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Ford Prefect · 12-01-2007, 11:14 AM

There's a lot of regional pride in the US as well ... as mentioned above with Texas and other states. It's not unique to Canada, and I think with countries as large as Canada and the US that regionalism is inevitable. There's no way a country that is so large and geographically diverse like Canada is can develop a homogenous national citizenry. Even a lot of postage stamp sized countries (Albania, Croatia, Serbia, Georgia) can't do it. A person's loyalties exist on more levels than just the national and provincial levels as well. Look at the Edmonton/Calgary rivalry. The same rivalry exists between small towns too. Within Calgary, there's loyalties to different regions of the city even. I've met life-long Bownessers who consider themselves to be from Bowness rather than Calgary. I think patriotism and pride in one's place is a primal human instinct ... it's probably linked with our territorial imperative somehow.

12-01-2007, 11:14 AM	#7
Ford Prefect Has Towel, Will Travel Join Date: Jul 2006 Exp:	There's a lot of regional pride in the US as well ... as mentioned above with Texas and other states. It's not unique to Canada, and I think with countries as large as Canada and the US that regionalism is inevitable. There's no way a country that is so large and geographically diverse like Canada is can develop a homogenous national citizenry. Even a lot of postage stamp sized countries (Albania, Croatia, Serbia, Georgia) can't do it. A person's loyalties exist on more levels than just the national and provincial levels as well. Look at the Edmonton/Calgary rivalry. The same rivalry exists between small towns too. Within Calgary, there's loyalties to different regions of the city even. I've met life-long Bownessers who consider themselves to be from Bowness rather than Calgary. I think patriotism and pride in one's place is a primal human instinct ... it's probably linked with our territorial imperative somehow. Last edited by Ford Prefect; 12-01-2007 at 01:59 PM.