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I'm from the mountain west, and I'd say anti-California sentiment has been around my whole life (born right after the Wall fell). Even from my Appalachian migrant parents.

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In the national media, it has clearly accelerated in the last few years.

For most East Coast rural areas, NY & DC have been the traditional bogeymen, not california. The mountain west is much more within Cali's sphere of influence so-to-speak.

I find this map surprisingly accurate.

https://www.fitsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/map11.jp...

someone tell North Dakota that we in SD don't actually hate them, it's just jokes, we hate California just as much as everyone else

Not really, many of these are more "joking" dislikes than actual strong disdain/dislike that California, New York, etc. engender.

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