Others' stereotype of us: Who is there to have a stereotype about? Nobody lives there. Not "nobody" like "nobody lives in the Midwest", really nobody, like "total population: 0". Just a collection of ghost towns.

Our stereotype of ourselves: Rather close to the Midwesterners, minus the emphasis on agriculture. (Yes, we grow what we can where we can, but lack of water means that there isn't much. Agriculture doesn't dominate the way it does in the Midwest.) We say that we are self-reliant, independent, friendly (except maybe to outsiders), down to earth. We're fairly well educated, but we still have good common sense.