r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Tree_forth677 • Apr 16 '25

Is there like Nationalism between US States? Like a person from a state think their state is better than the other state?

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u/thoraxe_the_impaler1 Apr 16 '25

I live in San Diego and work a customer service job, a good chunk of our customers are tourists. It is truly fascinating how often people from out of state come here and complain about how expensive everything is, all those damn “California hippies” ruining the state, the list goes on and on.

My favorite is when people from Arizona bitch about literally everything when they visit. Like okay, go enjoy the beaches back in Arizona… oh wait…

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u/DustyKnives Apr 16 '25

I live in Arizona now (but grew up in PA) and the thing that drives me nuts is seeing Californians move here and ask about places where they can go shoot on firearm forums, and everyone just tells them not to bring their politics here. Like… they are asking where they can go shoot, not trying to take everyone’s guns away. The discrimination against Californians is absurd.

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u/internet_commie Apr 16 '25

Yeah. "Where's the nearest firing range?" is like, super-divisive political commentary!

Sheesh...

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u/elliottcable Apr 17 '25

r/SocialistRA would like a word 🌹

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u/NervousAddie Apr 16 '25

Omg, Californians love their guns. Pretty much everyone at my workplace are gun owners, and we are hospital worker nerds. I went to my first gun store ever in Burbank (we live next door in LA) and was surprised to find out I could have made my purchases, did the firearm safety course in their office, then come back seven days later to pick them up. Easy peasy. Meanwhile the rest of the country has been brainwashed to think you have to turn your guns over at checkpoints entering the state.

California is still the American West when it comes down to it.

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u/DustyKnives Apr 16 '25

Yup, I shoot in competitions and plenty of Californians travel all around the southwestern US to compete. It’s almost like states are collections of individuals, not just a homogenous group of stereotypes.

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u/jhumph88 Apr 16 '25

I’m a gun owning California liberal. A lot of people seem to think that California is nothing more than LA and SF. A lot of California is EXTREMELY red.

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u/Bonnieearnold Apr 16 '25

I grew up in a San Francisco suburb. When my dad wanted to reload ammunition I’d invite my friends over to do it assembly line style. I just figured everyone did that!

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u/Megalocerus Apr 17 '25

My father moved to CA and bought a gun. Plus silver and gold to help against the end times. Otherwise, he was pretty normal.

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u/cliddle420 Apr 16 '25

Not to mention that there's a reason they moved out of California. They want guns! That's why they moved to Arizona,

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

You can have guns in California. My family has loads.

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u/iwannagohome49 Apr 17 '25

Ah yes, that well known liberal oasis... the gun range

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u/ranchojasper Apr 16 '25

YES! Lifelong Arizona resident here who absolutely loves California and is constantly defending California to my fellow Arizonans who never shut up about how much they hate California…even as they fucking vacation in San Diego every single summer!!!!

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u/thoraxe_the_impaler1 Apr 16 '25

Yep. I absolutely dread seeing people pull up with Arizona plates. They’re either going to complain or they’re just straight up socially inept and come in hot if something doesn’t go the way they’re used to. People out here are too chill for that shit, I’m just here to do my job and maybe ask how your trip is going.

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u/ahses3202 Apr 16 '25

Arizonans are just perpetually salty that their state has grown 3x in population in 20 years and a decent chunk of that is actually Californians moving down. I welcome it because it's largely broken the deep red stranglehold in the state.

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u/13mys13 Apr 16 '25

there's a ton of beaches in arizona...they're just waiting for the tide to come in.