I thought this might be an interesting idea for a thread. What are the stereotypes or commonly held generalizations about the main large cities (and their people) in your country?

For example, I'll start with the US:

New York: The ultimate city of all cities. Times Square, Broadway shows, yellow taxis everywhere, incredible street life, well you get the idea. Everyone knows NYC. Lots of ethnicities but especially Italians, Puerto Ricans, and Jews.

Boston: City of universities, Paul Revere, associated many times with Irish ancestry, thought of as a wealthy city with less urban problems than many other American cities. That godawful Boston accent "pahk the cah".

Philadelphia: Cheesesteaks, Italian people, the Liberty Bell, the impressive city hall, Ben Franklin, blue-collar folks.

Baltimore: John Waters, the Inner Harbor/National Aquarium, eating steamed crabs/crabcakes, the Star Spangled Banner (our national anthem) being written here at Fort McHenry, the Wire (and because of shows like this, crime unfortunately)

Chicago: Skyscrapers, Polish people, Sears tower, their professional sports teams, the elevated train, the skyline all lined-up along Lake Michigan's shore.

Seattle: The Grunge scene, cloudy weather, Pike's Place Market, the Space Needle.

San Francisco: The Golden Gate bridge, the gay scene, hippies, great restaurants, the cable cars, the steep hills, Fisherman's Wharf, liberals.

Los Angeles: The movie industry, Hollywood, superficial people concerned with image, smog, wealth, lifestyle.

Wow, there's too many to list. I could go on all night. Anyway, you get the picture.

What are the things associated with your countries major cities and their people? This is interesting to me because many people only know about only one or two cities in countries outside of their own. They may know the names of some of the other cities, but not really anything about them and what they are known for internally.

This could be interesting, as long as we keep it positive. If it becomes a slagfest against other cities or countries it will be closed right away.

I'll try to give some facts on German cities:

Berlin: Of course the capital: A poor, sexy, liberal, atheistic left-leaning city. Many problems, but a very 'unique' lifestyle not centered around money. Rude but very honest dialect (Berliner Schnauze).

Hamburg: The rich 'capital of the North', shaped by the sea and it's port, very proud of it's past. The Gateway of Germany to the world. Very maritime.

Munich: Seen as a very affluent city. Fashion, media, luxury shops, Oktoberfest...

Köln: Carneval, famous for it's gay community, rivalry with Düsseldorf

Frankfurt: City of business, the banks, the money. Famous and funny dialect. Skyscrpers, the airport...

Stuttgart: City of modern industry, very industrious and hard-working affluent people.

Düsseldorf: Rivalry with Köln, the more affluent city of the both. Carneval, shopping, fashion. A bit like a Munich on the Rhine.

Dresden: Florence of the Elbe, baroque buildings, very ambitious city. Famous for it's very funny and sometimes annoying dialect. Baby capital of Germany.

Hannover: Don't know much about it, maybe the most average city in Germany. Famous for the people speaking the most accent-free-German.

Halifax: old, colonial, military, university town, heavily Scottish/English, sea port, Titanic cemetaries and exhibits
Quebec City: Old Quebec, Winter Carnival, heavily French, Red Bull Crashed Ice competition
Ottawa: bureaucrats, Parliament, Rideau Canal, Supreme Court, museums
Montreal: heart of French America, beautiful old architecture, the Big O, the Canadian Grand Prix, sin city, Mont Royal, Old Montreal, fashion/food crazy city
Oshawa: General Motors, auto industry
Sarnia: chemical industry
Kingston: Queen's University, Royal Military College
Toronto: the big metropolis, TIFF, Caribana, Pride Week, Nuit Blanche, international banking centre, global immigrant magnet, unparalleled diversity, CN Tower, boom town
Hamilton: the Steel City, the Hamilton Tiger Cats, Football Hall of Fame, Dundurn Castle
Niagara Falls: the Falls, Casinos, Marineland, kitsch, Skylon Tower
Kitchener-Waterloo: Germans, Oktoberfest, Perimeter Institute, Research In Motion (Blackberry)
London: UWO Mustangs, world's oldest baseball grounds: Labatt Memorial Park
Sudbury: Italians, nickel, mining, Big Nickel
Thunder Bay: Finns, the Sleeping Giant, Terry Fox Memorial
Winnipeg: Ukrainians, the Forks, Manitoba Legislature, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Regina: Saskatchewan Roughriders, RCMP
Calgary: oil wealth, blue eyed sheiks, the Stampede, cowboys, Conservative politics
Edmonton: City of Champions, Wayne Gretzky, heavy industry, the Edmonton Eskimos, West Edmonton Mall, the Edmonton Indy
Kelowna: vineyards, forest fires, retirement living, fruit production, expensive real estate
Vancouver: laid back west coast living, mild climate, beautiful setting, Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, Granville Island, heavily Chinese, glass condos, the Vancouver Olympics, Greenpeace, coffee houses, Douglas Copeland: Generation X
Victoria: the Empress Hotel, old world England, mild climate

Not too good at this but i'll try.

Stockholm: Snobbish, "think they are better than others" (+ other typical myths that out towners usually thinks about their countrys capital).

Gothenburg: Blue collar workers, good at telling funny jokes, commonly named "Glenn", works by the docks, "little brother-mentality" towards Stockholmers.

Malmo: Immigrants, Criminals.

Thanks guys for replying! It's interesting to hear particularly about those cities in which outsiders don't know much about.

For Germany, I know a lot about this country already and have been to all of those cities, but I agree with what you said Chrissib. I happen to be obsessed with Berlin, so I'd probably give Berlin a much more favorable description, but I've noticed that many Germans from outside of Berlin tend to like to say negative things about it. I think part of it is like Obscene said about Stockholm in that the capital city is many times talked down upon by out-of-towners. That and the fact that a lot of their tax money goes to Berlin and they resent that. :)

For Canada, it was cool to see your descriptions of some of those lesser known cities, isaidso! I've only been to the "big three" (I just made that up but do people say that?) Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. Thanks.

For Sweden I've only been to Malmo, but I didn't know of those stereotypes, Obscene. Of course, I was only there for a few hours and in the touristy part. Good to hear about Gothenburg as I knew absolutely nothing about it other than its name.

London

http://chipbruce.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/weapons.jpg

http://www.wallpaperlinks.be/img/mes_wall/sw02-city01-1024.jpg

Brighton

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rsl_LePBeKE/SGIBmNFCGvI/AAAAAAAAB5c/_Bp8NFSW7fg/s400/Reveller,+Gay+Pride+Parade,+Sao+Paulo,+Brazil+by+Andre+Penner.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2106/1908160350_231e36499b.jpg

Essex

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/24/article-1048831-0266BCEB00000578-281_468x789.jpg http://www.essexuncovered.com/login/upload2/pictures/Image1.jpg

Croydon
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/6677051_13de4e3f3e.jpg http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:yWKoDzfkpXzy9M:http://www.myhateblog.com/images/chav-42885.jpg&t=1

Cornwall

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/27/article-1216538-069A8F01000005DC-915_468x687.jpg +http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/3/3/Anonymous-Paradise-Beach-331530.jpg


Scotland

http://www.moviemobsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/braveheart460.jpg+http://www.greatdreams.com/native/igloo.jpg

Edinburgh

http://www.oscdg.no/images/md1.jpg http://www.sikyon.com/athens/monuments/athens_view1.jpg


Glasgow

http://www.narconon.org/drug-rehabilitation/heroin-use-addiction.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_feMDsosQEqU/SZyjLawbFgI/AAAAAAAAAJg/6j7ZGurwnHw/s400/fist+fight.jpg

Bath

https://jspivey.wikispaces.com/file/view/Aristocracy_--.jpg/42066347/Aristocracy_--.jpg http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karl.lloyd/images/cottages.jpg

Manchester

http://www.americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Liam-Gallagher-Ricky-Hatt-001.jpghttp://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01002/YM-property-land_1002696c.jpg

Yorkshire

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01246/lett26010_1246277c.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/06/20/article-1027993-01AFC1BB00000578-486_468x305.jpg

Norfolk

http://www.solarpanels-solarenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mongolian-Desert-ideal-for-solar-energy.jpghttp://www.untoldentertainment.com/blog/img/2009_03_05/inbred.jpg

Eastbourne
http://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u26/old%20couple-743330.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Devonshire_tea.jpg/300px-Devonshire_tea.jpg

Blackpool

http://www.freefoto.com/images/37/01/37_01_12---Blackpool-Illuminations_web.jpg?&k=Blackpool+Illuminations http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01246/chav_holiday_1246902c.jpg

Milton Keynes

http://amodernrenaissance.com/amr/images/designerdolls.jpg http://www.uptownnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/suburbia.jpg

Dagenham

http://www.mythinglinks.org/nurembergRally.jpg http://www.oswego.edu/alumni/publications/enewsletter/september_2008/images/sichuan_quake.jpg

Cardiff

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:OCZG009Nklmi4M:https://christal.elte.hu/curriculum2/Anglisztika/49Pint%C3%A9r/LRSetup/UK/CULTURE/images/welsh%20custom2.jpg&t=1 http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/depts/happenings/rugby-scrum-530.jpg

Belfast

http://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u46/Hiroshima.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JqYd3xXiruw/Snmz_9rr2QI/AAAAAAAABGA/xGDgSEzN1Pc/s320/IRA.jpg

I'll try to give some facts on German cities:

Berlin: Of course the capital: A poor, sexy, liberal, atheistic left-leaning city. Many problems, but a very 'unique' lifestyle not centered around money. Rude but very honest dialect (Berliner Schnauze).

