Stereotypes & clichés

Wilmington:

Mix of southern hospitality and relaxed beach lifestyle

Laidback, Chill

The majority of companies here, whether it's restaurants, general contractors, painters, whatever are just doing the bare minimum to survive off of tourists, and could care less about doing a good job

lack of diversity in the job market. It's very much a service town.

Wilmington feels very segregated. It's got a ton of poverty, dilapidated housing and an unrepresented class of people. 

It felt like being on vacation perpetually. That was cool for months but then wore off and then I felt isolated in a place where I didn't feel was best for my ambitions.

Wilmington is a place old rich people move to to die.

For young people looking for jobs or careers, it's a hellhole.

Grumpy local

Charleston without the city

MJ's hometown

North Carolina
 NC folks appear to be country, friendly people, with southern accents. Carolina cooks are known for their soul food dishes.
North Carolinians will fight you over the best way to make barbecue, and their tea is never sweet enough.
North Carolina is famous for counting many right-wing parties, as well as numerous racists. 

North Carolina best represents the evolution of the old ways of the Deep South and the new thinking of a business-minded state. Its small coastal towns like Edenton and Wilmington are still rooted in their colonial traditions, while the western Appalachian towns maintain their own unique folksy traditions. In the large cities in the east and Piedmont it’s all about high-tech research and business. But no matter where you go in North Carolina, these people cherish their rich heritage and important role in the formation of America.

Politically and socially, North Carolina has always been a fairly conservative state, formerly run by conservative to moderate Democrats and since around 2010 by conservative Republicans who used gerrymandering to assure their dominance and to try to disenfranchise Democrats and African-Americans.

Pronounced rural/urban divide. In the urban areas, the culture is distinctly progressive, especially in areas like Durham and Chapel Hill, but also in Charlotte, Raleigh, etc… There is a lot of diversity, along pretty much every measure you can envision - race, sexuality, enthnicity, gender identity, religion… Not too different from the liberal Northeast US.

Once you head out into the country, North Carolina becomes very southern and very conservative. In the rural areas, religion and conservative politics have a strong grip on the culture. Tolerance is not nearly as pervasive as in the urban areas.

Most recent shift in Southern cultural influence and demographics has occurred in North Carolina. The state's metropolitan areas, notably that of the Research Triangle, have a more liberal tendency, while the rural piedmont, coastal and appalachian regions remain strongly conservative.

Many new residents have come for work from the North and Midwest, especially from the New York City and Cleveland metropolitan areas. The Charlotte and Raleigh–Durham areas have attracted the most new residents because of economic growth: banking/finance in Charlotte; universities and high-tech in Raleigh-Durham

Stereotypes about French people in the USA/North America:
France Has Delayed The End Of The World:
http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/the-daily-show/videos/france-has-delayed-the-end-of-the-world-the-daily-show-trevor-noah-macron-le-pen-french-election 

French people are lazy.
French used to eat frog. Called "Froggies" or "FroggenFresser".
Le béret, la baguette, la marinière et le vin.

French people are skinny and women doesn't shave them.

How american see french

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pbze1o9TG8

easy punching bag.  

Their society seems rather chaotic in spite of many rules and regulation

Beautiful country with fantastic landscapes, architecture, food and culture

Strikes

French people wear berets

French people stink (lot of onions or stinky cheese, no AC)

French people are rude

French people only listen to accordion music

French women don’t shave

French people hate Americans

Frenchmen are the most romantic people in the world

The French always surrender

The French are intellectuals

The French always eat gourmet meals

The French all have poodles

All French people love to eat frogs’ legs

French people can’t or won’t speak English

How french see american

Many French don't understand our devotion to our careers and consider us workaholics that just drone on about work and what we do.

Most French don't understand or support the rather extreme capitalistic nature of the American society.

uncultured

Hate the way they express their opinions and emotions

+ Generosity, Optimism, Hardworking

-  Obesity, Obsession with guns, Materialism, extreme capitalism, over consumption, racism and racialism, environmental ignorance, nationalism, military zeal, workaholic culture

LA BISE by PAUL TAYLOR :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-VWbV6TJxU 

France vs Québec: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgGyWh2cWT4