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Texas overall but when it comes to sports nobody is more proud of their pro sports teams than Boston you see Boston sports fan in every US city you go to but thats more of a city pride than state and same could be said for Chicago.
Texas by a long shot. After Texas, I'd say California. One some may not be as aware of is Ohio. Ohioans surprisingly have a lot of pride of place for a Midwest state.
Texas - Almost a form of nationalism. While annoying, Texan pride is a verifiable cultural phenomenon. I find it hard to hate Texan pride even though I am not as smitten with the state as most of its out-of-state admirers much less real Texans.
California - A kind of supercilious braggadocio. California has some superlative qualities, but there is an undercurrent of refusal to accept that someone may find something non-Californian of value or even preferred to its Californian equivalent.
Minnesota - Minnesota is statistically a great state. I would happily live in Minnesota if I had a good opportunity there as it really has a lot going for it; vast natural beauty, effective society, nice people and solid German/Scandinavian-American culture, Native American culture, great urban areas, and the list goes on. This gives a small, but vocal, minority of Minnesotans a license to lord and promulgate themselves over the unfortunate, grey masses weeping in misery at Minnesota's feet like a cast off shroud of inferiority which Minnesota soars over like a proud, progressive eagle.
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New York- New Yorkers are pretty confident that New York state is one of the greatest lands on Earth whether from NYC or upstate, urban and rural. However, for every quality that supports this position,they will tick off a laundry list of everything that makes their life miserable. Then some will talk about nothing but leaving while the majority will just plug on to live there.
Basically any low key state, they aren't well known so the citizens have to shout loud and proud to get attention (in very annoying/unclassy ways at times). People from more well known states (CA, NY, TX and FL) seem pretty chill, they are already well known so they don't have to brag about how great they are.
Disagree with this completely. 3 of those 4 states are absolutely near the top of any "tooting their own horn" list. Have you been to Texas or California??
NY, AZ, TX, CA all come to mind. Lots of state pride!
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