# Stereotypes of the different U.S. states **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 11, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-of-the-different-u-s-states/239495 "2004-04-11T22:01:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-of-the-different-u-s-states/239495/61 "2004-04-14T01:25:22Z")
I know this is off the point, and I know they haven’t sold cars in the U.S. for twelve years, but I can’t stand two people getting the name of the car wrong. It’s Alfa Romeo. ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-of-the-different-u-s-states/239495/62 "2004-04-14T01:28:45Z")
> [@Hunter Hawk](#): > > NJ native here. > > The northern and southern halves of New Jersey are significantly different. Northern NJ has more in common with New England, while southern NJ is…well…more southern (remember that it’s south of the Mason-Dixon line). The old south Jersey accent is definitely a southern drawl. NJ south of the Mason-Dixon line? [Really?](http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa041999.htm) ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-of-the-different-u-s-states/239495/63 "2004-04-14T01:31:47Z")
**Delaware:** that about sums it up. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-of-the-different-u-s-states/239495/64 "2004-04-14T05:03:24Z")
As many have, basically, said, stereotypes are , today, a fantasy. I doubt you could get Texans right in one sentence. Or two. Or three. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-of-the-different-u-s-states/239495/65 "2004-04-14T05:48:12Z")
> [@JamesCarroll](#): > > NJ south of the Mason-Dixon line? [Really?](http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa041999.htm) Awright, go ahead and nitpick. The phrase “south of the Mason-Dixon line” scans better than “south of the east/west segment of the Mason-Dixon line”, and does a better job of conveying the connotation of southernness than “south of the southern border of Pennsylvania”. ---
**Author:** ![Karmagun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Karmagun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karmagun)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-of-the-different-u-s-states/239495/66 "2004-04-14T12:44:50Z")
> [@Ringo](#): > > As many have, basically, said, stereotypes are , today, a fantasy. I doubt you could get Texans right in one sentence. Or two. Or three. Sure, stereotypes are a fantasy; rooted in just a little reality. Most Europeans would agree that Italians are fashion-conscious, family-oriented, easy-going tax-evaders; Germans are organized, calculative and not very creative; Belgians are boring. Many here have been describing the places they live in. My OP was about trying to understand how different americans see each other, not how they see themselves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypes-of-the-different-u-s-states/239495.md?page=3)