@Floridians; I have a family member living in northern Florida, and a lot of the people I saw around town were old or hick-looking. It's a small town, though, so it's not exactly saying much. I never had any real stereotypes for Florida other than the weather. Every time I went I experienced 900% humidity in 100 degree weather. That's all I ever think of when I hear Florida. It's horrid.

Whenever I heard Miami, I'd think of spring break and topless women. Then, I think I watched some study on TV where a massive percentage of the population in Miami and LA were purely Spanish-speaking to the point where it's dominating English. They also stated how a lot of random ads and shops, etc. were entirely Spanish and what not. It's obviously true in LA, but the Miami bit surprised me. Just shows what ignorance is like.

I'm surprised no one mentioned Arizona.

Most of the stereotypes are just heat jokes. That everyone is a redneck, that people in small towns don't have teeth, that cacti are everywhere, etc.

What people don't know is that Arizona has different "areas". Like, up in Scottsdale things are very expensive because mostly rich people live there. In Phoenix, the stereotype that we don't have a city is true, we only have like 30 buildings and the rest are 1-3 story houses/apartments. If you say you're from Buckeye, you're in the middle of nowhere...not true, it used to be true but now Buckeye is booming and is rumored to be the next "hollywood". There's a stereotype that Tempe is party city. That's true, Tempe IS a party city because of an over-abundance of colleges and businesses near the campus.

They also say that we only have one lake, and that's where the Hoover Dam is. Again, not true because we have alot of lakes although almost all of them are man-made, we are capable of swimming and fishing like any other state as we choose.

Casinoes in Indian Reservations, partly true. There's 2 or 3 casinoes near the reservations but that doesn't mean that ALL reservations have casinoes and that's all they are useful for. I've seen reservations firsthand, they are miles away from the nearest grocery store, and most don't live with electricity..so yeah, the stereotype that Native Americans are rich because of the casinoes is false.

People think that if you're from Glendale (like I am) you're automatically Mexican and are living in the ghetto.

Not true, if you go South past Glendale Avenue that's where you see ghetto neighborhoods and poorly built houses and stores, but if you go North of Glendale Avenue, you'll see richer houses and neighborhoods. In fact, just 15 minutes north of my house, there is a neighborhood full of fancy houses and instead of a big backyard, there's a huge lake where people have to use boats to travel from place to place, and a golf course further down.

There's also the stereotype that Arizona is filled with Native Americans, not true. The further you are from the reservations, the less Native Americans you see and the less of their heritage you see. Once you get close to places like Sedona and the Grand Canyon, you'll then see more and more Native American people/heritage. Arizona ofcourse have alot of Mexicans, and despite people saying "Mexicans are stealing our jobs" there's plenty of jobs available for all races. Mexicans are not stealing jobs from anyone...people just like to over-react.

There's a stereotype for teenagers that says most teenage guys are gangsters, unfortunately that's true but it depends on the neighborhood you are in. I went to a highschool in the "ghetto" right on Glendale Avenue, and frankly alot of the males were in gangster clothing to "look cool", that also included women sadly.

I think Arizona has alittle bit of each from each state. There's one rumor or stereotype that is good and IS true, that Arizonans are one of the most friendliest people in the nation =3

i'm an irish drunken bastard O_o
xD

I'm originally from Baltimore County, about a half an hour out of Baltimore City, but around five years ago I moved with my family to a Northern County close to an hour out of the city. I do a lot of my business in Bel Air, but a lot of stereotypes just for that area are present. People who don't live in or work around Bel Air call it "B'lair." It's not. It's...Bel. Air. Two words.

Baltimore-ians also have a bad accent. It's "Balmer," or "Balmore." If you've heard of Dundalk, that's where a lot of the majority of bad-talkers and lower class people come from. Don't get me wrong; I have friends from Dundalk, have been to Dundalk for school, but man. XD The whole, "HAY, HONNNN!! HAW YAH' DOOIN?" Comes from Dundalk. Man, I hvae fun impersonating my friends who are classic, 100% Dundalk-natives.

