I have a question. I have heard of Casablanca and Marrakech but I have never heard of Taza until I came to VJ. So many people are married to men from Taza, where is it? How big is it? Do your husbands know each other?

Hicham told me that men from Taza have a certain reputation that I wouldn't get into for now.

oh come on, don't leave us in suspense.

Be nice, please. Honeyblonde/Liz's husband is from Taza.

There are reputations about several of the cities.

I've heard about reputations about men from every place in Morocco, from my fiance and other Moroccans I've met. Men from Rabat are liars, people from Casablanca are thieves, Marrakech guys will kill their best friend over a girl, and also some other ones that aren't really appropriate for a public forum! Anyway, it doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

and *all* men are individuals not necessarily indicative of the reputations of their cities -

Demographic stereotyping. Men are from Mars.....

Jackie

Does get old hearing about all the (bad) men from Morocco!! Way i see it both good and bad (men/women) can be found in any locations going back to beginning of time

Everyone thinks that men from Australia are like Crocodile Dundee...and all from the Outback...

FYI: It's not true!!!

Good qustion.... I didn't know there was a place with that name until today. Beings that I'm not a geographical scholar....... where IS Taza???

map of Taza & surrounding area

it's here, Amal - located more northern Morocco. It *is* rumoured that Taza has several cyber cafes boasting signs of how many online marriage hookups they've had!

Seems it maybe NE of Fez sitting between RIf Moutains and Atlas according to computer images

I don't know about signs boasting of it . . . but I know that in Egypt . . . Luxor, Sharm el Sheik, Hurghada (big tourist spots) along with Cairo have many cyber cafes . . . with many of the men chatting with women in foreign countries. From ppl I know in Luxor, they say that one man can be chatting with multiple "girl friends"/"wives" at one time . . . and he might have an audience of his friends hanging around to watch the action.

So, yes, I think it happens in more places that Taza!

What is the reputation of men from Erfoud?

Wadi's from Kenitra, and I've seen quite a few SOs around the boards and groups that are from Kenitra. I wouldn't be surprised if the cyber cafe phenomenon is rampant there as well. Taza may be the famous one now, but I think it's spreading...

Anyone got anything on ones from Safi ha I know before i went there for a visit i talked with someone from Rabat and according to them i would be taking my life in my own hands to go there, truth is all the people i saw or met there were great i had no problems.

thats funny i never say any signs when i was there. Everyplace has bad and good people. The thing that most morricians are gulity of is living in a poor country its sad. I am sure there are alot trying to get out of the life they live. Everyone i met there was very nice i plan to go back and visit after getting married. It is 7 hour train ride from Casablanca to taza. My fiance is in Taza old maybe the signs are in Taza new anyways never saw any when i was there
Darlene

I think it is interesting to hear the stereotyping by city. Like you have said, doesn't mean it's true. Everyone seems to talk about people from other cities. Before I met Omar, I was chatting with some other people on the french website from various parts of Morocco and they all had something to say about men from 'other cities'. Even before I left for Morocco, my cousin 'warned me' about men from Oujda!! yeah that was accurate all right. And the people in Oujda talk about the people in Casa something fierce. But, we have found the good men in all the cities thankfully.

like a horrible disease

I actually have a friend from Taza who says the rumors are true so some even talk about their own city.

It's so scary. There's so much coaching going on too. How do you know that you're actually talking to the person who you think you're talking to? Crazy stuff.

You don't know who you are 'talking' to. I saw in Mohammed's cafe , 2 at a computer, the cam on one and the other holding the keyboard doing the typing. Crazy men. Disclaimer: (this was not the norm, so no mud-flinging please)

Jackie

This isn't a rumor.

Do you speak darija?

In Agadir there are guys referred to as "Beach Boys"....these are the guys who sniff after foreign women on the beach for **whatever** it is they can get from them.

*singing "everybody's gone surfin...surfin U.S.A."

Jackie

I found it funny myself since the refernce to the song/band is lost on a Moroccan.

Thanks for the information. I have learned of all sorts of countries and cities since joining this site. It is more than a visa site now.. Now you can learn your geography at the same time!

You all might remember this article written about Taza. It's been posted here before:

http://www.worldviewmagazine.com/issues/ar...43&issue=36

Wow this is pretty interesting. I can't believe they have a sign on the cyber cafes, too weird. I have heard about the poverty there, my fiance often tells me about reports on the news that he has seen about the poverty in Morocco and Egypt. So do any of the husbands know each other?

I've seen Agadir in action because we have a home there. Several of my cousins are married to people from Agadir.



I remember that article.

here's the answer I got (from a guy who spent a few years in Erfoud). "they can **** even the animals, and they hate people from other parts of Morocco." I almost died laughing when I heard that!

There are stereotypes about ppl from every country and city within the country. Moh tells me lots about ppl from different cities in Egypt and from Libya.

and how many do we have from there?

quite a few

If you are from any city in the world and you hang out with the bad from that city then you will hear and see bad.

Rachid said that there are good people there they just have a different accent.

Okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.

As said before good/bad, men/woman are every where thats just nature but arent we all glad we got the best one from whatever region

wow, this one gets the award for crossing the line.

I couldnt agree more.

NA stereotypes:

People from Arkansas are trailer park hicks. Women from LA are full of silicone and fake parts. NYers are rude. Canadians all wish they were Americans.

New Englanders are uptight and frigid.

The NYC one makes me laugh. New Yorkers aren't rude, in my experience, just aloof and walking quickly. They'd help you if you needed it, but otherwise, they're just brusque and brisk.

And now Yahoo messenger has a built-in plug-in feature for translating as you chat. So the helper guys can just handle numerous men at once, volunteering up only romanatic words rather than their actual English skills.

My experience, too, and I appreciate it, probably because I'm aloof, brusque, and brisk.

This sounds like it could turn into a good business. Any ideas how much these "helper guys" are paid by the prospective romancers?

I'm a frigid New Englander. I hate when strangers try to make small talk with me.

you left out everyone in kansas has a dog named toto

Kansas is about the flattest most boring place on God's earth! In Colorado, all you have to do is start a sentence with "I drove through Kansas . . ." and EVERYONE knows what's coming next. I drove through Kansas three years ago with one of my kids and the main subject of conversation was "OMG! WHEN THE HELL IS THIS STATE GOING TO END?!!!!". I've droven across the whole continent more than once, but I will never drive through Kansas again. It's like Groundhog Day!

Sorry, but that's what Coloradans think of Kansas.

That's messed up. I'm glad you got a good laugh.

Hmmm, has anyone seen Deliverance? I think some Americans may have similar stereotypes about West Virginia....