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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: ravells on November 24, 2003, 02:51:46 PM
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I have just been watching a riveting DVD called 'Path to War' - about how Lyndon B Johnson got sucked into the Vietnam conflict. I hadn't realised that he was from Texas, although I knew he was a democrat.
Here was a man whom I thought immortalised Texas in that he was fiercely independant. That got me to wondering whether people from the US identified states with personality traits of the people from those states. - Sure enough we've heard what people associate with 'California' - but what about the other ones?
Not being from the US I'd be curious to know.
Ravs
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Well being a non american.... The Texas one really is easy....
EDIT : hehehehe i really should cut down on the beer, u allready meantioned Texas :D
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Oregonians are a bunch of web-footed pot smoking hippies.
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I want to live there! :)
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I think you would fit right in raves.... except they are allmost as barbariic there as the other states.... you need to live in a very large city in the states to feel at home.
lazs
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Since it's a post by Lazs, I can only assume he's referring to guns. We don't have to register handguns in Oregon and it's a pretty simple process to get a concealed permit - you have to take a course in firearm safety, be breathing, and be a law-abiding citizen.
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sob.. there are a lot of enlightened law in oregon... it has to do with population no doubt. I don't think rave would feel comfortable in any one state... it's not the state so much as the population centers... he would feel much more at home in large cities in any state.
lazs
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Originally posted by ravells
Sure enough we've heard what people associate with 'California' -
...and sure enough they're probably wrong. California is huge.
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LBJ wasn't from Texas.
LBJ was Texas.
(At least for about 20 years)
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have lived all over.
calif
arizona
colorado(borne and raised)
alabama
georgia
florida
n.carolina
And currently in Texas
If I hade my choice I would be back In Colorado In A new york minute.
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So getting back to the topic of the post, how would personalise Arizona, Mr Black?
Ravs
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Oregonians are a bunch of web-footed pot smoking hippies.
until you leave town, where Oregonians are a bunch of web-footed, pot smoking, pistol packing, rednecks.
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Seattle is "San Franciso North" until you get about 15 minutes out of the city.
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Arizona HuMM
Well I would say feicrly independent,outdoorsyand very aware
of there American Indian culture.
All In All a great place to live.
Can get very hot there and they do have snakes and scorpions:(
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I agree with Storch. One may identify with specifics of a state, but their personality might develop as a result of the region.
Stereotypes develop from states. Wisconsinites have our "accent" "Dontcha know eh?" and can be considered uber beer drinking, cow loving, cheese heads. But hey, thats the norm eh?
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i know its not a state but from fights in the navy i noticed guys from philidelphia were extreemly tough. not texans per say but more than most other southerners. thats the only one that stuck out in my mind.
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Originally posted by mrblack
Arizona HuMM
Well I would say feicrly independent,outdoorsyand very aware
of there American Indian culture.
All In All a great place to live.
Can get very hot there and they do have snakes and scorpions:(
Quite accurate, especially the hot part!!! ;) :p !
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Originally posted by capt. apathy
until you leave town, where Oregonians are a bunch of web-footed, pot smoking, pistol packing, rednecks.
Only web footed on the wrong side of the Cascades. My feet are dry on this side, cold, but dry.
You boys should peer over the edge of the Willamette valley from time to time.
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Illinois has a split personality. Chicago, and the rest.
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Originally posted by ravells
That got me to wondering whether people from the US identified states with personality traits of the people from those states
People from the North think people from the South are stupid and people from the South think people from the North are dishonest.
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People from the North think people from the South are stupid and people from the South think people from the North are dishonest.
....and stupid :D
ya know...we got a lot of transplanted Texans around here. YOu can almost bet if someone is drivin like theres no one else on the road...the plates will say....Texas! (its gotta be a local thing though)
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The general rule applies to the US as elsewhere.
Anyone to the west or south of 'you' is inferior.
Anyone to the north or east is screwing you over somehow.
Q: How would you describe your region?
Northeast: "We have lots of trees and the Kennedy's. No one is quite as cultured as us. Huh? You didnt go to school here? They have schools elsewhere in the country? What is a 'Duke?'"
