Regional Stereotypes Involving College Selection

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<p>Whenever you park, there's a Camaro within three spots of you.</p>

<p>Okay, that's pretty funny. </p>

<p>But you're from Jersey and you're not part of the 'bridge and tunnel" crowd that goes to the city to go clubbing??</p>

<p>Add: A true northern Californian has Peet's coffee overnighted to their current location. Every week. <a href="http://www.peets.com/shop/shop.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.peets.com/shop/shop.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Add2: A true Southerner knows what a palmetto is. More importantly, he probably has a few palmetto tales to tell.</p>

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<p>A few "southernisms" to add.
You've been to a rodeo (and secretly yearned, just a little, to be crowned the "rodeo queen."
You've been to a rattlesnake round-up (and possibly participated).
You've been to a cow-pie throwing contest and actually participated. You came in 2nd.
Your high school boyfriend went on "harvest" every summer, traveling around the state driving dangerous farm equipment to earn a little money and get in shape for football.
Every piece of clothing you own has, at one time or another, been stained with red dirt.
You stood in awe the first time you saw a subway.
You have a storm cellar in your backyard. You don't use it much.
Instead, you've stood in the backyard and watched a tornado pass overhead. You stopped being in awe after the first couple of times.</p>

<p>And here, it's not a Camaro, it's an El Camino.</p>

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<p>Nah, never been to a club in my life.</p>

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<p>Oh how could I forget the infamous "pig pickin"? They were very popular for rehearsal dinners when we lived in North Carolina.</p>

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<p>O.K. Just a couple or three I thought of during the mediation I was being paid to attend,oops.</p>

<p>You have at least two relatives with suspended licenses , at least one of which regularly rides into town on his lawnmower.</p>

<p>The second most adventurous relative to you has been out of the state of his birth once, but he was drunk and missed a turn.</p>

<p>And since high school issues rule on this board-the school districts in the rural south are uniformly more responsive to community concerns. They have to be. They are afraid everybody will hitch up to their homes and move away.</p>

<p>Gotta go . Will check back.</p>

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<p>Absolutely on Peets; and I'll add one more:</p>

<p>A true northern Californian has skiied in shorts & a tank top in April.</p>

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<p>Native New Yorker living for almost 30 years in Northern California. Still do the NY Times fold on the BART; learned to drive when I was 21 (only because I had a summer free); never wore flipflops, least of all skied in them; still have my accent; speed of speech has slowed down somewhat, but only by comparison.</p>

<p>Never heard anyone say "who's your people" nor "have your people call my people". Our parents used to worry about whether someone was a Litvak or a Galitzianer, or a Neapolitan or a Sicilian, but today nobody knows what difference there is between them.</p>

<p>You know you're from New York City when you say that people from Long Island are not from New York, because in the East when people ask you where you're from, they mean which city, not which state. No Easterner talking to another Easterner would say "I'm from Massachusetts"; we only have to do it when talking to folks from other parts of the country.</p>

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<p>dadofsam: Not even a "Let's do lunch!" ?? </p>

<p>Of course SOME people from 'Long G-eye-lan' can say they are from New York and get away with it. Hamptonites!</p>

<p>You're from Manhattan if you know the Jitney schedule.</p>

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<p>Garland, that was the best, the best, the best....and I do remember the song from commercials for Palisades Amusement Park!</p>

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<p>Okay, I give up.</p>

<p>You know you're from Seattle (western Washington) when:
*You think dressing up involves a clean pair of jeans
*You own more than two fleece jackets and no umbrellas
*You know what the "Lesser Seattle Society" is
*You know the opening days for the various salmon fisheries
*You'd never eat farmed salmon, ever
*In fact, you have opinions about the different salmon fisheries
*You have more than five ways to cook salmon memorized
*Your kids' (public) school serves salmon for lunch
*Your kids' school has never cancelled a game due to rain...
*You'd never cancel a camping trip because it's raining
*You know which teams are meant by Huskies, Ducks, and Cougars even if you didn't go to any of those colleges
*You consider spending $3/day for coffee normal
*Your barista knows you by name
*Extra credit: Your coffee drink goes way beyond "coffee, light" (for example: "venti nonfat four-shot latte half-caff with sugar-free hazelnut, extra hot") and your barista still has it memorized
*At least one relative works for Boeing or Microsoft</p>

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<p>This thread is STILL interesting. Wow.</p>

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<p>(You know you're a real Northern Californian when)</p>

<p>SBMom's Northern Cali post is fueling the little pang in my tummy wishing that son had applied to Stanford. I kow...he's adamant about not wanting to be so far or in the quake zone....but it's just so him...the kid who wears shorts and flip flops in February in PHILADELPHIA!</p>

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<p>Sac, your Berkeley story was the best - just substitute Atlanta, Dallas or Madison, and it could apply all over the country!</p>

