Growing up in the southwestern United States and having parents from the northeast, Vanessa Roberts traveled many times to the New York metropolitan area to visit family and friends. This gave her the opportunity to observe both cultures firsthand, listen to the many comments, and be surprised at the preconceived notions that the people from these regions have about each other. Having the opportunity to watch, listen, and learn, made Vanessa realize that it is true there are many differences, but in the end, these two groups of people are actually very similar.
Obviously everyone in both regions primary language is English, there are words and phrases that are used only in one area or the other. While residents of the north “get ready to” do something, the southerners “are fixin' to” do something. The new Yorkers refer to a group as “you guys” while in the south you hear “y’all”. When you go into a restaurant up north you order a soda, but in the south you order a pop. The northerners will be planning to “meet” with someone
What this all shows is that yes, there are many differences between the northerners and the southerners, many obvious and many subtle. In the end though, we are all citizens of a great country who care very much about the welfare of each other. Regrettably many times it takes a tragedy to see how alike we really are, and hopefully some day we won’t need these terrible events to remind us how much the people of the United States of America are all one and the same.
Northeasterners are many times accused of being in too much of a hurry and not being friendly. It was explained that because there are so many people living in such a small amount of space that it takes longer to get where you are going so people try to cover as much ground as possible. Along the way they pass so many other commuters it is impossible to say hello to everyone or they would never get where they are going. Southerners are many times accused of being too slow and wanting to talk to everyone they come across. This can be explained by the opposite situation of the northea
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