[quote=mdk]
I grew up in upstate New York, then joined the military and moved all over (but mostly in what we'd call the southwest, a little bit of midwest). 'Yankees' are a national whipping-boy, and most of it is deserved ( ).Lots of east-coast people in general, but especially northeast, have a certain opinion of farm folk. We don't keep it a secret, and they know what we think about them, and they rightly resent it.
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To be honest your country's inner differences simultaneously confuse and interest me for this reason. Here in Canada, while there are some differences here and there, the majority of us are pretty similar in what we are--Canadians. (Except Québec and arguable the Newfies, everyone identifies themselves as Canadian, and what rivalries there are here are very timid and calm. The only time I can think of an exception is over hockey.)

Versus the States, where each geographic area has its own distinctive traditions and accent, and that's just the surface of it. It's almost colourful in some obscenely chaotic way that makes it just... Interesting.