How strong is the local identity, the identification with the city in the place you live?

[u/Halale01]

How strong is the identification people have with your local city, the local patriotism?

And i don't mean in a sense of "i'm from the city and you're not" kinda way, but more like, a strong identification and knowledge of the city's history, it's symbols etc...

The pioneer in Southeastern Europe for me is Dubrovnik. You can very much feel that they have been a small maritime state for so long, the city and its history is really present, from the name of the local bus company "Libertas" to Radio Dubrovnik airing a daily 5min show about what happened during the era of the Republic of Ragusa that exact day.

[u/SwimmingTechnology62]

My experience coming from a small town is that, the town was so shit, everyone just identified with the state. Unless we’re talking football ofc.

[u/Beneficial_Ad_5157]

My town is so shit everyone identifies with the nearby town

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What's the town - for example are you from Belgrade and identify with Zagreb?

[u/SimpleNothingness]

Not strong at all. People are more connected to the region than a specific town.

[u/Self-Bitter]

Due to geography Greece always had very strong local identities. Each island for example is a small separate world

[u/erythrocytes235]

Not strong. People would mainly identify with their ethnic group.

[u/Key-Film4822]

In my area most people identity with mountain or river/spring vallez where their ancestors came from

[u/Legobrix99]

I'd say there's strong local pride in my city of Limassol, but not really a specific identity as almost everyone there is from somewhere else. The only people who can claim a strong local identity are the ones who have lived there for generations who make up maybe 10% of the city

[u/Appropriate-Slip9030]

For older people here, the strongest identification is the tribe they come from

[u/Stverghame]

Hmmm, regional one is stronger than the one for specific city in case of my city

[u/No-Championship-4632]

I live in Sofia so pretty much none.

[u/Unable-Stay-6478]

Very strong, as someone from Belgrade.