I have to agree with this, although I’m from the suburbs. My husband is from the South Side, though. I don’t mind saying I’m from there (although now that I live in Central Illinois it’s like saying I’m from hell), but saying I’m from Illinois is just embarrassing. My state is a joke to many people.
I was born and raised in Oregon, as was my father, his father, and his father before him. I want to live somewhere else just to see what it’s like, but no matter where I live or how long I will have lived there, Oregon will always be home to me.
Yes, but that’s because I live in the armpit of Canada. However, over the last few years we’ve changed from a have-not to a have province and I like being able to give a hearty ‘fuck you’ to condescending Ontarians who are now bitching about the economy.
Even so, if Saskatchewan wasn’t going through a boom, I’m proud of our reputation for friendliness and courtesy. We may not be the most sophistimacated of the provinces, but I’d rather live in a place where you still open doors for people and you apologize to the person who stepped on your toes! 
Absolutely.
I’m not so much Pennsylvanian, but I was born a Pittsburgher, and I’ll die a Pittsburgher, no matter where I live. Yinzer for life!
I feel a strong loyalty to my region, the Pacific Northwest. Where you can wear boots to the opera but people know you are civilized because you don’t honk at pedestrians for being slow to cross the street. I am also grateful to live in the state with the best infant and maternal mortality statistics, and two brilliant senators, among others. I don’t think the PEOPLE are better, but a combination of great climate, good industry (wealth), and other circumstances has made our quality of life better.
I am much more loyal to our area and culture than to that of the US in general.
I’ve been to 35 other states. I could see settling down in the northern midwest, say Minnesota, if I had to. I don’t much like the culture of the other parts, even if I like the people.
As a Hoosier I claim proud a Letterman, a Mellencamp, and (multiple) Redenbachers. Lesser so: Bobby Knight, lol.
I have lived in California for approx. 20 years now and God, what a dump.
That’s interesting. As I said above, I’m a diehard Minnesotan and kind of fond of Wisconsin, but the one place I’ve traveled to and felt immediately at home was the PNW. It must be the greenery, or the mosquitoes ;).
Grew up in Texas. Would burn it to the ground if I thought I could get away with it. So no, not all that loyal.
Feel the biggest connection to Hawaii, the state of my last residence and the beginning of my wife’s and my life together.
Third generation Californian, second generation San Franciscan >^.^< yeah, I have loyalty
but Lynn, if I could not live here, I’d live in the Hill Country 
Texas Proud here as well, with the tattoo to go with it. We should have a poll for all of the states.
And many of us have no desire to see Perry as President, and don’t even get us started on Bush claiming Texas- he’s not a Texan.
-JR
I was born in Ohio and lived there until I was 12. I actually feel more attachment to the Buckeye State for some reason.
Can’t explain.
Maybe I can explain…
In Ohio I lived in a large, cosmopolitan city. When my family moved here it was like going back decades in time. Small, rural, super religious and conformist.
I didn’t fit in here and always felt like I would have done better there.
Wisconsin and yes. Especially loyal to the Packers.
I love Iowa. I love it that people give you a nod when you drive by in a car, where you can leave your doors unlocked, go to the county fair and have a blast…hmm…all these things that apparently make Iowa suck, just because we can’t be bought so easily with fancy TV ads and power suits.
No I don’t.
Ya hey dere! 
I grew up in Arkansas, which I feel absolutely no loyalty to or fondness for whatsoever. Since I left, I’ve lived in DC, Maryland, Colorado, and now California. I felt some connection with DC and liked living there. Maryland (the DC suburbs) was just an extension of DC. Going to Arlington felt like being in a different state, though, for some reason. DC felt like it “belonged” with Maryland to me.
Colorado still feels the most like home to me, even though I only lived there about six years. Especially the region I was in–the San Luis Valley. It’s very disconnected from Denver, Aspen, and the northern part of the state. I found it interesting that people there seemed to identify more as from “the Valley” than from Colorado or from a particular town or county within the Valley. It also has a lot of cultural ties with New Mexico, and in some ways I imagine I’d feel more like I was back in the same place if I moved to Albuquerque than to Denver.
When I first moved to California I fell in love with it, but that love was shattered by the sharp downswing in my physical health caused by the atrocious air. I hope I can regain a sense of place here eventually, but I’ve been here lass than a year.
ETA: The biggest state boosters I’ve ever met have been from Minnesota, and for people who love their state so much, Minnesotans wind up everywhere. I like to say they’re the Australians of the Western Hemisphere. (Since you meet Australians everywhere you go in Europe.)
As one of my favorite shirts you can buy here says:
FUCK YOU
I’m from Texas
Always wanted to buy one of these but I think it’s a little irresponsible with kids and all. But hell yeah, I’m a proud native Texan who spent the majority of my childhood outside of Texas bragging about Texas.
Like Steinbeck said, Texas isn’t a state. It’s a state of mind.
And also, the only Aggie worth a damn, Lyle Lovett, knows you’re not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway.
We produce our share of dicks (Perry, for example), but we also gave you Barbara Jordan, Ann Richards, and Molly Ivins (okay, she was born in Cali, but grew up here). And Johnny Mathis!!!
Connection : yes, since I’ve lived all but 7 months of my 50+ years here.
Loyalty : no, I’d leave in a heartbeat if the right opportunity presented itself.
Are you English? For some reason the Brits love them some Florida.
As for me, I’ve lived in Texas for quite a while now, but I’m still very much in a Brooklyn state of mind. In fact, I feel more pride for the neighborhood I grew up in(Bensonhurst) than NYC itself. And I’m an old man now!