I'm one of the 7 people who live in Wyoming. Most places outside this state are culture shocks to me. Montana and Idaho are relatively similar, but anywhere else is another planet
I was raised to clean my plate at dinner. It was wasteful not to. Went to a sleep over at my bff's and she ate what amount she wanted and left what she didn't on her plate. Her parents didn't care or yell about starving children in a 3rd world country. Amazed.
My parents had me in their late 20’s/early 30’s. When a friend’s mother asked me to guess her age, I assumed she did the same. Not only did I overestimate, but she also BANNED ME FROM RETURNING TO HER HOME, because apparently… I HURT… HER… FEELINGS. Now, if someone overestimated MY age by ten years, I’d simply pull out my driver’s license, show them my birth year, and tell them to do the math themselves. Why did SHE not do the same?
Born and still living in California. I’ve spent a little time in both the Boise, ID and Denver, CO areas while visiting family. People are a lot friendlier. Like A LOT friendlier. Strangers that seem to genuinely want to know about your day and enjoy talking with you. My sister-in-law moved up to Oregon for college and is having similar “culture shock” with the folks up there.
What you’re describing to urban California which has been pretty urban for a while now so the people there act accordingly compared to the recently large Denver and Boise. If you go to on of California’s smaller towns along the coast though, people are a lot friendlier and more willing to get to know you.
@@luke_cohen1 You’re completely correct, smaller towns definitely have friendlier people! I’ve spent most of my time in small to large cities in CA so that’s probably why the difference feels so jarring.
I can definitely answer this one: moving from New York City to Connecticut as a child, and then moving from Connecticut to North Carolina as a preteen. I was 12 when I got down here. I'll be 40 in 2025, and sometimes I think I still haven't gotten over the culture shock! To be honest, it's one of the main reasons why I'm a loner today. I felt like a fish out of water for a long time, most of the kids were cliquey, and it was hard for me to make friends. I even fell into depression about junior year, so much so that I began experiencing suicidal thoughts. Growing up here was rough, man! Now I'm an introvert.
Hell, there's a reason they call New York City a melting pot. There are a shitload of different cultures! That was the first Chinatown I've ever been to. You got Spanish Harlem, it seems a lot of Puerto Ricans live in the Bronx where I'm from, you got people from the Caribbeans up there, and my late grandmother who was born in North Carolina, spent the rest of her life in Harlem.
the first time I saw a kid get a whooping for whatever stupid and minor thing that they did. in my house all I got was a time out or a week long grounding where i pretty much had to live what i called ¨an Amish lifestyle¨. no tv, no games, no going out, no friends over, and so on. all i would have for the week was school, homework, 3 meals a day, and bed. you can tell the ones who have it bad at home because they are the ones who teachers are constantly having to correct for disrupting the class, are constantly talking out of line, are always pushing the buttons of others, threaten teachers and other kids, and if asked to do anything they always gave lip. I wasnt a goodie but I always knew what buttons i could press and what buttons i should avoid.
Mines minor but I live in Minnesota close to both the Wisconsin and Iowa borders, my job takes me to both states from time to time, every dollar general and gas station in both of those states sell beer/wine etc, however Minnesota is a dry state and you can only buy booze at a liquor store, and 3.2 beer at convenience stores. I don’t drink myself but Minnesota is a dry state with very strict alcohol laws, no sales after 10pm no buying before 10am and until a couple years ago(law recently changed) no Sunday sales. There’s even a state movement to try and change the law so gas stations can sell full beer going on.
11:04 yeah, that has nothing to do with her being an older conservative puertorrican, that has more to do with her being a hardcore evangelical. About a decade ago, there was only one major brewery (Medalla), but there were like 6 or 7 major rum distilleries/producers. Not counting smaller ones, or puertorican moonshiners( they call it “pitorro” or “caña” for the most part, it’s illegally produced rum).
Not me but my mom when we first moved to NJ my mom remembers that the customer service in NJ back in 1998 in my mom’s first year in a store in New Jersey where my mom was just asking for some help and the employee of said New Jersey basically responded by saying yeah what do you need in a sarcastic tone of voice in the sense of being annoyed that my mom asked for help while back in Pennsylvania according to my mom the employees in stores Pennsylvania they would actually ask you if you needed help or actually answered you in a happy positive tone in an actual wanting to help way. P.s my mom actually did experience this back in 1998 when I was a baby so yeah took my mom awhile to get used to how New Jersey customer service culture is like here in NJ.
