I want to know what motivates people who root for different teams just to spite where they’re from.
Example: Steelers fans from Cleveland.
From my experience it's usually due to their family being from that area originally, or growing up they knew douchebags who ruined rooting for the local team for them.
For example, a kid in Pittsburgh is in 2nd or 3rd grade, just beginning his journey as a sports fan, and the 4 biggest A-holes in the class are all Steeler fans who proclaim it in a visibly obnoxious manner. That 8 year old makes a decision that he's not gonna be a Steeler fan because Steeler fans are pricks, and he doesn't wanna be considered a prick (keep in mind we're talking about kids and their thought processes), so he picks either the Eagles (being a fellow PA team), or the Browns because they're the next closest team and since they both hate the Steelers, a marriage is born.