Are there any states whose inhabitants identify with their broader national region first? (2015, neighborhoods)
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Im a Bostonian first.
Im a New Englander second.
Im a Bay Stater third.
Im an American fourth.
Thats the general flow for me and my family at least. However if we werent from Boston, and say from... Cape Cod or Sprinfield.. you might be a New Englander first, Bay Stater second, American third...
Seattlites are much more likely to identify with the "PNW" or "Cascadia" identity than Washington state.
It's probably a minority of Chicagoans that feel any identification with the Midwest, but a much smaller minority that feel any identification with Illinois.
Interesting comment...so people from Chicago or residing there don’t identify with living in the Midwest or being a Midwesterner. Why is that? What do they think? That they’re not in the Midwest?
I spent a few years living in Mass and Rhode Island and refer to my time up there as being in New England. I definitely think the New England identity is just as strong as state identity.
I wonder if certain metro areas might identify more with a broader region than a state. Just a guess, but i'd think this would apply to cities that are culturally a little different than the rest of their state. For example, maybe St. Louis identifies more as Midwest than Missouri or Philly identifies more as Northeastern than Pennsylvanian.
I spent a few years living in Mass and Rhode Island and refer to my time up there as being in New England. I definitely think the New England identity is just as strong as state identity.
I wonder if certain metro areas might identify more with a broader region than a state. Just a guess, but i'd think this would apply to cities that are culturally a little different than the rest of their state. For example, maybe St. Louis identifies more as Midwest than Missouri or Philly identifies more as Northeastern than Pennsylvanian.
I identify with Midwestern, but think of myself as Iowan first.
Yeah, I feel like most Midwesterners identify with their state first, always. For instance, Minnesotans are notorious for having fierce pride in the state. Same for Wisconsinites. The stronger the identity, the stronger the state pride.
Yeah, I feel like most Midwesterners identify with their state first, always. For instance, Minnesotans are notorious for having fierce pride in the state. Same for Wisconsinites. The stronger the identity, the stronger the state pride.
It’s important to remember that the region of New England is smaller than the state of Minnesota.
As for New England identity: it definitely exists, but mostly outward-facing. The distinction between MA and NH or RI and CT is very important when New Englanders interact with each other. However when in NYC or Georgia or wherever, New England identity becomes more important.
The state pride and identity can be somewhat superficial, though. People in southern NH and people in northwestern MA cross the border for work and pleasure constantly. Same is true for southeastern MA and northern RI, southeastern CT and southwestern RI, western MA and central CT, etc.
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It’s important to remember that the region of New England is smaller than the state of Minnesota.
As for New England identity: it definitely exists, but only outward-facing. The distinction between MA and NH or RI and CT is very important when New Englanders interact with each other. However when in NYC or Georgia or wherever, New England identity becomes more important.
It’s important to remember that the region of New England is smaller than the state of Minnesota.
As for New England identity: it definitely exists, but mostly outward-facing. The distinction between MA and NH or RI and CT is very important when New Englanders interact with each other. However when in NYC or Georgia or wherever, New England identity becomes more important.
The state pride and identity can be somewhat superficial, though. People in southern NH and people in northwestern MA cross the border for work and pleasure constantly. Same is true for southeastern MA and northern RI, southeastern CT and southwestern RI, western MA and central CT, etc.
Midwesterners are definitely different in that regard. We'll argue till we're blue in the face about how Iowa and Nebraska are very different places despite being seemingly identical to most of the country.
I have lived in NE Texas for about 25 years now, but was born in New Orleans and raised mostly in the southern states. I consider myself southern first and foremost, Texan second, but I have a special place in my heart for New Orleans, LA.
I lived in Georgia for ten years, through high school and college basically so always - go, Dawgs.
That map is a little odd. I’ve never imagined Pennsylvanians calling themselves “mid easterners “. Although there is a term called Mid Atlantic.
Yes, it's the Mid-Atlantic. They're not the Islamic Atlantic states.
I'm from Pennsylvania, and I'll always be a Pennsylvanian first in the states. It really depended upon who was asking. I might say east coast, north of Philly, or a few hours west of New York City.
Overseas, I am an American.
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