<p>But we are talking stereotypes… Yes, I’ve been to Europe and I saw many beautiful French girls there. Not all stereotypes are true, of course.</p>
<p>The Dutch stereotypes must not carry as much weight on this side of the pond. I must say I don’t know what Deflt is, had no idea the Dutch were considered wannabe Scandinavians, that they liked ice hockey or had crappy food, that things were cellophane-wrapped or that they were known for clean streets (in fact, I would go as far as to say that in the US, the stereotype is the opposite for this one) and were notably good with languages.</p>
<p>I guess all that must be a European thing. ;)</p>
<p>The West, yes, but not the Western Hemisphere. Even USA, Australia, NZ and Canada are considered part of “The West.” That’s a cultural identity. What hemisphere you reside in is a geographical one.</p>
<p>(fine, I take back the offense at not shaving)</p>
<p>wait, are you serious?
It’s like all those Canadian stereotypes I’d never heard of before.
As for state stereotypes, I’m pretty lost because the only ones I can pinpoint are New York, New Jersey, New England (all lumped together), Texas, Midwest (same) and California.</p>
<p>I have never heard of any stereotypes for Netherlands. Is that where Amsterdam is? Other than legal prostitution I have never heard if anything else.</p>
<p>Well, some states get lumped together concerning certain stereotypes, but each state probably has some identifiable, generalized (as can be observed in the video posted earlier in this thread) characteristic. Some states are indeed rather “boring” in the sense that there’s not much to say about them.</p>
<p>Also, some stereotypes are strictly regional (I doubt someone from New York knows the stereotype concerning Illinois vs. Wisconsin drivers) and some state stereotypes are confusing because they refer to a section of the state and not the whole.</p>
<p>Illinoisans from the Chicagoland area are cultured, rich and snobby. But Illinois as a whole is viewed as a quiet farmland filled with country bumpkins (stereotypically anyway).</p>
<p>Most states tend to be defined by some industry that has some historic significance there (Wisconsin = breweries and dairy farming, Michigan = the auto-industry, Maryland = crab and lobster fishing) and the stereotypes flow from here (Wisconsinites are often depicted as drunkards and called “cheeseheads” in pop-culture. Detroit in Michigan is the “Motor City” and in light of the auto industry’s failure, the whole state is seen as a dump. People from Maryland are crabby…well, ok, this one might be a stretch…)</p>
<p>@609Represent We only get a few stereotypes, an we’re pretty close. eg everyone smokes weed and wears clogs
and btw, i think prostitution is legal in most european countries, its the US that’s the odd one out there, not us</p>
Yes, I’ve been to Europe and I saw many beautiful French girls there. Not all stereotypes are true, of course.</p>![http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prostitution_in_Europe_corrected.PNG]File:Prostitution](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prostitution_in_Europe_corrected.PNG%5DFile:Prostitution){kind=link}
