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Poll - if you've lived somewhere else in the country
What are some cultural difference you've noticed?
Moving from Massachusetts to Florida...
In the northeast, most people don't care about college sports - at all. Occasionally you'll hear about BC football if they're playing Notre Dame, but that's about it. People are much more obsessed over professional teams - it's interesting, to me, to see people so passionate about college teams.
I don't understand why the person at the deli wants me to try a slice of whatever they just sliced. I don't eat deli meat that often, DH does, I don't want to try it. A few times they've been so excited about giving me a piece of freshly sliced deli meat that I just take it, and then discretely throw it in the first garbage can I can find.
What else do you ladies have?
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Re: Poll - if you've lived somewhere else in the country
This made me LOL.
I have nothing. I've lived in FL my whole life.
Oh I can totally play this game....(from NY/NJ)
1. Why are people so into high school football? They are CHILDREN! I know this is big out in Texas too....I just don't get it.
2. There are many religions out there, and they don't all celebrate Christmas. This isn't specific just to FL. I just was lucky to grow up in a very diverse area. It honestly makes me question if this is where I should be raising children.
3. What's with the screened in garage doors? I've never seen that before....what is their purpose??
I'm sure I'll think of more!
Well besides this horrendous weather in this state (sorry to those who like it, but I hate getting bit by mosquitoes and sweating in late November), the language or maybe just the phrases here are so different. Like the term "Love on" for example. It just sounds dirty. And it took me a while to figure out that "cut the light on" doesn't necessarily mean you're using scissors or a knife on the light switch.
I was also really surprised to learn how the Civil War is taught in schools down here. A lot differently than how I learned it, that's for sure.
Being Midwestern I would say there is definitely a heavy amount of interest in college sports, but its nothing like here.
Hahha that is the one thing that brought me down here....if I could have the heat and beaches up in Philly I would move back in a heartbeat.
Agree with this. I grew up in Cleveland, and everyone rooted for Ohio State (even those who didn't go there), but pro sports were bigger. Go Browns!
The biggest difference I continue to notice is the pace. When we moved to FL from Cleveland everything seemed so sloooow. I notice it now, too, when I go home - as soon as I step off the plane in Tampa, everything is so slow-moving. Sometimes it's nice to have a break from the go-go-go of NYC (and DC when I was there), but sometimes it drives me nuts.
Obviously the language stuff is big. There's the whole soda v. pop thing of course, then other ones, too - like rolly polly v. potato bug, lollipop v. sucker, etc. In NYC they say "wait ON line" instead of "in line," which drives me crazy.
My H is a native Floridian and it always blows my mind when he reminds me that he didn't grow up with snow days, playing in the leaves, etc. Those were such staples of my childhood I can never believe it!
I'll try to think of some more!
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I think the high school football thing depends on the city. Where I went to highschool it wasn't that huge. I mean, it's big for the kids who play, but parents are okay if their kids don't play.
In Ohio, where my Mom's family lives. HOLY MOLY. Sports, of all kinds, are HUGE. HUGE.
My Mom's cousin is a superintendent of schools up there. He was at a track meet when we got there; his wife said that if this one girl places high they will have a "parade" for her later in the day.. She will ride on the fire truck and people will throw toilet paper, like streamers. Uhm yah. Another of my Mom's cousins boys play football.. We had a little get together over there and they sat there and re watched the entire football game and analyzed every.single.play. It was insane.
This could be flameable. As far as the Christmas thing, I "know" there are other religions. I guess I just don't really think about them. Honestly, I never even knew anyone that didn't celebrate Christmas until I was in H.S. - I'm sure there were kids in my HS who didn't, but I didn't know about it, or know them. Right now, you, and the few other ladies on this board are the only people I "know" IRL that do not celebrate Christmas- besides the Dr. I work for..
uhm screened garages.. I don't know, I don't get it either.
This thread is funny.
