# Top states whose denizens are way too proud of themselves. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508 "2013-06-20T21:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/1 "2013-06-20T21:18:21Z")
Hopefully the thread title is descriptive enough. Texas, obviously. (Hence the old saying: Fuck you I’m from Texas) Louisiana: Or more specifically Cajuns [Is it bad that I’m half Cajun/half Texan? :D) New Jersey: It’s a Jersey thing What other states deserve to be on this list? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/2 "2013-06-20T21:24:34Z")
I think it’s just Texas. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/3 "2013-06-20T21:34:55Z")
Really, I can’t think of any Iowans or Michiganders or Floridians who are inordinately proud of their state. Texas is the only state that has a vocal “We’re the best” crowd- and even in Texas, they’re a pretty small minority. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/4 "2013-06-20T21:39:05Z")
Can I nominate New York City? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/5 "2013-06-20T22:07:01Z")
You can, but I don’t think its statehood is up for a vote. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/6 "2013-06-20T22:43:39Z")
I wonder if some of the Texas proud stuff stems from who became Texans. In my case, my Great-great grandfather was an immigrant from Europe. Possibly son of an immigrant (1880s). He was Prussian. Lots of pride issues. According to my Dad, my grand dad told him, “Son, never ask a man where he’s from. If he’s from Texas, he’ll tell you. If’n he ain’t, no need to embarrass him.” (May be apocryphal, I’ve seen or heard this from many other different sources.) ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/7 "2013-06-20T23:04:48Z")
I was thinking Arizona and maybe New Mexico would be in the top-10. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/8 "2013-06-20T23:06:55Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I think it’s just Texas. Yeah, I think this is correct. Otherwise, localist inflation of the ego seems to be based on living in any of a handful of major cities around the country. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/9 "2013-06-20T23:11:59Z")
I’ve heard that Californians can be annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/10 "2013-06-20T23:30:47Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I’ve heard that Californians can be annoying. Absolutely. Have you seen our tourist ads? We have everything - movie stars, high-tech billionaires, um, other people. How can you beat that? Roddy ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/11 "2013-06-20T23:34:49Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I’ve heard that Californians can be annoying. But are we annoyingly proud about _California_? I’ve met some people who are annoyingly smug about the Bay Area, but California in general? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/12 "2013-06-21T00:00:29Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Can I nominate New York City? > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > You can, but I don’t think its statehood is up for a vote. There’s enough self-congratulatory jackholes in the city to taint the whole state. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/13 "2013-06-21T01:27:50Z")
California people are proud but I believe they earned that. what does Texas really offer? at least California has film, music, culture, science, good universities, good sports teams, lots of important cities, etc. do people feel pride about states other than California and Texas? I assume new yorkers and Alaska she could too. maybe Hawaii but again I think the Hawaiians would have a point. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/14 "2013-06-21T02:35:54Z")
Texas revolutionized heart surgery, while California gave us the Manson Family murders. Also, everyone in Texas gets to take credit for heart surgery and everyone in California has to take the blame for the Manson Family. Similarly, everyone in Texas also gets credit for _No Country for Old Men_ while everyone in California shares equal blame for the Kardashians. None of this is in any way silly. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/15 "2013-06-21T02:37:32Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Texas revolutionized heart surgery, while California gave us the Manson Family murders. Also, everyone in Texas gets to take credit for heart surgery and everyone in California has to take the blame for the Manson Family. Similarly, everyone in Texas also gets credit for _No Country for Old Men_ while everyone in California shares equal blame for the Kardashians. None of this is in amy way silly. California is a hub of art, innovation and commerce. Granted, only a small number of people in the larger cities (LA, SF, to a lesser degree SD) actually contribute, but a hub it is. So I don’t find it silly myself, because you’d be part of a state which contributed a lot to the world. I’d be vaguely proud to live in California. Awesome weather too. It is being nationalistic. It may be jingoistic, but it is part of our nature. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/16 "2013-06-21T02:38:48Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > “…what does Texas really offer?..” Gorgeous beautiful and plentiful blondes? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/17 "2013-06-21T02:41:00Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > California is a hub of art, innovation and commerce. Granted, only a small number of people in the larger cities (LA, SF, to a lesser degree SD) actually contribute, but a hub it is. So I don’t find it silly myself, because you’d be part of a state which contributed a lot to the world. I’d be vaguely proud to live in California. Awesome weather too. It is being nationalistic. It may be jingoistic, but it is part of our nature. Mine’s funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/18 "2013-06-21T02:41:01Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Gorgeous beautiful and plentiful blondes? > > 😃 They have that in all the states. Its awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/19 "2013-06-21T02:43:31Z")
Tennesseans don’t think they are superior, they know it! 🆒 Hawaiians know they live in Paradise and are rightfully proud and happy ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/20 "2013-06-21T02:48:15Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Texas revolutionized heart surgery, while California gave us the Manson Family murders. Also, everyone in Texas gets to take credit for heart surgery and everyone in California has to take the blame for the Manson Family. Similarly, everyone in Texas also gets credit for _No Country for Old Men_ while everyone in California shares equal blame for the Kardashians. None of this is in any way silly. Texas takes credit for the Alamo, and the rest of the country blames Texas for the Alamo. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508.md?page=2)