i'm sure every town, city, county, providance, state, and or country has some silly misconception about them and this is the place to bring people outside of that area up to speed. so feel free to post some of the misconceptions about your area of the world and put the corrections out there for us to catch up on......

(figured this could be a little fun)

oklahoma:

misconception
people come here to see the great tribes and see their tee-pees
truth
indian reservations are now mainly casinos and smoke shops (plus it would be hard to run a computer in a teepee because they leak!

misconception
buffalos roam the open range everyone here
truth
no they dont they are on reserves just like most endangered species

misconception
thanks to that stupid girl on Americas Next Top Modle - we only have 4 T.V. channels
truth
no we have plenty (like 6...... j/k) im sure we have everything thats availible to the rest of america

misconception
theres nothing other then rednecks and hicks here
truth
there are a variety of people here not just those listed above we have a very diverse community.