Hamburg: The rich 'capital of the North', shaped by the sea and it's port, very proud of it's past. The Gateway of Germany to the world. Very maritime.

Munich: Seen as a very affluent city. Fashion, media, luxury shops, Oktoberfest...

Köln: Carneval, famous for it's gay community, rivalry with Düsseldorf

Frankfurt: City of business, the banks, the money. Famous and funny dialect. Skyscrpers, the airport...

Stuttgart: City of modern industry, very industrious and hard-working affluent people.

Düsseldorf: Rivalry with Köln, the more affluent city of the both. Carneval, shopping, fashion. A bit like a Munich on the Rhine.

Dresden: Florence of the Elbe, baroque buildings, very ambitious city. Famous for it's very funny and sometimes annoying dialect. Baby capital of Germany.

Hannover: Don't know much about it, maybe the most average city in Germany. Famous for the people speaking the most accent-free-German.

Add to Hamburg: liberal attitude, known in Germany for its nightlife (St.Pauli, Reeperbahn), friendly but reserved people. a stereotype I have heard from foreigners who haven't been in Hamburg yet: dirty industrial port town.

Add to Hannover: at least until the EXPO 2000 nicknamed "the biggest village in Germany" (village in the sense of being a boring place). Not a stereotype but a fact: known for some of the world's biggest trade fairs (for example CeBit).


Münster: student town, Germany's bicycle capital

Kiel: Gate to the baltic sea, military

Rostock: full of Neo-nazis, xenophobes and racists (hey that's the stereotype, doesn't need to be true).

London

http://chipbruce.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/weapons.jpg

http://www.wallpaperlinks.be/img/mes_wall/sw02-city01-1024.jpg

Brighton

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rsl_LePBeKE/SGIBmNFCGvI/AAAAAAAAB5c/_Bp8NFSW7fg/s400/Reveller,+Gay+Pride+Parade,+Sao+Paulo,+Brazil+by+Andre+Penner.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2106/1908160350_231e36499b.jpg

Essex

http://www.barelyhangingon.com/wp-content/uploads/jodie_marsh_who.jpg http://www.essexuncovered.com/login/upload2/pictures/Image1.jpg

Croydon
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/6677051_13de4e3f3e.jpg http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:yWKoDzfkpXzy9M:http://www.myhateblog.com/images/chav-42885.jpg&t=1

Cornwall

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/27/article-1216538-069A8F01000005DC-915_468x687.jpg +http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/3/3/Anonymous-Paradise-Beach-331530.jpg


Scotland

http://www.moviemobsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/braveheart460.jpg+http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/primary/emperor-penguins.jpg

Edinburgh

http://www.oscdg.no/images/md1.jpg http://www.sikyon.com/athens/monuments/athens_view1.jpg


Glasgow

http://www.narconon.org/drug-rehabilitation/heroin-use-addiction.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_feMDsosQEqU/SZyjLawbFgI/AAAAAAAAAJg/6j7ZGurwnHw/s400/fist+fight.jpg

Bath

https://jspivey.wikispaces.com/file/view/Aristocracy_--.jpg/42066347/Aristocracy_--.jpg http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karl.lloyd/images/cottages.jpg

Manchester

http://www.americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Liam-Gallagher-Ricky-Hatt-001.jpghttp://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01002/YM-property-land_1002696c.jpg

Yorkshire

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01246/lett26010_1246277c.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/06/20/article-1027993-01AFC1BB00000578-486_468x305.jpg

Norfolk

http://www.solarpanels-solarenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mongolian-Desert-ideal-for-solar-energy.jpghttp://www.untoldentertainment.com/blog/img/2009_03_05/inbred.jpg

Eastbourne
http://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u26/old%20couple-743330.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Devonshire_tea.jpg/300px-Devonshire_tea.jpg

Blackpool

http://www.freefoto.com/images/37/01/37_01_12---Blackpool-Illuminations_web.jpg?&k=Blackpool+Illuminations http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01246/chav_holiday_1246902c.jpg

Milton Keynes

http://amodernrenaissance.com/amr/images/designerdolls.jpg http://www.uptownnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/suburbia.jpg

Dagenham

http://www.mythinglinks.org/nurembergRally.jpg http://www.oswego.edu/alumni/publications/enewsletter/september_2008/images/sichuan_quake.jpg

Cardiff

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:OCZG009Nklmi4M:https://christal.elte.hu/curriculum2/Anglisztika/49Pint%C3%A9r/LRSetup/UK/CULTURE/images/welsh%20custom2.jpg&t=1 http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/depts/happenings/rugby-scrum-530.jpg

Belfast

http://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u46/Hiroshima.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JqYd3xXiruw/Snmz_9rr2QI/AAAAAAAABGA/xGDgSEzN1Pc/s320/IRA.jpg

Very cool !!! That's the spirit!:cheers:

São Paulo: Workaholic, hurried and individualist in the day and crazy in the night, Skyscrapers everywhere, gray city, chaotic traffic jams

Rio de Janeiro: Laid-back, fun-loving people who doesn't work and spend all the day in the beach, Carnival, crime and all the rest of the stereotypes you know for all Brazil

Belo Horizonte: Friendly people, everyone seens to know everyone just like it was a small village, extremely hilly city

Salvador: Lazy people, spend all days in hammocks and selling souvenirs to tourists, Carnival, party all the days of the year

Curitiba: Clean and organized city, cold people, don't greet anyone, the most """europeanized""" city in Brazil

Porto Alegre: Very proud of their state, think themselves as gauchos first and then brazilians, more similarities with uruguayans and argentines than with the rest of us

Brasília: Planned city without corners, bureaucrats and corrupt politicians everywhere


I think i don't need to say that these are only stereotypes right?

Someone's already done the United States, so I'll do California (practically a country anyways).

First division: SoCal.

1. Los Angeles: sprawl, crime, gangs, Hollywood, TV, and beaches that are popular but shouldn't be since there are better ones elsewhere. Oh, and it's also the place that continually tries to suck NorCal dry of its already limited water.

2. San Diego: relaxed lifestyle, great beaches and golf courses (La Jolla, anyone?), Navy, Gaslamp District, condos, trolleys, and a border with Mexico.

3. Bakersfield: absolutely nothing of value is there. Fairly conservative, I'd say.

4. Santa Barbara: wealthy, full of Hollywood people wandering around State Street, some of the most beautiful architecture in the state.

Second division: NorCal.

1. San Jose: technology, Silicon Valley, all over the political spectrum, it's basically a SoCal city in NorCal. Not really a place you want to spend time in unless you're going to a sports game or a concert.

2. San Francisco: the epitome of NorCal, basically. Clean, beautiful, and also varied politically. Famous nightlife and neighborhoods, from th Castro to North Beach and everything in between. Cold as fuck, though. Also the birthplace of Jerry Brown.

3. Oakland: just don't go there. It's a port and it's home to gangs. Unless you're an A's fan, you only see Oakland on your way to San Francisco or San Jose.

4. Berkeley: a true college city. Home to UC Berkeley, known for being probably the most liberal part of California. Expensive as hell, though. Also got some good architecture, like Julia Morgan's few original shingle houses.

5. Sacramento: the state capital. Generally ignored by the rest of the state (and virtually unknown to the rest of the United States) unless it's an election year, at which Sacramento becomes a codeword for "bureaucratic hell." Sacramentans are generally very angry towards Los Angeles for three reasons: the Giants/Dodgers rivalry, the Kings/Lakers rivalry, and the fact that Los Angeles is always trying to build canals to steal whatever water we barely have left. Relaxed place, though, pretty laid back as long as you stay in the right neighborhoods.

6. Davis: another true college town. Home of UC Davis and all sorts of fun stuff, like the world's largest corn maze (technically in Dixon, but Dixon's just a small town right next to Davis anyways). Relaxed, laid back, and liberal, mostly.

7. Redding: conservative heaven, liberal hell. There's absolutely no reason to go to Redding unless you're stopping on your way to Ashland or Portland to see the Sundial Bridge or you really need a gas station bathroom.

^ Wow... you really don't need to overstate your dislike for LA.

^ Wow... you really don't need to overstate your dislike for LA.

Oh, but I do. You see, in case you haven't noticed, I'm that darn Sacramentan.

^ Wow... you really don't need to overstate your dislike for LA.

Therein lies the dangers of this type of thread... let's try to keep our own biases of other cities than our own in check so as not to insult others! ;)

^^ I apologize. It's hard to not be biased against SoCal as a NorCal resident, and when I was thinking of generalizations, those are the ones I thought of based on what others up here say.

