Are you really proud to live in Boston?
First there was the Wells Report. Now we have more news to break our hearts — or maybe not all of our hearts. A new Gallup report shows only 67 percent of Bostonians are proud of our fair city.
That’s right. Only two-thirds of you are proud to live here.
In 2014, Gallup conducted a survey of the nation’s 100 most populous cities. They asked people to respond to the following statement, “You are proud of your community or the area where you live,’’ with a number indicating their level of agreement. Five meant “strongly agree’’ and one meant “strongly disagree.’’
Boston didn’t even crack the top 10. We’re number 18.
Apparently, Bostonians didn’t respond with mostly fives. But you know who did? The citizens of Des Moines, Iowa.
People in Greenville, South Carolina, Anchorage, Alaska, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and even Boise, Idaho are more proud than we are.
The good news (if you can call it that) is the national “pride’’ average is 63.5 percent, which means we’re still coming out ahead of the curve when it comes to self-regard.
And, we’re ahead of Worcester, which ranked 89 out of 100.
The least-proud city of them all is Scranton, Pennsylvania, which, despite producing Joe Biden and serving as the setting for The Office, came in last. Then again, The Office was filmed in L.A., which ranked 51.
You can view the full list here. And, because this survey was in 2014, we have an excuse to be even more obnoxious about our Boston pride for the rest of this year.
Not like we needed one.
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