What states have the "Strangest" people?

[mjendrejcak]

... . we venture out of our safe surroundings e we are accustumed to, and experience a "different" breed of people. It could be from one county to another in the same state.

Does anyone have any "particular" feelings they got from crossing over to a different state or county line? Good or bad?

 

[lschultz]

Have not been to Wyoming yet but judging by the TDR there are some strange ones up there.

 

[TPCDrafting]

Hey I resent that! Whitmore is only a small portion of our population! Wyoming, where the men are men and the sheep are skeered, especially near Shoshoni.



You want wierdo's go to Boulder Colorado. They seem to flock there. I went to high school there and worked downtown for 6 years after college. I couldn't wait to get out. Much happier now.

 

[lschultz]

Hey what makes you think I was thinking of Whitmore but now that you mention it. Closest I ever got to Wyoming was back in the 80s when we went to the cycle rally in Sturgis SD. Boy those were the days

 

[illflem]

I always thought South Florida had the strangest folks but that was before the Cubans took over, now that they're there it might be more like normal. Someone told me if you took the US and shook it all the lose ends would end up in Florida, now that they're floating up from the bottom instead it could be a better breed.



People from Maine have the best accent by far.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

I kinda like the Minnesota/Wisconsin accent.....



"Oooooh yeah, dontcha know!?"



Mainers do have nice accents - I have heard my fair share of 'em.



"I don't cayah what theyah religion is..... as long as they cahn hold a rake... . "



I vote NY state as having the most odd people - only because of NYC. I do know what you mean about being in different states - it just feels weird. Even certain towns near my hometown give me the creeps.



OR - is it just indigestion? More on this and other stories at 11.....



Matt

 

[TPCDrafting]

Originally posted by lschultz

Have not been to Wyoming yet but judging by the TDR there are some strange ones up there.

Ok, name the TDR members then. I'm only havin' a little fun with this.



Matt, Do you think you feel the creeps cuz you have left your gassy haze that surrounds you at home?

 

[Camara]

Roxbury & Dorchester

 

[gitchesum]

I believe that would be Flint Michigan. Apparently the medical admissions board is very leniant. :-laf

 

[fkovalski]

I used to live in Rhode Island and while the folks there are the finest (along with some of the best "Portigee" and seafood), they generally across the state give directions in the wierdest sense... "Just go down to where the (whatever landmark) USED to be and turn left. " Well, how the he!! do I know where whats- his- place USED to be!! Cracks me up. But they do treat one and all as if it was home too and that you should know where Joe's Bar USED to be

 

[Doc Tinker]

I spent many of my childhood summers near Norwich, Connecticut. I was always amazed at how strange people were in that area. Maybe it was the way they talked.



When I got older, I worked at several places around Pontiac, Michigan. Pontiac had a mental hospital that used to release some of the inmates, from time to time, who probably shouldn't have been out on the streets. They were quite amusing sometimes, like when they try to get into your car, when you were stopped in traffic. It got so you couldn't drive with your windows open, even when it was hot out and your AC was dead.



One time I was waiting for a traffic light and this old hag ran up with a toothless grin, grabbing at the door handle. The light turned green and I burned rubber getting out of there. There were fingernails still stuck in the door handle, when I got home. It must have been quite a site to see that old woman running along side of my car while I was peeling out.



Doc

 

[gitchesum]

Originally posted by Doc Tinker

I spent many of my childhood summers near Norwich, Connecticut. I was always amazed at how strange people were in that area. Maybe it was the way they talked.



When I got older, I worked at several places around Pontiac, Michigan. Pontiac had a mental hospital that used to release some of the inmates, from time to time, who probably shouldn't have been out on the streets. They were quite amusing sometimes, like when they try to get into your car, when you were stopped in traffic. It got so you couldn't drive with your windows open, even when it was hot out and your AC was dead.



One time I was waiting for a traffic light and this old hag ran up with a toothless grin, grabbing at the door handle. The light turned green and I burned rubber getting out of there. There were fingernails still stuck in the door handle, when I got home. It must have been quite a site to see that old woman running along side of my car while I was peeling out.



Doc

I rest my case.

 

[98rammer]

Matt's right about the northern mainahs:-laf if you live in northern maine (basically and generally away from the coast), then you either: work at a paper mill or do logging. some of them have very thick accents. and then you get the the Can. /ME border towns-- those are very weird. most people speak both languages, but the mood is weird.



EVERYBODY drives 70mph in a 50mph zone on the backroads in the mountains in Vermont.



the TDR members are cool with me, but we all know what Taxachusetts people mean to NH and Maine



i had a hard time understanding the 3 girls at McDonalds a mile from Dez's dyno. ooowwe my goooowd



otherwise, from my experiences, NY people are alright, and FLorida is, well... florida.



Tom

 

[The patriot]

New Jersey....without a doubt

Spring Lake, NJ.

The mental institution used to have a halfway house there. After many years of releasing "reformed" patients, I think it's worked itself into the community. A very strange place indeed.



I just came back from Lancaster, Pa. I thought it was very strange when youre standing in a line in the local wally world, and there is an amish guy standing next to an obvoius Philadelphia transplant... with the 10X too big pants, too big shirt, and the "I've just gotten b----h slapped" sideways hat on. Kind of like the twilight zone there anymore.



I dont think Maine has the strangest people. I like the way my parents say "lobstah" when they come back from there.

Eric

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

What the Heck ever happened to the CAPITOL of strange? L. A ?



(Yeah it's kinda like it's own state ... . o. k fine Kalifornica)

 

[merryman]

No one mentioned southern california????????????????????



No that is wierd.



Vaughn

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

uhh Vaughn

 

[TPCDrafting]

I wonder if Stephen King calls it "lobstah". He lives in Bangor.

 

[98rammer]

Originally posted by tpcdrafting

I wonder if Stephen King calls it "lobstah". He lives in Bangor.

uhhhh... that's Banguh

 

[MMeier]

Don't know if it was just me or not, but when I drove a big truck around the country it seemed the people around the Seattle, Wa. area left quite a bit to the imagination!! Some of their looks left a lot to be dealt with too!! Must be the 350 days of rain a year they get up there!