Misconceptions regarding where you live

[sweetiebatman]

I'm English and I absolutely LOVE tea!

Oh wait, Misconceptions, right...

I don't live in London, I don't have a cockney accent and, I don't get free healthcare, I pay for it each and every wage through taxes!

It does rain all the time though!

 

[AmberCutie]

You paaark your carrrr in da Harvarrrd Yarrrd

You used way too many r's in this. Clearly since you're from Bahstun you cannot pronounce r properly, you only draw out short vowels! Silly.

 

[n_i_c_u]

I'm in St. Louis.

I'm not trying to get into the weirdness of the situation, but, I think a current common misconception of my town is the rioting in Ferguson (a part of my city).

I would like to clarify that the Ferguson stuff was really only in that county (maybe only around a mile radius of that street where stuff went down). It wasn't like the Rodney King LA riots. This area is divided into counties and some counties are rich and nothing happens and some are middle class and nothing almost always happens and some are struggling and shit happens. That was kind of a middle class/struggling county. I went, during the riots, to the actual street (with a guy who thinks of himself as a photojournalist--he's actually just a photographer) and all the houses look nice and businesses are thriving and it 'looks' really like a suburb-- I have to admit though, that appearances don't always make for a happy community.

Just saying that I think the media blew the riots out of proportion ... St. Louis as a whole is not a bad place.

 

[sweetiebatman]

I visited St Louis last year and i thought it was a beautiful place but i too had that misconception. I was really tempted not to visit as it was so close to the time of the riots last year but i'm so glad I did

 

[bud9752]

I always thought it was - pahk the cah

 

[Guy]

Wisconsin here.
Of course people assume I love cheese (which is true)
or I'm a Packers Fan (also true)
Not a whole lot of negative assumptions besides us having Scott Walker, tbh.
Just that some think we all live on farms. We got big cities too, Milwaukee? Madison?

I live in Madison

 

[Violet Dawn]

California
- We all are blonde, tall, lean, and tan. Which is so far from the truth everyone I grew up with is short as heck! XD
- California girls are very hot, and good in bed, but we are idiots. Not really too sure how that works.
- We all live next to Disneyland.

 

[SageSometimes]

Mentioning I live in NYC while camming, I often hear:

- Are you Jewish? (No.)
- Are you Italian? (No.)
- Are you Latina? (No.)
- You live in Williamsburg, right? (No. Boxed wine > PBR.)
- You have an accent! (No I don't, I wasn't raised here.)
- Pizza, amirite?! (No.)
- Bagels, amirite?! (Hell yes.)
- Pastrami, amirite?! (Sure.)
- Junior's cheesecake, amirite?! (No.)
- I bet you walk fast! (Yes, and if you don't: fuck off.)
- Wow, it's so expensive, how do you afford it? (Dildoing myself on the internet, bb.)
- I was xyz on 9/11; never forget! (Literally cannot forget because you won't STFU.)
- I hate sidewalks and skyscrapers. (Uh, go outside Manhattan, then?)
- New Yorkers are so mean. (No we're not, you're just sensitive. And probably stupid.)
- Why's everyone always in a rush? (We're not in a rush, you're just in the way.)
- Have you met any celebrities? (Have I invaded the personal space of someone because they're on TV? No.)
- I bet you get hit on all the time.

Yes, I get hit on all the time. When walking to the library. When going to the grocery store at 6am in sweatpants. When walking to the train. When holding hands with another guy. When I've sweat my makeup off and look like a pig in wig. By homeless guys. By drug dealers. By drunk frat bros smoking outside bars. By guys older than my father. By cashiers at Forever 21. By my GrubHub delivery dudes. By redditors who see the sunlight even less than I do. I get hit on. If you visit NYC, you'll get hit on too. Doesn't fucking matter what you look like. You could weigh 700 pounds and have a face that is 50% cold sores and 50% John Waters' character actors, and you'll still get hit on.

