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I haven't noticed any flags except for quite a few American flags and it is fairly common to see Gadsden flags flying in conjunction with the American flag.
Oh, yes, I also see the thin blue line flag quite often.
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In our city of 65,000 (Sammamish WA) I have seen a couple of USA flags, but more often Seahawks "12" flags. I have never seen a flag from another country in our 30 years here. We are 33.3% Asian now, most from India including several neighbors, but they don't seem to find a need to fly their homeland flags.
I rarely ever see flags of Asian countries. Wonder why
If I had to guess, many want to be considered American citizens first and believe in American lifestyle, and want to willingly assimilate into American culture.
Attend any Steelers game in Pittsburgh and you'll see a giant Mexican flag suspended on the east rotunda. The Steelers have a massive fan base in Mexico. Also, during the last game I attended there, the big Mexican flag was joined by two smaller Spanish flags.
In Beloit, I have seen Volkswagens, BMWs, and Audis with German license plates, and even some German flag stickers on the back of the cars. Also while coming home after going to the Cherryvale mall earlier this year, I have seen a Subaru with a Polish flag, with both a Ukrainian Flag and anti Putin sign. I also have seen older cars with Mexican flags. And I have seen cars with mini Puerto Rican/Dominican flags in the interiors.
I rarely ever see flags of Asian countries. Wonder why
I've seen Filipino flags a few times, and "Pinoy Pride" license plate holders and stuff like that. Couple Thai flags as well.
For China it might be that most Chinese immigrants don't really identify with post-1949 China. And for (South) Korea, the flag would just be a reminder of the partition (I always hear Korean-Americans just say "Korea" as though it's still one country).
Assimilation definitely seems like part of the story... although Indian immigrants having license plates with their names on it is a semi-popular thing, and unlike say Chinese immigrants, you rarely see Indians who take Anglo names.
Here, it’s mostly Puerto Rican and Jamaican flags, followed most closely by Italian and Irish. Very east coast.
Both my spots in California and Texas didn’t really do flags. Milpitas, as with the rest of the Bay Area, is incredibly diverse, but there wasn’t much flag pride. Tyler was less diverse and Mexican flags were the most numerous non-US flags. But there were a fair number of Central Americans there (Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Hondurans especially), and they didn’t really play the flag game either.
Being proud of where you're from doesn't mean you're not proud of where you are.
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