Wow, how old are you, I used to get grief for saying that, still do, but very few say it anymore. Rep the old school talk.
Old enough to take pride in being from outstate, and therefore not from the Midwest. I ain't no flatlander.
Old enough to remember when the panhandle wanted to become part of Wyoming? Remember the big sign (for the life of me though I can't remember where it was) that said "Scottsbluff, Wyoming".
I remember that sign!
Yeah, the secessionist movement last came up in the 80s. If I still lived in the Panhandle, I'd start it up again. But I just did the smart thing, moved into the state itself.