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I honestly didn't mean to turn this into a pissing contest. I grew up as a Navy brat and have lived all over the US and Canada. It wasn't intended as a contest about who has more state pride, not in the least. It was my attempt to get people to understand the mindset when Governor Perry talked about secession, and why talk like that helped him keep his seat even though no sane Texan actually wants it to happen.
As I said, I loved California too. When I first moved to Texas from Cali I hated it because of the awesome state I lived in before. I lived in Chicago, Ottawa, etc and loved them all. So please don't get offended when I simply state in my experience the pride to call oneself a Texan seems to mean more here than when others attach themselves to their state. For example, people in Chicago have as much City pride as I've seen anywhere else (probably matched only by NYC), though the pride in being an Illini (or NY Stater) seemed non existent.
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"Smite the rocks with the rod of knowledge, and fountains of unstinted wealth will gush forth." - Ashbel Smith as he laid the first cornerstone of the University of Texas
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