The big stereotype Baltimoreians have is that we do nothing but drink beer and eat crabs. Well, I don't know about other states, but baseball and football are big in Maryland. But since we live by the Chesapeake Bay, we are also big on crabs. Okay, crabs are effing HUGE in Maryland. I just had a few two days ago 8D. I don't drink, though. But in the summertime, during baseball season, one of the bigger Baltimore-traditions is to have your buddies over, put the game on the radio (or Tv if you have one outside), line a picnic table with brown paper, dump crabs on it, grab your mallet and crab knife, pepsis and beer for those who want it, and enjoy the social event.

In the inner harbor, we sell lots of crab-gear and merchandise. When I was there before my trip to England, two people from Jersey were standing there going "The Crab is Maryland's claim to fame? What a stupid state." And I was insulted XD It's not the ONLY claim to fame we have.

We have the Naval Academy and we have DC nearby. Federal Hill, Fort McHenry, and so much history. People just need to open their eyes and look.

I'll eat the crabs while they do that. XD

We're supposed to all be rednecks or cowboys here.
We're supposed to wear leather cowboy boots year round and have stalks of wheat hanging out of our mouths at all time.
^That's for my particular province.

But for my country, Canada, I guess we're supposed to be really polite and kinda oblivious.

California. I'm not rich, I'm not writing a play, I'm not an actor (who's day job is to be a waitress), I don't surf to school, and it's not warm and sunny all the time. In fact, going to the nearest beach is a day trip and going to a good beach takes at least the whole weekend! It's quite cloudy out right now and it was pouring down rain, lightning, and hail a couple days ago. But as for me... I do tend to say "like" a lot more than I should and when I want to I can slip right into the Valley Girl accent but it's sooooo painful! I can be an airhead, but I love to read and took honors classes all through school so I'm really only an airhead when it comes to stuff like pop culture or geography. And lastly: I am a vegetarian, I was even raised that way so I have been my whole life, but I don't care what you eat, I eat a bunch of junk food, and I'm trying to start eating meat. All in all... I don't think I fit any of the stereotypes.

Well... we are all crazy drivers. But even though I don't want to I kind of have to or I risk getting run over by everyone and their mother.

@Vickicat: Yeah, funny thing though. People assume I speak or know Spanish, but I don't. Even though I am half Hispanic myself, but culture wise... I consider myself Black. :o! I only been to Orlando maybe three or five times. I only been to the parks and never explored the whole city. :( I would like to though, instead of just seeing the place as a stereotype. :-/

@Voe: I was going to say Spring break and what not, but decided to leave it to somebody else. lol But yeah... it true about the signs and ads in Spanish. :-/ But when you get to Broward County, most of the signs are in English and what not.

I am surprised no one stereotyped Miami Beach/South Beach yet. Would be interesting if they say the same thing that I would say. :o!

on a more global scale, everyone seems to think that people in Texas ride horses and wear cowboy hats and boots and have ridiculous accents. though it is not true, i kinda love that people think that. but i think it's really sad that people around the world think Americans are so arrogant. I know we probably appear that way b/c of cultural differences, but it makes me sad that people don't like us.

Romanian stereotypes. People think Romanians are all gymnasts or all gypsies.

Not true.

People also think we drown sweets in vodka and rum, and that we drink alcohol between meals.

So true XD

I'm from Denmark, and recently I moved to California. I don't know if this counts as a stereotype, but I've had a lot of americans ask me if I eat danishes.. and, yes I do, occasionally.. though the strange thing is that we call danishes wierner broed, but they actually originate from Turkey haha XD

And when I'm visiting my friends in Denmark a lot of them ask if it's true that americans are fat and stupid.. Though it's true that I've met some incredibly stupid (like the girl in my history class who couldn't place America on a world map, gaaah..) and obscenely obese people here, I've also seen highly educated people, who were perfectly normal when it came to size and weight.. I guess that there is some truth to that stereotype, but it's wrong to think that everyone are like that, simply because some of the same ethnicity group are..