Israel

Jerusalem: multicultural; religious, conservative and somewhat narrow-minded people; home to Israel's #1 university (in most fields); Israel's most special city
http://www.jerusalemshots.com/b/uploaded6/0811124036_0.jpg
http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/56481763.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FDB0EE4D0440AA293ED86D0649DFDD5E71D9C44D795EBBDD91B01E70F2B3269972


Tel Aviv: secular, fun-loving, beautiful, intelligent and unpretentious people; industrious and entrepreneurial; open-minded; laid-back; great universities; young people; wonderful lifestyle; extremely expensive
http://i30.tinypic.com/330h2pw.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/ofgj8.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs086.snc1/4597_190999310175_635475175_7067894_2356108_n.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/3578625975_4317aff9a5.jpg
http://www.guygomel.com/banim-yuli09/4.jpg
http://mad.walla.co.il/archive/213723-5.jpg
http://www.guygomel.com/banim-yuli09/8.jpg

Haifa: multicultural; Russians; hard-working people; pretty gray city; boring; university town; home to Israel's MIT (aka full of science geeks/geniuses); Christian Arabs; maritime city; heavy industry
http://www1.technion.ac.il/_local/includes/blocks/sci-news-items/100720-nabieh/nabieh2.jpg
The two pictures below aren't of Israelis, but are illustrative of my point.
http://fracas.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/babushka.jpg
http://images.askmen.com/galleries/model/anna-kournikova/pictures/anna-kournikova-picture-1.jpg

Sweden:

Stockholm: Upper class snobs, The King lives here, stuck up dialect.

Göteborg: Easy going working class people, called Glenn, they either work by the docks, at Volvo or as a tram driver. Positive dialect.

Malmö: Isnt Malmö really a part od Denmark?

Uppsala: University town, everywone rides a bicycle, full of nerdy students

Västerås: No one really cares about Västerås.

Kiruna: Northern miner town, quiet working class people

Falun: Capital of Dalarna County, the most traditionally swedish of all counties, everywone skies and wear traditional clothes, nice friendly dicalect.

Eskilstuna: Industrial town, Whiny dialect

Linköping: Industrial and University town, home of SAAB (the aerospace and defence company)

Norrköping: Swedens Manchester

About Dominican Republic.

Punta Cana: for tourist and europpean people, this is the country, just a Resort without nothing out there.

Casa de Campo: more beaches, Golf , Famous people houses.

Santo Domingo: black people dancing merengue, Coconuts and more beaches(altought there´s not beatches in the city).

Santiago : Unknown, cigarres if do you want get one.

La Vega: not "Las Vegas" when Michael Jackson get married with Lisa-Marie Presley .. they both trought the city may be a little Las Vegas .. big mistake.

Someone's already done the United States, so I'll do California (practically a country anyways).

First division: SoCal.

1. Los Angeles: sprawl, crime, gangs, Hollywood, TV, and beaches that are popular but shouldn't be since there are better ones elsewhere. Oh, and it's also the place that continually tries to suck NorCal dry of its already limited water.

2. San Diego: relaxed lifestyle, great beaches and golf courses (La Jolla, anyone?), Navy, Gaslamp District, condos, trolleys, and a border with Mexico.

3. Bakersfield: absolutely nothing of value is there. Fairly conservative, I'd say.

4. Santa Barbara: wealthy, full of Hollywood people wandering around State Street, some of the most beautiful architecture in the state.

Second division: NorCal.

1. San Jose: technology, Silicon Valley, all over the political spectrum, it's basically a SoCal city in NorCal. Not really a place you want to spend time in unless you're going to a sports game or a concert.

2. San Francisco: the epitome of NorCal, basically. Clean, beautiful, and also varied politically. Famous nightlife and neighborhoods, from th Castro to North Beach and everything in between. Cold as fuck, though. Also the birthplace of Jerry Brown.

3. Oakland: just don't go there. It's a port and it's home to gangs. Unless you're an A's fan, you only see Oakland on your way to San Francisco or San Jose.

4. Berkeley: a true college city. Home to UC Berkeley, known for being probably the most liberal part of California. Expensive as hell, though. Also got some good architecture, like Julia Morgan's few original shingle houses.

5. Sacramento: the state capital. Generally ignored by the rest of the state (and virtually unknown to the rest of the United States) unless it's an election year, at which Sacramento becomes a codeword for "bureaucratic hell." Sacramentans are generally very angry towards Los Angeles for three reasons: the Giants/Dodgers rivalry, the Kings/Lakers rivalry, and the fact that Los Angeles is always trying to build canals to steal whatever water we barely have left. Relaxed place, though, pretty laid back as long as you stay in the right neighborhoods.

6. Davis: another true college town. Home of UC Davis and all sorts of fun stuff, like the world's largest corn maze (technically in Dixon, but Dixon's just a small town right next to Davis anyways). Relaxed, laid back, and liberal, mostly.

7. Redding: conservative heaven, liberal hell. There's absolutely no reason to go to Redding unless you're stopping on your way to Ashland or Portland to see the Sundial Bridge or you really need a gas station bathroom.

Pretty accurate as stereotypes... I'll think of a few more from California:

Fresno: same as Bakersfield

Marin County: Very rich, environmentally conscious, rich, liberal but rich, Sean Penn lives here, rich, birthplace of the mountain bike

Santa Cruz: hippies, environmentalists, surfers, beach bums, liberal, lots of UC kids, cold beach and water but there's a boardwalk

Monterey: cold and foggy, has a sweet aquarium

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Brazil:jungle,beaches,party,party......maybe party......crime,beaches and party so i think that party is a good thing to say.....Soccer,Hot ladies(who fall in love with anyone)

Spliff you made me LOL thank you :laugh:

^^ Yeah, I did too!! hehe.... it was pretty funny. I nearly spit up coffee when I saw the Croydon one! :D

Brazilian cities:

São Paulo - rain, traffic, pollution, urban caos
Rio - Samba, beaches, favelas
Salvador - Axé music, Pelourinho, Afro heritage
Recife - Frevo, sharks, beaches
Brasilia - politics, Oscar Niemeyer
Belo Horizonte - Pampulha, bars, cheese

Mexico City: Big, sprawl, chaos, craziness, very busy, traffic, large crowds, poverty, wealth, culture, arts, lots of entertainment, mostly liberal, not so friendly people, too many cars, the metro, lots of museums, beautiful neighborhoods, slums, lots of foreigners living and working there, commerce, big class divide...

Guadalajara: Second largest city in Mexico, the most Mexican city in the country, tequila, beautiful women, macho guys, birthplace of mariachi music, great Mexican cuisine, football (soccer), charros (Mexican cowboys), somewhat conservative, traditional, a large American population living there, beautiful weather...

Monterrey: Third largest city in the country, very progressive, industrial, business friendly, the most Americanized city in Mexico, the Tec de Monterrey (the Monterrey Tec), very strong northern accent, very hot in the summer, cowboy hats and boots, polka music...

Puebla: Beautiful historic center, very conservative, snobby people, Volkswagen, lots of Germans, sweet potatoes, Universidad de las Americas, mole, very traditional...

Ciudad Juárez: Border town, lots of crime, gangs, a lot of negative press, El Paso Texas, Rio Bravo, maquiladoras, poverty...

Tijuana: Partying, border town, craziness, fast growing city, drugs, commerce, busiest border crossing in the world...

Querétaro: Historic, traditional, conservative, very clean, progressive, industrial, business friendly, fast growing, good standards of living, very low crime, modern, great weather, lots of people from Mexico City...

Veracruz: Most important port in the country, a very happy place, great music, awesome cuisine, the boardwalk, the carnival, warm and fun people, Afro-Mexicans, Gulf of Mexico, they probably have more similarities with Cuba and other countries in the Caribbean than they do with other parts of Mexico...

Acapulco: Beach, fun, nightlife, tourism, large hotels, partying, Pacific Ocean, water sports, old gateway to Asia, strong coastal accent...

There are many other Mexican cities but this is probably enough for now.

MEXICO CITY - Chaotic City, if there is anything in any other city there are 100 more in here, crime, Perfect weather all the year, Volcanoes, liberal, pollution, so big you will never visit some parts of the city in your life, UNAM, Pumas, Cruz Azul, city of museums, Slums and Beverly Hills in the same neighbourhood

GUADALAJARA - Hot people, californian accent of spanish, "most mexican people", if you are from here you rather are : homo or macho or mariachi or a footbal player, tequila, Chivas

MONTERREY - Narcotraffic (use your bulletproof vest), industrial, dry, Too hot in summer, too cold in winter, city of the mountains, new wealthy big ranch, white/tall people, Ranchera music, cabrito, ranchero hats, texan accent of spanish

PUEBLA - Nearer to Volcanoes than Mexico city, Outlets, mole, Volkswagen, ULA(Un iversidad de las Americas) , Ibero University, Outlet

TOLUCA - Highest big city in Mexico, really unknown but classified as ugly, Cold weather, nearest city to Mexico City, does anybody know someone from there?

TIJUANA - Unknown weather, horrible beaches but good nightlife , drugs, and the most used border with USA.

QUERÉTARO - Many middle high class people from Mexico city is moving there, nice relaxing city, small, good restaurants/nightlife, historic, clean

ACAPULCO - Touristic, second Weekend city of Mexico City citizens but unknown for the rest of the country, second city with real skyline in Mexico, fun, extertainment, polluted water (beach), the city is divided in 3, horrible coast accent

CANCUN - Paradise (but less than Playa del Carmen), fun, entertainment, sex, flora fauna, cruises, lagoon, blue sea, expensive hotels, americanised city

MERIDA - Beautiful city, weird accent, indigenous people with giant heads, near to Chichén Itzá

CUERNAVACA- Mexican Beverly Hills, Weekend city for all Mexico city citizens, city with really new crime, any house has a swimming pool, amazing homemade Nightlife.

