Mapping Stereotypes - The World According to Americans - Page 2

jd3189 · #21 Posted: **May 20, 2012, 9:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

Then why did you say Midwestern?

Because outside the urban areas classic Americana still exists in Iowa,Illinois, Ohio, Indiana,etc.

MolsonExport · #22 Posted: **May 20, 2012, 9:44 PM**

All I can say is:

SSP

Chef · #23 Posted: **May 20, 2012, 10:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by jd3189

I don't think Midwesterners and southern Hillbillies constitute for even half the U.S. population, but you may be right.

It is funny that this stereotype exists when the rural northeast out rednecks large swathes of the Midwest. People never talk about New York as a hick state with a couple of urban enclaves but in some ways that's what it is. Iowa, on the other hand, is not particularly redneck.

ChiMIchael · #24 Posted: **May 20, 2012, 10:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by StethJeff

lynda carter

Still kinda weak...

vid · #25 Posted: **May 20, 2012, 10:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by jd3189

Because outside the urban areas classic Americana still exists in Iowa,Illinois, Ohio, Indiana,etc.

What is "Classic Americana"?

jd3189 · #26 Posted: **May 20, 2012, 11:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

What is "Classic Americana"?

Just my take on the area where this specimen and his population can be found and anyone else who is similar.

Is this the common American?

MonkeyRonin · #27 Posted: **May 20, 2012, 11:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

Then why did you say Midwestern?

He was probably thinking of Oklahoma and Kansas and Nebraska and the like, which are some of the most (or the most in OK's case) Republican-leaning states, and may or may not be characterized as "Midwestern".

I prefer the term "Middle American" to distinguish that special little place from the likes of Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, etc. though.