Re: Sports most hated by Americans...

>Now, I'm not a
>NASCAR fan by any means, however, when I look on tv, I see that NASCAR has
>no problem filling the stands.  If this survey were taken in the
>Southeastern US, no way NASCAR would be there.   

Nascar is a VERY polarizing topic.  And yes, it's also somewhat regional. 
Considering myself as living at the extreme southern end of the North Eastern
section of the country, I ally myself more with the "North East" component and
less with the "southern end" part.  ...Meaning, I personally detest NASCAR. 
It's an activity, not a sport.  At least, by my definition.  To qualify as a
sport, the human participants must be doing most of the work.  So, car racing
is not a sport as the cars are doing most of the work.  Same for horse racing. 
The area I live in -- with regard to NASCAR (and other "southern" things, like
country music) -- is in a region where North and South bump into each other and
both lifestyles are very much in evidence.  People here either love NASCAR or
despise it.  It also becomes a convenient litmus test for developing new
friendships.  How a person answers the question, "Do you like NASCAR?"
generally says a lot about that person.  Personally, I think it's a good thing
that different regions of the country have different interests.  Especially in
today's world where so much of the country has become McDonald-ized.

Just to pre-emptorily stop someone from posting that NASCAR is alive and well
throughout ALL of America -- yes, it indeed has a following "from sea to
shining sea".  My point is that it is followed to a more intense degree and by
a greater proportion of the populace below the Mason-Dixon line than above it.

Even women's basketball has regional "pockets" of interest.  Beside the State
of Connecticut, there's the well-known swath that basically covers the SEC and
extends up into Kentucky and Indiana.

Jim