post. I live near Detroit and drove about an hour and fifteen minutes south into Ohio and I felt like I crossed into a different galaxy and not in a good way (no offense to any Ohioans on here, I have been to Cleveland a few times and it seemed fine).
looks like everyone has just spent 7 hours at a Golden Corral
Lol, I have strategically avoided even stopping for gas on road trips through that state. Some of the town names look like they were made up by a 3rd grader, Nitro is an example.
Is there any alcohol for sale ... in that whole state? Even the people who live there (who were not Mormons) ... told me to get the hell out - for my own good. Even after I told them we were driving to CA.
Actually that might have been Salt Lake City ... not sure what other parts of the state is like. Physically - it is a beautiful state though.
My first duty station in the military, early 80's. Maybe it was because it was really the first appreciable time I had spent off of the east coast in my life to that point, but that place, and the people who lived there, were just....different:). Me and my fellow east coasters used to have this discussion back then all the time. I LOVED California; San Diego remains one of my favorite cities anywhere, but.....yeah, just a different mindset going on there.
It borders NY and Jersey on the east and north but everywhere outside urban areas it reminds me of being in the deep south. The whole toothless marry your cousin ignorant racist caricature. It's even got coal mining. I travel through the state all the time and never feel right there.
It borders NY and Jersey on the east and north but everywhere outside urban areas it reminds me of being in the deep south. The whole toothless marry your cousin ignorant racist caricature. It's even got coal mining. I travel through the state all the time and never feel right there.
About 30 years ago I was taking a trip out to LA, tooling along in my Nissan Sentra, toking on a number and digging on the radio, when I got into a three car collision in Louisville, Kentucky (I was stopped in traffic, got hit from behind, sending me into the car in front of me).
Not wanting to spend any more time in Kentucky than necessary, I asked the body shop guy that my insurance company hooked me up with if he could just get the car road worthy so I can get back on the road and have the repairs completed in California. Everyone was very nice, but here’s the crazy part. While he was repairing my car, he left me alone in his house with his twelve year old daughter. For hours we sat together watching TV. Who leaves their twelve year old with some stranger from New York??? Kentucky.
NJ, NY and FL. Explain to me what is weird about Florida except the Quebecees through the winter? Most of Florida is made up of people from NY, NJ, CT, PA on the East Coast and MI, OH, IL (midwest) on the West Coast. Yes Cuba North is in Miami, but no different than the DR in NYC.
I have been in 43 states and the most different is probably Texas - I don't think it is weird.
But I would say 1) Alaska for its collection of folks who cant or who are running from living in the lower 48.
2) my favorite was finding out from montanagiant that I am not the only one who finds Indiana strange.
My belief is that the two states have a common cause to be strange.
In the period 1800 to 1900 all the people who started out to go West to a new great future but gave up ...stopped in Indiana. Either their wagon wheels were week or they did not pack enough to get where they were going or they were really fleeing and stopped just far enough at the time.
Similar with Alaska after WW2. many guys on the lam or unable to walk a straight line or with 3 divorces and 6 child support payments went to Alaska to join the strippers who could not handle Vegas or California.
They are states composed of more than an average number of people whose forebears couldnt handle it.
Indiana also had a whole bunch of folks who came up from the South when the Union started to occupy the Border States. For many decades Indiana had the largest percentage of the population in the KKK.
from a settling down perspective for more than a usual number of people neither is a destination for living.
Both are places were you wind up. You wanted to be in California but gave up or ran off.
Lousiana, WV, Arkansas are all places where too many are strange because they fear the outside world.
NJ, NY and FL. Explain to me what is weird about Florida except the Quebecees through the winter? Most of Florida is made up of people from NY, NJ, CT, PA on the East Coast and MI, OH, IL (midwest) on the West Coast. Yes Cuba North is in Miami, but no different than the DR in NYC.
I have been in 43 states and the most different is probably Texas - I don't think it is weird.
I've visited many states and lived throughout FL and the Caribbean. Every place has their own unique and bit of crazy. But no other state has their own Un-Superhero like Florida Man. While living here, you may not directly encounter them on a daily basis, but they are here only to expose themselves for their 15 minutes of shame. And I don't want to imply that there are only crazy men as Florida Woman is a thing too. Recently, a few miles from where I live, there were 3 women who were "air-drying" naked at a roadside rest. When police came, they led them on a 20 mile chase. Florida Man - ( New Window )
the middle of Florida. Then you will understand how bizarre a state Florida is. I know a black man who will not travel east of 75 ( he lives in the Sarasota area). It's too dangerous. Given all of that, I think Mississippi and Alaska are probably the weirdest places. Indiana, Alabama and Utah are in the running. Pennsylvania, according to a state police officer (to whom I am related) working with the ATF and the DEA, has something like 168 neo-Nazi or white supremacist organizations. That's pretty spooky.
+1. Worked for a company that sent me there for a couple of years. It is the only place I have ever lived in the US where I felt like I was in a foreign country. At times I felt like I was living on the set of the Stepford Wives.
Have to disagree with the poster claiming that you can't get alcohol. I lived in Salt Lake City in the 80's, they made getting a drink/alcohol a little difficult back then, but I've lived in states that have worst roadblocks. I've been there a few times in recent years on business and the state laws have greatly changed (due to the Olympics), and getting a drink in a restaurant or bar were no different than anywhere else. I am surprised people told you to get out. In my experience, if you are not Mormon, you are somewhat of an outcast and excluded from many things, but still the people were always very warm and friendly to me.
