19 Sonoma County stereotypes that are true, according to Press Democrat readers

From how we dress to our hobbies, here are stereotypes about Sonoma County readers say are true.|
ELISSA CHUDWIN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

When some people find out we're from Sonoma County, they assume we drink too much wine, we love hiking and we're hippies.

Sometimes there's some truth to stereotypes, and we were curious which widely held beliefs readers thought were accurate.

"We either are old hippies or have old hippie friends," Anne Muller said. "And if we're too young to be original hippies; then we're new age hippies!"

Click through the gallery above to see a selection of the responses we received from readers. Let us know what we missed in the comments below.

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