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Stereotypes of your city / town / region

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What is someone from your city, town, or region stereotypically wearing, holding, or otherwise sporting?

I'm not usually a meme person but the format kind of works well here, so here goes...

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My town is a doozy lol. We have a lot of area-specific stereotypes that differ from the rest of the state and surrounding cities.
And we have very notorious townies that make living here kind of a… unique experience.

People here are usually dressed like they’re going to play golf.
Or the “influencer aesthetic girl” uniform (college or sports team hoodie, Lululemon yoga pants, Birkenstocks or Uggs, shoulder length straight dyed blonde hair.) This sounds like a joke or an insult but almost every young woman here looks like this. Usually no eyeglasses or piercings or tattoos either.
We also have some redneck/hillbilly types who look like caricatures.

Hats and shirts and bumper stickers with political slogans (sometimes including profanity) are also common.

Black or white luxury cars, or monstrous pickup trucks and SUVs are kind of all you’re going to see. Sometime I will take a picture of all the cars on my street so you know I’m not exaggerating lol

Goldendoodle/Labradoodle dogs and French Bulldogs are pretty typical. Usually not trained.
People who own “Doodle” dogs, French Bulldogs, and Bernese Mountain dogs (or really any “trendy” breed) are usually by far my worst clients.

Medium sized motorboats and sailboats with really corny pun names are pretty standard.
I think I have seen multiple boats called things like “Seas the Day” and “Feelin Crabby.”

People here almost exclusively listen to country music. It’s pretty much all that’s on the radio and being played in bars. The one genre of music that I really can’t stand lol and it’s everywhere.

Everyone is also mostly skinny. I am definitely bigger than the local average.
I don’t know why that is a thing here, because I’ve mentioned before that the average American woman is a size 12/14 like me, but since we’re talking about stereotypes I thought it was worth mentioning.

Unfortunately we are hugely lacking in diversity. There are not a lot of people of color here, or LGBTQ+ people either, for that matter. We are also significantly lacking in socioeconomic diversity. It’s a very homogeneous and insular “cookie cutter” society. This is probably the most common stereotype about this area and it is 100% true.

I live here for the location, not for the people. I would still rather live here than in a city, because at least here I live in the woods and not right on top of my neighbors, and I can actually see stars at night. The awful townies are the tradeoff, I guess.
 
In North Carolina there's only one word you need to know: People.
 
We're all country dancing, horse riding, cowboy gear wearing, truck driving, red state supporting ... list goes on but you get the idea
 
I actually can't think of any clothes or things that stands out here. It's a rural area, people don't wear anything special I think. There is one thing that stands out in this area and that you'll see a lof of here. American cars. I saw an old Cadillac, an immaculate 1950s Ford pickup truck and a new F-350 Diesel V8 here earlier today that had to be washed because I drooled on them. :D But clothes, I don't know.
 
Luca said:
My town is a doozy lol. We have a lot of area-specific stereotypes that differ from the rest of the state and surrounding cities.
And we have very notorious townies that make living here kind of a… unique experience.

People here are usually dressed like they’re going to play golf.
Or the “influencer aesthetic girl” uniform (college or sports team hoodie, Lululemon yoga pants, Birkenstocks or Uggs, shoulder length straight dyed blonde hair.) This sounds like a joke or an insult but almost every young woman here looks like this. Usually no eyeglasses or piercings or tattoos either.
We also have some redneck/hillbilly types who look like caricatures.

Hats and shirts and bumper stickers with political slogans (sometimes including profanity) are also common.

Black or white luxury cars, or monstrous pickup trucks and SUVs are kind of all you’re going to see. Sometime I will take a picture of all the cars on my street so you know I’m not exaggerating lol

Goldendoodle/Labradoodle dogs and French Bulldogs are pretty typical. Usually not trained.
People who own “Doodle” dogs, French Bulldogs, and Bernese Mountain dogs (or really any “trendy” breed) are usually by far my worst clients.

Medium sized motorboats and sailboats with really corny pun names are pretty standard.
I think I have seen multiple boats called things like “Seas the Day” and “Feelin Crabby.”

People here almost exclusively listen to country music. It’s pretty much all that’s on the radio and being played in bars. The one genre of music that I really can’t stand lol and it’s everywhere.

Everyone is also mostly skinny. I am definitely bigger than the local average.
I don’t know why that is a thing here, because I’ve mentioned before that the average American woman is a size 12/14 like me, but since we’re talking about stereotypes I thought it was worth mentioning.

Unfortunately we are hugely lacking in diversity. There are not a lot of people of color here, or LGBTQ+ people either, for that matter. We are also significantly lacking in socioeconomic diversity. It’s a very homogeneous and insular “cookie cutter” society. This is probably the most common stereotype about this area and it is 100% true.

I live here for the location, not for the people. I would still rather live here than in a city, because at least here I live in the woods and not right on top of my neighbors, and I can actually see stars at night. The awful townies are the tradeoff, I guess.
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It is much the same where I live. Except there are a lot of Black people here. Young Black males wear stereotypical droopy baggy pants, hoodies and expensive athletic shoes. Black females spend fortunes on stereotypical hairdos, false eyelashes and manicures.

Tattoos and body piercing are increasingly less common here. The trend is to favor clear, healthy skin without ink adornment or piercings except for pierced ears to wear earrings. I know a dermatologist who makes a fortune removing tattoos and closing body piercing holes for people who decide they no longer want to look like that. He also donates free services to former prisoners who got jailhouse tattoos while incarcerated. It's difficult to reenter the work force when they have gang symbology all over their face, neck and hands, and regular people steer clear of them because we know what those tattoos symbolize.

My state leads the nation in obesity but the stereotypical ideal of a slender white woman with blond hair apparently doesn't motivate them to lose weight.
 
Worst drivers ever, that we're ghetto and/or rednecks, monster truck lovers, must all be shooting each other every single day.

The best stereotype here is that we have amazing, great tasting food that will probably decrease your lifespan.
 
Clothes wise, the only thing I can think of aside from local sports teams is stuff like this:

Belk

People in the country where I live like hunting/outdoor-related related brands.

General regional stereotype is basically the Adam Sandler movie "The Waterboy" (am I really making this reference? :nomouth::tearsofjoy:)
 
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Apparently, everyone in Texas sports the typical cowboy attire. You know, the hat, denim, blue jeans, tall leather boots, and don't forget about the truck! Make sure you keep a gun on your hip too, never know when it'll come in handy!

Reality is, there's actually a wide range of fashion and diversity in things where I live. Yes, there are people who do wear cowboy or country attire, but it's not just here and it's rarely as uniform as people would think.
 
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