The truths that tourists never believe.

[LingualMonkey]

Non-Chicago Illinois

* No, we're not all hicks, we're not all NRA members, and we don't all drawl.
* Yes, we've all been to Chicago. No, we haven't all met Michael Jordan.
* The "s" is goddam silent.
* Many of us are neither Cubs fans nor Sox fans. A large section of the state contains many Cardinals fans. Many of the rest of us don't honestly care about baseball. Really. No, many of us will not "die of happiness" if the Cubs win a World Series.
* No, it's not all corn.
* But no, not all of us are farmers or live on farms.
* Yes, we have radio stations that don't play country music.

And yes, there are two seasons--winter and construction.

[edible_hat]

Adelaide, South Australia

-We have less, not more, murders per person than the other cities in the world. It's just that we get the weird ones.
-There are things to do here other than murder people.
-Even when it's not Mad March (when there are 6364834287655 arts festivals and a motor race)
-The statue of Colonel Light (Adelaide's founder) is not in the place where he designed the city.
-The balls are not a serious arts piece, despite that being the artist's intention.
-The Rundle Lantern is not that great, really.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

On the shores of Lake Michigan in Cheeselandialand:

They say "cooler near the lake" for a reason.

When in Milwaukee, stay away from the lakefront when it rains. (This is because the sewer system can't handle even a modest rainfall, and when that happens the sewage treatment plant starts dumping poo-poo and pee-pee into the lake without treating it. )

We'll never forget you, number 4, Brent.

[BookstoreEscapee]

For my home state, Arkansas:

I have an aunt (by marriage) from Arkansas; my dad calls her a High Class Hillbilly

Some fun facts about New Jersey:

Bruce Springsteen is from Freehold, not Rumson!

The first brewery in America opened in Hoboken in 1642.

The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are both located in New Jersey.

Both the New York Giants and New York Jets play in North Jersey

Streets in the game Monopoly are named for real streets in Atlantic City

Though called "the Garden State," New Jersey is the only state where all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.

New Jersey has more racehorses than Kentucky but also more cars and the nation's densest system of highways and railroads.

Nearly 80 per cent of all American imports come through Elizabeth, the nation's largest seaport.

The state has the most diners in the world and the most shopping malls in one area (seven major malls in a radius of 25 square miles)

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, movie projector, and phonograph (record player) in his Menlo Park laboratory.

Other NJ firsts: first radio station, AM broadcast, and FM broadcast; first airmail service, first underwater tunnel, first medical center, first college football game, and first drive-in movie theater.

[fireheart]

Adelaide, South Australia

-We have less, not more, murders per person than the other cities in the world. It's just that we get the weird ones.
-There are things to do here other than murder people.
-Even when it's not Mad March (when there are 6364834287655 arts festivals and a motor race)
-The statue of Colonel Light (Adelaide's founder) is not in the place where he designed the city.
-The balls are not a serious arts piece, despite that being the artist's intention.
-The Rundle Lantern is not that great, really.

Do I need to bring up that ad again?

A few from my area:

-No, Woodcroft is not named after the sorcerer (read Philosopher's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone for the US folk) in the scene where Harry has all the choccie frogs) it is named after a farming couple.
-No, we do not live on farms there either.
-We aren't all bogans.
-We do know how to dress.
-We also know how to practice safe sex.

-There is more to do at the Royal Adelaide Show than get drunk off your face and spew buckets all over the rides. (seriously)
-The Tour Down Under is not nearly as exciting as it sounds. Rather, it just creates traffic hazards. (for the unfamiliar, the TDU is a bike race that runs through Adelaide around January...starts up north, goes through the city and ends up in our wine district)
-The wine district is not nearly as interesting as it seems.
-The balls are not serious, and neither are the pigs for that matter.
-A shopping mall used to have a small theme park on the fourth and fifth floors. They are gone.

[sms001]

2. It contributed a LOT to the history of rock 'n' roll (Ray Charles, Little Richard, the B-52s and the Allman Brothers Band to name a few).

