Even the best of us have some not-so-savory stereotypes in the back of our heads, especially about people and places we know very little about.
If you’re an American who has ever traveled outside the country, you know that the rest of the world has some pretty interesting ideas about us.
Of course, every household and neighborhood is different, meaning there’s really no one thing a state should be characterized by. Then again, that doesn’t stop people.
Here are some photos that sum up what people outside of each of the U.S.’s 50 states think of them:
1. Ohio
Now there’s the ultimate existential question that I’m sure everyone who crosses the Ohio state line asks themselves. No worries though, most people are smart enough to just keep on truckin’ through!
Alaska – proud home of the original rush hour bear fights. It’s the only place in the country where that “bears were boxing on the highway and blocking my car” excuse won’t work with your boss, ’cause it happens every day.
Montana is kind of like Alaska with its huge mountain range and wide-open spaces. But, both their bears and burly men are way hotter – and they know it!
In Wisconsin you can get liquor, cheddar cheese, and Rumchata in a single drive-thru experience. Could life be any more grand than it is in this fabulous state?
People come for the dry heat, but little do they know just how perilously hot this state can get. Here’s a little known fact: one random fart can light up the whole place!
What this picture fails to depict is the fact that New Jersey is actually two different states. Just like Korea, there’s a North and South. And these 90’s Jersey Shore bozos are Northerners all the way.
Don’t tell the po-po! But did you know you can get homemade 500 proof homemade moonshine from Bill Jones? All you have to do is find his cabin in those dense Appalachian woods.
There’s nothing in Iowa but rolling hills as far as the eye can see. Occasionally, drivers may see a vending machine on the side of the road, but that’s just there to add a pop of color to the otherwise boring and bland landscape.
Guess what, Dorothy. If you’re not in Kansas anymore, it’s because one of the state’s massive tornadoes whisked you away and dropped you off a neighboring state. Be glad it did and don’t go back!
Vampires and Mardis Gras? Naw, nothing says Louisiana like a teenage father teaching his ballsy daughter how to hold a gator in one hand and a toddler in the other.
Now this is the real Kentucky. It’s filled with low brow drunks wearing horsey heads who have mastered the art of inhaling beer without spilling a single drop from their Solo cups.
It’s not just the sign with attitude. It’s the over the top Boston accent that goes along with those words that sums up Massachusetts (and its weather)!
Yep. Life in Michigan doesn’t get any better than this roadkill Army truck. No really, it seriously can’t get any better than this ’cause it’s Michigan, home of Detroit and 8-mile long roads of pure poverty.
Leave it to a hungry inventor from Mississippi to come up with a covered pontoon picnic table. Now they can float from one BBQ joint to another and order takeout without getting up from the comfort of their seat.
Missouri, or “misery” as some outsiders call it, has “dry” sense of humor. Rain or shine (or let’s face it, it’s just rain all the time), this state is twice as wet as the Pacific Ocean!
This nice open-air toilet has been funded in part by Nebraska’s Children of the Corn. It even comes with a corncob teepee roll so you don’t scratch your butt with all that hay.
Yes, it’s absolutely true. There are 20 Dunkin’ Donut locations for every adult, child, and dog in New Hampshire. It seems so cruel that other states are stuck with Starbucks.
As the 47th state to join the union back in 1912, New Mexico is neither new, nor Mexico. But it’s the only state in the nation that won’t let you leave until you’ve soiled the bed like a newborn at least once.
New York isn’t about having an Empire State of Mind. It’s about having Empire State-sized balls, just like Pizza Rat does when he’s hunting for food in broad daylight.
North Dakota – where they give away guns as hockey raffle prizes. But since no one actually lives here, all the residents win a gun for each of their hands!
When Californian’s aren’t stuck in constant gridlock traffic, they’re trying to go surfing. But, sometimes their surfboard tries to go on ahead without them!
Even though this state’s abbreviation is “OK” there’s not much that’s okay about Oklahoma. Take the quakenado, for example. It’s a real event that happened in 2011 when an earthquake and tornado decided to give the finger to the state at the same exact time!
The Amish like to set themselves apart with their crafty wood furniture and hand-churned butter. But when it comes to their drunk Amish teens, they are exactly like their drunk, techno-crazy counterparts – they all suck at driving!
Wait, you mean it’s wrong to pit armed lobsters against each other in a fight to the death, before boiling them in water and drowning them in butter? Don’t tell that to Rhode Island!
Nothing says Confederate loyalty like two southern boys showing off their hanky panky love for the flag in public. The boots and hat are a little bit over the top, though.
Who hasn’t ridden the Giant Rabbit of South Dakota in front of Wall Drug Store? This roadside attraction pretty much sums up everything interesting about the state.
