How do you recognize out-of-towners?

[RitchS]

Originally Posted by 4dog

Texans just drive like crap all of the time and will stop in the middle of the road
without warning.

What do you expect, its flat here, we only see mountains in pictures and movies, we never drive over them, its scary.

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How flat is it?? It's so flat you can watch your dog run away for three days!

[michael_atw]

Here you can tell an out of towner by how loudly they yell at the supermarket cashiers about how they grabbed the wrong vegetable. Yes, they will yell at the cashier for their own malfunction.

That's what happens when you live by a lake full of WASP seasonal tourists.

Also, white southerners will roll off a bus downtown to go to the Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz museum.

On the highways, you can spot an Ontario Canuck; they are always going 25 mph over the speed limit - Lord knows how they make it without being shellacked by the Koopa Troopas.

[michael_atw]

Originally Posted by agent77

Why would anyone visit Erie?

I visit it to see what downtowns can look like if you pave massive parking lots right over them.

[bmc]

North Americans tend to stand out in Europe. Mostly those above 40. They wear running shoes. If it is hot, shorts, white socks, running shoes, golf shirt. Spot em a mile away. And they are loud. You can listen in to conversations from across the restaurant. North American restaurants are very loud compared to Europe. Very loud. It may be that Europeans are more quiet.

Canadians of the same age group will wear running shoes. Older Canucks will wear ugly Tilley endurable foldable safari hats. Canadian flags are sewn on to backpacks. Not sure why, other than to stand out.

Wearing backpacks with a water bottle is another give away. Do you wear back packs and carry water bottles when you go down town wear you live?

People in their twenties blend in.

[ADbassman]

Save for a week in April for the Masters, nobody willingly comes to Augusta. At that time the tourists become the population of Augusta cause everybody rents out their house to them and goes on vacation.

[jmattbassplaya]

Originally Posted by slobake

Have you visited the Stax musuem?

Three times

[Munjibunga]

San Diego (when I'm not at Groom) - If they're not wearing a Hawaiian shirt, they're from somewhere else.

[papilgee4evaeva]

Originally Posted by agent77

I used to live in Norfolk/VA Beach. For the first 6 months I was there those tunnels scared the $**t outta me. I remember being told, "stop checking for leaks, and step on the f*****g gas!"

Sound advice.

[Jebberz]

Originally Posted by Ziltoid

+



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tourist

+1

[aborgman]

Originally Posted by Phalex

People come from Grand Rapids, no one intentionally comes here from someplace else.

Sure they do...

...Muskegon.

[burk48237]

Detroit: Not many tourists, but a few out of towner's on business. You can recognize them because they are cowering in the corner of some alley in the fetal position.

Think of Mad Max without mohawks, the good thing is we recognize pistol carry permits from like 40 states. The bad is it's really hard to get your hands on a handy RPG when you need it

[Hopkins]

They are usually driving in the right lane about 45 mph scared out of their minds while the Houston natives are flying by at about 80 bumper to bumper

[HaMMerHeD]

Originally Posted by Hopkins

They are usually driving in the right lane about 45 mph scared out of their minds while the Houston natives are flying by at about 80 bumper to bumper

Texans are the worst drivers I've ever had the severe displeasure to experience.

I have a lot of family there, and I hate going there, because someone tries to kill me at least once every 15 minutes on the road.

[slobake]

Originally Posted by TOOL460002

More on San Francisco: Don't forget the guy behind the bush; jumps out, scares the **** out of tourists, causes them to drop their clam chowder... and then gets paid for it! I love that homeless/panhandler guy. Check him out on YouTube if you don't know of him.

I love that guy. There is always a crowd across the street watching his shenanigans. (I have been waiting to use that word in a post for a while.)
There used to be another guy called "muecos de la ciudad" which means faces of the city. He was in white face and a biege jumper. He used to walk behind people and impersonate their walk and mannerisms. Don't see him anymore but he was very funny.

[Phalex]

Originally Posted by aborgman

Sure they do...

...Muskegon.

I go to Skeetown for the beach........

[stratovani]

I can always tell out-of-towners. They're not pahking their cahs at Hahvahd Yahd!

[sarcastro83]

Toronto, in many cases, is universally reviled by other Canadians due to the fact that there is a pervasive sense of smug, self importance ingrained in the average Torontonian. You hear a lot sarcastic "Toronto must be the center of the universe" when you travel to other places in Canada, which I suppose is fair.

On that note, I often find that the most smug, "rah-rah Toronto, boo everywhere else" sentiment comes mainly from people who weren't actually born and raised in the city, but from people who moved there from other places.

[bassgod0dmw]

In NYC it's pretty easy.
The usual tell for me is how they walk or cross the street. If you're stopped at a cross walk waiting for it to tell you to cross, you're a tourist.
If you're in Times Square, you're a tourist. Most NYers wouldn't be caught dead there.

[Bassamatic]

Ha! They are standing in the middle of the road taking photos of themselves under the Hollywood sign, or just walking around Hollywood in general. (shudder)

[groooooove]

here in NY, a disoriented looking asian holding a large camera is dead giveaway. they're more often than not going to ask you where the empire state building is.

also when they walk around looking up and studying the street signs in manhattan, as if they have yet to figure out that they're numbers, and they go in order.