We also gave you gangs, Nancy Pelosi, Richard Nixon, Donald Sterling, the City of Bell, new age nonsence, amazingly arrogant types who think because they live in Los A ngeles they are somehow intelligent..at least smarter than other Americans…what is the drop out rate in the LAUSD again?
Coloradans seem to be pretty damn smug.
Californians for sure. Especially if they move to a different state, then it’s all, “We didn’t do that in* California*” and “It’s not like this in California”. Blech.
The John Wayne one or the 2004 one with Billy Bob Thornton and Dennis Quaid? The John Wayne one was pretty overrated and didn’t age well, the 2004 one was underrated and really pretty good. Also, Texas gave us the Alamo Drafthouse, which makes up for all previous Alamos.
This. As a data point, I proudly cite: Myself.
My primary affinity for the Bay Area, and all of Northern California, lies primarily in the astounding jaw-dropping beauty of the region. (Well, what’s left of that, what with all the growth and development.) I’m like, meh about the people (probably myself included), the politics, the economy, more-or-less. But the region is definitely still fab, even though it was much more so in an earlier day.
But with the gangs came gangsta rap, so I’m torn.
The dead one.
But Gangsta Rap came from middle class dudes..not real gangbangers. 
The 2004 one, then? Like I say, it was a good movie and didn’t deserve to bomb.
What about the ‘Yoopers’? Eh?
Yeah, but they were middle class dudes * from California*. Embrace it.
and that dirty little rat Ronnete.
Hawaiians only tell each other how awesome living in or being from Hawaii is. The rest of you already know and we’re ok with that. 
“And dat’s when I seen him, da thurdy point buck!”
Texas was the only state that popped into my head on seeing the thread title. I hadn’t even known it was a thing before I joined the Army and noticed firsthand the unwarranted amount of pride Texans took in the location of their mothers’ vaginas when they were pushed out.
I’m from California - Bay Area, actually - and I’ve never known people to go around like they’re King Shit because they’re from here (then again, at least half the people here aren’t from here). Most I hear is relief that we live in one of the most liberal areas of the country, especially from people who came from conservative communities.
To the extent this actually is a ‘thing’ and not just something from South Park, you denizens of the other 49 states and probably planet only have yourselves to blame. People have dumped on NJ for so long (yeah, double entendre - bet you got that too - you should be ashamed :mad: ), that it was the only way we could fight back. Just like the nerds at school formed their own clique and felt superior in their own way, NEW JERSEY ROCKS!!! WOO-HOO!!!
Definitely people from Portland, Oregon rival Texans in unnecessary smugness about where they are from.
People from elsewhere in Oregon are somewhat bad about it anyway, but people from Portland cannot wait to inform you of that fact.
Minnesotans, especially those from the Twin Cities, are unbelievably pretentious: a bunch of unsophisticated Midwestern hicks trying to act like New Yorkers.
Wisconsin is at least as bad, but in another way: people there are just as full of themselves but don’t have the brains to act pretentious. Move the entire population of Minnesota to Wisconsin, and you’d raise the IQs of both states.
I grew up in Minneapolis and spent an awful 18 months living in Milwaukee. I was never so glad to leave a place as I was with both of them. You couldn’t make me live in the Midwest again if you put a gun to my head.
Speaking as a person who grew up in Oregon and moved to Texas, this perception is absolutely 100% accurate. Texans are excessively proud of their state. I can’t imagine anyone walking around with a tattoo of Oregon on their arms, but I would bet there are probably 1000’s upon 1000’s of Texas tattoos out there. Hell, you can get little texas tanning stickers to wear a the tanning booth.
Every major beer maker in the US makes Texas-specific neon signs to put up in bars that show the outline of the state of Texas. Many products advertise SPECIFICALLY to Texas and Texans, even national chains that don’t run those ads anywhere else in the country.
I never once saw in my life any tv or radio ad that appealed to me as a proud Oregonian. Yet this is exactly what it’s like to live in Texas.
You see the Texan flag flown pretty much everywhere an American flag is flown. You know how many times in my life I ever saw the state of Oregon’s flag flown? I honestly can’t remember ever seeing it other than when I visited the state capitol.
In the United States, everyone thinks of themselves as an American first, and then a citizen of their individual state second. Unless you are from Texas, in which case you are a Texan and an American second. Schools pledge allegiance to the Texan flag every day (at least we did in my very large school district). What other states have their students pledge allegiance to their state flags? We didn’t in Oregon and I don’t even know if Oregon has a state pledge.
Now, all that being said, I actually kind of like it! I think it would be kind of cool if all the different states had this sort of state pride and unique individuality. It would set the states apart more culturally and visiting different states would be kind of a fun, unique experience, kind of like how visiting Texas is now.
I wish they all could be California,
I wish they all could be California,
I wish they all could be California giiiiiirls!
Yeah, those Michaganders. Mostly because that’s where Ann Arbor is and that college that’s there.
Look, I lived in Central Ohio for a large part of my life. It’s difficult to just throw off that kind of indoctrination.