# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/101 "2013-06-22T13:21:52Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > > [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > > > Coloradans seem to be pretty damn smug. > > Yes but it is more of a born-here-vs-moved-here thing. “Native” bumper stickers are common. I’m a moved-here Coloradan and I _am_ quietly smug. OTOH, I grew up in Jersey, so I’ve never had the opportunity before. Having now spent half my life in the Rockies, I think it’s the best, but I don’t look down on any state but Texas. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/102 "2013-06-22T14:44:23Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > Indivisible? I thought one of Texas’ bragging points was that it was so big that it had reserved a right to split into multiple states any time it wanted. [Only partly true](http://www.snopes.com/history/american/texas.asp). ---
**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 22, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/103 "2013-06-22T15:13:55Z")
> [@jrbor76](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by Ambivalid > What about the ‘Yoopers’? Eh? > > “And dat’s when I seen him, da thurdy point buck!” > Slight nitpick: Da Yoopers are indeed from the UP, but _Turdy Point Buck_ was done by Bananas at Large, who are from Wisconsin. From a town that’s practically my backyard in fact. I knew all that about Da Yoopers and Bananas at Large. I’m not alone in this.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/104 "2013-06-22T16:00:30Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Do Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers do any song that doesn’t have some sort of reference to California in it? They’re from Gainesville, Florida. I guess they are restoring the equilibrium upset by Creedence Clearwater Revival, who were Californians who constantly sang about the swampy Gulf Coast. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/105 "2013-06-22T23:50:44Z")
> [@toofs](#): > > There sure are a lot of songs about California. New York has one or two. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/106 "2013-06-23T15:13:43Z")
We Coloradans despise Texans and Californians because they don’t know how to drive in the snow. They move here, and then the first time they see snow, they mess things up for everybody else. We do tend to quietly laugh at people who think that 5,000 feet is “high.” But we’re not all that smug–it’s just that we **literally** look down on the rest of the nation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/107 "2013-06-24T08:11:16Z")
Queenslanders. They think everyone from the other five states and two territories would move there if only they could. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/108 "2013-06-24T09:34:43Z")
Fucking Californians. They generally don’t brag about their state directly but when you get a transplant you hear a lot of “In California we do it this way!” or “In California we have…!” Maybe I’m just being overly harsh. Maybe California is so different from the rest of the states that they’re experiencing culture shock. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/109 "2013-06-24T09:37:23Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > We Coloradans despise Texans and Californians because they don’t know how to drive in the snow. They move here, and then the first time they see snow, they mess things up for everybody else. When we lived in Colorado Springs my father went down to Texas purchased an El Camino while he was down there and brought it back home. We were sitting in traffic when someone shouted “Go home Texan” and it was the first and only time I’d ever heard my father stick his head out the window and swear at someone. If it makes you feel any better we had lived in Germany before moving to Colorado and he already knew how to drive in the snow. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/110 "2013-06-24T09:37:58Z")
New Yorkers, IMHO, partially redeem themselves by being, in their own way, oddly inclusive. While to be a true Texan you have to be born in Texas, New Yorkers don’t actually expect anyone to originally be from New York. It doesn’t matter where you’re from. As far as they’re concerned, so long as you’ve paid your security deposit, you’re one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/111 "2013-06-24T17:18:43Z")
I’ve lived in South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, so I’m still waiting to get to a humble state. I have noted that Texas and South Carolina are they only states with a popular “symbol” that they put on everything to sell. North Carolina is a valley of humility between two mountains of conceit. -[Unknown](http://www.bartleby.com/73/1253.html) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/112 "2013-06-24T17:25:11Z")
Given that the only state one _should_ be proud of being from is Michigan, I’d say there’s a 49 way tie for first place. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/113 "2013-06-24T19:01:46Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > New Yorkers, IMHO, partially redeem themselves by being, in their own way, oddly inclusive. While to be a true Texan you have to be born in Texas, New Yorkers don’t actually expect anyone to originally be from New York. It doesn’t matter where you’re from. As far as they’re concerned, so long as you’ve paid your security deposit, you’re one of them. It does help though if you can claim NYC survival vouchers. Not sure what the current point system is, but you get them for things like 1. being mugged 2. propositioned by a hooker (double for a tv hooker, triple if he hasn’t shaved) 3. had a vehicle in your possession towed 4. walked more than 10 blocks (counting streets, Avenues count double) in the rain because you couldn’t get a cab (freak!) 5. had a friend from out of town grab your arm when they heard gun fire and you screamed - because they’re the one that startled you, not the gun fire. ---
**Author:** ![Neodymium\_Lover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7993a0/32.png) [@Neodymium\_Lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neodymium_Lover)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/114 "2013-06-24T19:09:15Z")
I live in Louisiana and I agree that we have more than a logical amount of pride in our state. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/115 "2013-06-25T06:20:32Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > We Coloradans despise Texans and Californians because they don’t know how to drive in the snow. They move here, and then the first time they see snow, they mess things up for everybody else. I don’t really understand this - as a Californian, I’ve driven in snow since I’ve been driving. We have plenty of areas where it snows. Good skiing, too. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/116 "2013-06-27T14:30:43Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > North Carolina is a valley of humility between two mountains of conceit. > -[Unknown](http://www.bartleby.com/73/1253.html) Obviously whoever wrote this didn’t have the chance to meet a resident of the Outer Banks. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/117 "2013-06-27T14:37:27Z")
While I agree with Texas wholeheartedly NYC is pretty stuck up too. And it’s a dirty, filthy city. Sure absolutely it’s a wonderful place too but I’ve never been to a city in the West as downright dirty and smelly as NYC - especially the subways! I think Forbes came out with an article a few years ago proclaiming NYC as one of the worst places to live. I know I would never live there unless I could afford a high-rise overlooking Central Park and maybe not even then. 🙂 And I’m a new Yorker. As for Colorado the only place I’ve heard really smug is Colorado Springs and their damned weather. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508/118 "2013-06-27T16:06:30Z")
I wish they all could be California girls. As apposed to All my exes live in Texas. Still, Texas did contribute “You’ve got your dead skunk in the middle of the road, stinking to high heave.” Not to mention Jax beer—a Texas beer that makes excellent paint remover. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508.md?page=5)