It's interesting to see some of these comments; the ones on Germany sound similar to what I have heard from other Germans. The US ones were pretty accurate as well and the UK downright hilarious.

The California ones strike me as coming from someone who is just full of anger. The characterizations are not subtle, just kind of blanket invective (no mention of beautful people in LA? and complaining about the beaches? how is that stereotypical? and I don't think I've heard anyone ever say when asked about LA that part of its stereotype is
"sucking NorCal water". Mexicans, gangs, movie stars, beaches, swimming pools, mansions, smog, freeways, low-riders, surfers, rappers, wanna be actors and screenwriters, yes; "sucking NorCal water", no).

Further to Mexico:
Puerto Vallarta: Riviera of Mexico; very gay tourist friendly!

Palo Alto is a town between San Francisco, and San Jose. East Palo Alto is right next to it. They have their own stereotypes along with California stereotypes.

Palo Alto

http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/T/K/mcmansion-010030.jpg
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_04/studentGPX2409_468x286.jpg
http://www.quit-smoking-central.com/images/smoking_weed.jpg
http://www.teensuicideprevention.org/images/teen_suicide_copy.jpg

East Palo Alto

http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/1997/ap_bloods828_t.jpg
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw2q3zf5qd1qac6sbo1_400.jpg
http://www.solarnavigator.net/images/poverty_homeless_french_man_shopping_trolley.jpg

There are quite a few personifications (http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=%E9%83%BD%E9%81%93%E5%BA%9C%E7%9C%8C+%E6%93%AC%E4%BA%BA%E5%8C%96) of Japanese prefectures, symbolizing stereotypes of the residents.

Here are some scanlations of the popular series "Uchi no Toko dewa (http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~mogura45/o/sikoku/top.htm)" (In My Place).
Note: This is Japanese manga, so panels/bubbles are read from right to left.

Kyoto: Proud of its long history.
Nara: Carefree of its longer history.
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8905/009031.jpg

Tokyo: Economic
Kyoto: Historic
Aichi: Workaholic
Osaka: Comedic
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5346/069072.jpg

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4871/193g.jpg

Okinawa: Lives in their carefree "Uchina Time".
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5186/088275.jpg

Tohoku: Cold climate with shy people.
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/314/090251.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6622/366zy.jpg

Hokkaido: Large.
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6879/128tq.jpg

Aichi: Steady and solid.
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7162/354373.jpg

Okayama: Rivalry with Hiroshima.
Ehime: Laid-back sunny countryside.
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5347/146282.jpg

Fukuoka: Hates losing.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2474/248wa.jpg

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1327/315bw.jpg

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/2264/315b.jpg

Kyoto: Loves silence and subtleness.
Osaka: Loves chatting and boldness.
Yet they are in the same metropolitan area.
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8931/158afj.jpg

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/9335/158bw.jpg

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1356/076vv.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5269/211224.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5433/278313.jpg

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8486/thenordicfellows3454.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/thenordicfellows3454.jpg/)

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8486/thenordicfellows3454.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/thenordicfellows3454.jpg/)

I guess it goes like this: Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway

This is pretty much how other people view my city... and they're right.

Asheville:

http://richmondva.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/hippies.jpg

http://visitsouth.com/images/uploads/asheville-goombay-festival.jpg

http://www.mountainx.com/images/blogimages/DSCF2340.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3695040965_1c4b29a848_z.jpg

OK this seems as good a place as any to begin posting...

London - so vast it has multiple stereotypes:
City of London - Money, Banks, Bonuses, Suits
West End - Tourists, Expensive, Crowded, Nightlife
North London - Liberal, Leafy, Intellectual, Left-wing but wealthy, Jewish, Turkish
East London - Poor, 'Ironically' trendy, home of white working class, gangster films, a certain soap opera
South London - Suburban, bad connections, black people
West London - Rich, conservative, Indian

Birmingham - ugly, funny accent

Manchester - music, cool, gritty, cheeky, gay-friendly, amazing nightlife, probably the only city that can claim to really rival London

Liverpool - crime ridden, distinctive dialect, Catholic, football crazy, poor

Bristol - In my mind this city lacked a stereotype until Matt Lucas's Vicky Pollard character on Little Britain (benefit scrounging single teenage mum)

Brighton - liberal, young, gay, trendy

Milton Keynes - boring, safe, Americanised

Norwich - remote, inbred

Oxford & Cambridge - academic, wealthy, touristy

Bradford - Asian people, curry

Hull - poor, cheap, few ethnic minorities

Newcastle - legendary nightlife, cheap, unique dialect, girls who go out on freezing nights wearing nothing but a bikini

Edinburgh - The festival, tartan, American tourists, bagpipes, picture postcard Scotland

Glasgow - Edinburgh's poor cousin, run-down, unhealthy, alcoholics, short life expectancy, great cultural scene, nightlife

Belfast - Terrorism, fervant nationalism, sexy accent

In Morocco
FES = very islamic , traditional , religion is very important , very closed minded , somewhat ignorant , very historic , oldest university
MARRAKECH = so many tourists , american style suburban sprawl , palm springs california , gay capital of Morocco , very open minded , super nightlife , retirees
CASABLANCA , economical power house , Diversity , very cosmopolitan , great nightlife , high crime rate , california style homes , lovely beaches , industrial , a lot of slums in some parts , concrete jungle
RABAT , very clean , historical , home of the king , great monuments , a lot of sprawl , low crime rate , huge international community , very green city , great urban vibe
AGADIR , beaches , so many beautiful women , huge resorts , relaxation , great place to party , not historical , great places to eat , ultra modern

Someone's already done the United States, so I'll do California (practically a country anyways).

True. :lol:



San Francisco: Cold as fuck

Would never have thought, always wondered why Clint Eastwood is wearing a woolen blazer and woolen jumper in Dirty Harry.

^^ Mark Twain said it best: "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."

In July, I went to San Francisco for a concert. When I left, it was 102 here in Sacramento. When I crossed the Bay Bridge, I checked the temp gauge and it said 57. It dropped 45 degrees in an hour and a half.

Berlin in 2010:

Secret Art-, Music-, Youth-Capital of Europe. Political powerplayer. Enigmatic Metropolis of the 20th century due to central role in historic global conflicts.

Creative, green, hedonistic, bohemian, experimental, progressive, secular mindset. Diverse lifestyles. The least typical German city and the most European. Relaxed. Poor but sexy. Magnet for the international avantgarde. Very complex, contradictory, mysterious sometimes empty atmosphere. Energetic nightlife. Bicycle city. Science city.

THE city of our time ....

^^ Berlin seems to be a creative city..

^^ Berlin seems to be a creative city..

Hehe, but with the lack of turning that creativity into money:lol:

^^ Berlin seems to be a creative city..

True, the culture industries seem also responsible for an economic upswing.
As far as I know, Berlin is the fastest growing city in Germany in adding employment. Basically all talented, innovative people are moving to Berlin.

I guess thats the core trademark, being a massive magnet for the creative class.

True, the culture industries seem also responsible for an economic upswing.
As far as I know, Berlin is the fastest growing city in Germany in adding employment. Basically all talented, innovative people are moving to Berlin.

I guess thats the core trademark, being a massive magnet for the creative class.

Berlin is indeed a fast growing city in terms of employment, but from a veeery low niveau. Unemployment sank 0.8% over the last 12 months from 13.6% to 12.8%. It's still the highest of the German states. The city most successfully fighting unemployment is Suhl in Thuringia where unemployment shrank by 2.9% over the last 12 months.

Berlin and Jerusalem are the only capitals of the world whose population is poorer than the rest of the country.

The talented people go to the cities of the south: Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt. These are the cities who have to pay for Berlin's hedonism.

Berlin and Jerusalem are the only capitals of the world whose population is poorer than the rest of the country.


It seems that you try to fool the readers here. The thread is about stereotypes and (I guess) Iconic imagery.

Jerusalem is renowned for being the capital of a Jewish state, a religious heritage spanning several thousand years.

Berlin is known for being a cultural and artistic world city. Sure it does have unemployment. But a city is not determined by what it does not (unemployed people), but rather for what it Makes and Creates.
Don´t forget that Berlin is also one of the most influential political centers on the globe, probably the most powerful in Europe.

If this becomes a city vs city squabble it will be closed immediately.

its my turn
Solo-Indonesia: Culture, art, heritage, tourism, the spirit of Java, the capital of batik

Berlin is indeed a fast growing city in terms of employment, but from a veeery low niveau. Unemployment sank 0.8% over the last 12 months from 13.6% to 12.8%. It's still the highest of the German states. The city most successfully fighting unemployment is Suhl in Thuringia where unemployment shrank by 2.9% over the last 12 months.

Berlin and Jerusalem are the only capitals of the world whose population is poorer than the rest of the country.

The talented people go to the cities of the south: Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt. These are the cities who have to pay for Berlin's hedonism.

What about cities in the North and West like Dusseldorf and Hamburg?