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<p>(I copied this.....but I thought it was cute)</p>

<p>TOP 20 SSIGNS YOU'RE FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA
20. Your favorite dessert is wooder ice. (It comes in churry, strawburry, & other asswrded flaverz.)</p>

<ol>
<li><p>You find yourself saying Yo and Youse guys when talking long distance to family members.</p></li>
<li><p>You know how to spell Schuylkill.</p></li>
<li><p>You think $2,500 a year for insurance on a 1977 Toyota Corolla is a bargain.</p></li>
<li><p>You find yourself at a nice restaurant thinking,"I wonder if they have cheese steaks?"</p></li>
<li><p>You can sleep soundly through gunfire and ambulance sirens.</p></li>
<li><p>You visit New York and are impressed by how clean it is.</p></li>
<li><p>You believe the car on your left, flashing its turn signal and the driver pointing at your lane, wants you to close the gap with the car in front of you.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>12.You can't eat french fries without Cheez Whiz.</p>

<ol>
<li>Street people greet you by your first name.</li>
</ol>

<p>10.You don't think Wawa sounds funny</p>

<ol>
<li>You snub a cheese steak that isn't on an Amoroso roll.</li>
</ol>

<p>8.Your parents, brother, sisters, aunts, and uncles all live on the same block.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>You know who Jim O'Brien is, and how he died.</p></li>
<li><p>You can't imagine breakfast without scrapple.</p></li>
<li><p>You're still not sure about Jerry Penacolli.</p></li>
<li><p>A vacation at the Jersey shore (pronounced "the shoore") is better than going to an island. (There's more stuff to do, plus you know everybody.)</p></li>
<li><p>You know where to find the Rocky statue.</p></li>
<li><p>You know only tourists go to Geno's, Pat's, and Jim's for authentic cheese steaks. You only go if you're drunk and it is 3:00 AM.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM PHILLY</p>

<ol>
<li>You buy a soft pretzel at a traffic light, without wondering where the guy goes to wash his hands. And you don't really care.</li>
</ol>

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<p>dmd77-</p>

<p>your salmon comments are making me jealous! love it.</p>

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<p>I have to print the Seattle and Philly list. That's great.And the Southern comments are REALLY starting to scare me.</p>

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<p>Elleneast...."Palisades Amusement Park....Swings all day and after dark! Ride the coaster, get cool in the waves in the pool..."....I"m boarding a flight to Bergen County in an hour.....too bad now the Park is a condo parking lot!</p>

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<p>A short list..You know you are an expat when:</p>

<ul>
<li>the hardest question to answer is "where are you from"</li>
<li>you assume you will never be able to read signs or understand overhead announcements in train stations or airports ever again</li>
<li>you have 50 pounds of coins from various countries that you plan to give to Unicef </li>
<li>you think nothing of taking your child to another country for orthodontia or to take the SAT!</li>
<li>your children have had 3 passports by the age of 9</li>
</ul>

<p>Wishing everyone stateside a happy and healthy Thanksgiving...</p>

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<p>I only ever order a double tall latte sometimes a triple venti, those flavors are gross( And I only go to Starbucks if it is the only choice)
But what I love are people who are too busy in the morning to make their own coffee but they will stand in line
Do you know who Ivar is, and you can sing his theme song
You think JP and Gertrude are a cute couple.
You know where Kurt Cobains house is
You wore flannel shirts long before grunge.
You miss the railroad ties at REI.
You remember Lenny Wilkens
You eat french fries with tartar sauce
You know the best place to get squaw candy at the Market
You have given money to the Spoonman
You have more books than bookcases.
You have ridden on the Bubbleator
You remember when Nordstrom just sold shoes and you used to take time off work to go to their sale.
You still call the I-90 bridge the "Old" bridge and 520 is the "new" bridge
You know the difference between Hama hama & Quilcene
You like the Blue Angels and you have fond memories of hydros on Greenlake.
You don't beleive that they have mountains east of the Rockies.
You think Aaron Brown is smirky
You have fresh raspberries in your backyard all summer.
You belong to at least one co-op
On sunny days you look for "the mountain"
You don't use your turn signal or your horn and your belt from your raincoat is hanging out of your door ( oh wait thats Ballard)
You take vistors to the Locks
You think the High Fivin' White Guys are hilarious
When you recognize a celebrity out and about, you pretend you don't.
You have taken advantage of Nordstroms lenient return policy.
You have at least one pair of Birkenstocks, Doc Martens, or Tevas
You always lose your sunglasses or umbrella on the bus.
You can pronounce Mukilteo and Puyallup ( note to Oprah- the y is silent)</p>

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<p>BHG, take the southernisms with a grain of salt (not grain alcohol in a Mason jar). I've never actually been to a rodeo. And we're not really scary.</p>

<p>Robrym, and happy thanksgiving to you and yours.</p>