Personally I don't begrudge people from any particular region with the notable exception of Texas. But it's not some kind of regional tradition where I come from to hate Texas, I've just only had bad experiences there.


Of course there's always the Dutch...

You should hear what the west coasters say behind your backs.

You mean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URSRa8zf_LU was wrong?

I've never seen regional rivalry as anything but friendly. I've got a friend who's a northerner, and we always joking about the stuff we say. Same with the bloke from Wales and the Scot (well he looks Scottish).

I've known it get very nasty. It's not so funny when your neighbours will only refer to you as "scum" because you were born in the wrong part of the country and even shop assistants refuse to serve you if you have a different accent. Kind of svcks when it just becomes the norm.

Pittsburgh and Philadelphia don't particularly like each other. And people who live in central Pennsylvania hate both of us.

Neighborhood rivalry is universal.

Yeah, there's a lot of that. Mostly southerners jibbing Northerners and vice versa. It's all in good fun as far as I've gone. I lol'd at the Surrey bit!

I did too since there is another Surrey just outside of Vancouver. It's also true...people from Surrey aren't to be trusted...

Where I'm from its anybody who comes from the next town or counry over . Of course its similar to what vometia said in that its all just friendly banter; you'll very rarely meet people who genuinely dislike each other based on birth place. We poke fun at yankees, what with their inability to make sweet tea that doesn't taste like dog urine, and their sever lack of butter biscuits, and don't even get me started on how they raise an eyebrow as soon as somebody asks them to pass the apple butter.

Also, yanks seem to have a particular fondness for candles. Its so they can burn your house down. That's the only logical explanation.

People also seem to love candles in Vancouver as well, but that's for an entirely different reason.

Satanic rituals? Sacrifices to Chaos? Must I sick the Inquisition on this 'Vancouver'? SUFFER NOT THE UNCLEAN TO LIVE.

Let's just say that in Vancouver http://www.kcra.com/news/30760418/detail.html wouldn't stand a chance. The candles also give a great 'whoa' factor...or so I hear.

What do you have against Texas, specifically?


I can vouch for an extremely strong Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh rivalry as well. Team Cleveland FTW!

All the canadians I've ever met have been the biggest "smokers" imaginable. Not my kinda thing, but you guys seem to live for it.

I personally don't do it, but I used to work at a woodshop where half the people on the staff did do it. One of the guys even grew his own, though they never did it at work and it never seemed to affect how well they did their jobs...which is a very good thing in a woodshop.

It's great for jobs where you have to be slow, certain and methodical. I know when I used to smoke it would take me foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever to do something, but it was sure as hell done well.

Case in point: driving down the highway at 30 km/h.

The Texan attitude. I know that not everyone from Texas behaves the same way but I lived in Abilene for 4 years and in that time I'd gone to just about every corner of the state, and I found the amount of ignorance and the unfounded sense of state superiority overwhelming. People actually gave me [censored] for not saying things like "Y'all" and "Fixin' to" (incidentally one of my least favorite phrases in the entire English language), as if I should be ashamed of speaking something more akin to actual English as opposed to the barely intelligible grunts that dribble out of their simian steakholes. I could provide a hundred reasons more but I think you get it. On the whole; I despise Texas and I wouldn't on pain of death go back.

I like the Texan attitude. It involves a lot of self-certainty. For someone who's always uncertain, it's a welcome change of outlook. I have a Texan friend, and hanging with him = a good time. Always.

Texans are all right, provided they're not preachy (in all senses of the word).

Whats a West Coaster.....


Haha. I've never seen that before.


What does someone from Scotland look like??

Nope, he's right.
Most people in the southern part of the country can't stand the accent of the more northern Scots but there is no real hatred.

Everyone in Scotland looks like this http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/66151/66151,1156366249,3/stock-photo-scottish-highland-man-in-kilt-in-front-of-inverary-castle-1731890.jpg

HOLY CRAP ITS ME!!

Jimmy hat, tartan anything sitting at a table with a bottle of whisky and a can of Irn-Bru, with his/her wild haggis by their lap

And a kilt. Bagpipes are optional.

Tartan/Kilt same noticable stereotype