I grew up in Texas. I went to the University of Texas. I actually miss high school football more than college football. I know that is crazy, but my high school days were straight out of a movie and football and pep rallies were such a big part of that. There were HS football games at the Cowboys stadium. Our high school team was on numerous gatorade commercials Here is one.
I was just talking to MIL about this. She is a huge Patriots fan and was asking if I loved the cowboys. I told her in the south, college football is bigger than pro.
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I am from NJ.....
I was a minoroity in my school because I wasn't Italian, lol! When I moved down here I was surprised by the lack of Italian names.
When I was visiting my grandmother in NJ one time, we were in the dr's office and there were these 2 old guys speaking in Italian. Much more common than Spanish. I thought it was like that everywhere, lol!
I love that you can do u turns in FL.
The term BFE. In NJ we always said East Bumblef*ck. The use of the word "fixin." As in, I'm fixin to go to the grocery store soon. There are others, but those are the 2 I can think of.
We started school after Labor Day and got out mid-June. Sometimes later if there were a lot of snow days. If I lived in FL, I would've been a grade behind since my bday is in mid-August. Maybe this is just the way things are today, but everyone took the school bus to school. Parents weren't afraid to send their kids on the bus. It was a huge treat to have a parent pick you up!
It's so funny to me that our daughter is going to experience hurricane days instead of snow days, and she won't have the experience of playing in the leaves and snow unless we go up north once in a while.
H said that at his school in CT he always for Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur off. We never did, but I've heard other people in the northeast that had it off. Also, I came from a very heavy Catholic area, so it was surprising to me to see so many Baptists down here.
I moved to Denver, CO 1.5 years ago from Tampa. I was spoiled with the diversity in Tampa. I never really thought about it but diversity is hard to find here.
Also, in Tampa (where we went out mostly, Hyde Park/Channelside areas) people dressed up more to go out, here they are very relaxed in what they wear out to bars/clubs. People in general are more relaxed about everything but I was surprised how it was jeans to everything here.
The driving, lol. The flow of traffic is about the speed limit here. In Tampa the speed limit is on the right lane (if even there) because everyone goes 10+.
And the weather, of course. Everyone looks fwd to the winter for snowboarding/skiing vs looking fwd to the summer for beach time. I miss the beach!!
I too was surprised how soon kids go back to school - I never went before labor day. Also a mid-August baby, I was one of the youngest in my class (graduated high school when I was 17) - didn't realize the cutoff was earlier in Florida.
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EDD 2/22/2013
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I say "fixin".. I dated this guy who was from Michigan and he would bust out laughing every time I said it, and he would ask what I was going to fix.
Obviously we had Hurricane days growing up- my cousins in Ohio say they delay school for the fog. Fog? Really. Wow. That was amazing to me.
This. I always say, "Philly is just geographically undesirable."
I miss GOOD FOOD!!! Soft pretzels, good bagels, good rolls, HOAGIES (Wawa of course)...the list goes on. I just want something I can pig out on and feel completely satisfied.
Back to the initial subject...what surprised me when I moved down is how people don't dress up for work. Up north people wore suits and more professional attire. Down here it's like everyone's going to a picnic at a friend's house. It continues to shock me. (Teachers at my school wear sneakers and flip flops!!!)
Oh...I thought of another!
The lack of Bon Jovi on the radio. Being from the South Jersey/Philly area there was a lot of Bon Jovi pride (I had been to two concerts before I graduated high school). But when I moved down here I noticed right away that they don't play him. I commented to another person from my area and his response was, "Bon Jovi is not loved outside of the tri-state area." I. Was. Shocked.
I'm not only from the midwest, but I'm also from a relatively small town, so there was a lot to get used to for me. I realize Tampa is not such a huge city as others, but my hometown is population 12,000-ish, and my college town is population 65,000-ish, so it's all relative.
Driving. For the love of all that is holy, where are the service/frontage roads. It's no wonder rear-end collisions are so common. Also, I've been honked at 4 times for NOT running a red light. Not yellow. Red. WTF.
