Residents of which state have the most pride in their state? (better, America)

[Trimac20]

Maybe Texas? They seem about as Texan as they are American, of course partly due to history. Others that come to mind are New York, Virginia, Massachussetts and California in a way (although they seem to take it for granted).

What do you think? List one or more than one state.

[ReluctantGardenStater]

Obviously California and the others you mentioned, but one which often goes unmentioned is Minnesota, which seems to have a huge sense of community and civic responsibility bordering on extremism.

[Thomas R.]

Seems like we had this once.

I tried to Google "state pride", but I mostly got hits for gay and transsexual rights sites. Trying to filter out LGBT related issues I mostly got stuff about state college pride. I found a bit better results searching for "proud of state", but not much better. Basically a bit about New York and a bit about Alaska.

I remember linking to that one deal on Pew Research. According to it Texans are most likely to stay in their state of birth. That might imply state-pride.

Maps: Migration Flows in the United States, Sticky States - Pew Social & Demographic Trends (http://pewsocialtrends.org/maps/migration/stickystate.php - broken link)

[Trimac20]

Originally Posted by Thomas R.

Seems like we had this once.

I tried to Google "state pride", but I mostly got hits for gay and transsexual rights sites. Trying to filter out LGBT related issues I mostly got stuff about state college pride. I found a bit better results searching for "proud of state", but not much better. Basically a bit about New York and a bit about Alaska.

I remember linking to that one deal on Pew Research. According to it Texans are most likely to stay in their state of birth. That might imply state-pride.

Maps: Migration Flows in the United States, Sticky States - Pew Social & Demographic Trends (http://pewsocialtrends.org/maps/migration/stickystate.php - broken link)

Texas is also the second biggest state, and is diverse enough that you could move within the state and it woud feel like a big change.

[BKmachine]

Maryland, the state that comes to the top of my head first (mostly because I live right right next to it. But I find that a lot of Maryland residents take a lot of pride in where they live, not really counting the non natives. A lot of my family lives in MD and all of them love it. But i will mention that counties like Montgomery and Prince George's are a bit different then the rest of MD. Both are overpopulated and have transient populations so a good number of the residents in those counties aren't natives. The biggest explanation for this is the fact they both border D.C.

[gobucks86]

I'd say Texas.

[Thomas R.]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Texas is also the second biggest state, and is diverse enough that you could move within the state and it would feel like a big change.

That's a good point that I think entered my mind. There are few smaller states like Utah or Minnesota near the top

Like I said I had trouble finding things that would really measure state pride.

[ReluctantGardenStater]

I can't see Utah as having that much state pride. Mormons are a large percent of the population and aren't they technically supposed to be humble?

I think that's a confusion of the "unique culture" with the "pride" topic. Hawaii's certainly unique, but is it one of the most prideful?

[♪♫♪♪♫♫♪♥]

It's Texas, no question. Runner-ups would be Cali, Noo Yawk and Joisey. Maybe there's others I'm not aware of. It sure as hell ain't Indiana!

[TheTruth08]

Texas
New York
New Jersey
Virgina
California

(in no particular order) Texas is def #1