Some North Carolina/South Carolina traditions
-In North Carolina, you are required by law to love one of the triangle (a region of my state) college basketball teams. UNC Tarheels, Duke Blue Devils, or NC State Wolfpack. Some hipsters like to pull for Wake Forest Demon Deacons, but they haven't been relevant in years.
-In South Carolina, the Confederacy never really lost the Civil War, and the South will rise again
-Andrew Jackson was born in either North or South Carolina, but we have a symbolic football game that pits the best high school players from North against the best from South. The winner of the game gets to claim Andrew Jackson was born in their state until the next game (Its just a joke thing. Officially to the government, it was SC.)
- It is important to visit the mountains of North Carolina at least once. The Blue Ridge Parkway has some gorgeous sights to see. At the other end of North Carolina, the Outer Banks, thin narrow barrier islands, are perfect for a nice relaxing vacation. Every citizen is required to visit both at one point in their lives.
-Eastern style BBQ > Western style. Other states use a tomato based BBQ for eating while we like to use a vinegar based BBQ. Any other type of BBQ than that is false BBQ
-In North Carolina, we always vote Republican for cities and counties (except larger cities like mine) and Democrat for state offices. Then to confuse people anymore, we typically vote Republican in national elections. Obama recently broke this trend though.
-In North Carolina, you are either pro-Charlotte (western city and largest city in the South East US) or pro- Raleigh (eastern city and state capital). The state has a bit of an East v. West rivalry, especially in government where eastern counties will get more money for infrastructure while western counties get less which leads to worse infrastructure.