Stockholm:
http://huggsexa.blogg.se/images/2009/stekare1_33058614.jpg


Göteborg:
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LmKYT-ci6UM/0.jpg


Malmö:
http://photo.outlookindia.com/images/gallery/20040901/nepal_mosque_burning_040901.jpg

Spain:

Madrid: Great street life, some beautiful monuments even though the city was a only village some centuries ago, quite a lot of trees and green spaces, great culture, awesome nightlife, good infrastructures, lots of immigrants, horrible traffic, noise, pollution, rush. Most of their ancestors are from other parts of Spain, but they have a superiority complex when they visit their places of origin. Also, they're always hurry, politically polarized (you find a lot of far right and far left people), urbanites.

Barcelona: Trapped between the sea and the mountain. Before the Olympic games it was ugly and industrial, now it's modern and beautiful. Rivalizing with Madrid to be Spain's first city. Lots of tourists. Gauche caviar, liberal, lots of perroflautas (http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/ciceron01/perroflautas-2.jpg), anarchists, okupas (squatters). They love the beach.

Valencia: Fast-growing in the last years, Calatrava, wide avenues with palm trees. Port city. Conservative. Obsessed with fashion and physical appearance. Great parties.

Seville: It was the most important city in Spain during the empire and therefore the old part is big and fabulous. The rest is blocks and estates. One of the worst, most dangerous districts of Europe is there. The people can be divided into: pijos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyxjboYHvM8) (posh and deeply catholic people), canis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e8w9HZgw9c) (chavs who wear tracksuits, golden rings and love flamenco) and perroflautas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU7LlBiBOic). Also there are a lot of aristocrats.

Bilbao: Ugly, industrial, cloudy&rainy weather, pollution. The people is exaggerated but friendly. They are quite proud of being from Bilbao (There's a joke about a father from Bilbao advising his son, who is going to study abroad: Never ask a person where is he from. If he is from Bilbao, he will tell you, if he is not, there's no need to embarrass him.)

I'll be more brief from here onwards :D

Zaragoza: Fast-growing city, dynamic, great parties, funny accent.
Málaga: Port city, nice beaches, lots of retired Europeans.
Murcia: Fast-growing, very conservative, lack of water, sprawl.
Granada: The Alhambra, gypsies, hippies, graffiti.
Valladolid: Typical Castilian city. Posh people, conservative. Automobile industry.
Pamplona: Mix between blue-collar workers and Opus Dei fellows. Rich, high quality of life. Important university.
San Sebastián: Palaces, French-style buildings, great beaches and quality of life. Aristocracy and surfers.

Also, there's a funny map from 4chan depicting Spain: http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/4384/mapaspain.png

Valencia: Fast-growing in the last years, Calatrava, wide avenues with palm trees. Port city. Conservative. Obsessed with fashion and physical appearance. Great parties.



I had never thought that, Valencia is a "right place" (politically) but I think there the people is very open for example with gay people, I think that probably because I'm just a teen and Valencia today isn't like Valencia 15 or 20 years ago, I didn't know this stereotype!

sorry but what is a perroflauta?

sorry but what is a perroflauta?

Just click the link :D

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/ciceron01/perroflautas-2.jpg

Perro=dog, flauta=flute.

I had never thought that, Valencia is a "right place" (politically) but I think there the people is very open for example with gay people, I think that probably because I'm just a teen and Valencia today isn't like Valencia 15 or 20 years ago, I didn't know this stereotype!

You're right. I said conservative because the PP (right-wing party) wins with a notable majority there, but they are quite tolerant.

What about cities in the North and West like Dusseldorf and Hamburg?

They are usually being overlooked by foreigners, despite being rich and offering many well-paid jobs.

Those who do not know about HK think that our city is in Japan :eek:

^^
But.. but...Hokkaido is in Japan man.:lol:
Im kidding, of course we know Hong Kong is in Taiwan :D

MONTERREY - Narcotraffic (use your bulletproof vest), industrial, dry, Too hot in summer, too cold in winter, city of the mountains, new wealthy big ranch, white/tall people, Ranchera music, cabrito, ranchero hats, texan accent of spanish

^^^^^^^^^^
You guys forgot to mention, that a one of the most commons generalizations about Mty, is that it's citizens are well known in Mx for being very CHEAP and count every single peso in there wallets :lol:
Greetings:)

I had never thought that, Valencia is a "right place" (politically) but I think there the people is very open for example with gay people, I think that probably because I'm just a teen and Valencia today isn't like Valencia 15 or 20 years ago, I didn't know this stereotype!

Someone can be both conservative and open to gay people....

Someone can also be both conservative and gay.

Norwich - remote, inbred

Actually it's everywhere else that's isolated from Norwich. Anyway, it's not too difficult to get to when the tides out which makes it a highly desirable place to live.

Derek

Once again for Germany:

Berlin: "poor but sexy", alternative, bohemian, ugly and beautiful side by side, rude but honest people, Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, politicians, graffiti everywhere, touristy...

Cologne: ugly city but great place to live, the Rhine, Carneval, Cologne Cathedral, gays, outgoing, funny, Kölsch beer...

Frankfurt: crime capital, banking capital, stock exchange, airport, weird dialect, apart from fancy skyscrapers boring and ugly, sausages and cider...

Hamburg: rich, understatement, beautiful, harbour and gate to the world, nordic, people are rough on the outside..., amiable accent, Michel (famous church)...

Munich: rich, posh, beautiful, Lederhosen and Dirndl, Oktoberfest, Beer, BMW, traditional, ugly dialect, grunty people, touristy, Germany's secret capital...

The Boroughs of Berlin:

Mitte:
http://www.berlin-motive.de/shootings/brunnen/images/%A9TN_DSC00496.jpg
http://www.antenne.at/uploads/pics/sarkozy-merkel.jpg

Marzahn:
http://www.tivoli.de/typo3temp/pics/7b9cd20b48.jpg
http://www.televisionvideo.de/mediac/400_0/media/DIR_190752/DIR_194463/HOCHHAUSMEISTER3.jpg

Wedding:
http://berlinmarika.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/fahrrad_klassenfahrt_berlin.jpg?w=450&h=335
http://www.allmystery.de/dateien/uh54139,1243110495,penner_sucht_arbeit.jpg

Friedrichshain/Prenzlauer Berg
http://www.last-thursday.de/wp-content/uploads/last-thursday/2010/02/berlin-hunde2.jpg
http://www.morgenpost.de/multimedia/archive/00187/friedrichshain_volk_187479b.jpg

Charlottenburg:
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/343983/2/istockphoto_343983-cranky-old-lady.jpg
http://www.matzesabse.de/berlin_2003/Images/schloss-charlottenburg_03.jpg

Kreuzberg:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/3578222918_7f1ab4a7d7.jpg
http://view.stern.de/de/picture/1052785/Berlin-Hund-Graffiti-Graffito-berlin-kreuzberg-Graffiti-01-510x510.jpg

Neukölln:
http://www.tikonline.de/stargalerien/bilder/htuerkenparty_5.jpg
http://www.dasbiber.at/files/image/totschlag/Doner_DW_Politik_Be_367295g.jpg

Köpenick:
http://www.kulturfreak.de/Theater/Theater_H/HauptmannVonKopernick_KomodieamKurfurstendammpresse_273_727McRolfMonckedieck.jpg



:nuts:

UK:

Manchester, gay, Coronation Street

Bradford, Muslims, Leeds poor neighbour

Sheffield, safe, trees, hills

Nottingham, gun crime

A rundown of Australian cities:

Sydney - Vibrant, expensive, touristy, crowded, lots of immigrants.
Melbourne - Classy, AFL obsessed, well planned.
Brisbane - Warm, vibrant.
Perth - Lots of British people, modern, suburban.
Adelaide - Boring, ugly, industrial.
Canberra - Rich people, boring, master planned, lots of Government employees.
Gold Coast - High rise apartments, amusement parks, beaches.

Melbourne - Rich, Planned, Multi-Cultural, 4 Seasons in one day
Sydney - Messy, wankers, whores, plebs
Brisbane - Leafy, Green, Vibrant
Perth - Modern
Adelaide - MiniMelbourne

San Francisco is very well known place. It's also a place of contrasts, where most of the tourists and many of the newer residents have absolutely no knowledge of a good half of the city (which just so happens to be much more cheap, diverse, and crime ridden in general than most of the better known half of SF). As such, SF has many stereotypes, which sometimes contradict each other. Examples:

-a beautiful, clean city
-an ugly, dirty city
-full of hippies with flowers in their hair
-full of selfish, trendy, overly PC yuppies
-full of hipsters
-all white
-all asian
-all liberal
-all white and asian
-all illegal immigrants from latin america and/or asia
-everyone is gay
-full of rich people
-full of welfare recipients in public housing
-like Escape from New York/Mad Max, but with homeless people rather than prison convicts or crazy Australians.
-we all wear birkenstocks, love granola, and go hiking/biking/kayaking for fun
-an extremely safe city, where you can ask that scary man on the corner to hold your bag for you while you count your cash out loud in the middle of night, and where thugs ride unicorns and shoot lollipops out of their polka dot guns (this one is pretty funny/strange to anyone who actually knows SF...yet its surprisingly wide-spread among people not from here)
-an extremely dangerous city where crazed bums, drug dealers and illegal immigrant gangbangers under the protection of our evil super-villain DA will shank/shoot you, and murder your entire family seven times in a row, just because you looked at them wrong (this one is pretty funny/strange too, but at least it acknowledges some harsh realities, unlike the previous stereotype)
-there are no black people (there are actually a pretty decent amount by west coast/southwest standards)
-we all eat rice a roni (i'm SF born and raised, and i think i've eaten that stuff once)

Also, apparently we love to smell our own farts and drive toyota priuses.