A strange thing I've noticed here is that a lot of people are almost ashamed to say that they are Americans, despite growing up here, and knowing no other culture.. they always claim that they are, for example, 1/4 french, 1/8 german, 1/6 native american, 1/2 british, etc.. why not just say 'hey, I'm american..'? I don't get it.. 0_o

Suzhi, The ethnicity thing is just us being proud of our roots. I'm 1/2 German and 1/4 Italian for instance. I'd love to go visit Germany or Italy and see where my ancestors came from, but I was born and raised in America and I love it! I also tend to mention my parents' ethnicities when it comes to describing what I inherited from them: I talk with my hands, I sweat all the time, I have broad, manly shoulders, I have thick, dark body hair... if I had inherited more from my blond hair, blue eyed grandmother I wouldn't have half of those issues but I didn't so I do.

I suppose the other aspect is that most of the people we come across on a daily basis are also Americans so the "I'm an American" part is generally thought of as pretty obvious and talking about where are ancestors came from is just a way of talking about... where our ancestors came from. *shrugs*

I also live in Florida, but I'm currently residing in Central Florida (Orlando). I grew up in South Florida (Boynton Beach/West Palm Beach), though.

I think some stereotypes of Florida include:

* Everyone wears shorts and sandals.
This can be true...but people wear normal clothes too.

* Don't know how to vote.
Umn...?

* Have nice, sunny weather.
WRONG! This is the random thunder storm state!! On the hottest of days, it will most certainly rain and on cloudy, overcast days, it will not rain at all! @_@

* Elderly live here; traffic problem.
Somewhat true, but also consider tourists and the different driving habits from their hometown they're trying to attribute to here...

Meh, I'll think of more later! +_+ Floridians are a random bunch.

Filipinos have been badly marked as a servant to Americans and other powerful countries only because there are a lot of Filipinos who work abroad and become housekeepers in hotels or private homes. And we're always branded as nurses or maids just because Filipinos are public servants. D:

Originally Posted by Leenalia

Romanian stereotypes. People think Romanians are all gymnasts or all gypsies.

Not true.

People also think we drown sweets in vodka and rum, and that we drink alcohol between meals.

So true XD

I had a Romanian teacher in High School. He would always yell at us for getting our pre-calc stuff wrong saying that Romanian children were doing pre-calc in Elementary/Middle School. >.> Is it true?

I'm from Connecticut in America.

We are stereotyped as really rich snobs who are a little crazy about our history. I've also heard that we're all from small towns and that there are millions of small towns that no one pays any mind to. We're stereotyped as rich because supposedly Connecticut has a lot of money for its size...and some of the highest taxes.

Although there are a lot of rich people in Connecticut, there are also very poor people. Just like any state we have homeless too. I am from lower middle class myself, like most of my friends.

And although we do have a lot of historical areas in Connecticut which date back to the pilgrims times, and some sooner, we are not all crazy about our history. We all take field trips to places back in elementary school, but after that we don't do much, at least where I'm from. The only event that relates to our history around me is the annual Smith Harris House celebration. People dress up like the pilgrims time and teach a little about our past.

And yes, there are a lot of small towns in Connecticut, but we also have a lot of urban areas as well. I personally am from a small town, but we aren't stupid either. My high school was in the top 50 schools in America. But if anyone has ever seen the stepford wives, when the lady says no one would notice another small town in Connecticut, I must admit that is pretty true. There are too many to keep track.

I'm from California; therefore I must live by a beach.
When I actually live between two mountain ranges, in the valley.
The places with good beaches are too hot for me.

I also heard we're all health nuts out here. We're not....

As an American, I must be:

1) Fat
2) Lazy
3) Stupid

My German heritage:

1) Nazi

Irish heritage:

1) Drunk
2) Abusive

Lemme see here.. Of all of those things, I actually DO tend to be lazy. But that's all that really applies.

