Posted on 01/16/2016 7:14:37 AM PST by pinochet
Yesterday, I had a funny conversation with an insurance salesman from Winnipeg, Canada, over the allegations that Ted Cruz is a Canadian. The man lived in America for more than a decade. His reply is that Cruz speaks like a stereotypical Texan, and that Texans are the most stereotypical Americans. He feels that if Ted Cruz went to Canada, he would be "too American" to blend in easily in Canadian society.
That conversation got me thinking. Texas is a state associated with cowboys, who are viewed by foreigners as "stereotypical American tough guys". But Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas are also cowboy states. But blue collar industrial workers are also part of the stereotypical American image, which makes Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, to be the candidates for the "most American" state.
Religious fundamentalism is another trait associated with America, which would make Iowa, Utah, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi as the "most American".
Which state is viewed by foreigners as the most stereotypically American?
Hawaii.
Without a doubt.
50? What about the other 7?
What about the other 7 states?
LOL! 45 seconds apart. Great minds think alike.
Iowa ranks below the national average in evangelicals and above the national average in mainstream denomination members.
I was in Hawaii a couple days ago, i agree. Chinese and Pacific Islanders control it.
“stereotypically American”
Boy is that best oxymoron I’ve ever heard.
We all have our own slices of “America”. There are many different flavors that God has blessed our nation with.
I do love Arizonan America. The cowboy feel really strikes a vibe for me that is unparalleled. It really feels like freedom to me. And it’s got a fun party crazy side to it.
We are blessed as a nation if you drop democrats from the equation.
Tennessee is my favourite state, so maybe it deserves this distinction.
“You got your Jews, Kites, Negros, Wops,and Krauts. Where are all the regular Americans?” ....Archie Bunker
Interesting question. I would say the two most powerful stereotypes of Americans for foreigners are the cowboy and the brash loudmouth, so then I guess the answers would be Texas and New York. Haha.
TEXAS!!! (I “live” in New Jersey and it ain’t “American” any more - too many “immigrants” from the rotten five boroughs and Philly. And YES Mr. Crux - not too many conservatives come out of NY city!!!!)
“American” is a state of mind, not genetics.
I say Ohio.
You would be hard put to find someone more conservative than me, and I was born on an island off the northeast coast of the United States. About 12 miles north to south and two miles wide. Has some train stations, buildings and parks, you may have heard of it.
It is precisely because of my conservative viewpoint that I came out of NYC. BTW, Donald Trump is no conservative and he was born in the same hospital as my brother, but ten years before.
“Real Americans” have a spiritual and philosophical connection with the Founding Fathers and their concept of governance, a belief in a Republic of Virtue grounded in Judaeo-Christian morality, the dignity of the individual, certain unalienable God-given rights, and a belief and willingness to be self reliant entrusting the private sector to provide opportunities for personal and national advancement.
California
Dumb question. No state is “Stereotypically American”. A stereotype is an opinion, an impression, and not necessarily accurate. So by definition, there is none.
What state would make a foreigner think that it is most typically American? Again, no answer, since the foreigner’s impressions are undefined and unquantified and based on inaccurate impressions.
I was born right across the River from the rotten apple and still live in Jersey. Cruz was right. And I would stack my conservative credentials against anyone. And Trump is just as conservative as any of the other non-establishment candidates.
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