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re: NFL jersey popularity by state
Posted on 9/29/14 at 9:29 pm to HempHead
Posted on 9/29/14 at 9:29 pm to HempHead
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Also, Steelers in Arkansas?
I didn't know the reason either until I went to a Steelers game a couple of years ago in Pittsburgh. (Subtle brag admitted)
I wore Saints wear, it was a Steelers/Ravens game so I got a lot of conversation (all nice). I told the Steelers fans that it had been my experience that I always saw Steeler garb at every NFL stadium I'd ever been to, regardless of which teams were playing. Several of them told me that it was the result of two events about in the 1970's: the obvious one is the Steelers were really good then, four Super Bowl trophies in six years. Some people growing up then all over the country became Steeler fans due to this success. The other one is that the Steel industry went to hell, a bunch of folks lost their jobs and left Pittsburgh to find work and ended up all over the country but brought their Steeler fandom with them.
tl/dr: the diaspora caused by the meltdown of the U.S. Steel industry in the 70s has Steeler fans all over the Nation
This post was edited on 9/29/14 at 9:31 pm
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Posted on 9/29/14 at 10:13 pm to soccerfüt
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tl/dr: the diaspora caused by the meltdown of the U.S. Steel industry in the 70s has Steeler fans all over the Nation
Could be. My grandmother is from an Italian community just outside of Pittsburgh. And a lot of the guys at the railroad in NLR are steelers fans.
Posted on 9/29/14 at 11:43 pm to soccerfüt
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tl/dr: the diaspora caused by the meltdown of the U.S. Steel industry in the 70s has Steeler fans all over the Nation
Makes sense, but due to their success they are also a highly popular team with fans from all over the country who have never had any kind of connection to the Steelers or Pittsburgh, similar to the Cowboys.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 3:49 am to soccerfüt
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tl/dr: the diaspora caused by the meltdown of the U.S. Steel industry in the 70s has Steeler fans all over the Nation
to an extent
not that many people left sw pa
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