My town is regarded as really skeevy, poor, and in general the bad town. you want drugs? you come here. hookers? come here. Really nasty run-down neighborhoods? come here.



In my school though we have stereotypes:
There are the mainstreamers, who are regular attendees of the school. they are a bit more 'ooh, I'm so much better than you.' or, at least according to stereotype. They also pick fights really easily, and are stupid lazy brats who are only there because mommy and daddy made them.
And we have the Center Kids who come from other towns to take a language course. We tend to be regarded as a little crazier,, but other than that I'm not sure. Apparently we're the "emo kids" of the norwalk schools. I truly don't see it, as the CGS kids tend to be a lot more hyper.

I'm from Texas. The stereotype here is that we're all backwards rednecks with no tolerance for anyone who is different from us. Oh, and that we're all Republicans.
My best friends include: a Jewish girl, an atheist, a Hindu, a Methodist, and an agnostic. I'm a semi liberal who votes mostly democrat. I graduated high school with a GPA above a 4.0 and I was magna cum laude in my college graduation. I made it into veterinary school. My best friend is in law school in New York, my Hindu friend is in medical school, and my Methodist friend was in all honors courses in college and graduated a year early so she could begin her dancing career.
Of course, there are enough people around that fit the stereotypes to keep it going.

I live in Maryland and we get Marylanders are all beach bums. I hate the fat American stereotype, because I'm a skinny American!

I know this is not a state or a nation, but hey, it kinda fits right? I am Jewish, all my ancestors are for generations back, and I have a cute, little, button nose thank you very much!

I am a Canadian from the prairies and where i live most people think it flat and that you can see your dog run away for three days! in some cases its true and in some cases its not, we are quite bumpy with hills! also some people think that prairie kids don't live in big city and are farm children, well do I have news for you I'm a prairie girl who lives in a big city (not like Toronto, or Edmonton but a big city in my province) and can't for the life of me go and live out in the country............Trust me it would be disaster waiting to happen

Woah, in Denmark we have a lot of stereotypes about many countries.

The stereotypes about Denmark is;
Danish people are always drunk. Well, actually we can drink on street and we have no drinking age - Only a buying age, which is 16. We're one of the nations in the world who drinks most alcohol - But hey, we're not ALWAYS drunk.

Danish people are beatyful, tall and blonde. Yes, true, many danish people are tall, beautyful and blonde, which makes me the worst example of a dane. I have very dark brown hair and i'm only 164 cm tall - Luckily people say that i'm beautyful, but i can be really ugly at times, lol.

Danish people are vikings. No, we're not. Anymore. We were vikings in the viking age, which makes sense.

Danish people are rich and smart. YEP! :D Well, most of us. The difference between poor and rich is really small, and we earn really much - But then we have 60% tax (The more you earn, the more you pay).

Denmark is the worlds happiest country. Yes, true =)


We tend to make fun of swedes - We say that they're not very smart, they have no sense of humour and that they're drinking too much - Plus that their language is a gay language, and that their hair is gay-hair (also known as swede-hair).

Austrians are not Australians, much to the dismay of many.

And since we're also part-German, we are also affected by the whole Nazi issue.

Sometimes we're also called rich musical snobs. Rich? Not always. Musical? Well, we are well reputed for that. Snobs? Just because the Hapsburg house was Austrian and that it had royalty way back it doesn't mean we're like that now.

Time-conscious? Well, most of us are like that. When you say 8AM, the latest for us is 7:30.

And, i don't know what else... That's about what I know.

i live in New Mexico, and as far as i know, the stereotype thing around here is it's thought that every one is into ranching and farming and country music, all that country western stuff. anyway, yeah, alot of those who went to my high school lived on ranches, but not everything was about that. we also like basketball and other sports other than rodeo! altho, the state fair was always one of the biggest things in the school, next to going to state in basketball.
but the big thing here was everyone expected everyone else to be the same pretty much. so, when a new student came to our school who was seriously gothic, she was practically shunned by almost everyone! i thought that was very cruel cuz she was very cool, even tho she had some problems.