Gaul Atreides (@gaulatreides)

California is hated throughout the Mountain West because of CA refugees bringing their special brand of insufferability to all the college towns. CA hates TX because it is an ideological boogeyman. (Likewise, TX hating CA). Neighbor states hating each other is probably part "diversity + proximity = war" -- ie, familiarity breeds contempt -- but also part sportsball stupidity. If you hate Ole Miss, you'll hate all of Mississippi. Because niggers on a field. WV and VA hating each other is classically ethnicity-based. WV is full of Scots-Irish highlander descendants. VA was settled by Cavaliers from southern England and Wales. NJ is the CA of the East Coast.