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I was born and lived in LA until I was 18. Then I went to school in Boston for 4 years and worked in NYC for 2. Now I work in the South Bay.
Anyway during the NFL playoffs I passionately rooted against the 49ers and my wife asked me why. She made a good point..she said why do you root against a team that pays taxes and boosts the economy in our neighborhood. I told her I dont care. I hate the whiners even if I see their stadium everyday on my way to work.
She had also asked me (during mlb playoffs)why I hated Boston teams so much if I had been educated in beantown and it was a city that had been a big part of my life (friends, networking, education).
Then yesterday I told her my son would grow up to be an LA fan (Raiders only non LA team) and she said my son would probably want to root for local teams since he has never lived in LA. That had me shook.
Anyway my wife hates sports and could care less who we root for as a family but it got me thinking how people feel about their local sports teams.
I know people that like their birth city team but left and have not been back for over 20yrs. I also know people that moved to say Phoenix for example and had no problem dropping their old team for the Cards, Dbacks and Suns.
People says immigrants should like the US soccer team because they live here and the US has given them a better life but they still root for their mother country.
Whats your opinion?
Anyway during the NFL playoffs I passionately rooted against the 49ers and my wife asked me why. She made a good point..she said why do you root against a team that pays taxes and boosts the economy in our neighborhood. I told her I dont care. I hate the whiners even if I see their stadium everyday on my way to work.
She had also asked me (during mlb playoffs)why I hated Boston teams so much if I had been educated in beantown and it was a city that had been a big part of my life (friends, networking, education).
Then yesterday I told her my son would grow up to be an LA fan (Raiders only non LA team) and she said my son would probably want to root for local teams since he has never lived in LA. That had me shook.
Anyway my wife hates sports and could care less who we root for as a family but it got me thinking how people feel about their local sports teams.
I know people that like their birth city team but left and have not been back for over 20yrs. I also know people that moved to say Phoenix for example and had no problem dropping their old team for the Cards, Dbacks and Suns.
People says immigrants should like the US soccer team because they live here and the US has given them a better life but they still root for their mother country.
Whats your opinion?
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