Some states only got one or two - word descriptions . 😬
Note : These are the opinions of Redditors , not BuzzFeed .
If you’re from the US, you’ve probably passed judgement on someone based on which state they live in. Sorry, but it just comes with the territory…literally.
A while back, Reddit useru/GeorgeVilliersasked people to share thestereotypesassociated with each state. Here’s what a few redditors said about every single one:
1.Alabama
" Bible - thumpin ' redneck . "
— Duke_Cheech
" College football has overtaken these poor souls ' lives . "
— ArbitraryOrder
2.Alaska
" It ’s made up of fantastic frontiersmen . "
" mickle of oil is drill here . Very frigid . "
3.Arkansas
" small-scale - town folks who fundamentally survive in Walmart . "
" No money and no endearing qualities . "
— Aceofkings9
4.Arizona
" Retired California sister boomers . "
" A monument to man ’s arrogance . It is also one of the two states with a repute of being a elephantine elderly heart and soul . "
5.California
" skunk - smokers , surfboarder , movie stars , tech bros , and valley girls . "
" They all talk like ' The Dude ' fromThe Big Lebowski . Expensive and liberal . "
" ostentatious and phony people . Too expensive for people to live , so full of stateless people . respectable weather in the country , belike the world ( especially in Southern California ) . "
6.Colorado
" heap Californians with somehow even more sens . "
" Obnoxious stoners who think marijuana is a personality and software engineers who patronise Reddit . "
7.Connecticut
" Elitist yuppie . "
" Where productive New Yorkers move to be close to the city , but still away from it . "
" Urban blight and suburban sprawl . "
8.Delaware
" I do n’t even know . Car dealerships and ticket attorneys ? "
" Where all the corporations and Joe Biden live . "
9.Florida
" Retired eastern United States coaster with a especial blend of chaos . "
" Theme park , methamphetamine addicts , rednecks , Cubans , and copious amounts of alligators . The other elderly state . "
10.Georgia
" Southern belles and rappers . "
" All soda water is called Coke . Atlanta is the substance of modern-day Black American culture and trap euphony . "
11.Hawaii
" surfboarder with leis . "
" Most expensive state , year - prospicient warm temperature , and home of Honolulu . "
" surfboarder and pineapple . "
12.Idaho
" Potato - growing country hayseed . "
" Irish potato , unless you have watchedNapoleon Dynamite , in which typesetter’s case you credibly think of that alternatively . "
13.Illinois
" It ’s one of the most average states . Lots of corn here . "
" Where politicians go to get arrested . Chicago get a bad rap for offense , too . "
14.Indiana
" A shittier Illinois . Oh , and corn . "
" I will say this lightly and without actual personal belief , but a lot of midwesterners in fussy see Indiana as ' the antiblack state . ' "
15.Iowa
" Our food is grown here , I guess . "
" Corn and presidential candidate . "
16.Kansas
" More corn . "
" Flat . "
17.Kentucky
" Horse riders and rednecks . "
" People with no tooth and horse racing . "
" Bourbon , horse cavalry , Mitch McConnell , and pitcher’s mound the great unwashed . "
18.Louisiana
" Cajun and Creole priests , chefs , and jinx physician . "
" Drive - thru daiquiris , Mardi Gras , alligators , and large food . "
19.Maine
" white - wear off lobster fishermen . "
" Lobsters and Stephen King . "
20.Maryland
" Politicians and gangsters , I think . "
" the great unwashed who deplete a shit ton of crabs . They really wish their flag . "
" A godawful pin and Old Bay flavouring . Also , Baltimore has a spoilt reputation for essentially everything . "
21.Massachusetts
" They all go to Irish pub to catch a sports game and eat clam chowder . "
" Thick - emphasise Patriots stans who ca n’t drive for shit and are n’t afraid to speak shit . "
22.Michigan
" An apocalyptic wasteland . "
" Economic decay . A land up north that might as well be Scandinavia . "
23.Minnesota
" Overly kind hoi polloi with funny accents . "
