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Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001
You kinda see bits of this in some Midwest cities but it's definitely something that happens more often east of the Mississippi. I'm only third generation American on my mothers side and had an oddly large number of tantes growing up because my great grandparents were German immigrants. Cincinnatians with last names like Mecklenburg and Schottlekotte aren't all that unusual around the Tri-State.
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Plus, it's been historically harder for Germans to be all German-pride in America. I'd imagine that's put a bit of a damper on things. You don't see a ton of English pride either, despite English being the third (?) most-common white ethnicity in the country. It makes sense that places in the Midwest which are mostly of German and English admixture aren't as loud and proud as places with a bunch of Irish or Mediterranean groups.