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@swurlygurl: don't hate!

I'm proud to be a Kansan. There are things I don't like about our local policies/govt but I think I'd find that in any state. There is a lot of our state that is so beautiful but nobody ever sees it. People don't come here for vacation, but I like that it's quiet

My identity is pretty tied to being an Oregonian that I don't feel comfortable identifying as anything else. Though I consider myself a new orleanian I don't see myself as a Louisianian.. I feel like I'd have to be from here originally (several generations back at least) to be able to claim that.

I grew up in Utah, and I am proud of the state's natural beauty and the wealth of outdoor opportunities it offers.

I'm not so proud of its political reputation.

I'm in Idaho and eh, I wouldn't necessarily say I'm proud to be from here, but I do like it. I'm in the Northern half of the state and we have some extremely frustrating associations (like the Aryan nations were based here for years and years) and everyone from every other state just assumes that there are potatoes growing everywhere but it is a beautiful place to live and generally the people here are very nice.

Proud New Yorker here!

@rahlyrah: woohoo MD! I live midpoint between Bmore and DC and work in VA, and when gay marriage & the dream act passed last year I got to rub it in all my progressive VA coworkers faces

I'm proud to be from NY

We live in FL now. Yeah...not so proud (but I do love the life we've created here!). For your entertainment (and my embarrassment):

https://twitter.com/_FloridaMan

Kind of- there aren't very many native Arizonans, it's kind of a transitory state- you are born here and leave, or you come here to die

I like the outdoorsy side, but could really do without the political stances here.

CA born and raised! The best! (In my opinion!)

I live in NY now but don't love it. I'm super proud of my hometown and would love to move back if I could (though I wasn't actually born there!) but not the state as a whole so much (michigan) -- there's a lot of messed up stuff going on in the state

@BananaPancakes: @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @Mrs. Taco: Another Florida girl here. Born, raised, and currently residing. I LOVE Florida for a lot of reasons and see myself living here for my entire life, but am also very disappointed in it for many of the same things y'all mentioned. A lot of those involve our track record with politics and public policy. DH and I are comfortable locally though, living it a little pocket of "blue" within a sea of "red".

I'm from Indiana, which I have conflicting feelings about. It's home and I always feel an emotional pull to it, but its "red state" status is tough for me to take sometimes.

I am now in Connecticut, which I like more than I thought I would (we moved from NYC for my husband's job). All in all, I really like the Northeast as a region and feel like it fits my personality a lot more than the Midwest. People say that residents of the NE are kind of cold, but I guess after several years in London and then NYC, I don't even notice that!