" Basically Canadians . band of lakes . "
" They all tattle like hoi polloi inFargo , and they ’re all super pasty . "
24.Mississippi
" Poorest and worst State in the union . If your res publica is jack , you’re able to say thank god for Mississippi because it ’s worse . "
" Poor and racist . "
25.Missouri
" Half delicious barbecue and half people strung out in prevue Park . "
" Not as flat and tedious as Kansas , but still somehow nothing to do . It ’s called Misery for a reason . "
26.Montana
" Mostly white-haired bears . "
" Beautiful vistas , glaciers and shit , and cowherd . "
27.Nebraska
" Again , where our food is grown . "
" Four letter : C , O , gas constant , and N. "
28.Nevada
" Godless gamblers and stripper . "
" Strippers and slot machines in the middle of the desert . "
29.New Hampshire
" Libertarians . "
" Does n’t really have a major city — feels more like a Boston suburb . "
30.New Jersey
" sunburned mobster . "
" Corrupt political machines , the mafia , the shore , guidos , urban decay , and expansive suburbia . "
31.New Mexico
" WhereBreaking Badtook piazza . "
" cobalt blue and green chile . "
32.New York
" mobster and Wall Street execs who are unmannered , impatient , and think they are the center of the universe . "
" Expensive , with eminent taxes . Upstate is usually forgotten . "
33.North Carolina
" Overly nice , but kinda stupid southern folk . "
" Does n’t really have any stereotypes I can conceive of . Like , TheAndy Griffith Showwas set there , but that ’s not even really a stereotype . I guess they ’re into , like , college hoops ? "
34.North Dakota
" Empty . "
" Oil . "
" They talk like Minnesotans . "
35.Ohio
" Pretty average . Read : Illinois . "
" Stereotypically bland middle America with nothing peculiar . "
— Yodelingbox
" think the most average state by many . Cleveland suck , and Cincinnati is full of multitude who eat eldritch chili . "
36.Oklahoma
" Wannabe southerners . "
" A musical was set here . "
37.Oregon
" flower people and socialists . "
" Crunchy granola people . "
38.Pennsylvania
" Pretty norm . They have Amish people I venture ? "
" Where the rusting whang ( Pittsburgh ) and the northeast ( Philadelphia ) connect . Home of the first US capital city , Philadelphia . Has secure cheese steak sandwich . "
39.Rhode Island
" Forgotten yuppie . "
" Smallest US country . Is not in reality an island , but islands make up a chunk of the state . "
40.South Carolina
" North Carolina and Florida ’s inbred kid . "
" Umm .. uhh … umm .. next ? "
41.South Dakota
" Mount Rushmore is here . That ’s all . "
" Mount Rushmore and Wall Drug . "
42.Tennessee
" Country and blue musicians . "
" The world Das Kapital of country medicine . Nashville is famous for a plenty of land creative person , while East Tennessee is Dolly Parton land ( who , to be good , is a great mortal to be known for ) . Memphis is known for barbeque . "
43.Texas
" Gun - wield minister and rodeo rider who love their state a littletoomuch . "
" Sun , artillery , and BBQ . "
44.Utah
" Mormons . Lots and lots of Mormons . "
" Full of Mormons and known for skiing . "
45.Vermont
" fat socialists . Odd , I know . "
" Where Bernie Sanders is senator and where we get our maple sirup . "
" Crunchy granola people , but in a different focussing than Oregon ( recollect jamming bands — not indie ) . Ben and Jerry ’s is here , too . "
46.Virginia
" Basically the kickoff of the south ( technically , Maryland is , but not culturally ) . There ’s a adult Navy base here that has most of our aircraft carriers . "
" They have ham and peanuts here . "
47.Washington
" Oregon ’s slenderly saner and even rainier ( heh , get it ? Mount Rainier ) cousin . "
" showery and tech companies . "
48.West Virginia
" Hillbillies and mineworker . "
" Appalachia and mountains . "
49.Wisconsin
" high mallow and beer . "
" Wisconsin is very drunk . Not an baseless stereotype — our drinking culture is pretty out of control . "
— RegularAstronaut
50.Wyoming
" Nobody know there . "
" Cowboys and Yellowstone National Park . "
