I’m not American but doesn’t Montana have all these kinds of ranch-ey things? I’d argue that’s more classic, hard work, cattle farming and less driving a Ford F150 through suburban Houston and yelling ‘yeehaw’ while explaining you were too tired to go to work at some fast food chain.
But that’s pretty much all stereotypes that appear oversees.
I’m an east coaster, so basically the anti-cowboy, but Montana is another one that does come to mind. In King of the Hill, they go to Montana to do the biggest actual cattle related thing of the show.
Alberta, Canada also stands out to me as “cattle county” and they are Montana’s neighbor. But as you said though, I’m not sure if that culture is the same as Texas style cowboy culture. That’s also why I was interested if anyone outside the US would see their cattle folk as being more “real” cowboy than they see America’s cowboys.
There is a saying “all that, no cattle” to refer to someone who dresses the part but has no experience, more of a cowboy role playing, and we definitely have a lot of that everywhere in America.
I’m not American but doesn’t Montana have all these kinds of ranch-ey things? I’d argue that’s more classic, hard work, cattle farming and less driving a Ford F150 through suburban Houston and yelling ‘yeehaw’ while explaining you were too tired to go to work at some fast food chain.
But that’s pretty much all stereotypes that appear oversees.
I’m an east coaster, so basically the anti-cowboy, but Montana is another one that does come to mind. In King of the Hill, they go to Montana to do the biggest actual cattle related thing of the show.
Alberta, Canada also stands out to me as “cattle county” and they are Montana’s neighbor. But as you said though, I’m not sure if that culture is the same as Texas style cowboy culture. That’s also why I was interested if anyone outside the US would see their cattle folk as being more “real” cowboy than they see America’s cowboys.
There is a saying “all that, no cattle” to refer to someone who dresses the part but has no experience, more of a cowboy role playing, and we definitely have a lot of that everywhere in America.