Can't speak for NC, but having lived for a minimum of two years in Indy (2), Baltimore (2), Dallas (3) and Orange county (6) I can see building up an allegiance to teams from cities you spend a bunch of time in. I'll admit to having maintained my allegiance to Phil Jackson when he moved to LA as he arrived right around the same time I did. I still like the Bulls far more than the Lakers, but I'll cheer for the Lakers over any team but the Bulls in the finals. I still have a lot of friends out there that are huge Lakers fans. That said, I have even more friends in Dallas, but still hate the Cowboys. :) eh, i've lived in seattle and denver, too, and while i enjoyed attending the games there (the first nfl game i ever went to was a seahawks-jaguars game at husky stadium, first nba game i ever went to was seattle-bulls during the ron artest years at key arena and the first nba playoff game i ever went to was minnesota-denver at the pepsi center) those teams don't even cross my mind when i think of teams i like. those spots are reserved for my teams, the chicago teams.