Mid Atlantic: "Who the **** are you? Get lost ******* and stop wasting my time with your stupid questions. I dont have the stomach for this telemarketing bull**** - I hope you fall into a pothole on your way home from work and die as a result of roadworker incompitence."
South: "Damn yankees... first they sent us their prisoners, then they sent their soldiers, now they send us mass produced BBQ sauce that tastes like Diet Coke gone bad. Can I get a refill on my 'sweet tea' please?"
Northwest: (Could not find anyone to answer question.)
Southwest: (Could not find anyone that spoke English to answer question.)
Southern California: (yes, its its own region) "Dont you think this survey is offensive? We are not 'regions' within a country. We shouldnt even be states. We are all brothers and sisters of this land and we should live in harmoney with one 'n other. Come to think of it... brothers and sisters might be an offensive discription too... hmmm."
West Coast: "Please dont confuse us with Southern California. We have no idea what government experiment went wrong down there, but we think it can be solved with a 12 guage and a few boxes of shells."
Texas: (Ditto SoCal) "You can tell them Southern boys they dont know apples from boots. Texas BBQ is the only real BBQ. Thats all we're really concerned with right now."
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Only web footed on the wrong side of the Cascades. My feet are dry on this side, cold, but dry.
You boys should peer over the edge of the Willamette valley from time to time.
So, how far into the butthole of Oregon do you live, anyhow? :p
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I live in God's country my boy, I don't live anywhere near Vera's house.:p
>edit: I would tell you about my wonderful area, but they don't print it on the maps available to those who think Oregon stops 'bout halfway between Albany and Eugene, at the Pacific Crest Trail, the Ocean, and the Columbia.
Do those in your Oregon have to pay out of state tuition when you become a Duck?
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I can't believe no one has done New York yet.
Thank you Louis Black for illustrating the fact that in City of New York the "F-word" is no longer a word, but a comma. I love my city! As for the rest of the state, we tend to forget about it as just empty space.
~Wolfala
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Michigan people like cars. And boats. And pointing at their hand to reference where they're from.
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How do I move to Oregon?
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Fly to Portland, then get in a car and drive. When you are 200 km from Multonomah Co. and still south of the Columbia, you are getting close.
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Rural.
Poor.
Conservative.
Religious.
Indiana.
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Originally posted by Kieran
Rural.
Poor.
Conservative.
Religious.
Indiana.
Ya forgot one, CORN.
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Rural Minnesota is conservative, agrarian, Scandinavian, religious, friendly.
Metro Minnesota is liberal, multi-cultural, friendly.
Most Minesotans are highly educated and very active politically. Minnesota almost always has the highest voter turnout percentage in each presidential election.
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I think Lazs is right... Denver is a far cry from Snowmass with regards to peoples attitudes, culture, firearms (snicker), etc
(uh.. both in Colorado if you didn't already know)
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yep.. everyone is saying the same thing.. the population centers are far different from the rural areas. That is what makes the U.S. different not the states themselves. We have a lot of land here but the womenly type tend to huddle up. you know... that thing about not being able to use the restroom alone even.
rav would be comfortable in any big city in the U.S.
lazs
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Fly to Portland, then get in a car and drive. When you are 200 km from Multonomah Co. and still south of the Columbia, you are getting close.
So where do ya live? 200 km about 120 mi right? that's be somewhere between rufus and arlington?
seen a lot of that area (at about 85mph).
I work on the eastern side from time to time (read as- no work in the valley).
you could be doing a lot worse though, you could be 150+ miles east of portland. where it's not exactly hell but you can see it from there.
the last time I worked over there we had a cinderblock a couple yards from the out-house, with a rope tied to it so you could tie down your lunch-box. that way when you come back out you don't have to drive 2 counties away to pick it back up.
I especially like they way there is no fall or spring up there. summer and winter are divided by a time they lable with those names, but actually they just kinda overlap, with winter at night and summer in the day.
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Corn AND soybeans. We do a lot of hay, too.