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When I lived in Texas for a few years, the only neighboring state I heard spoken about was Oklahoma, as in:
"Go back to mobile-homa."
"Why does Texas stick to the US? Because Oklahoma sucks." and so on...
Of course, most of this was in the context of the OU/UT rivlary.
Maryland-Rival state that basically consists of DC suburbs or Baltimore and the suburbs in people's minds. People love the DC area and the Redskins but honestly don't really think about Baltimore much at all or have any connection. Some people in Tidewater and Richmond act as if DC is 25 minutes away and frequently travel to the area.
North Carolina-The more rural/country version of Virginia, or basically an extension of southern Virginia. Some people look down on the state and believe it is filled with KKK members and cotton fields, while others desire to move to Charlotte or Raleigh due to cheaper housing and opportunities.
Tennessee -People in the central or eastern part of the state never mention Tennessee.
West Virginia - Hillbilly jokes. A state filled with moonshine making inbreds. The most negatively viewed state from my experiences.
Kentucky -A milder version of the view of West Virginia except many people probably would not be able to tell you where Kentucky was on a map and don't realize that we are neighbors.
North Carolina-The more rural/country version of Virginia, or basically an extension of southern Virginia. Some people look down on the state and believe it is filled with KKK members and cotton fields, while others desire to move to Charlotte or Raleigh due to cheaper housing and opportunities.
The negative connotations are interesting, given the fact that NC is bigger, growing faster, has an edge in higher ed, etc.
Washington: Our successful twin brother who we secretly envy.
Idaho: Our insane, right wing, extremist brother who we never talk to.
Nevada: Our friendly, cattle ranching brother who married a stripper after getting her pregnant.
California: Our rich, egocentric, dismissive brother who we sometimes love because he has an awesome beach house and a sweet car, but we also hate because he crashes at our house and eats all our food whenever he rolls through Oregon.
Washington: Our successful twin brother who we secretly envy.
Idaho: Our insane, right wing, extremist brother who we never talk to.
Nevada: Our friendly, cattle ranching brother who married a stripper after getting her pregnant.
California: Our rich, egocentric, dismissive brother who we sometimes love because he has an awesome beach house and a sweet car, but we also hate because he crashes at our house and eats all our food whenever he rolls through Oregon.
I'm from Maryland originally, and in PA now:
Both states are diverse so I can't speak for the whole state.
From Maryland:
Delaware - Why they're not part of Maryland nobody knows. We consider them practically Maryland. Nice place - but beware the northern areas.
Pennsylvania: Run down place with a bunch of Quakers and Amish, people who think they're rednecks but aren't, and the eastern area should be avoided at all costs - it's far too near NJ. Yankeeland. Generally a nice place though, with very friendly people. We hate them for dumping stuff in the Susquehanna and mostly ignore the fact that they even exist at all.
Virginia: Primarily a pile of urban nonsense and rich people in fancy row houses. Theres more normal people in the interior but it's hard to tell whether that part is really Virginia at all. Basically a built up Maryland with a vast, vacant interior. There are some nice, Maryland-like places - if you know where to go.
West Virginia: Western Maryland is like improved West Virginia, just like Maryland is like an improved Virginia. Stay near the Maryland border and don't watch Deliverance before entering.
DC: Hell. We should tack on NoVA and the MD DC suburbs and make it it's own state. Then build an electric fence around it so MD and VA can live free of crazy liberal invasion. It's nice to visit on rare occasion.
From Pennsylvania:
New York: Pretty much the same thing as PA.
West Virginia: Inbreds.
Maryland: Never heard of it. You mean there's something between DC and Philly?
New Jersey: Jersey Shore and wannabe Philadelphia.
Delaware: Hicks.
Ohio: Extreme boredom.
From the generalizing perspective of the stereotypical New Hampshire resident (not entirely reflective of the average well-educated individual ):
Massachusetts: "Taxachusetts," rude "flatlanders" who are terrible drivers and clog our roads on holiday weekends, too crowded, and yet... home to the only truly "great" city in New England, home to all of our pro sports teams, and a huge contributor to our state's economy.
Vermont: liberal hippies, more high taxes, but a beautiful state that "feels" a lot like home. But with more cows.
Maine: a bunch of backwoods hillbillies and fishermen with no teeth, but overall not that different from NH, except for that slightly longer coastline...
KENTUCKY - It's somewhere you have to pass through when driving to Florida; UK fans who didn't go to UK and horses everywhere; pretty scenery; northern Kentucky feels like Ohio; the Derby INDIANA - We border Indiana? Storms hit Indiana first so we know what's coming. Very similar to northwest Ohio. WEST VIRGINIA - Nice scenery; white-water rafting draws plenty of Ohioans; other than that not really talked about much other than usual stereotypes. PENNSYLVANIA - Neutral on this one, except for the Steelers which are an abomination; identify more with this state's cities than the state itself; home of Yuengling.
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