in my hand and stop. They either check or wave me on. No problem.

Radio stations and TV are all out of Chicago. I suppose if we had an antenna we could point it to an Indiana station.

"Cant find a decent pizza joint to save my life." There are some good ones around. Stay away from chains. Or you can go to Chicago. Or make your own like hubby and I do.

Heroin problem here.

They used to salt the roads big time here, so much that I needed to wash the salt spray off the front windows in the spring, but this year with the higher cost of salt they are doing much less, someone said it's the YOYO policy---"you're on your own".

I stay away from malls.

There are some good things going on here, but hubby and I are looking forward to moving to southern Indiana. We want to live in one of those smaller towns that rolls up the sidewalks on weekends.

[LateNight]

I was born and raised in Fort Wayne, and lived their until 2005. I think some of the pronunciations in Indiana, such as "warsh" and "PEE-ru" are common among many middle American states and subject to Southern influences. I've never pronounced wash "warsh" or Peru "PEE-ru", but my grandmother in Bluffton would say "warsh". My mom is from New England, so I adopted a kind of hybrid way of speaking. For example, in the East, they pronounce "route" as ROOT, which nobody says in Indiana, but I use both versions of the word, whichever I think of first.

* Someone once told me that everyone he had ever met from Indiana, always backed their car in backwards into a parking space. They then asked me how I would park. I had to admit with a smile that I back it in as well.

* According to my Boston mom, when she moved to Indiana, she noticed that everyone seemed to prefer Pepsi, instead of Coke like on the East coast.

* And according to my own observations, looking at personal ads for fun. Nobody loves antiquing, yard sales and bowling, like Indiana women!

[DixieChick1972]

Indiana stereotype.... saw your username and I immediately thought Princeton Indiana.