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Northern Germany here. The German flag is usually only flown at government or other public buildings or, as another commenter said, when there's a special occasion such as an international football match.

Something a bit more common up here seems to be flying the state flag (blue, white and red), which can be seen in private gardens or on some residential buildings.

Australian here. Outside of official government uses, it's generally a sign that someone is a racist fuckwit.

Pretty funny that coming from a Norwegian because they still have the flag out many places in my opinion :)
It's actually one of the things that stuck out the most after I had moved there.
Especially at "hytter" (vacation cabins) I think the majority has a flag out.
Same for national day, you'll see a bunch of flags.

Compare that to Belgium, where I'm from. Even on national day it's a rare sight to see a flag.
And it's only very fanatic people that will actually wave it around on the street.

The moment you'll see most flags out is probably during the world cup.

I lived in MD for a few years. The flag is everywhere. You can always tell someone from MD, no matter where you are, because the flag is incorporated into their clothing. I've never seen anything like it from anywhere else.

In Spain it's extremely common to hang the flag on your balcony, especially since the pandemic. It's also quite common to see younger people wearing bracelets of the spanish flag. I'm not really a fan of it but most people don't do it for political reasons, it's just nornalized, so I can't really blame them.

Somewhat common in Brazil, but nowadays the nationalistic far rights are the only ones who fly it

In my country we fly our flag when we win important football matches.

As a Texas resident, I see more Texas flags than USA flags. Texas flags are everywhere here.

In the UK, you generally don't see people flying the Union Jack unless its a major sporting event, or its a major governmental sort of building.

Here in Netherlands, it is tradition fly the flag with a backpack hanged on it when you graduate.

I am from western MA, USA. Other than outside of government buildings, I can't recall when the last time I saw a flag was. Occasional flag bumper stickers are a thing, but actual, flying flags? Not really.

It was uncommon in The Netherlands. Except on certain holidays. And when kids get a high school diploma: a flag plus school bag.

But since last year, angry farmers ‘decorated’ the country with flags hung upside down to protest against environmental measures. All kinds of angry right wing people followed.

It's very uncommon in France (except if a big event is going on). And if I see someone fly the flag, my first thought would be that they are a far right nationalist.

UK here. A UK flag is only flown from govt buildings unless it's some royal event or football but then it's usually the individual national flag such as England, Scotland, Wales, etc

The union flag & the St George cross (Englands flag) were co-opted by the far right in the 70s so flying one outside of the occasions named above had other people mark you as a bit of a nationalist & to be weary of you.

In Canada it’s traditionally only been around sporting events, mostly hockey. In the last maybe 10 years or so, though, it’s gotten a lot more common, mostly because of nationalist assholes. It’s at the point now where if someone is flying it and there isn’t a Canadian team playing in something, I assume the person is a piece of shit.

In Germany its pretty much only Nazis, Rightwing people and the Bundeswehr, so also often right wing people

Here in Portugal, unless there's a national football team game, or some otherwise nationwide event going on, it's rare seeing it. There's some merch-like items with our flag and "branding", but it's mostly tourists.

In Australia there are flags at government buildings and very rarely do I see any in personal homes.

I am from a small town in the US but live near a nepali community. Many of them have flags inside their homes or on their desks but not outdoors. They are usually super proud that they have the most unique national flag shape, and I love that for them. I am curious if it is the same in their home country as well!

CGP Grey made a YouTube video on proper US state flag design etiquette that I personally agree with. Spoiler alert, most states failed the test.
https://youtu.be/l4w6808wJcU

I'm from Indiana and we're more likely to see our national flag instead of our state flag here, but Indiana isn't known for much anyway.