Ok, everyone on T.V. always make fun of Kansans. For example: I was at a Lance Burton magic show in Las Vegas and he asked an audience member where he was from and he replied "Kansas". Then Lance replied with, "Welcome to the U.S." I thought it was funny, but do people really think that?
2006-06-18 14:05:19 · 18 answers · asked by GrnEyedGurl 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
On average Kansans are among the most educated people in the U.S. We read more newspapers and watch more news than people in most other states.
People watch the "Wizard of Oz," see crazy protestors from Kansas at military funerals, and hear about the Kansas State School Board wanting to force their religious beliefs down the throats of Kansas school children (and they've been pretty much unsuccessful in doing this). These things are not representative of the state or the vast majority of its people.
If a hick means being open and friendly... willing to help strangers in need... and generally enjoying yourself and the company of others along the way.... Yep.... We Kansans are hicks through and through.... and thankfully so.
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and came out to Kansas for college in 1971. I stayed here but have been back many times to California to visit relatives. I'd never return there to live though. I enjoy living in Kansas too much.
Bill
2006-06-21 19:26:38 · answer #1 · answered by Grumpy Kansan 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
the free dictionary on the internet states a hick is:
n.
A person regarded as gullible or provincial: "New Yorkers had a horrid way of making people feel like hicks" Louis Auchincloss.
adj.
Provincial; unsophisticated
So anyone can be considered a hick. Lance Burton was just getting a laugh.
2006-06-18 21:13:14 · answer #2 · answered by slichick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
#1 -- There are hicks in every state in the U.S. -- not just in Kansas. #2 -- There's nothing wrong with being a hick. I've lived a lot of years and in a lot of places all over the world. I like a lot of the hicks that I know a lot better than some of the other people I've met! To a large degree, "hicks" have a lot of the qualities that a lot of other people ought to aspire to ... (Like I said, sometimes you have to live a lot of years and meet a lot of people to realize what's what when it comes to "good people".)
2006-06-18 21:13:47 · answer #3 · answered by Rhoda 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you think the person from Kansas felt? People from
Kansas are just like people from any other state. I have visited
Kansas several for the dog races and other fun things.
Also the people there seem to be friendly. I think that in itself
is a point for Kansas!!
2006-06-18 21:12:02 · answer #4 · answered by Bethany 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think Kansas when I here the word hick. I always thick of the south first but maybe because that is where I am from.
2006-06-18 21:12:09 · answer #5 · answered by roxy76me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kansas is a big state. There may be some "hicks" there, but you can't call an entire state that. I'm sure that there are some "hicks" in every state--but not a state that is entirely that.
2006-06-18 21:10:01 · answer #6 · answered by Terri C. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well.. I'm from Kansas and FAR from a hick! I LOVE how we get singled out and called "hicks"... My my my... That's like saying that everyone from Utah is a polygamist!
2006-06-23 23:48:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no both of my parents are from Kansas and they are not hicks. my dad is even a very successful MD
2006-06-21 17:19:04 · answer #8 · answered by Katie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, some of us do wonder why Dorothy wanted to leave OZ and return to Kansas.
2006-06-18 21:11:24 · answer #9 · answered by billhill1066 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stereotype.....im from the south(and i hunt, fish, 4-wheel) and automatically anyone from the north thinks im an ignorant idiot....my GPA never went below 4.6 throughout HS. No one from any particular region is a certain thing, each person is different
2006-06-18 21:12:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