Re:diversity. It was a year or two ago or so that I was home and went to Culver's or something, looked around and noticed that there were ONLY white people there. It actually made me a little uncomfortable. I never really thought much of it, but I remember when the first two hispanic kids started at my school, and I remember the one half AA/half white kid. My BFF is American Indian, and pretty much the only non-white until those other three kids started. Even with the lack of diversity, I think there may have been more tolerance there than here. Not really sure, and it's not really a fair comparison anyway. I love that in Lily's little class, there really isn't a minority or a majority.
Re: sports. You haven't seen craziness over high school sports until you've seen high school hockey in Minnesota. I think I heard that the state tournament is the most highly attended high school sporting event in the country. Nothing to back that claim, but I wouldn't doubt it. I never cared about sports in high school and I don't care now. :-)
Re: the weather. Sure, it sucks right now. And we're at the end of the season so it's particularly annoying, but it's kind of just like up north, just inside out. Summer is the indoor season and winter is the outdoor. I loathe winter, and its snow-covered roads, scraping windows, sub-zero temps, frozen feet, slippery sidewalks, etc. (and I could go on and on) so much more than the heat. But yeah, it's November, so I'm ready for the bugs to die.
And the snakes for that matter. :::shudder::::
I miss having a basement!!
My silly Lily is almost 4.
the pizza!!! ugh i don't know what i even bother here....haha, how long have you been here? any suggestions on the food?? it's been a year and a half and i still go home to visit and am ravenous for pizza.
OMG, how could I forget the pizza? *Drool* There is nothing like it down here!
I thought of another one!!
Sheriffs. There are 15 gabillion sheriffs. What is the difference between them and cops? I guess growing up all I knew about the Sheriff was in movies and I thought there was one and he was important. There have to be at least 4 Sheriffs that live in my apt complex alone!
LOL. I know, it's confusing. I honestly don't know the difference except that Sheriff's are county, and they respond to places like my house that don't have a city department. We are "outside" the city limits of Spring Hill so Spring Hill Police Dept wouldn't respond to our house, the Sheriffs dept does.
I was born on Long Island, lived their til I was 12 and then moved to NH.
In both places the school districts were by town. So, the whole county thing is bizarre to me.
College sports are not big on Long Island or in New England. So weird to me too that people root for them so die hard. Maybe, if Isaiah is a gator someday or something I will root for them. Pro sports are HUGE in NY and NH. I had season tix to the Mets and the Islanders when I was a kid, and loved every minute of it. DH is a die HARD Red Sox fan, and we are both huge Pats fans.
Having to drive five million hours (well really like 10-15 minutes) to get ANYWHERE. In NH we drove pretty far to get to some places, because it is so rural in the town I grewup, but atleast there was a gas station with a damn dunkin donuts in it 2 miles away. I am like 7 minutes from the nearest gas station or supermarket and it can drive me crazy. But, that just may be a polk county thing, and I have to admit I like the country better than the city so I really shouldnt complain.
No jewish holidays off? Im not jewish, but I grew up on Long Island. They dont celebrate them in NH either, but atleast their I got Columbus Day, Veteran's Day and Election Day! Here we get none of em!
I have never seen so many different nationalities in one place. It is amazing. On Long Island there was not one black family in our entire town. Now, there are many, but back in they day there were not...oh, and in NH? There was ONE black student in my ENTIRE middle school, and THREE in my ENTIRE HS. I do like the diversity here, because I really learned a LOT when I first moved here.
CHURCHES. Man, there is a church on every corner here. Weird to me, because up north there was one Episcopal church in my town, and one Catholic Church, and one Jewish Temple. THAT WAS ALL! I cant believe how many churches there are here.
There are so many more, but I could go on for days!
I've been here 5 years. I live in Naples so I doubt I can make any great food recommendations that you can use. I haven't found any good bar food yet either. What is up with all the appetizers at bars being fried ocean creatures? I miss Chickie's and Pete's!!!