Massachusetts and Friends
by Eric Dion March 18, 2004
If the stereotypes are to be believed, then it is the land of the socialized psychopaths. According to stereotypes, the people are:
-apathetic/coldly aloof/callous
-narcissistic/arrogant/self absorbed
-shallowly charismatic/good enough at faking to get rich
-well schooled/intelligent/smart enough to get what they want
-manipulative
-deceitful
-bad drivers/impulsive drivers
However, though there are no doubt people in the region who fit such a description, there is a silent majority who are pretty good people. Some of them are just so unused to energetic or very happy personalities that they regard them with suspicion, and are uncomfortable with very friendly strangers. They warm up to a person after a while, though, when they grow use to or comfortable with them. Also, not everyone there is rich, liberal, preppy, and/or has gone to private schools. Most New Englanders that I have met live in single story (2 if you count the attic) houses on 1/4 or maybe 1/3 an acre of land, go to public school, don't give a damn about politics, and are annoyed by preps. "Wicked" as a substitute for very is common, though, as rumored.
-apathetic/coldly aloof/callous
-narcissistic/arrogant/self absorbed
-shallowly charismatic/good enough at faking to get rich
-well schooled/intelligent/smart enough to get what they want
-manipulative
-deceitful
-bad drivers/impulsive drivers
However, though there are no doubt people in the region who fit such a description, there is a silent majority who are pretty good people. Some of them are just so unused to energetic or very happy personalities that they regard them with suspicion, and are uncomfortable with very friendly strangers. They warm up to a person after a while, though, when they grow use to or comfortable with them. Also, not everyone there is rich, liberal, preppy, and/or has gone to private schools. Most New Englanders that I have met live in single story (2 if you count the attic) houses on 1/4 or maybe 1/3 an acre of land, go to public school, don't give a damn about politics, and are annoyed by preps. "Wicked" as a substitute for very is common, though, as rumored.
That dude there isn't as much of an asshole as you would think. You wouldn't guess he was from New England if it wasn't for him saying "wicked awesome".
by Callie_Ko_Cat December 14, 2010
The six northeastern states in the United States (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine) where they are excessively preoccupied with issues of adequacy, power and prestige only because they are dominated by private schools including Harvard and Yale. Full of rich democrats who believe in nothing but world peace.
by cbp1196wooyeah November 9, 2012
New England is made up of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. The region is known for its inhabitants' intelligence, work ethic, reserve, peppiness, and liberal tendencies.
And no, Connecticut, sorry, you don't count. Anywhere that has loud New York people and/or Yankees fans is NOT New England. Enjoy being a Middle Atlantic state with New York and Jersey, because that's really where you belong... at least from a cultural standpoint.
And no, Connecticut, sorry, you don't count. Anywhere that has loud New York people and/or Yankees fans is NOT New England. Enjoy being a Middle Atlantic state with New York and Jersey, because that's really where you belong... at least from a cultural standpoint.
by NH Sam May 21, 2009
New England is a region of the United States and is made up of 5 1/2 states. The states in New England are: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and northern and eastern Connecticut*.
New England is best known for its awesome sports teams (both professional and college). It is also home to the greatest fair in the country.
If you can live it in New England you can pretty much live anywhere in the entire world, as New England has a little bit of everything. Generally nice people (interestingly enough the farther north you go the nicer they get). It is true that New Englanders have a different way of driving but it doesn't make us rude it makes us in a hurry!
* As a Nutmugger I'd like to set the record straight on this matter. South-western Connecticut is NOT part of New England and arguable it isn't even part of Connecticut. It is made up of rich executives who work in New York and their trophy wives. The be a bit more specific I am referring to the 203 area (as opposed to the 860 area). The 203 area is full of rich white collar executives and the vultures that feed of of their excess wealth (maids, butlers, drivers, ect..). They worship the cult that sometimes goes by the name of "New York Yankees" and other times goes by the name of "New York Giants". They don't have rough hands and they hire people to mow their lawns and shovel their drive ways (of course if I has a 5 acre lawn and a 3 mile drive I'd do the same...).