 

[BettyDemure]

I had a guy come into my room earlier today and then say "Oh shit, you're in Denmark?" followed by "I'm out". No idea why, left my room laughing a little bit and someone suggested maybe he assumed Denmark = Romania or something. But yeah. First person I've seen to do that. Very strange. Common assumptions are:

-I eat herring at Christmas (No, not a fan of herring)
-Drinking Tuborg all the time (Not a big beer fan here)
-Why am I not blonde? All Danes are (Firstly, no they're not, and secondly I'm not Danish)
-Clearly, I'm lying about where I am because I don't have an accent (No, I'm not - I live here, but I'm not Danish)
-So, I must hate America because I no longer live there (Oh come on, 'cuz no on ever moves for any other reason?)
-I must know the royal family, because it's a small country (I read headlines at the grocery store if my phone won't load my comixology - but other than that, nope, country isn't *that* small)
-Prostitution and escorting are legal in Denmark, so I'm totally down for it (Nope, says on my profile that I'm not, too...I wonder which could be true...)

 

[gingerhobbit]

Mentioning I live in NYC while camming, I often hear:

- Are you Jewish? (No.)
- Are you Italian? (No.)
- Are you Latina? (No.)
- You live in Williamsburg, right? (No. Boxed wine > PBR.)
- You have an accent! (No I don't, I wasn't raised here.)
- Pizza, amirite?! (No.)
- Bagels, amirite?! (Hell yes.)
- Pastrami, amirite?! (Sure.)
- Junior's cheesecake, amirite?! (No.)
- I bet you walk fast! (Yes, and if you don't: fuck off.)
- Wow, it's so expensive, how do you afford it? (Dildoing myself on the internet, bb.)
- I was xyz on 9/11; never forget! (Literally cannot forget because you won't STFU.)
- I hate sidewalks and skyscrapers. (Uh, go outside Manhattan, then?)
- New Yorkers are so mean. (No we're not, you're just sensitive. And probably stupid.)
- Why's everyone always in a rush? (We're not in a rush, you're just in the way.)
- Have you met any celebrities? (Have I invaded the personal space of someone because they're on TV? No.)
- I bet you get hit on all the time.

Yes, I get hit on all the time. When walking to the library. When going to the grocery store at 6am in sweatpants. When walking to the train. When holding hands with another guy. When I've sweat my makeup off and look like a pig in wig. By homeless guys. By drug dealers. By drunk frat bros smoking outside bars. By guys older than my father. By cashiers at Forever 21. By my GrubHub delivery dudes. By redditors who see the sunlight even less than I do. I get hit on. If you visit NYC, you'll get hit on too. Doesn't fucking matter what you look like. You could weigh 700 pounds and have a face that is 50% cold sores and 50% John Waters' character actors, and you'll still get hit on.

I think I l-word you.

 

[SageSometimes]

I think I l-word you.

Loofah?

 

[MFCGod]

I'm English and I absolutely LOVE tea!!

You sir, are no true Englishman

 

[Sevrin]

I'm Canadian. People think we're nice.

 

[fandango]

Im English and yet my teeth are all straight and non-yellow

 

[gingerhobbit]

Although I live in Florida, I was born and mostly raised in Arkansas.

I was going to say that people all have the misconception that people from Arkansas get their lovin' from their family members. But then I remembered the time my older brother caught me and my girl cousin sitting on paint cans in the closet with our hands in each other's underwear.

It was innocent, more or less. We were just curious about having different pee-pees. And technically, we were in Missouri at the time.

Still, I might have more hillbilly in me than I thought. Like a more refined hillybilly...a hillwilliam, maybe.

 

[SageSometimes]

@gingerhobbit I'm pretty sure people from Arkansas eat squirrel regularly. Beth Ditto said so. What's it taste like, though?

 

[gingerhobbit]

@gingerhobbit I'm pretty sure people from Arkansas eat squirrel regularly. Beth Ditto said so. What's it taste like, though?

Nutty.

 

[SaffronBurke]

It was innocent, more or less. We were just curious about having different pee-pees. And technically, we were in Missouri at the time.

