re: North/south divide in England vs America: English friend says England gap is wider

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One exception (although maybe not anymore because American pride is on the rocks too) would be that Thatcher-era England led to some of the northern cities basically disavowing being English at all. A lot of them won't root for the national teams or engage in other "English pride" things because of it

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I’m a very big Liverpool soccer fan and it is very common to see the mindset of “We’re Scouse not English” around the fan base. Pretty sure in the past not many of them rooted for the England national team but I get the vibe that’s kinda changed lately with the younger core of the National team (and the fact that Liverpool has some players on it )