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Originally Posted by mrnyc
ohio is more city and regional wide -- regional for the 5 ohios.
there is of course state pride too, mostly around the flagship state u osu sports, but even that can be spotty.
for example, the rural areas are full on osu, but not so for urban -- ie., cinci cares not a whit about osu and in the clev notre dame is as big a deal as osu sports.
the five ohios --
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This 100%. Cleveland has pride in "its Ohio" but that is not the same as, say, someone in Toledo or Cincinnati.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: We (Ohioans) are all living in a condo that we don't talk to each other but pay rent. Cincinnati likes the kitchen, Columbus likes the bedroom, Cleveland likes the living room, and Steubenville likes the basement.
Michigan, I think, is an outlier in the region regarding being centric around one state. I don't see this same strong pride in regional states like Illinois, Pennsylvania, Indiana, or even New York (Buffalo's "NY" is vastly different than Manhattan's). Strong state pride seems more "Southern" if anything like Texas or Alabama. But then again, there is New Jersey...