There are some VERY redneck-y parts of Missouri, though.

 

[MFCGod]

I'm Canadian. People think we're nice.

I have to say, on the whole, Canadian models seem to be the most friendly.

 

[Snowie1969]

But yeah, as a Dutchman I can say:

We do not all live in a windmill
We do not all wear wooden shoes
We do not all live in a canal house (those are expensive! always have been)
We do not all smoke marihuana (even less Dutchies smoke marihuana than Americans do)
We are not the capital city of Denmark
We are no longer liberal (We seem to be voting right wing nowadays sadly)
We are no longer tolerant
We have legalised sexwork (but still give sexworkers a hard time doing their job)

 

[SageSometimes]

We are not the capital city of Denmark

I'm really not even surprised.

 

[Snowie1969]

I'm really not even surprised.

Me neither... always surprised by people claiming the opposite though..

 

[Violet Ness]

I'm from Minnesota so of course we all sound like we just walked of the set of Fargo and we spend every Sunday after church service (Lutheran, of curse) eating hot dish at the Gunderson's while watching the Vikings get another ass beating.

Actually, that's all true. Nevermind.

I guess the biggest misconception is that Minnesota Nice is a thing. It's more like Minnesota passive aggressiveness.

Joke I heard that's actually not a joke because it's reality: how do you know a Minnesotan is mad when they talk to you? They look at your feet. Ba-dum-ching!

And of course we're all lumbering Scandahoovians that like to go ice fishing.

The Minnesota goodbye is a legit thing though. I can't even pretend we don't do it, if you ever visit a Minnesotan plan to start leaving at least thirty minutes before you can actually can get out the door. Better yet, start saying goodbye the minute you show up, lol.

 

[Johndoe91]

Hey wait, my sister has only been a Minnesotan for like 7 years and sounds like she walked off the set of Fargo. And she's dating a scandahoovian that loves to fish... There's a reason behind some of these stereotypes lol

 

[EdgarAllenWhoa]

But then I remembered the time my older brother caught me and my girl cousin sitting on paint cans in the closet with our hands in each other's underwear.
It was innocent, more or less. We were just curious about having different pee-pees. And technically, we were in Missouri at the time.

You forgot to mention you were both 22 at the time...

 

[TacoBelle]

Joke I heard that's actually not a joke because it's reality: how do you know a Minnesotan is mad when they talk to you? They look at your feet. Ba-dum-ching!

I don't get it.

 

[gingerhobbit]

I don't get it.

She said people from Minnesota are passive-agressive. So, if they're mad, they don't look at you when they talk to you; they look down at your feet.

 

[David_Lee_Loca]

HEYYY GIRRRLLLL!

Wisconsinite here, specifically Milwaukee. Exactly. For me everyone assumes I grew up on a farm or live on one and that I hang out with cows and corn all day. Born and raised in inner-city Milwaukee. More like Chicago than any rural part of Wisconsin. Because I am white, specifically with tattoos, people assume I live in the Riverwest or Bay View neighborhoods all the time. I always get asked this on cam. I actually live in central, inner-city Milwaukee, where white people are more the minority. So when my viewers hear this, they're all like, are you involved in drugs? Its like no, I just like living where it is cheap.

I'm just a couple minutes south of Milwaukee myself. I get asked if I'm just going to college here cause the glasses and nose ring or they just jump right to the "farm" thing cause I'm curvy. Uhh, I think I'd actually be in better shape if I was doing work and eating on a farm.
Well I guess that's settled. I'm getting into farming.

 

[Violet Ness]

She said people from Minnesota are passive-agressive. So, if they're mad, they don't look at you when they talk to you; they look down at your feet.

Yup. That.

In all honesty, I didn't get it when I heard it for the first time either.

Minnesotans aren't great comedians either, what can I say....

 

[HotAndScottish]

I'm from Scotland so you can only imagine.

I'm not ginger. My dad isn't called Jimmy. I don't like haggis, or whisky. I don't eat deep fried mars bars. The list is endless!