Sub-Nationalism

[Bala Perdida]

I'm not sure if this is the official term for it, but this refers to the nationalistic relationship between an individual and the state/region/province they live in within the country they live in. To me patriotism seems like nationalism with a human face, but I guess that's up for debate for some of you. Since I lack tolerance to either one of these, I'll just use the same term for them in this case.
I saw a girl with the California bear tatted on her and it caused me to reflect on this. So based on that, you know the state I live in, and the country. This is very prominent here. It is also know of it in Mexico, for example I have a friend that used to always get competitive because his family is from Zacatecas and my family is from Michoacán. I personally find it annoying since it just further separates people and is another cause of senseless aggression towards 'outsiders'.
So what do you guys think about this? Is it prominent in the area you live in? In the country you live in? Do you think this is good for, or compatible, with revolutionary ideals? What do you think about it on a smaller scale, like for a city? Altogether what is your opinion on identifying with locations, and their possible cultures?

[ComradeOm]

This sort of regionalism, or localism, long pre-dates capitalism and is perfectly natural. Counties/cities/towns/villages/teams/etc will always have local rivals, even if this is just expressed in a sporting or cultural context. A degree of parochialism is fine, being preferable to provincialism, and so long as it doesn't give way to full-blown myopia then it's perfectly compatible with broader class interests or identities.

[consuming negativity]

It's pretty dumb but a lot less harmful. Friendly rivalry between two cities that gets played out in a sports arena is a lot different than the US having a, uh, "rivalry" that leads to an invasion.

[Ceallach_the_Witch]

It's usually fairly harmless stuff that has an element of the tongue-in-cheek about it - at least as far as I can see in my area at any rate. Where I live there's an intense local rivalry between the two rugby league teams - if you're on one side of the river you support FC and if you're on the other side you support KR. It's usually light-hearted and only semi-serious, does spill over into nasty stuff sometimes tho.

on a related note the Yorkshire Devolution movement has become more prominent as of late