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Cf. downstate Illinois always wishing that Chicago/Cook County would just become its own state already and stop telling the rest of the state how to live
Louisiana is interesting in that despite the cultural and political differences, most people outside New Orleans don't really "hate it" and many are fascinated it. One reason may be that New Orleans doesn't really have the power to affect state politics because they're numerically in the minority and because the liberalism is actually limited to the actual city and most of the New Orleans suburbs are in fact conservative, at least politically though not necessarily socially.
However, New Orleans people do tend to look down on the rest of the state. NO people say Baton Rouge is small and boring, but Baton Rouge people feel very sophisticated and urban vs Monroe. I think Monroe is the most looked down upon city in Louisiana. Nobody seems to look down or hate on Lafayette or Lake CHarles and Shreveport just isn't thought about much in South Louisiana. Though in Baton Rouge you also have plenty of people who wish they were more country though they live in a major city and have to deal with urban issues.
There's also not much of an urban rural divide in West Virginia. The biggest cities, Charleston and Huntington only have 50,000 in the city limits and their combined metro area has 500,000 which is sizable but this is spread out over a large distance and includes Ashland KY, Ironton OH and Portsmouth OH and most of this feels very low density and semi-rural.
I sense that people from the outer islands really enjoy the big city contrast that Honolulu offers vs their much smaller, much slower paced communities.
Cf. downstate Illinois always wishing that Chicago/Cook County would just become its own state already and stop telling the rest of the state how to live
Chicago has its problems, but without it, Illinois is pretty much, not much.
I think any state that doesn’t have a domineering major city, such as Vermont, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Idaho, etc. Also, Chicagoans do not tell the rest of Illinois how to live.
I think any state that doesn’t have a domineering major city, such as Vermont, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Idaho, etc. Also, Chicagoans do not tell the rest of Illinois how to live.
You should probably separate capital and largest city, as in many states it isn't both.
Chicago isn't the capital of Illinois, and I rarely heard rural individuals in IL complain or have a dislike for the actual city of Springfield. Now the political "idea" of Springfield, sure, but that's really a proxy for "Chicago-area politicians," who are the majority of the state legislature.
There was some us-against-them mentality of Western Mass vs. the rest of Mass (i.e., Boston) when I lived there.
In Wisconsin, my in-laws seem to be at best lukewarm towards Milwaukee. Lots of "I wouldn't want to live there..." Now Madison, most really like, but more for the Badgers than much of anything else.
In Maryland, it seems most like the city of Annapolis. Baltimore is basically the butt of most jokes.
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