Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

The fact that I had to google NASCAR means I would have to agree.

We dont have redneks, no. But america doesnt have Chavs. Which is "worse" is questionable, but It would be very hard for me to stay unbiased and analytical as last weekend a chav nicked my shoe. Walking home drunk in London with 1 shoe at 2.45am is not fun.

I was under the impression that a redneck would seclude themselves as much as possible(from other societies, hence the "limited" gene pool)? If thats the case, then Chav's are worse, as they (all, every, ever, categorically :p) steal your shoes. A redneck who leaves my shoes alone is better than a shoe stealing chav.

Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

Not really, I think having a vast, open countryside is kind of a prerequisite for the breeding of rednecks. I live in a very small country and somehow it doesn't work here.
That doesn't mean however that there aren't any demographic groups that really get on my nerves most of the time.

Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

Well, I think rednecks in europe don't have to be beer guzzling, racist, government supporters. Just people who live in the middle of nowhere with weird customs and ways of life then the rest of the country, like Russia in the east I'm sure is full of what could be called rednecks. I know in north canada, they have peopl that are almost identical to rednecks. NASCAR doesn't apply to european rednecks because it's an american "sport". But there could be similar redneck type events that some european populus love and others laugh at them for it. My thoughts are, I'm pretty sure there are rednecks in parts of Europe. Like the people ho live in Northeast spean, in the mountains, they are somewhat like rednecks.

Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

No Rednecks (not that many pickupts and SUV's either but sadly the number of SUV's is increasing). But every country has it's "scum" as in a stereotype for a group of people who generally is labeled as being dumb/retarded, selfish (asocials as in not-social we call them here), "we solve problems with our fists, "I'm always right *punch*, "law?", racist people out there who listen to rather bad music.

Luckly we don't have a lot around in my area but you can find them in all major cities (the bad/poor/neglected neighbourhoods).

But american rednecks (retarded, selfish, gun crazy, nationalist, extremely conservative, ... )? No.

Oh and no clue what NASCAR is untill I googled it. :p

Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

Not really, The Netherlands is quite developed all around, cities don't agree with what would qualify as "redneck" behaviour i dont think.

We do however have "sjonnies", people who favor training gear as casual wear, make a mess of their lawn, have a legion of kids strung up in handmedowns which are generally too small, living off wellfare..

Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

We do, somehow, in Italy. We have them. They are racist and think that anything different from the true citizens of northern italy is bad. They are called "leghisti" and they were born thanks to a political party (Lega Nord)... but all they do is whine about the immigrants and the people from southern italy...

Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

Yeah, that's pretty much what a chav is.

Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

Cyber, I wasn't really aiming at you, but good post in response. So, what do the leghisti think makes them better than the inhabitants of Naples or Toranto?

Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

I believe they are present in every country, however they're different from each culture. In the US we have the so-called "rednecks", in the UK we have the Welsh -- or, maybe they don't fall under the same "category" as I know very little of how it's like abroad, really. But I do still believe that there are "rednecks", or rather, certain minorities who are viewed in the same light as many Americans view "rednecks".

Re: Are there rednecks in Europe too?
 

No we don't here in Sweden - But we do have alot of snobs.