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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Common Misconceptions about Where You Live
Tell me what some common misconceptions about where you live are?
As far as me, when I say I'm from Arkansas, people automatically think that we all sit around on our porches chewing tabaccy. Let out babies run around with no shoes on. Live out in the country and eat critters. Don't use deodorant.
I assure you, none of these things are true!
Anyone else?
Re: Common Misconceptions about Where You Live
That we drink a lot of beer. Never mind, that's true
Farms, cheese and beer. I think that is what people think of when they think of WI. Yes, there is plenty of farmland, but plenty of cities too. And just because you were born in WI, doesn't automatically make you eat cheese all the time. There are a lot of cheese factories though
Everyone is rich. You know where you're going.
From St. Louis: I grew up on a farm.
Stand up for something you believe in.
I think everyone still thinks people up here all wear flannel and want to be in a band, which is totally not true - I almost never see people like that and we have some major professional headquarters based in Seattle. I will say, though, that everyone up here really does like coffee.
As for California, everyone assumes the entire state is either super sexy beachy time like So.Cal, or foresty awesome wineness like Nor.Cal. when in fact only the two ends of the state are like that. Everything between Napa and LA is a valley of crap (literally, like cow manure fields galore) with yellow ugly fields and not much else.
when most people think of CO, they think of the greenie-hippes in Boulder. And we are generally pretty green here, and kind of hippie-ish. But not everywhere is as extreme as Boulder.
If people haven't been to Boulder, then they usually associate us with snobby, expensive mountain towns like Aspen and Vail.
Oh Lawd. Where do I even start?
MOST of the people in Alabama aren't toothless, trailer park rednecks. We have plenty, but I'd dare say it's the same percentage of rednecks as any other state. Huntsville is actually one of the most educated cities in the US. There are plenty of podunk, one light towns, but Alabama also has cities and businesses and people with college degrees.
We're also not all racist. The people from my grandparents' generation are racist, but most people, and especially people from our generation and younger, aren't.
Stand up for something you believe in.
updated 10.03.12
I'm definitely a Jersey Girl, but no way my husband, friends, family, or I are like the cast of the Sopranos, Jersey Shore or like the Real Housewives or any of the other reality shows based on New Jerseyans. OK... maybe some of my friends are.....
Although, this is for an entirely different post, I think those shows expose some other stereotypes...
Another is that we're the Armpit of America. Unfortunately, being the location that we are doesn't support the cause, but we're called the Garden State for a reason. I have been to some of the best farms in NJ. And except the NE area of the turnpike, the rest of the state doesn't smell.
It really is a great place to live. I think not too long ago, Morristown was listed as the best place to live in America.... but it's also one of the most expensive places to live in NJ, also. With that said, NJ is a pretty expensive place to live mostly due to the proximity to NYC and Philly and the high property taxes.
My Acme Box last update 3/28/11
The beer and cheese things are good ones.
From my town specifically, which is small - only 1800 people - everyone assumes we're backwoods rednecks that marry our cousins.
We're all drunks and listen to nothing but twangy country music.
ETA: about my town, everyone assumes that it's all country farmland. It's not, there's a city, which I live in. They always automatically assume you know how to milk a cow or work in some sort of farming environment - which couldn't be further from the truth.
I LOVE Huntsville! My Grandma lives there and we have been there so many times, I've lost count! I used to want to live there. It's awesome.
If I say I'm from VA, I think because it's so diverse (Northern VA, then, middle-of-nowhere VA, etc.) I don't think there is just one misconception about it. And I've only lived here for 2 years. So I don't really have any input on this one!
HAHA - I said that was an accurate assessment. hahahahah
I saw... I wanted to tell you to speak for yourself. ;p
updated 10.03.12
Holley said when she came to visit - "I don't think you're @ssholes - you're just willing to tell it like it is and not care if hurts anyone's feelings."
ETA: Woops - hit post before I was done.....I think Holley's assessment is pretty spot on.