NJ, NY and FL. Explain to me what is weird about Florida except the Quebecees through the winter? Most of Florida is made up of people from NY, NJ, CT, PA on the East Coast and MI, OH, IL (midwest) on the West Coast. Yes Cuba North is in Miami, but no different than the DR in NYC.
I have been in 43 states and the most different is probably Texas - I don't think it is weird.
I've visited many states and lived throughout FL and the Caribbean. Every place has their own unique and bit of crazy. But no other state has their own Un-Superhero like Florida Man. While living here, you may not directly encounter them on a daily basis, but they are here only to expose themselves for their 15 minutes of shame. And I don't want to imply that there are only crazy men as Florida Woman is a thing too. Recently, a few miles from where I live, there were 3 women who were "air-drying" naked at a roadside rest. When police came, they led them on a 20 mile chase. Florida Man - ( New Window )
Specifically, Arkham, in Essex county. The University there (Miskatonic), is weird, and it's not just the Red Sox fans. Locals don't talk about it, but some strange stuff is going on...
I loved living there but after 8 years I just felt I had to move back to the US. Wonderful people, natural beauty abounds, but I never felt at home there.
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every state has strange things, but I don't know that one state is more strange than another.
other than stuff like the NYC subway.
And never visited a dentist
Lol, I have strategically avoided even stopping for gas on road trips through that state. Some of the town names look like they were made up by a 3rd grader, Nitro is an example.
When you get to the backwood of those states it about as strange as it gets.
Is there any alcohol for sale ... in that whole state? Even the people who live there (who were not Mormons) ... told me to get the hell out - for my own good. Even after I told them we were driving to CA.
Actually that might have been Salt Lake City ... not sure what other parts of the state is like. Physically - it is a beautiful state though.
One hundred percent. And it’s not even close.
WV is like Western PA without the rest of PA.
Not wanting to spend any more time in Kentucky than necessary, I asked the body shop guy that my insurance company hooked me up with if he could just get the car road worthy so I can get back on the road and have the repairs completed in California. Everyone was very nice, but here’s the crazy part. While he was repairing my car, he left me alone in his house with his twelve year old daughter. For hours we sat together watching TV. Who leaves their twelve year old with some stranger from New York??? Kentucky.
Uneasy Rider - ( New Window )
I have been in 43 states and the most different is probably Texas - I don't think it is weird.
But I would say 1) Alaska for its collection of folks who cant or who are running from living in the lower 48.
2) my favorite was finding out from montanagiant that I am not the only one who finds Indiana strange.
My belief is that the two states have a common cause to be strange.
In the period 1800 to 1900 all the people who started out to go West to a new great future but gave up ...stopped in Indiana. Either their wagon wheels were week or they did not pack enough to get where they were going or they were really fleeing and stopped just far enough at the time.
Similar with Alaska after WW2. many guys on the lam or unable to walk a straight line or with 3 divorces and 6 child support payments went to Alaska to join the strippers who could not handle Vegas or California.
They are states composed of more than an average number of people whose forebears couldnt handle it.
Indiana also had a whole bunch of folks who came up from the South when the Union started to occupy the Border States. For many decades Indiana had the largest percentage of the population in the KKK.
from a settling down perspective for more than a usual number of people neither is a destination for living.
Both are places were you wind up. You wanted to be in California but gave up or ran off.
Lousiana, WV, Arkansas are all places where too many are strange because they fear the outside world.
I have been in 43 states and the most different is probably Texas - I don't think it is weird.
I've visited many states and lived throughout FL and the Caribbean. Every place has their own unique and bit of crazy. But no other state has their own Un-Superhero like Florida Man. While living here, you may not directly encounter them on a daily basis, but they are here only to expose themselves for their 15 minutes of shame. And I don't want to imply that there are only crazy men as Florida Woman is a thing too. Recently, a few miles from where I live, there were 3 women who were "air-drying" naked at a roadside rest. When police came, they led them on a 20 mile chase.
Florida Man - ( New Window )
Have to disagree with the poster claiming that you can't get alcohol. I lived in Salt Lake City in the 80's, they made getting a drink/alcohol a little difficult back then, but I've lived in states that have worst roadblocks. I've been there a few times in recent years on business and the state laws have greatly changed (due to the Olympics), and getting a drink in a restaurant or bar were no different than anywhere else. I am surprised people told you to get out. In my experience, if you are not Mormon, you are somewhat of an outcast and excluded from many things, but still the people were always very warm and friendly to me.
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NJ, NY and FL. Explain to me what is weird about Florida except the Quebecees through the winter? Most of Florida is made up of people from NY, NJ, CT, PA on the East Coast and MI, OH, IL (midwest) on the West Coast. Yes Cuba North is in Miami, but no different than the DR in NYC.
I have been in 43 states and the most different is probably Texas - I don't think it is weird.
I've visited many states and lived throughout FL and the Caribbean. Every place has their own unique and bit of crazy. But no other state has their own Un-Superhero like Florida Man. While living here, you may not directly encounter them on a daily basis, but they are here only to expose themselves for their 15 minutes of shame. And I don't want to imply that there are only crazy men as Florida Woman is a thing too. Recently, a few miles from where I live, there were 3 women who were "air-drying" naked at a roadside rest. When police came, they led them on a 20 mile chase. Florida Man - ( New Window )
Whatever - you can find weirdos in every state.
I lived in NE Ohio for 5 years. Didn't seem much different than PA or western NY to me.
Vermont? Really?
Of the three Northern New England states, Maine and NH have us beat by a country mile.