Things About Your State That Contradict The Stereotypes (real estate, houses)

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by jbgusa

I see your point. Except that when someone mentions "California" the first places people think of are LA and San Fran. When I was 16 and on my teen tour in 1973, one day's bus trip was from Crater Lake in Oregon to Mount Lassen Volcanic Park in northern California. The trip leader told us "you won't see Beach Boys on surfboards when you cross into California." In fact, it was frigid (a beginning La Niña summer) and there was still snow on the ground near the top of Mount Lassen. I knew what to expect; most of my fellow trip members did not.

Similarly, most people think of New York the city first, not the rest of the state when someone says "New York."

Fair enough!

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by Sharif662

Mississippi

Forgot 1 more thing. People here don't have the country accent ( majority).

I don't know about that. I went to a Wendy's in Pearl years ago (2000), and everyone was speaking in the thickest southern accent I had ever heard outside of West Virginia. Maybe it's changed in the 19 years since?

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

I will mention a couple about Arizona

Biggest one: Stereptype-The state is all hot desert

False. The low desert only makes up 30% of Arizona's land area. Another 20% is high desert which gets cold in the winter, and the remaining 50% is mid elevation valleys and high mountains, which are forested or have a lot of pinions and junipers. And the low desert is not HOT in the winter contrary to stereotype. Here in Phoenix, we average highs in the 65 to 75 range and lows in the 45 to 50 range in winter, similar to May in New York City more or less. The high country is downright cold for 6 months of the year, with elevations over 11,500 feet having a polar tundra climate.

Another stereotype of this state-everyone is conservative/Republican

False. And increasingly false as we get more transplants yearly. Republicans still make up the majority in the state house, but represent the rural and suburban districts mainly. The urban areas, especially in Tucson and Greater Phoenix are Democrat majority. One caveat is that the eastern Phoenix suburbs of Gilbert and Mesa are the most conservative part of the state, and this is due to LDS presence in this part of the metro

[Sharif662]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

I don't know about that. I went to a Wendy's in Pearl years ago (2000), and everyone was speaking in the thickest southern accent I had ever heard outside of West Virginia. Maybe it's changed in the 19 years since?

I stated most don't have that thick drawl that people think of and I've traverse nearly the whole state.

[jessemh431]

Originally Posted by Sharif662

I stated most don't have that thick drawl that people think of and I've traverse nearly the whole state.

Serious question, though. Are you from the South or have lived there for an extended period of time now? Southerners often don't notice each others' accents. Outsiders do.

[Foamposite]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

I don't know about that. I went to a Wendy's in Pearl years ago (2000), and everyone was speaking in the thickest southern accent I had ever heard outside of West Virginia. Maybe it's changed in the 19 years since?

That is a very long time. The accents of younger peoppe throughout the country have faded since then.

Most white people I meet from the South barely have discernible Southern accents, often none at all.

[jbgusa]

Originally Posted by Foamposite

That is a very long time. The accents of younger peoppe throughout the country have faded since then.

Most white people I meet from the South barely have discernible Southern accents, often none at all.

I live in New York. Our cantor hails from Dallas, and has no discernible accent, whether when she sings or talks. Her explanation is that she left for college in Vermont at age 18, for divinity school after college in either New York or Cincinnati and really hasn't returned except for family visits.

There has to be more to it since people I know from Britain still sound quite British.

[Sharif662]

Originally Posted by jessemh431

Serious question, though. Are you from the South or have lived there for an extended period of time now? Southerners often don't notice each others' accents. Outsiders do.

It's literally in my username -->662. I've been in other Southern states. Met plenty of people from the other regions of the States alongside foreigners ( Canadians/British/ Trinidian/& Jamaican). I notice the differences but Southern accent in Mississippi doesn't stick out.

[Foamposite]

Originally Posted by jbgusa

I live in New York. Our cantor hails from Dallas, and has no discernible accent, whether when she sings or talks. Her explanation is that she left for college in Vermont at age 18, for divinity school after college in either New York or Cincinnati and really hasn't returned except for family visits.

There has to be more to it since people I know from Britain still sound quite British.

Yeah I met a man from Dallas and a woman from Austin the other night, neither had any discernible Southern accent and neither of them left Texas until their 20s (and are still in their late 20s)

I think people who move at age 18 tend to still have their accents. If they're below mid teenage years, it can go either way.

[eddie gein]

Originally Posted by Sharif662

It's literally in my username -->662. I've been in other Southern states. Met plenty of people from the other regions of the States alongside foreigners ( Canadians/British/ Trinidian/& Jamaican). I notice the differences but Southern accent in Mississippi doesn't stick out.

This you?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJkgxL1_x-A