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Old 03-11-2010, 06:44 PM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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So your city is more important than your county?

You should proud to be an American over anything else.

Huh??? No, I'm saying where I would prefer to live. I'd rather live overseas than like 90% of the country.
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Old 03-11-2010, 08:01 PM
 
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Huh??? No, I'm saying where I would prefer to live. I'd rather live overseas than like 90% of the country.
Don't try to change your own words around.


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From the looks of it on here.. people like Rachael84 are embarrassed to be from the US. Heck, it's NYC or NOTHING IS GOOD.
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You're right. If I couldn't live in either NYC, San Francisco, Las Vegas, or Seattle, I'd rather live overseas
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Old 03-11-2010, 08:39 PM
 
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you have one of two kinds

you have those states without a dominant/international city (ohio, virginia, new jersey, nebraska, etc.)

or you have those states that are just as infamous as their largest cities, or are known for a wide variety of different cultures (texas, california, new york, florida)

for instance, it's not uncommon for someone from los angeles to introduce themselves as being from california, or someone from dallas to say they're from texas. but i've never heard someone from chicago say "i'm from illinois", or someone from atlanta say they're from georgia

LOL if your from Los Angeles you just say your from LA
anybody in the world will know what your talking about.
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Old 03-11-2010, 09:04 PM
 
Location: US Empire, Pac NW
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I'd say people from Texas, Alaska, Hawaii, California and New York would readily say they're from that state since those are the states that more people internationally would know about. Whether they would RATHER identify with their state INSTEAD OF the USA, I'd say Texas. Half of texans would rather secede from the union anyway.
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Old 03-11-2010, 09:06 PM
 
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I'd say people from Texas, Alaska, Hawaii, California and New York would readily say they're from that state since those are the states that more people internationally would know about. Whether they would RATHER identify with their state INSTEAD OF the USA, I'd say Texas. Half of texans would rather secede from the union anyway.
C'mon now.
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Old 03-11-2010, 10:31 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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I'd say people from Texas, Alaska, Hawaii, California and New York would readily say they're from that state since those are the states that more people internationally would know about. Whether they would RATHER identify with their state INSTEAD OF the USA, I'd say Texas. Half of texans would rather secede from the union anyway.
Only to escape ignorance like this.
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Old 03-12-2010, 01:44 AM
 
Location: Manhattan
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Probably Florida, Texas, California, Hawaii, and Alaska. Hawaiians and Alaskans typically tend to naturally identify with their state. Florida, Texas, and California are probably the only internationally recognized states that are more well known than the cities in them.

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Old 03-12-2010, 04:53 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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Don't try to change your own words around.

...and don't try to put words into my mouth If you've read my posts (which I know you do everyday), there are a few other cities I would love to live in someday. So no, the world doesn't revolve around NYC like you seem to want me to believe.
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Old 03-12-2010, 07:45 AM
 
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Huh??? No, I'm saying where I would prefer to live. I'd rather live overseas than like 90% of the country.
And NYC is just about the last place in the United States I'd choose to live, tied with Detroit.

Of course you probably think you live in some type of oasis and that everyone wants to live in your city.

The mentality in NYC sickens me to the core.
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Old 03-12-2010, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Northridge, Los Angeles, CA
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Probably Florida, Texas, California, Hawaii, and Alaska. Hawaiians and Alaskans typically tend to naturally identify with their state. Florida, Texas, and California are probably the only internationally recognized states that are more well known than the cities in them.
I wouldn't go that far with California. Los Angeles and San Francisco are pretty well known entities in their own right. I was pretty surprised myself whenever I travel overseas or out of the country how many people know about the two areas.

First and foremost though, my overarching identity is an American, since the way I talk and walk pretty much give me away. However, once I say I'm from California, I get asked really retarded questions like 'do you know any movie stars?' or 'do you surf?' Mostly in jest though.

If anyone is wondering, no I don't personally know movie stars and I don't even know how to swim so surfing is out of the question.
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