Sydney: "Big city", harbour, bridge, opera house, beaches, economic centre, our "world city" or "alpha city", asians and lebanese, dirty, congested, chaotic, expensive, Melbourne's rival

Melbourne: Culture, AFL, trams, melbourne cup, cafe scene, greeks and italians, miserable weather, Sydney's rival

Brisbane: Sunshine, laid-back, bogans, hot and humid weather

Perth: Conservative, mining, boring, "everything closes after 5", detached from the rest of Australia

Adelaide: Churches, people who sound like brits

Canberra: Parliament, public servants, boring, planned, clean, cold weather, slow, quiet, rich fat cats, smart, bureaucratic

Hobart: Natural beauty, incest

Darwin: Hot and humid, crocodile attacks, remote

It's interesting to see some of these comments; the ones on Germany sound similar to what I have heard from other Germans. The US ones were pretty accurate as well and the UK downright hilarious.

The California ones strike me as coming from someone who is just full of anger. The characterizations are not subtle, just kind of blanket invective (no mention of beautful people in LA? and complaining about the beaches? how is that stereotypical? and I don't think I've heard anyone ever say when asked about LA that part of its stereotype is
"sucking NorCal water". Mexicans, gangs, movie stars, beaches, swimming pools, mansions, smog, freeways, low-riders, surfers, rappers, wanna be actors and screenwriters, yes; "sucking NorCal water", no).

I thought his stereotypes were a bit off as well, I've never heard many of those. Some stereotypes about California before moving here:
SF stereotypes
1)Very White
2)Very Asian
3)Lacking of "real" street cred
4)Ugly pale people
5)Boutique-type city
6)Snobby w/ regards to the rest of the Bay Area
7)Liberal racists and classists
8)A place where men where their zippers in the back

LA Stereotypes
1)Mexico
2)Crime ridden
3)Gang infested
4)Traffic
5)Dangerous
6)Dumb
7)Everyone is an actor or trying to be one
8)Vapid
9)Nothingness

SD Stereotypes
1)Boring
2)Old People
3)Conservative
4)White
5)Hates Mexicans
6)Everyone is retired
7)A town in city clothing

Oakland Stereotypes
1)Chocolate City
2)Black Militant
3)A western Detroit
4)Conscious Hip Hop
5)Anti-establishment

chile is pretty homogenous but i will try:

santiago: is seen as a city full of criminals and a lot of richness
valparaiso: dirty leftiest city full of old people and students nobody works there
temuco: full of violent indigenous
antofagasta: bolivia but richer
iquique: peru but cooler
arica: peru but poorer
curico: beauty girls full of right wingers and posh wannabe attitude
talca: middle class people thinking they are rich (ancient families with glory)
concepcion: universities, rock bands, some kind of inferiority complex with santiago and superiority with the rest of the cities
puerto montt: bored
punta arenas: just ice down there a little bit like argentine accent

More American cities -

Miami - Cubans washing up on the beach, ridden with immigrants, impoverished city, wealthy city, Spanish town, Jewish town, retirees, working class, glitzy nightlife, crime ridden, awash with cocaine, drug kingpins, suburbia, palm trees, glamorous lifestyle, gay mecca, high end shopping, mega nightclubs, humid weather and beautiful beaches

Detroit - Urban decay, white flight, awesome music history (Motown and Punk), auto industry, hipsters, black town, wealthy suburbs, crime ridden, strong car culture, bad economy, segregation, a city in ruins, heavily impoverished, drugs, old architecture

Atlanta - Mega sprawl, black city, bad rap music, yuppies, massive highways, wealthy black mecca, new south, corporate haven, CNN, Coca-Cola, Olympics, heavy crime, real strong suburban culture.

Orlando - Disney World, suburbia, more theme parks, more suburbia and ugly tourist from the Midwest and the UK.

Dallas - Cowboys, suburbia, massive highways, shiny skyscrapers, southern belle, macho men, everyone walking around in cowboy hats and wranglers, mega sprawl, large trucks, wealthy

Salt Lake City - Really white, bunch of Mormons, lots and lots o' kids, hipsters, cold place, real conservative

Washington DC - political corruption, gentrification, heavy crime and drugs, impoverished, yuppies, strong black culture, liberal

canada:

Toronto: the 'New York' of Canada, (although a bit safer and cleaner without many ghetto areas) financial district, CN-Tower, ethnic diversity, cultural diversity, many south asians, quite liberal, not as European as Montreal or Halifax, but more European than Vancouver or Calgary, a good mix between European and (North-)American elements. Practically the 'real' capital of Canada, in regard of culture, size, density, economy, diversity. continental weather

Vancouver: safe (not crime-ridden), clean, wonderful nature around the city's urban area, very diverse, many chinese people, liberal lifestyle, oceanic climate ( on average warmer than Toronto), potential competition to Toronto

Calgary: very conservative (however, Calgary's mayor is South Asian), a bit like a Midwestern U.S. city, cowboys, vast majority is white, with the exception of the sizeable South Asian community. In my opinion the most 'American' Canadian city.

Montreal: French-speaking, historic, beautiful nature, good mix between old european buildings and modern high-rises. Inhabitants are very proud to be 'Québecois'.

Berlin: Of course the capital: A poor, sexy, liberal, atheistic left-leaning city. Many problems, but a very 'unique' lifestyle not centered around money. Rude but very honest dialect (Berliner Schnauze).

I LOVE Berlin! All the things I love in one city

More American cities -

Miami - Cubans washing up on the beach, ridden with immigrants, impoverished city, wealthy city, Spanish town, Jewish town, retirees, working class, glitzy nightlife, crime ridden, awash with cocaine, drug kingpins, suburbia, palm trees, glamorous lifestyle, gay mecca, high end shopping, mega nightclubs, humid weather and beautiful beaches

Detroit - Urban decay, white flight, awesome music history (Motown and Punk), auto industry, hipsters, black town, wealthy suburbs, crime ridden, strong car culture, bad economy, segregation, a city in ruins, heavily impoverished, drugs, old architecture

Atlanta - Mega sprawl, black city, bad rap music, yuppies, massive highways, wealthy black mecca, new south, corporate haven, CNN, Coca-Cola, Olympics, heavy crime, real strong suburban culture.

Orlando - Disney World, suburbia, more theme parks, more suburbia and ugly tourist from the Midwest and the UK.

Dallas - Cowboys, suburbia, massive highways, shiny skyscrapers, southern belle, macho men, everyone walking around in cowboy hats and wranglers, mega sprawl, large trucks, wealthy

Salt Lake City - Really white, bunch of Mormons, lots and lots o' kids, hipsters, cold place, real conservative

Washington DC - political corruption, gentrification, heavy crime and drugs, impoverished, yuppies, strong black culture, liberal

Seems quite accurate (this is, it's in-line with my stereotypes). Atlanta does seem to have a rep for bad rap although I think of it as more "roots" or "down-home" rap.

Some of the other posts here (not this one) are a little too "Chamber of Commerce" or optimistic in their stereotypes. I suspect some of the cities would get tougher treatment in bars and cabs.

I LOVE Berlin! All the things I love in one city

me too. :cheers1:

I'm bored so I'm making one for Turkey.

Istanbul: Ugly, beautiful, historic, modern, grumpy and whiny people, liberal, backwarded, wealthy, poor, Ottoman, Byzantine, mosques and churches, crime-ridden, safe, crowded, peaceful, artsy, kitsch; the borderliner city. So big there are always some places you've never heard of and seen even you've been living in this city your whole life.

Izmir: Laid-back, beautiful people, liberal, city-nationalists, awesome beaches and nature, better standart of life than rest of the Turkey.

Ankara: Gray, planned, boring, bureaucrats.

Muğla: Lots of Forests, great beaches, liberal, lots of British tourists and residents.

Antalya: Same as Muğla, only bigger and more extra-lux hotels, laid-back.

A little bit about my rather obscure country. Malaysia is small, so apart from its distinct regional cultures, the people are fairly homogeneous. But i'll try and list down a few stereotypical views for these selected cities.

Kuala Lumpur: Huge (for a Malaysian standard), fast-paced, cold people, heavy traffic, petronas twin towers, shopping malls, just like any other capital the people are seen as "snobbish" by the rest of the country, more people speak english with each other, jobs, high-rises, great night life, metropolitan.

Shah Alam: Sprawling, quiet but surprisingly heavy traffic (more like a bedtown, many people commute to KL), industrial, very car-oriented, no cinemas, MARA tech university with students everywhere (especially section 7), people stare too much but they are generally nice, rather conservative, family-oriented.

Penang: Beautiful colonial buildings(from the British era), food haven, chaotic traffic, penang bridge, chinese temples and celebrations, hi-tech industries, very liberal, northern accent, horrible drivers, nice beaches.