I'm one of the 7 people who live in Wyoming. Most places outside this state are culture shocks to me. Montana and Idaho are relatively similar, but anywhere else is another planet
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I was raised to clean my plate at dinner. It was wasteful not to. Went to a sleep over at my bff's and she ate what amount she wanted and left what she didn't on her plate. Her parents didn't care or yell about starving children in a 3rd world country.
Amazed.
My parents had me in their late 20’s/early 30’s. When a friend’s mother asked me to guess her age, I assumed she did the same. Not only did I overestimate, but she also BANNED ME FROM RETURNING TO HER HOME, because apparently… I HURT… HER… FEELINGS.
Now, if someone overestimated MY age by ten years, I’d simply pull out my driver’s license, show them my birth year, and tell them to do the math themselves.
Why did SHE not do the same?
Insecurities. You likely agreed with the thoughts in her head when she looks in the mirror.
Born and still living in California. I’ve spent a little time in both the Boise, ID and Denver, CO areas while visiting family. People are a lot friendlier. Like A LOT friendlier. Strangers that seem to genuinely want to know about your day and enjoy talking with you. My sister-in-law moved up to Oregon for college and is having similar “culture shock” with the folks up there.
What you’re describing to urban California which has been pretty urban for a while now so the people there act accordingly compared to the recently large Denver and Boise. If you go to on of California’s smaller towns along the coast though, people are a lot friendlier and more willing to get to know you.
@@luke_cohen1 You’re completely correct, smaller towns definitely have friendlier people! I’ve spent most of my time in small to large cities in CA so that’s probably why the difference feels so jarring.
I can definitely answer this one: moving from New York City to Connecticut as a child, and then moving from Connecticut to North Carolina as a preteen. I was 12 when I got down here. I'll be 40 in 2025, and sometimes I think I still haven't gotten over the culture shock! To be honest, it's one of the main reasons why I'm a loner today. I felt like a fish out of water for a long time, most of the kids were cliquey, and it was hard for me to make friends. I even fell into depression about junior year, so much so that I began experiencing suicidal thoughts. Growing up here was rough, man! Now I'm an introvert.
Hell, there's a reason they call New York City a melting pot. There are a shitload of different cultures! That was the first Chinatown I've ever been to. You got Spanish Harlem, it seems a lot of Puerto Ricans live in the Bronx where I'm from, you got people from the Caribbeans up there, and my late grandmother who was born in North Carolina, spent the rest of her life in Harlem.
the first time I saw a kid get a whooping for whatever stupid and minor thing that they did. in my house all I got was a time out or a week long grounding where i pretty much had to live what i called ¨an Amish lifestyle¨. no tv, no games, no going out, no friends over, and so on. all i would have for the week was school, homework, 3 meals a day, and bed. you can tell the ones who have it bad at home because they are the ones who teachers are constantly having to correct for disrupting the class, are constantly talking out of line, are always pushing the buttons of others, threaten teachers and other kids, and if asked to do anything they always gave lip. I wasnt a goodie but I always knew what buttons i could press and what buttons i should avoid.
Even though I was born and still live in southwestern Kansas, I still feel like a foreigner in my home state.
Mines minor but I live in Minnesota close to both the Wisconsin and Iowa borders, my job takes me to both states from time to time, every dollar general and gas station in both of those states sell beer/wine etc, however Minnesota is a dry state and you can only buy booze at a liquor store, and 3.2 beer at convenience stores. I don’t drink myself but Minnesota is a dry state with very strict alcohol laws, no sales after 10pm no buying before 10am and until a couple years ago(law recently changed) no Sunday sales. There’s even a state movement to try and change the law so gas stations can sell full beer going on.
11:04 yeah, that has nothing to do with her being an older conservative puertorrican, that has more to do with her being a hardcore evangelical. About a decade ago, there was only one major brewery (Medalla), but there were like 6 or 7 major rum distilleries/producers. Not counting smaller ones, or puertorican moonshiners( they call it “pitorro” or “caña” for the most part, it’s illegally produced rum).
Not me but my mom when we first moved to NJ my mom remembers that the customer service in NJ back in 1998 in my mom’s first year in a store in New Jersey where my mom was just asking for some help and the employee of said New Jersey basically responded by saying yeah what do you need in a sarcastic tone of voice in the sense of being annoyed that my mom asked for help while back in Pennsylvania according to my mom the employees in stores Pennsylvania they would actually ask you if you needed help or actually answered you in a happy positive tone in an actual wanting to help way. P.s my mom actually did experience this back in 1998 when I was a baby so yeah took my mom awhile to get used to how New Jersey customer service culture is like here in NJ.
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Fun Fact Maine is the least diverse state in the US. It's 94% white, coincidentally Maine also has the lowest crime rate in the US 🤠
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