Upstate Pride: Why It’s OK to Root for the Buffalo Bills

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Published: May 29, 2009

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... have entirely too many teams to choose from. There are multiple teams in every major sport, but only one plays football in the Empire state. 

That’s right, it’s those wagon-circling, hot-wing eating Buffalo Bills. 

There’s a sense of upstate pride associated with the Bills. In my travels around the country, when you tell people you’re from New York they automatically assume you mean the city. 

There’s always a sense of shock when you tell them, “No. I’m from upstate.” It’s like they can’t fathom the idea that there’s an entire state outside of the five boroughs. 

When you meet someone from the city itself, there’s often a reaction of, “Oh, you’re from upstate.” 

For a long time, I was embarrassed of where I was from simply because peo...

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