Malacca: The historical city of Malaysia, Portuguese and Dutch buildings, slow-paced, jonker street, peaceful streetscapes, very friendly people, narrow streets.

Petaling Jaya: suburban, affluent, open-minded, bad traffic, shopping malls, factories, cleaner than KL, modern with oldest buildings being built in the 60's (in other words, no historical significance).

Kota Bharu: The most conservative city in the whole country, strict muslim tradition, people speak a distinct accent which is hard for most malaysians to understand, east coast cuisine (keropok lekor, budu), beautiful ladies, strong sense of malay culture, old women with their gold bracelets all the time (they wear halfway to the elbow), wayang kulit (shadow puppet play), wau (traditional kite).

Johor Bahru: Not part of Singapore, strong sense of culture but fairly liberal, nice people, seeking jobs in singapore :lol:

Kuala Terengganu: Capital of malay batik, petroleum(although the industry is in kerteh, some malaysians still think of petrochemical industry when kuala terengganu is mentioned), the rest is somehow similar to Kota Bharu but the people are more moderate and the city is cleaner.

Kota Kinabalu: Blue sea, mount kinabalu, people are nice but shy, tropical gateway, ikan bakar (grilled seafood).

Kuching: river city, beautiful ladies, soft spoken, layer cake, eco-tourism, very liberal.

these are merely generalisation of each city, no offence intended :)

Brazilian woman
Bitch
big ass
black
know how to dance samba

Some more US Cities:

New Orleans: crime ridden, party city, mardi gras, hurricane prone, laid back, foodies

Austin: Hippy central, An island of blue surrounded by red, Indie music, SXSW.

Houston: extremely humid, wealthy oilmen, sprawl, car orientated, astronauts, NASA.

San Antonio: A Northern extension of Mexico (although that could apply for all of Texas though).

El Paso: A much safer version of Ciudad Jurarez

Denver: Rocky Mountains, Very Outdoorsy, A much better place to visit/live than Salt Lake City.

Minneapolis: bland, Prince and the Revolution, Husker Du, cold as hell

Cleveland: Industrial wasteland, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Brazil

Mainstream stereotype:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i7cZcYz-gfI/TG-7n_TEuVI/AAAAAAAAMug/SInSmwg644g/s1600/rio+Favela.jpg

Mainstream reality:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2851/dscn4577ce3.jpg

VENEZUELA:

Caracas:

Chaos
http://www.soberania.org/Images/apagon_caos_vehicular_2.jpg

Valencia:

Gay Men
http://images02.mundoanuncio.com/ui/1/85/06/l-1181597906-01.jpg

Maracaibo:

Fat Food
http://republicadelzulia.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/collagemaczulia.jpg?w=300

http://www.recados-orkut.com/Graficos/Brasil/brasil-recados-para-orkut33.gif

Milan, Italy

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(Fog)

http://viaggi.globopix.net/blogperviaggiatori/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sfilate_milano.jpg

http://www.design-conscious.co.uk/mall/designconscious/customerimages/products/sam-YOF.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1368/815277409_4685fe1a1f_z.jpg


http://put.edidomus.it/auto/mondoauto/attualita/foto/280816_1253_big_traffico-Milano7.jpg

Germany:

Berlin: poor but sexy, artsy, vibrant, modern, touristy, ugly and beautiful at once, multicultural, international, many immigrants, unique, fantastic nightlife, weak economical situation, politcal-left, liberal, atheistic, debts (regarding the economy), many Turks&Arabs, Germany's only 'real' metropolis/world city

Hamburg: hanseatic, wealthy and poor at the same time, appropriate economy, beautiful, ugly weather, "sterling", artsy, Red-Light district, good nightlife, open-minded , multicultural

Munich: Bavarian, conservative, rich, wealthy, posh, Bavarian lifestyle (including Oktoberfest, Beer garden, Lederhosen etc.), beautiful scenery and nature around the city (Mountains within a 1-hour drive), boring compared to Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg, FC Bayern München

Cologne (my hometown:)): the "Dom", open-minded, large gay community, second largest Muslim population in Germany after Berlin, Germany's media city, RTL (largest private TV Broadcaster), 1.FC Köln :lol:, Carnival, "Rhenish blithe spirit" , nightlife etc.

Frankfurt/Main: financial and economic centre of Germany, large airport, only European city with an "appropriate" skyline, crime-ridden, drugs, violence, large immigrant community (mostly Turks, Moroccans, Afghans), small in size and population (however with a large Metro area)

LA: Cars, smog, hollyweird, sun, beach babes, mexicans
SanFran: hippie, best city in america, beautiful, gay
San Diego: college town, militrary town, where people in LA go to get out of LA for the day

Germany:

Berlin: poor but sexy, artsy, vibrant, modern, touristy, ugly and beautiful at once, multicultural, international, many immigrants, unique, fantastic nightlife, weak economical situation, politcal-left, liberal, atheistic, debts (regarding the economy), many Turks&Arabs, Germany's only 'real' metropolis/world city

Hamburg: hanseatic, wealthy and poor at the same time, appropriate economy, beautiful, ugly weather, "sterling", artsy, Red-Light district, good nightlife, open-minded , multicultural

Munich: Bavarian, conservative, rich, wealthy, posh, Bavarian lifestyle (including Oktoberfest, Beer garden, Lederhosen etc.), beautiful scenery and nature around the city (Mountains within a 1-hour drive), boring compared to Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg, FC Bayern München

Cologne (my hometown:)): the "Dom", open-minded, large gay community, second largest Muslim population in Germany after Berlin, Germany's media city, RTL (largest private TV Broadcaster), 1.FC Köln :lol:, Carnival, "Rhenish blithe spirit" , nightlife etc.

Frankfurt/Main: financial and economic centre of Germany, large airport, only European city with an "appropriate" skyline, crime-ridden, drugs, violence, large immigrant community (mostly Turks, Moroccans, Afghans), small in size and population (however with a large Metro area)

:happy:

Milan, Italy

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEUrYZybwDA/TM3GHJPv-uI/AAAAAAAAAGk/XDtLkv7LSKc/s1600/Duomo_milano_nebbia.jpg
(Fog)

http://viaggi.globopix.net/blogperviaggiatori/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sfilate_milano.jpg

http://www.design-conscious.co.uk/mall/designconscious/customerimages/products/sam-YOF.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1368/815277409_4685fe1a1f_z.jpg

http://put.edidomus.it/auto/mondoauto/attualita/foto/280816_1253_big_traffico-Milano7.jpg

In general, looks like Milano needs less fog, less traffic and more booty. :)

In general, looks like Milano needs less fog, less traffic and more booty. :)

Hahaha, couldn't agree more!


Norway:

http://met.no/filestore/honningsvaag_odd_g_pettersen.jpg?size=300x225

http://i.pbase.com/v3/21/495621/2/47680259.EnsomthuspvestsidaavAndya.jpg

http://radiorakel.no/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/SnowBeech.jpg

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/images/brrrrrr.gif

http://infoocean.buddiees.com/files/2010/11/PolarBearParty.gif

http://www.plass1.no/upfiles/D%C3%85_fjord_106dlm.jpg

http://rlv.zcache.com/this_is_the_most_expensive_mouse_pad_ive_ever_mousepad-p144151658918651290trak_400.jpg

http://mikeduffy.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341e5ea453ef011570cb3fc7970b-320wi

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/16195892.jpg

Australia...


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/4098066110_0d0a0902b6_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2minutes/4098066110/sizes/o/in/photostream/


Need I say much more

Tokyo; people is cold
Osaka; wired

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Philippines.

Manila - huge, dense, vibrant, fast-paced, melting pot, rich history, city that never sleeps, cosmopolitan, disorganized, hot, no defined centre, flooded, bad traffic, high crime, polluted, over crowded, dirty

Cebu - rich history, Cebuano language, organized, clean, hilly, vibrant, touristic

Davao - mountainous, large, dense, laid back, touristic

Baguio - cold, pine trees, disorganized, mountainous

Philippines.

Manila - huge, dense, vibrant, fast-paced, melting pot, rich history, city that never sleeps, cosmopolitan, disorganized, hot, no defined centre, flooded, bad traffic, high crime, polluted, over crowded, dirty

Cebu - rich history, Cebuano language, organized, clean, hilly, vibrant, touristic

Davao - mountainous, large, dense, laid back, touristic

Baguio - cold, pine trees, disorganized, mountainous

let me add my fave city in the country:
Bacolod - old rich, arrogant people, stuck in delusions of Spanish-era grandeur, sugarcanes, mestizos, "Great Gatsby" parties, 19th-century mansions, hacienderos, clean, orderly, laid-back of all laid-backs :D

New York

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPr8XAtve75oYSPQv_b3jWvFPzRxdkYvlnFS-D-03eYWNs4CqNbA

Dortmund, Ruhrarea Germany

Beer
http://www.tu-dortmund.de/uni/Meldungen_alt/2009-08/09-08-03_Bier_INFU/www_-Bier.jpg

steel

http://img.******************/photos/8343860.jpg

a lot of turkish people
http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/storage/pic/mdhl/artikelbilder/lokales/rn/dolo/401793_1_2008-06-15_EM-Jubel_T_rkei_DO_231.JPG

city of german Football " Borussia Dortmund"
http://www.hamburg-web.de/fotos/original/11855-Gelbe-Wand-Suedtribuene-Dortmund.jpg

Sydney: "Big city", harbour, bridge, opera house, beaches, economic centre, our "world city" or "alpha city", asians and lebanese, dirty, congested, chaotic, expensive, Melbourne's rival

Melbourne: Culture, AFL, trams, melbourne cup, cafe scene, greeks and italians, miserable weather, Sydney's rival

Brisbane: Sunshine, laid-back, bogans, hot and humid weather

Perth: Conservative, mining, boring, "everything closes after 5", detached from the rest of Australia

Adelaide: Churches, people who sound like brits

Canberra: Parliament, public servants, boring, planned, clean, cold weather, slow, quiet, rich fat cats, smart, bureaucratic

Hobart: Natural beauty, incest

Darwin: Hot and humid, crocodile attacks, remote

Perfectly summed up! Thought you should add The NT News to Darwin's stereotypes. Easily Australia's most ridiculous newspaper.

