[HowDeDo]

It looks like we are all correct on Redneck : Redneck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . Scrolling down to the very bottom of this site, it looks like the term is even used (or related to) , in other Countries. The entire world is filled with...Rednecks ! lol...

[HowDeDo]

...and Rednecks can be very creative folks too ! : Redneck Air Conditioner

[neil0311]

Originally Posted by AnyDayNow

I'm from the South and I have always considered the term "redneck" more descriptive of a mindset than a physical characteristic. I'm enjoying the discussion of the term.

That's spot on and what I meant by "NY redneck". It's the mindset and characteristics that some people show. Lower class, blue collar, pick up truck driving, drinking budweiser, rural attitude, living in a run down house, etc.

[Southlander]

Originally Posted by tfree

...I grabbed some info Wiki.

Originally Posted by HowDeDo

It looks like we are all correct on Redneck : Redneck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Ah yes....we all know how accurate Wikipedia can be.

Originally Posted by neil0311

That's spot on and what I meant by "NY redneck". It's the mindset and characteristics that some people show. Lower class, blue collar, pick up truck driving, drinking budweiser, rural attitude, living in a run down house, etc.

Budweiser? My good man, please refer to the "redneck birthday cake" photo above. The redneck beer of choice is generally PBR, Dixie, Iron City...any of a plethora of regionally produced brews. But it's usually not Budweiser. Bud is too refined for most rednecks.

[HipLib]

Being born and raised in Alabama I'm very familiar with rednecks and the redneck stereotype. A few years ago my wife and I were on our honeymoon in New England. I never expected to find rednecks there. One thing I like to do when we visit new towns is to have a drink at the local pubs, I've found that that's the best way to meet local people and to find out what the place is really like. We pulled into Waterbury Vermont and I noticed a little place with a green and white awning called the Waterbury Pub. When we went in I was surprised. These folks were every bit as "redneck" as any that I knew of in Alabama. The looks, the attitude, the behavior, everything except the accent. It was very much a redneck bar. I was also surprised at the popularity of country music in New England, we heard it played in restaurants, stores and bars in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

[harry chickpea]

Originally Posted by HipLib

Being born and raised in Alabama I'm very familiar with rednecks and the redneck stereotype. A few years ago my wife and I were on our honeymoon in New England. I never expected to find rednecks there. One thing I like to do when we visit new towns is to have a drink at the local pubs, I've found that that's the best way to meet local people and to find out what the place is really like. We pulled into Waterbury Vermont and I noticed a little place with a green and white awning called the Waterbury Pub. When we went in I was surprised. These folks were every bit as "redneck" as any that I knew of in Alabama. The looks, the attitude, the behavior, everything except the accent. It was very much a redneck bar. I was also surprised at the popularity of country music in New England, we heard it played in restaurants, stores and bars in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Waterbury Pub? Must be new. The "rednecks" used to hang out at the (duckpin) bowling alley and the legion hall. The bowling alley is long gone. Not sure what the fate of the legion hall is or was. The redneck brew of choice was Carling Black Label, one of the most inconsistent beers you could ever buy. Sometimes it was foul, sometimes fantastic. However, Waterbury was civilized. The REAL rough rednecks were in the underpopulated northeast kingdom, with a few of them in the Duxbury and Lincoln Gap area. Don't confuse the redneck attitude of some less educated Vermonters with the similar attitude of the real woodsmen who live in the state, like the arguably best family of deer hunters ever to track a deer, the Benoits. I went to school with Lance and Larry. His dad was a great hunter, but Lance literally wrote the book on tracking the big ones. On the first, or rarely the second day of deer season, their home would always have some of the biggest bucks you could imagine hanging on the front porch curing the meat, one for each member of the family, women included. One year Lance was out of school for a couple of weeks and we wondered if he was sick. Turned out he had gone to Maine and had been tracking his prize for about ten days in nasty November weather. Needless to say, he got it.

I have a friend who works at the IBM plant in Essex Junction, and from his reports, there is a thriving community of rednecks working there, making computer chips.

[MullinsCurve]

Originally Posted by neil0311

That's spot on and what I meant by "NY redneck". It's the mindset and characteristics that some people show. Lower class, blue collar, pick up truck driving, drinking budweiser, rural attitude, living in a run down house, etc.

I'm telling ya, it has nothing to do with pickup trucks, beer choice (other than the cheap stuff), or living in the country. The defining feature is outlook on life.

I live near a large city and I will just about guarentee you that there are more rednecks per square mile here than any rural area and none of them could tell you that anything is inconsistent with Chic-fil-a using Holstein cows in their adds.

[Granny Sue]

I know the definition of redneck is a proud one but sadly has become a way to putdown others.

I like to confuse people.....
I like NASCAR and Broadway Shows.
I like going to a real Pig Roast and can dine at a 5 star restaurant and know which fork and glass to use when.
We own a pickup truck, and use it, a hybrid SUV and a Harley.
I have leather jackets and furs.
I have friends that live in a trailor and ones in Ilsworth(BIG BUCKS)
I have relatives that live the biker lifestyle and ones that have played Carnegie Hall.


Some described here to me are trailor trash and others are good ol boys. I'll take a good old boy over a city slicker any day.

[HowDeDo]

'I know the definition of redneck is a proud one but sadly has become a way to putdown others'

REPLY: I dont know how proud the term is ; ive never heard a person say they are a Redneck even if they know they are one.... whether it be todays typical and popular stereotype , or if they have redness from working out in fields. But then again, i live in the North (for the time being). Do southern Rednecks say they are one if they are ? Just wondering..

[HipLib]

Originally Posted by HowDeDo

'I know the definition of redneck is a proud one but sadly has become a way to putdown others'

REPLY: I dont know how proud the term is ; ive never heard a person say they are a Redneck even if they know they are one.... whether it be todays typical and popular stereotype , or if they have redness from working out in fields. But then again, i live in the North (for the time being). Do southern Rednecks say they are one if they are ? Just wondering..

Yes, quite often they do. It seems that Jeff Foxworthy has helped many rednecks come out of the redneck closet. When I was younger no one ever admitted it, now it's common to see people with the wor "REDNECK" on T shirts, hats and on bumper stickers.
Here's a good example of redneck pride, and by the way, Gretchen Wilson is from Illinois.

YouTube - Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman