What causes one to have deep pride for their State? Proud to be from …? (Ex: Texas,NJ,NY)

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Anonymous wrote:Reason for the pride? They haven't travelled elsewhere.[/quote


Disagree. It seems to be (in my experience) the opposite.

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I don’t go around praising NoVA as an area, but I don’t hate it.

And I really do love what my neighborhood offers. We are so spoiled here. It is very leave it to beaver small town feel - except our neighbors are very diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:Delighted to be out of California for good

Yes too bad the liberals destroyed a good part of CA. Use to go to Seattle a lot but same thing...a lot of homeless and crime. Residents started getting trucks and taking their tents and crap out of the parks and downtown. My friend lives in Portland and it's changed a lot there as well. Former cool cities with bad politics.

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I grew up in a subdivision development in a small town and it was great, but my family was in the “in-group.” We were one of the “good families.” As a kid my family went to the beach every year with other families in the neighborhood in a big rental house, and we did this for 10+ years. We all lived in the same neighborhood our entire childhood. My parents met in elementary school. My mom’s high school besties lived across the street. All of my friends grandparents knew each other. I had the same friend group from pk3 to 12th grade.

I’ve never been able to replicate that (mostly positive) little world.

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PP here. Forgot to add that it was great because I didn’t know any different, but it was almost like a commune. We all leaned on one another.

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Anonymous wrote:All the people I know like this are this way, IMO, because of a lack of travel.

My parents are both from WV. They moved to VA in the 80s and had my siblings and I here. 99% of my relatives are still in WV. They're very much like this with the WV pride because they know of no other places, for the most part. Many have been to visit us in VA and they absolutely hate it here and in DC. Other than that, they go to Myrtle Beach in SC for vacation. A motorcycle event in OH. None of them have passports or any desire to ever travel internationally.

100%. I'm from near Cleveland and this is true. All of it.

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Anonymous wrote:I am bemused by the people who think that pride in one's state is due to lack of travel or exposure. I'm from Michigan and didn't really appreciate it until I moved away. I have also travelled a lot and lived abroad. Michigan is so beautiful, people are friendly and down-to-earth as well as smart and educated, and there is a terrific culture of enjoying outdoor activities.

People who hear me talk about Michigan might think it's pride-- and it is, somewhat-- but it's mostly great affection. I don't think it's superior to everywhere else. It's more like because I grew up there, its best attributes resonate deeply with me. I can visit the ocean and be wowed by its power and beauty, but seeing the intense blue water of the Great Lakes, sailboats and freighters on the horizon, pine trees along the rocky shoreline, and falling asleep to the lap, lap, lap of the waves on the beach just fills my soul.

People who don't grasp your affinity for where you grew up are people who probably do not have m/any happy memories from their own upbringing.

This is a completely ridiculous assumption.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the people I know like this are this way, IMO, because of a lack of travel.

My parents are both from WV. They moved to VA in the 80s and had my siblings and I here. 99% of my relatives are still in WV. They're very much like this with the WV pride because they know of no other places, for the most part. Many have been to visit us in VA and they absolutely hate it here and in DC. Other than that, they go to Myrtle Beach in SC for vacation. A motorcycle event in OH. None of them have passports or any desire to ever travel internationally.

100%. I'm from near Cleveland and this is true. All of it.

A lot of the Detroit area is like that. The only place my in-laws go is Disney World or Las Vegas. And before the Detroit "it's a great place" booster gets on here, yes I know the people in Birmingham travel all over the globe.

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Can confirm that everyone I’ve met from Michigan is really really into Michigan. To the point that they believe the way they do things in Michigan is the right way to do things. This applies to every situation. One of my Michigander in-laws had an argument with an airline agent at DCA about how whatever the agent was doing was not the way they do things in Michigan.

Look at any Etsy shop offering customized state pride items. The two states most often advertised are Texas and Michigan.

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Anonymous wrote:Why anyone would be proud to be from New Jersey is beyond me.

South Jersey - cheesesteaks and hoagies. Jersey tomatoes and corn. Connecting over what turnpike exit you live off of.

I don’t know - it’s a small state but has a little bit of everything.

Hi, Mom!

Kidding...
The woman never shuts up about how much better Jersey Tomatoes and Corn are. Look, they are good but so are a lot of other tomatoes and corn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why anyone would be proud to be from New Jersey is beyond me.

South Jersey - cheesesteaks and hoagies. Jersey tomatoes and corn. Connecting over what turnpike exit you live off of.

I don’t know - it’s a small state but has a little bit of everything.

Hi, Mom!

Kidding...
The woman never shuts up about how much better Jersey Tomatoes and Corn are. Look, they are good but so are a lot of other tomatoes and corn.

Delaware corn is the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why anyone would be proud to be from New Jersey is beyond me.

South Jersey - cheesesteaks and hoagies. Jersey tomatoes and corn. Connecting over what turnpike exit you live off of.

I don’t know - it’s a small state but has a little bit of everything.

Hi, Mom!

Kidding...
The woman never shuts up about how much better Jersey Tomatoes and Corn are. Look, they are good but so are a lot of other tomatoes and corn.

Heresy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a subdivision development in a small town and it was great, but my family was in the “in-group.” We were one of the “good families.” As a kid my family went to the beach every year with other families in the neighborhood in a big rental house, and we did this for 10+ years. We all lived in the same neighborhood our entire childhood. My parents met in elementary school. My mom’s high school besties lived across the street. All of my friends grandparents knew each other. I had the same friend group from pk3 to 12th grade.

I’ve never been able to replicate that (mostly positive) little world.

+1

Same. My parents met as adults, but they were very involved (only in a good way, no gossips allowed) knew everyone, hard working (hence no gossips), and were well respected. We had clam bakes in our over-an-acre back yard each year, baseball games, friends and neighbors and extended family/ies, sometimes twice per year. We set up volleyball and huge tables - it was a blast! We grew up with both sides of the family in the same affluent town, and walked everywhere (school, work, sports, etc.). I went to school with my cousins, they were my friends, but we welcomed outsiders consistently/often. I thought everyone did this, until I realized they did not.....

Don't hate people for not being you. As we teach our children, not everyone is the same, and that is a good thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Two different scenarios:

If other people make fun of your state a lot (New Jersey, Kentucky, West Virginia), you're probably going to be talking up your state a lot.

If you are from a state with a lot of assholes in it (New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts), you are likely to be an asshole yourself and therefore talk about yourself and your state a lot.

Nah, if you call people from those states a-hole they will shamelessly thank you for it! And mean it!

When you classify and stereotype all people it's no different than being racist imo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why anyone would be proud to be from New Jersey is beyond me.

South Jersey - cheesesteaks and hoagies. Jersey tomatoes and corn. Connecting over what turnpike exit you live off of.

I don’t know - it’s a small state but has a little bit of everything.

Hi, Mom!

Kidding...
The woman never shuts up about how much better Jersey Tomatoes and Corn are. Look, they are good but so are a lot of other tomatoes and corn.

Heresy

+1 And even the best cheesesteaks are from Jersey.
https://www.nj.com/jerseysbest/2015/05/the_best_philly_cheesesteak_is_in_nj_anthony_bourd.html