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s/o about where you live
Which stereotypes about where you live are true?
Re: s/o about where you live
We really like fried food, gravy, and biscuits. (although most people are smart enough to eat in moderation)
We're obsessed with football.
We get married young. If you don't get married right after high school, you get married the June after you graduate from college. I was an old maid at 25.
It's definitely the bible belt. It's very rare that you meet someone who's not a Christian. I knew one kid in high school who was Jewish, and I've had one student who was Hindu. Even if people aren't big church goers, they're religious.
People are conservative. The people from our generation not so much, but my parents' generation and above are extrememly conservative. They still think gambling, drinking, homosexuality, and sex before marriage are wrong. My parents weren't happy at all about Robin and I moving in together before marriage ("what will people think?!" I can hear my mother say). We still have some dry counties.
We are very eco-friendly here. We lot of green ideas and movements start here.
We're pretty well known as one of the healthiest/most active states. It's hard not to be, with 300 sunny days a year. It's easy to talk yourself into running, walking, hiking, biking, skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, etc.
And everyone (I mean EVERYONE) has a dog. At least one. And they are almost always big dogs that can go hiking or biking with you.
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a lot of the towns right outside the city are snotty, this is very true.
Melting pot
Every person believes they're the most important in the universe.
People don't know how to drive, and if there is precipitation of any form, the entire world stops.
Stand up for something you believe in.
Things are very, very Pennsylvania Dutch. Pierogies, weird words and street names, and a fair called the Das Awkscht Fescht.
My husband grew up here. It's strange here. lol
We can tell you which exit off the turnpike and the GSP we live.
There's malls all over the place. Off hand, I grew up within 15 mins of 5 large malls... and many more if we expand the radius.
It's "Mawl" not "Mall", "Tawk" not "Talk", "Jersey" not "Joisey". I should have mentioned that in the other post, no one ever says "Joisey" who is from Jersey. If you're from North Jersey, your accent sounds more like a New Yorker's and if you're from South Jersey, your accent is closer to those from Philly. Word choice also varies depending on where you live in the state.
We're aggressive drivers. Not bad but aggressive. There's a difference.
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We love beer.
Lots and lots of beer.
Except that I hate beer right now, because I can't drink it. Homestate FAIL for me.
Do you two say "Bless your heart"?
I love that saying. I don't know why.
They don't call us massholes for kicks. There's a reason we have that title.
Ditto this. I hate beer. But you will never go to a party or wedding without seeing a ton of Miller
Everyone I know says "bless your heart." I was like 20 before I realized people don't say that everywhere. Not a day goes by that you don't read it in someone's fb status or comment.
I say y'all and fixin to and momma n' nems. I'm not that country though. That's just how people talk. My grandmother is country. She adds er to words, like she says winder (window) and Louisianer.
and not having free beer at a wedding is nearly unheard of around here.. lol
OMG! Don't even joke about that!! We went through 1 1/2 kegs at our wedding and the last wedding we went to they had gone through 3!!
Only 1 1/2? Weak
We went through almost 9..... good thing we didn't have to pay per barrel!
Sad, but true. Although to be fair, we did have a ton of Miller employees there. They probably drank 1/2 of it!
Yep. Everyone I know says "bless your heart" too. Usually when they're being too nice to tell you that you're being an idiot.
I don't think I'm that country either, but I tell y'all, MB had a time making fun of the way I say "facebook." I didn't even know there was anything off about it until she pointed it out.
Meh, this was going to be my common misconception.....
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Do we live in the same area? I'm beginning to think we don't. haha
I'm again thinking back to when Hizz came to visit - it was the week of the Fall of the Red Sox - she was baffled at how much media buzz there was and how EVERYONE was talking about it.
Oh, no, we definitely live in the same area. Some just take things to extremes more than others. I think you don't live around enough people who aren't sports fans. Trust me, if you don't want to know about what's going on, you don't have to know. I only follow the Red Sox, but I know what I know from my own doing -- Chris, on the other hand, who has no care in the world for sports at all can happily avoid whats going on.
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That could be.
I've been thinking about this for a while, because it seems to vary from place to place. I feel like the consensus on "bless your heart" is that its a nice way to say "you idiot." It is used that way sometimes, but I feel it's usually more "oh poor thing."
Example: Ellie has a double ear infection. -- Oh, bless her heart. Hope she feels better soon.
It's like you genuinely feel bad for someone or have empathy for them. Is this not the way it's used everywhere? Maybe we're just nicer in Alabama. ;-)
OMG, it was hilarious!
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It's used both ways, really. I think it's all in the tone. I tend to use it more in the context you described - "oh, you're not feeling well. Bless your heart." But, I've also had it used on me in a condescending way. "You backed your car into a pole? Bless your heart!"
DD do you watch How I Met Your Mother? There was an episode last season with Katy Perry and her nickname was Honey because she would say stuff and people would always say, "Oh honey..."
Thats what "Bless your/her heart" is around here.
One of the things she did was say that her apartment is so security concious that her landlord installed cameras all over the inside of her apartment just to keep her safe. Insert "Oh honey..."
SUCH a good episode....
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I don't watch HIMYM, but I've heard "oh honey..." many times myself. That's definitely condesending, even here. I think most people think "bless your heart" is condesending, too, but it's not usually used like that around here. Y'all are just judgy b!tches.
i can't tell if you're being serious or not....