<p>All the guys in Florida think they're true rednecks and racists with their confederate flags, hunting hats, and Ford trucks. They like to say the n-word all the time. Sad how they glorify racism. They don't even hate non-whites, so ***.</p>
<p>To answer the Arizonian's question......when I hear "Arizona" I think of the Grand Canyon, desert, and old people.</p>
<p>The South: Uneducated, confederate flag-waving conservatives.</p>
<p>The Northeast: Educated, busy, but still pretty nice. (Except NYC, they're not very friendly).</p>
<p>California: Sun, laid back, friendly... pretty much the coolest state.</p>
<p>I actually ranked all 50 states one day in Zoology because I was bored. California was #1, my state of Minnesota was #2...and so on. All the southern states were at the bottom, haha. Except Florida was in the 30's because of their tourist industry.</p>
<p>Southern states are ghetto.</p>
<p>How can anyone watch ANY broadcast news and like it? Seriously, TV news rots my brain. You can't form an educated opinion off a 1 minute blurb. Take the time to use google news and read a couple different articles.</p>
<p>Fox News isn't biased. They just don't even report news. All it is now is talk shows. Pure bs either way. </p>
<p>Anyways...</p>
<p>The Northwest: Coffee drinking hikers, backpackers and snowboarders. Which is basically true.</p>
<p>In FL it really depends on the city. Even cities so close to the backwoods of Georgia like Jacksonville are not hicktowns. </p>
<p>Jacksonville: cali wannabes
Tampa: has hicks but people are friendly
Orlando: Transplanted northerners, friendly people.
Southern FL: Cannot speak english and the meanest people you will find in FL</p>
<p>How about Miami?</p>
<p>As a person from california (note the username)...</p>
<p>New England: fast paced, forward, prep school, international
South: conservative, polite, more family centered
Midwest: lazy summer days, outdoors, traditional
West: liberal, two seasons (spring and summer), diverse</p>
<p>And for all of them: Each region thinks that they're the best. =] This excludes people with the attitude "I hate living here!"</p>
<p>And for the norcal/socal split:</p>
<p>Norcal: students* = more "gansta," hyphy, pretty redwoods, tahoe, silicon valley; work force = more electronics related jobs (looser work dress code)</p>
<p>Socal: students* = flip flops, warm beaches, a little more preppy depending on where you live; work force = more businessy (tighter work dress code)</p>
<p>Contrary to popular belief, it does snow in socal. In the winter, I can see snowy mountains in the distance (2-3? hour drive), and I live in the OC 15 min away from the beach. There are places to ski down here.
Also, not all of so cal is smoggy...really. =]</p>
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<li>students exludes college students. you can easily find a good number of norcal/socal college students in socal/norcal universities.</li>
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<p>One last thing. In my opinion, fake people can be found everywhere.</p>
<p>Cal- tattoed freaks, everyone takes the car everywhere no matter how close. 16 year olds drive all the time... Oh- schools with parking lots meant for students (not in NYC!) PPl abuse chillax and dude. Gang problems.</p>
<p>Joizey- trash/dump/evident accents/ big nuclear waste plant</p>
<p>NYC- Tough, dirty (in many places at least), down to earth, most diverse (fact).
South- incest, bible belt, confederates filled with teenagers that drive ford trucks and smash down mail boxes for fun. Walmart haven! Young kids also drive a lot, schools w/ parking lots for students. Mostly ignorant.</p>
<p>Nevada and all the southwest- No one lives there, people who do are golfers and lizards.</p>
<p>by the way, NO ONE calls jersey joisey
its just an out of state thing that people think we say. and a nj accent is just a watered down ny accent. and i have never seen a garbage dump</p>
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<p>Uhhhh.....so?</p>
<p>Nobody lives in the southwest??</p>
<p>um...Las Vegas...Phoenix...</p>
<p>Lol- well i say 16 yr olds drive all the time because in NYC (where I live) it's not allowed (only with an adult and a permit), and when we watch kids on mtv in other states driving at 16 NYC kids take notice.
And for the southwest, I didnt say that no one lives there, i said it was a stereotype (ppl thinking its all navajo and deserts).
Beanieboo, im not saying theirs a lot of garbage dumps in NJ, im saying that a stereotype is that its one big garbage dump.
And i have heard people say Joizey. Many times.</p>
<p>yeah, ive heard that steriotype before. i guess i shouldnt take them so personally because they are just steriotypes. it was funny, my family was in florida and a couple of kids hanging out with my brother started talking about/making fun of jersey and he was like WOAH! im from there! theres steriotypes for everywhere in the country, i guess thats what this thread really shows.
and it really drives me crazy that on mtv and everything people can drive at 16, i cant even drive with more than one friend in the car or after midnight until im 18.</p>
<p>In California, You have to wait 1 yr after getting your liscense before you can drive anyone under 25, or after 11pm.</p>
<p>But I don't know 1 person who follows that.</p>
<p>"(ppl thinking its all navajo and deserts)"</p>
<p>ok, gotcha!</p>
<p>I drove when I was 16...definitely had at least 8 people in my car at one point. Im 17 now and still drive everywhere, but I think there should have been stricter requirements for getting a license. I just did a driving practice thing with this company, drove in a car for 3 hours for 2 sessions...and I got a paper saying I could get my license. Pretty lax. </p>
<p>There is a curfew, for anyone under 18 in my state (Arizona), at midnight...I think that's true in a lot of states.</p>
<p>My friend has a t-shirt that says "Jersey girls ain't trash... trash gets picked up." lol, pretty mean...but funny.</p>
<p>Socal, it's after midnight that people can't drive within one year (and you can still drive after then if you're heading home), and it's only six months until you can bring other people. </p>
<p>And I followed both those rules. :)</p>
<p>They changed them....i see you live in OK now..</p>
<p>New Jersey is probably one of the few states in the Union that actually has a decent energy infrastructure. Thats why gas is so cheap in NJ (thank you Linden !!!). </p>
<p>As for the Jersey Shore, in disagreement to a previous detractor of the Garden State's beaches, Atlantic City doesn't count, because thats where the beach has a lot of litter. Cape May is still one of my favorite places in the US, and I'm from Illinois. </p>
<p>I'd even say that Cape May is just as nice as most beaches on Long Island, even Fire Island.</p>
<p>in response to the post about dumb driving rules, i dont know one person who follows ours either. however, at least once a week my towns police stop and give tickets to anyone pulling out of my hs with more than one person in the car (they really have nothing better to do with their time though). personally, i think the person rule makes things harder if you were to follow it, that means instead of 4 cars for 16 people or so, you would need 8. sometimes there is nowhere to park and is very inconvient! the midnight thing isnt too bad though, as long as your not doing anything wrong then a cop has no reason to pull you over and you can get home fine.</p>