# How do you choose which team to root for?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-choose-which-team-to-root-for/474112>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 23, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-choose-which-team-to-root-for/474112 "2008-11-23T17:11:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-choose-which-team-to-root-for/474112/41 "2008-11-27T21:42:31Z")

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I’m Canadian. All else being equal, I root for whichever team’s home city is farther north.

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