If the great unwashed were average about your country , remember : I ’m just the messenger !
Even in this era of globalization, social media, and 24-hour news, there’s still so much we don’t know about how other human beings live. It’s endlessly fascinating to see how people in different countries eat, study, speak, dress, and go about their day-to-day.
With that in mind, I started a little experiment to find out what non-Americans associate with each of our 50 United States. Iaskedthe BuzzFeed Community to give me a word, a phrase, or a quick thought on as manyUS statesas they could. We all walk around with assumptions built from a combination of news,pop culture, and assorted gossip — I thought this exercise would give an interesting window into how the rest of the world perceives our huge, diverse, wild, weird country.
Here’s what they had to say:
1.ALABAMA
2.ALASKA
3.ARIZONA
4.ARKANSAS
5.CALIFORNIA
6.COLORADO
7.CONNECTICUT
8.DELAWARE
9.FLORIDA
10.GEORGIA
11.HAWAII
12.IDAHO
13.ILLINOIS
14.INDIANA
15.IOWA
16.KANSAS
17.KENTUCKY
18.LOUISIANA
19.MAINE
20.MARYLAND
21.MASSACHUSETTS
22.MICHIGAN
23.MINNESOTA
24.MISSISSIPPI
25.MISSOURI
26.MONTANA
27.NEBRASKA
28.NEW HAMPSHIRE
29.NEVADA
30.NEW JERSEY
31.NEW MEXICO
32.NEW YORK
33.NORTH CAROLINA
34.NORTH DAKOTA
35.OHIO
36.OKLAHOMA
37.OREGON
38.PENNSYLVANIA
39.RHODE ISLAND
40.SOUTH CAROLINA
41.SOUTH DAKOTA
42.TENNESSEE
43.TEXAS
44.UTAH
45.VERMONT
46.VIRGINIA
47.WASHINGTON
48.WEST VIRGINIA
49.WISCONSIN
50.WYOMING
