Regional stereotypes and rivalry in your countries

[Provost Harrison]

That is a complete and utter lie Ross, and you should know better

It's North of Hertfordshire.

[Starchild]

To be fair, living in Brighton, I think King's Cross Station is a bit too far north for my tastes.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Starchild
To be fair, living in Brighton, I think King's Cross Station is a bit too far north for my tastes.

Yep, I'm of an opinion that if the county doesn't have a coastline on the English Channel then it's too far north.

And my definition of "North" has also become anything north of the Thames.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Bleeding Southerners. Stuck-up overpaid snobs...

Which is why you moved south to take a job?

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Dauphin


Which is why you moved south to take a job?

Erm...

[Zoid]

Evil, evil Finland...

http://www.uranus.fi/en/discussion/open.php?id=38880

Finns are usually characterized as being quiet, serious, diligent and humble. This description is only partly true. Most Finns "know" that a Savolainen (a person originating from the Savo region) is chatty and convivial and a Karjalainen (a person originating from Karelia) is emotional and laughs very much.

Those are regional stereotypes, or "tribal differences", as they are known in Finland. In the context of today's Finland, a tribe is a group of people who identify with a province of Finland. A tribe is not an ethnically distinct unit — genetically Finns are very homogenous — but a cultural and mental construction.

Finnish tribes (location and blatant stereotypes in parenthesis) include Carelians (east: easy-going, very very talkative, social), people of Savo (south-east: talkative), people of Satakunta (central western Finland), Nylanders (south: unbearable to anyone except themselves, think they and the capital are the hub of the world), people of Kainuu (northern Finland: quiet, withdrawn), Ostrobothnians (western Finland: stingy, unpredicatable, violent; carry knives), people of Häme (central Finland: slow-witted), Lapplanders (extreme north: uncultured outdoorsmen). About ten percent of Finns are ethnic Swedes (southern and western Finland: cultured, well-educated, well-todo - they think they are better than the rest).

Hi
I am a travel agent, and do get the chance to travel around
in europe and further. I was in Scandinavia last vacation and
tried to see as much ans speak to as many people as i
possibly could, time allowing. My conclusion based on my
experience is that, the danish, norwegians and icelandic
people are the relatively racist, while the finnish are trying
hard to be as diplomatic as the swedish. We are learning
from the english. The irish, welsh and scottish are as racist
as the danish, this could be explained by their common roots
from the viking days.
And doing business with them is as complicated, cause i find
them very demanding, checking and re-checking all the
details with every deal. Where can i start ?
Goodbye

[Bkeela]

Worst thing about Australian rivalries is we can't even generate cultural uniqueness out of it. Queensland, in North Eastern Australia is likened to the American south. We're the rednecks apparently. In return, Queensland refers to southerners as Mexicans.

Quite sad really.

[Zoid]

In Sweden it's a well known fact that people from the north are calm, thoughtful and very trusting. They don't say much but they're good honest people.

People from Stockholm are generally quite rude, condecending and very stressed. They also have a ironic and jaded sense of humour. They call it fresh and edgy, but it's really just lame and vulgar...

Gothenburg OTOH is a very nice, warm and welcoming city with a leisurly pace and people who don't look at you like you're something they scraped off the sole of their shoe. A vibrant underground culture and a more down to earth sort of humour that borders on slapstick. It's also the word pun capital of Sweden

People from up the coast of Gothenburg are inbred fishmermen who are very strictly religious (think Calvinism)

People from Jönköping are jesus freaks, they burn heathens, gays and other sexual deviants on the stake if given half the chance.

People from Småland are stingy and hard working.

People from Skåne are quite slow and utterly racist farmers that can't speak properly due to their close ties with Denmark. They eat soup made of goose blood and hunt immigrants for sport.

[Bosh]

S.Korean stereotypes:

Seoulites: spoiled princess, momma's boys and arrogant rich ****ers.
Central and NE: stupid hicks.
SE: uptight arrogant fascists
SW: lazy laid-back commies

[Will9]

When I went to New England back in the summer, I found out that many people there thought that there was no modern civilization in existence in Indiana and all Hoosiers, people from Indiana, live on farms.

When I moved here, I found out that many people thought all Volunteers, people from Tennessee, is a hillbilly that speaks with an appalachian accent. That is a description that belongs to an area which is only a small portion is located in Tennessee.

The only regional rivalry I can think of around here is that between Southern Indiana and Kentucky.

In Tennessee there is a rivalry between Memphis and Nashville.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Bleeding Southerners. Stuck-up overpaid snobs...

That's why you live here.

As the southerner said to the northerner " 'ere you go, mate, 'ave a fiver and buy yerself an 'ouse".

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi

Ontario has the capital region, and the center of the country. Most of the industries are based here in a narrow strip from Windsor to Ottawa. The rest of the province like most of Canada is sparsely populated. The West and Quebec see themselves as hard done by Ontario, and they feel that they are the centre of the universe and that everything revolves around them.

Because it does.

The west is redneck country and Quebec is cute in a pathetic kind of way.

There's a rivalry between different parts of BC, the north and the south, the south has the biggest cities, while the north is very rural. Again, the north feels left out of the decisions while the city feels that there's nothing important outside of them.

Northern BC is pretty close to my version of hell on earth.

With our sports teams there are old rivalries between the hockey and football teams, most of the major cities have either a hockey or a football team, and some have both.

Football doesn't matter outside the west.

[Cort Haus]

There are examples of decent architecture oop north, like Bradford City Hall.





The North also has some of the best countryside, including the best bit of all.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Bkeela
Worst thing about Australian rivalries is we can't even generate cultural uniqueness out of it. Queensland, in North Eastern Australia is likened to the American south. We're the rednecks apparently. In return, Queensland refers to southerners as Mexicans.

Quite sad really.

And Tasmania is the land of two heads due to inbreeding.

[Dinner]

General American stereo types:

Pacific Northwest: Hippy tree huggers.

California: Hippies with money or else filthy rich but vain movie stars.

The rest of the west: One big place filled with cowboys who look like the Marlboro man.

Texas: Red necks, oil men, and truck driving gun nuts. Many racists.

The south in general: poorly educated hicks who hate blacks but have nice manners with everyone else.

The North: Hard working but very proper WASP types with a sense of fashion 20 years behind places like California.