Listen up, I spent 12 years in the NE States and trust me when I say you cannot insult New Englanders. They live in a world in which they are permanently “offended” and have the most amazing “circle the wagons against the rest of America” mentality I have seen anywhere in this country.
It is an absolute fact if you are not a born and bred native of New England you are classified a “wash ashore” and are either shunned or at the least looked at down their nose by a large % of the natives.
After 12 years up there my feeling is New Englanders deserve all the scorn they get. Perhaps you are not as they are but you know what “they” say? You are known by the company you keep.
You also described Minnesotans. Exact same mentality. And Democrat as well.
I lived there 5 years and I liked the people a lot. I am a native to MI. I love how they speak their mind and don't play close to the vest. I certainly had to develop thick skin to work there. I remember within my first month at work I a guy asked me why I di something and I said "I assumed" and boy did I get the lecture - (ass- u - me ---haha), but these guys taught me to be tough and to not speak if I could not defend myself. I visited recently and really enjoyed going back, although I did not have any yearning to move back (mostly because I like the wide open space - the trees are to claustrophobic for me).
>>It is an absolute fact if you are not a born and bred native of New England you are classified a “wash ashore” and are either shunned or at the least looked at down their nose by a large % of the natives.
LOL, this is actually fairly true. I remember people telling me I wasn’t from New England since I was born in Missouri and spent all of 6 months there. But my brother, born in Hartford, he was a New Englander despite living here for less time than me. Go figure. Texans seem the same way in my experience (3/4 of my extended family live in east and west Texas. Maybe central Texas is different, dunno). We’re an insular sort, no doubt. There is also a strong Puritan mindset still in many ways.
I still like living here, maybe because my family has so many close ties in the community. Other places I’ve lived in the US (WA, NM, CA), I actually found it a lot harder to make decent friends. Superficially friendly people, yup lots of them. People who would drop their fork in mid-dinner and drive 300 miles to help you out when your car breaks down in a snowstorm (which I’ve done for friends)? Not so much.
If I get a chance I’d like to live down south. i spent some time in a small town in NC and people seemed the most genuinely warm of any place I’ve visited.
” “wash ashore””
ROFL. Brings back memories. Spent some time in Maine and taxachusetts. the term I heard was “from away”.
upstate has glorious forests and lakes..orchards and farms and MAPLE TREES to make New England look puny....I think NYS makes more Maple syrup than any or all of the New England states, and its highly rated...as is its cheese industry....and its wine industry....
you want a nice simple New England holiday?....drive up to Old Forge and work you're way around the Adirondecks to Lake Placid and Lake George, and Lake Piseco and Lake Champlain...
Grandma Moses was from New York State....
You don't know what you're talking about. I've lived in New England all my life and I've never even heard of the term "wash ashore". What does that even mean? Nobody is "shunned" because of where they come from and frankly, nobody really cares. People move in and out of these parts all the time.
You are just making all of this up!