Negative things people say/assume about the place you live. (compare, Boston)

[Mezter]

Originally Posted by Urban_Hippy

Atlanta has the lowest population density of any urban area in the world of over 2 million people IIRC. Atlanta IS too spread out.

Thats because of the trees.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by 415_s2k

Werd. I live in SF, and I go over to Oakland for bars frequently since I have friends there. Pound-for-pound, I actually prefer the bar scene over there to the one over here.

Haha, me too.

[Nehlybel1984]

I'm from Knoxville, TN and I've actually been asked (by a NYer) if we wear shoes every day in TN. Apparently some people think Tennesseans are inbred, uneducated people who walk around barefoot all day...ouch.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by atlantanative83

ATLANTA

People think its a city filled with ghetto hip hop wannabes and cars everywhere and traffic traffic traffic. Also Ive heard we are the next detroit, we are too spread out, and so on.

I agree with all but this, Traffic in Atlanta is very bad

[Bizurko]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

I agree with all but this, Traffic in Atlanta is very bad

This is the one stereotype about Atlanta I agree with and the sprawl, but I don't consider the sprawl bad, I love being 45 minutes away and still have the amenities of the city.

[memberX]

Sometimes I have to call places out of state for my job. I have to make calls to the northeast a lot and for some reason, the people I talk to start to slow their speech and treat me like I am idiot when they find out I am calling from Alabama. This one woman from Pennsylvania said I sounded too smart to be from Alabama. (I was born in Georgia though.)

At my former office job in Atlanta, my last boss was from New Jersey and would not hire any native Atlantans or southerners. He said they were "stupid, slow, and backward." I was the last native Georgian left but quit because I couldn't stand his management style.

[Trimac20]

Originally Posted by Bizurko

I'll use where I'm from, instead of where I'm at. Georgia - my wife is from los angeles, and she was very surprised that I was from Georgia, because I didn't have a truck that was lifted with giant mid tires on it, that I didn't have an accent or have a confederate tattoo or terrible "teef". When she associated any person from Georgia it was either redneck white people or really ghetto black people. When I took her to georgia to see my family she was shocked that it was alot like l.a. minus the mountains and beaches with palm trees. We went to Atlanta and she had so much fun at world of coke, Georgia aquarium, and stone mountain. Theres so much more to Georgia than people think.

I think some people would prefer it if the stereotypes were true. I'd be disappointed if I met a 'Georgia Peach' who sounded like Paris Hilton .

[Galactic]

NYC - rude. We're not rude, we're indifferent. Leave us alone we leave you alone.

[Thomas R.]

Where I was born (Northwest Arkansas) I guess the "cousin marriage/young marriage" thing. First cousin marriage I believe is outlawed in Arkansas and anyway I found more in-breeding in the rural Midwest. (Not that it's common there or anything) The "young marriage" thing is mostly true, but even then Idaho looks to be lower and it's not exactly in the Deep South. Utah looks the same as Arkansas while Kansas and South Dakota look to have the same average for men with a one-year-older average for women.

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[rotodome]

NYC: There are NO trees! Everyone pays $5000 a month to live in a closet in a giant building! It's so dirty! It's just so busy and crazy everyplace! Everyone is a hipster or a yuppie or a stock broker! It's not livable! Everyone is so rude!