New England is best known for its awesome sports teams (both professional and college). It is also home to the greatest fair in the country.
If you can live it in New England you can pretty much live anywhere in the entire world, as New England has a little bit of everything. Generally nice people (interestingly enough the farther north you go the nicer they get). It is true that New Englanders have a different way of driving but it doesn't make us rude it makes us in a hurry!
* As a Nutmugger I'd like to set the record straight on this matter. South-western Connecticut is NOT part of New England and arguable it isn't even part of Connecticut. It is made up of rich executives who work in New York and their trophy wives. The be a bit more specific I am referring to the 203 area (as opposed to the 860 area). The 203 area is full of rich white collar executives and the vultures that feed of of their excess wealth (maids, butlers, drivers, ect..). They worship the cult that sometimes goes by the name of "New York Yankees" and other times goes by the name of "New York Giants". They don't have rough hands and they hire people to mow their lawns and shovel their drive ways (of course if I has a 5 acre lawn and a 3 mile drive I'd do the same...).
1: "I'm from Manchester, Connecticut."
2: "So you're not part of New England than?
1:"No Manchester is in the 860 area. You are referring to the 203 area. Down their they don't work and live off the stock market and inheritances. In the 860 we have to hack it like all the other people from New England."
2: "Ah I never understood that difference before."
New England is home to wicked cold winters and the wicked humid summers.
2: "So you're not part of New England than?
1:"No Manchester is in the 860 area. You are referring to the 203 area. Down their they don't work and live off the stock market and inheritances. In the 860 we have to hack it like all the other people from New England."
2: "Ah I never understood that difference before."
New England is home to wicked cold winters and the wicked humid summers.
by Nutmeggah October 8, 2011
A 400 year old region in the northeastern United States named after England (no shit!).
It contains the states of Massachusetts (the cultural heart of the region), Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. New England is hilly and verdant and full of old-growth forests. Massachusetts has its baseball, Rhode Island has its beaches, Maine has its lobster, New Hampshire has its cows, and Vermont has its skiing.
Perhaps Connecticut USED to be a part of New England, but now its just "New" New Jersey -- complete with big-haired soccer moms, guidos with gelled up hair, gaudy "mcmansion" subdivisions, Yankees and Giants fans, vast parking lots, garbage dumps, strip malls, NYC rail stations, and rivers of raw sewage. Connecticut is far from the green pastures (literally) of the true New England.
Unlike the New Yorkish Connecticut people, real New Englanders pride themselves in being modest, educated, and making yummy clam chowdah. They also take great pride in their sports teams.
It contains the states of Massachusetts (the cultural heart of the region), Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. New England is hilly and verdant and full of old-growth forests. Massachusetts has its baseball, Rhode Island has its beaches, Maine has its lobster, New Hampshire has its cows, and Vermont has its skiing.
Perhaps Connecticut USED to be a part of New England, but now its just "New" New Jersey -- complete with big-haired soccer moms, guidos with gelled up hair, gaudy "mcmansion" subdivisions, Yankees and Giants fans, vast parking lots, garbage dumps, strip malls, NYC rail stations, and rivers of raw sewage. Connecticut is far from the green pastures (literally) of the true New England.
Unlike the New Yorkish Connecticut people, real New Englanders pride themselves in being modest, educated, and making yummy clam chowdah. They also take great pride in their sports teams.
From an actual Boston area radio show transcript (talking about politics in New England):
"...let's be real Connecticut, is part of New York not New England."
"...let's be real Connecticut, is part of New York not New England."
by Andrew McGuiness August 13, 2009
A wicked awesome place! Very diverse. Made up of Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Connecticut (debatable). Contrary to popular belief from West Coasters and plenty of Southerners, New York is NOT a part of New England, assholes. We have awesome maple syrup, because we actually have four seasons. The weather changes faster than a pregnant woman's mood swings.
by vtqueen802 February 23, 2013