Black Crowes, September Hase, R.E.M., Atlanta Rhythm Section, Widespread Panic, Indigo Girls.

And I'm given to understand that ska is very popular again down there?

[sms001]

They say "cooler near the lake" for a reason.

Yes. Yes they do.

Milwaukee, ...can't handle even a modest rainfall, and when that happens the sewage treatment plant starts dumping into the lake without treating it.

....to waft and float sedately south and ruin the beaches in Chicago.

[hinakiba777]

*Unless you have a superhuman constitution, don't swim in the ocean without a wetsuit. You'll find that it's unbelievably cold!

I live in the North Atlantic and start swimming in June. So do you think I'd be okay wetsuitless in NoCal in July?

Nova Scotia Canada=
- Nova Scotia has the most crime per capita in Canada. So Yes, it is more dangerous to walk to street's of Halifax at night than Toronto.
-We don't say thing pronounce about Aboot. In fact, I pronounce it it aboat. It's called an accent, get used to it
-The weather really can change drastically in 5 minutes
-Always have equal amounts of warm and light clothing. The temperature can jump from 7C to 28C in a day. Also, it gets cold at night. (No one every listen to that one)
-The stores close at 5 on Sunday. A few years ago Sunday shopping was illegal
-- On Cape Breton Island= You may have to drive an hour or two to find a grocery store. All this untouch nature means very little Super Markets
- There is only one movie theatre on CB

[BethB]

Wyoming...
1. There are NO beaches in Cheyenne.
2. We do drive cars, not horses everywhere.
3. We are a state! Not located in a different state(one guy actually asked my little sister what state Wyoming is in).
4. Our two seasons are wind and winter.
5. Those tiny deer-looking things are antelope.
6. No I do NOT know where Matthew Sheppard was found tied up. I know the general area but I'm not about to fulfill your sick desire to go looking. I did not know Matthew but I did go to school with the guys who did it. A forever black mark on my town and I get tired of travellers asking me.

[edible_hat]

-A shopping mall used to have a small theme park on the fourth and fifth floors. They are gone.

It's now a gym, although I've heard the roller coaster is still there.

[ArenaBoy]

Detroit.

- We have the chair Lincoln was sitting in when he was assassinated at the Henry Ford museum.

- We also have the Kennedy limousine at the Henry Ford museum.

- The bus Rosa Parks was sitting in too.

- You won't get hurt if you set foot in Detroit. Like any city you be careful.

- You are no more than six miles away from a lake. This is true for the entire state of Michigan.

- We've contributed a lot to the music scene. Not just Motown either.

[Nyoibo]

-A shopping mall used to have a small theme park on the fourth and fifth floors. They are gone.

I miss Dazzle Land.

It's now a gym, although I've heard the roller coaster is still there.

I think the tracks are fairly structural and they'd have to shut down the whole place to get them out.

[Eric the Grey]

Reno
-prostitution, is in fact, not legal.

For that, you have to go south into Nye County.

From my time working at the RAC at Stapleton Airport (~15 years ago...)

Yes, it really is THAT FAR from Colorado to LA. It WILL take you more than a day or two to drive the route you've planned out (usually out through Salt Lake City, Reno, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vegas and back to Denver...

Yes, I live in Colorado and I'm not a donkey, er Bronco's fan.

Yes, I live in Colorado and I do not, nor have I ever skied. I leave the breaking of bones to the tourists...


Eric the Grey

[Argabarga]

Nope, you can't buy beer at a convenience store in this Commonwealth, or at a grocery store, or at a gas station, nope, I'm not lying.

The Amish are completely aware of modern technology and history, they just choose not to partake. You can buy a Mt. Dew from them just as easily as you can from the aformentioned beerless convenience stores and they'll take credit.


You try and guess the state, I think it's pretty obvious.

[ArcticChicken]

3 seasons - Winter, Mud, and Construction

In upstate NY we get an entire four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Is it still Winter?, and Roadwork.

In Philly I think of the seasons as: Warm and muddy, Sweet mercy it's hot, Warm and less muddy, and Where's the frakking snow?