I'll do an attempt for The Netherlands:

Amsterdam - Snobs, stoned tourists, people who think there is nothing outside of Amsterdam, unfriendly self obsessed people, lefty weird alterno people, artsy, creative, bankers, media, fashion, canals.

Rotterdam - Hard working, immigrants, right wing, working class, port city, creative, architecture, modern, experimental, ugly, urban, spread out.
In Rotterdam they say: the money that is made in Rotterdam is spent in Amsterdam.

The Hague - Divided city, bureaucrat (Hagenaar) vs working class (Hagenees), beach, government, immigrants, boring, local music scene, O o Cherso (Dutch version of Jersey Shore).

Utrecht - Students, charming, historic, left wing, logistic center of NL, young people.

Finland:

Helsinki: people who think there is nothing beyond the outermost ringway, hipsters, trams, jugend architecture, Suomenlinna, The Catholic Cathedral, the only big city in Finland, nightlife, trendiness, the sea, ugliness, beauty.

Turku: old city, Turku Castle, Turku Cathedral, Turun tauti (Turku sickness= most old buildings in the city were demolished after the war), shipyards (most of the world's largest cruise ships were built in Turku), Turun sinappi (mustard), the former capital city of Finland (which it never actually was), university city, ugly.

Tampere: "The Manchester of Finland", old industrial city, beautiful setting, crappy architecture.

I'll do an attempt for The Netherlands:

Amsterdam - Snobs, stoned tourists, people who think there is nothing outside of Amsterdam, unfriendly self obsessed people, lefty weird alterno people, artsy, creative, bankers, media, fashion, canals.

Rotterdam - Hard working, immigrants, right wing, working class, port city, creative, architecture, modern, experimental, ugly, urban, spread out.
In Rotterdam they say: the money that is made in Rotterdam is spent in Amsterdam.

The Hague - Divided city, bureaucrat (Hagenaar) vs working class (Hagenees), beach, government, immigrants, boring, local music scene, O o Cherso (Dutch version of Jersey Shore).

Utrecht - Students, charming, historic, left wing, logistic center of NL, young people.

Sounds very accurate (from my limited knowledge). Most of the Dutch seem to view Amsterdam center with a mix of fascination and disapproval.

New York

http://news-poland.com/upload/news/2005pchasydzi-5.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/u23/automat42/upload/37024583.WaitingfortheBrooklynFerry.jpg
http://www.catsclips.com/images/Menorah.gif

While the Hassidim and other Orthodox Jews are definitely there, they're an awfully small part of the NY image. You could spend a lot of time in Times Sq. and never see them. The more typical NY Jewish image is the brassy entertainer or lawyer. ("Manny, don't be a putz; would it kill you to work with me once in your life?")

Belgium

Brussels: City of contrasts, bureaucrats, office buildings, EU, traffic jams, french language (in theory bilingual), different cultures, (muslim) immigrants, Jewish people, poverty, crime, ignored by rest of the country, beautiful builings, neglected and run down buildings, beautiful and ugly, diverse, bizarre, overcrowded, world fair 1958, art nouveau, laid back, stressed, beer and good food, political chaos, manneken pis......

Antwerp: arrogant but proud people, fashion, shopping paradise, diamond, large harbour, traffic jams, posh people, folk, bars and restaurants, beautiful railway station, riverside, immigrants, right wing parties, funny dialect, art, history...

Ghent: in the past socialist, now parlor socialists, alternative culture, strange accent (french R), student life, Turkish people, history...

Liège: Socialist, working class, industry, rund down, corruption, trade unions, steel and coal (almost history), calatrava station, people of italian descent, history, hilly,

Charleroi: Socialist, poverty and unemployment, faded (industrial) glory, run down, immigrants, corruption, ugly, crime...

Hasselt: Modern and rich, small, boring, strange accent...

Leuven: students, stella artois

Manila

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2425585404_b0b04fcb24_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fraginal/2425585404/)
MANILA SMOG (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fraginal/2425585404/) by PINOY PHOTOGRAPHER (http://www.flickr.com/people/fraginal/), on Flickr
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/119/311223634_5f727a54c1_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dudztorres/311223634/)
friday night rush (edsa) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dudztorres/311223634/) by dudz torres (http://www.flickr.com/people/dudztorres/), on Flickr
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2203/2243025112_970af31364_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robtrent/2243025112/)
Heavy Traffic on Edsa (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robtrent/2243025112/) by robtrent (http://www.flickr.com/people/robtrent/), on Flickr
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/401411538_6947aac904_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/17868666@N00/401411538/)
Divisoria... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/17868666@N00/401411538/) by stellersjay(busy) (http://www.flickr.com/people/17868666@N00/), on Flickr
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/352520240_945073a7e7_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrecawagas/352520240/)
Nazareno arrives (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrecawagas/352520240/) by laz'andre (http://www.flickr.com/people/andrecawagas/), on Flickr

and sadly, this:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2599/3740764942_c267b07b0c_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25922955@N06/3740764942/)
Inequality on our globe (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25922955@N06/3740764942/) by eltraveller (http://www.flickr.com/people/25922955@N06/), on Flickr

I'll do an attempt for The Netherlands:

Amsterdam - Snobs, stoned tourists, people who think there is nothing outside of Amsterdam, unfriendly self obsessed people, lefty weird alterno people, artsy, creative, bankers, media, fashion, canals.

Rotterdam - Hard working, immigrants, right wing, working class, port city, creative, architecture, modern, experimental, ugly, urban, spread out.
In Rotterdam they say: the money that is made in Rotterdam is spent in Amsterdam.

The Hague - Divided city, bureaucrat (Hagenaar) vs working class (Hagenees), beach, government, immigrants, boring, local music scene, O o Cherso (Dutch version of Jersey Shore).

Utrecht - Students, charming, historic, left wing, logistic center of NL, young people.

I agree, good attempt.

Some other cities:

Groningen - Same as Utrecht except logistic center, very good nightlife, considered far away (by Dutch standards, that is), reserved people, a bit cooler climate, basketball

Maastricht - Least Dutch city in the Netherlands, charming, historic, Andre Rieu, food and drinks, carnaval

Nijmegen - Very left wing, squatters, oldest city in the Netherlands (Roman), hilly, street life

Almere - boring, new town, outskirt of Amsterdam, suburbia

Eindhoven - Philips company, PSV, industrial city, not very attractive, traffic congestion

Sounds very accurate (from my limited knowledge). Most of the Dutch seem to view Amsterdam center with a mix of fascination and disapproval.

Amsterdam is a beautiful city, with very creative people and proud of themselves. But the inhabitants are not liked that much by a considerable part of the other Dutch. Nothing special, in most countries the people from the capital are considered that way.

Amsterdam's inhabitants are also not liked by a considerable part of Amsterdam's inhabitants :) (I am one of them, so I think I can say that).

Boston: Racist, Gentrified, full of obnoxious loud drunken poor irishmen, busing, yankees suck, boston accent pahk the caah in hahvahd yahd

Dorchester/dahchester/dot: crime, diverse

Mattapan: murderpan

Roxbury: black people

South Boston: used to be irish and poor, now gentrified and wealthy

Back Bay: richest, comm ave is the place to be

Springfield: b-ball hall of fame, six flags, tornado

New Bedford: lots of portuguese, cocaine, poor, huge fishing port, used to catch some whales

Cambridge: Every single resident is a genius (Harvard, MIT)

Somerville: Slummerville, cambridge-lite

Lynn: "Lynn, Lynn the city of sin, you never come out the way you wen't in"

Lawrence: lots of dominicans, poorest dirtiest most dangerous city in state, corrupt mayor

Chelsea: Lawrence's biggest competition for worst city in the state, first government take over, head of housing authority makes more than NYC housing authority, corruption, tobin

Weston: one of richest cities in country, every house has a team of immigrant workers trimming the roses 24/7, great schools, buses inner city kids out, white and asian

Lowell: people breathing the fumes of a dead industry

Providence: providence sucks

Hartford: that city that the highway to new york cuts directly through, insurance

New Haven: harvard vs yale, nothing else important

Other than simply spreading negative stereotypes about other peoples cities than the one we live in, I don't really see any point to this thread.