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Originally Posted by NYVette
Maybe we should start a new thread? If we understood why a person from one region does something in a different way than a person from a someplace else we would understand each other a little better. It might be very interesting. Just because a local custom is a bit different doesn't mean it's wrong. After all....we are all Villagers now...full time, part time, or would like to be.
I think many of the NY stereotypes originate in Hollywood. That isn't an insult to any west coast people but movies and television are how most people see places like NY. My relatives in Texas think almost all of NY state looks like Times Square on New Years Eve. They were surprised when I told them NY state's biggest product is cheese....just like Wisconsin we are a dairy state with grass and mountains. I've never seen a cow on the subway. That isn't an insult to Texans...only to my distant relatives.
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I almost started a thread called WHAT'S WITH MID WESTERNERS.
Some people from other parts of the country sometimes take people from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia as slower witted and country bumpkins. They may think we all live in rural areas and don't have much chance to eschew culture or read what's on the New York Times best seller list, let alone the NEW YORK TIMES.
Actually midwesterners are a little like the British who will be polite to you, sweet and kind and mannerly until just before they kill you.