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I think it's fine as long as your in the "Metro".....if not it's missleading.
Yes I agree with you. If your not apart of the city metro and you live out side of it you know in the county that metros in then you shouldn't say your from there.
I would judge that on the source of news and entertainment. NYC being central to more than just Manhattan, I'd accept someone from White Plains saying they were from NYC.
Someone from Alpharetta, GA saying they were from Atlanta would be just as cool. Like, who the hell knows where Alpharetta is anyway?
Now, if someone from Kansas said they were from Atlanta just 'cause they watch CNN, well... I'd understand.
Agreed with Westhou that it's not that big a deal. That is so much the case that I'm not all that aware of my usual answer to the "Where are you from" question. I'm pretty sure that sometimes I'll say I'm from Boston as a convenient way to identify the general area. I'm pretty sure that most of the time I say "near Boston." Anyone familiar with the area who wants to know more detail will ask.
Okay, it's true that in some areas people who live in the city proper take some kind of pride in that, and get picky if you are from the 'burbs and say you live in the city. That's their problem. You're not posing if you're just naming the city as a convenient way to identify the area.
If you are talking to someone who knows the area; just say your suburb.
If you are talking to someone who knows nothing about your city; just say you are from the 'burbs or the main city.
Good way of putting it. Most of time though in a conversation, you will talk to someone that is not familiar with your area. It's ok in my eyes. I live in Landover, Maryland but when out of town, I say I live in DC. It's easier and I don't care to explain to them where Landover is at and what is there. Not to mention that the people I'm talking about do not care about Landover and what is there.
I know in Chicago they make an emphasis that you are out in the suburbs as soon as you leave the city. I mean they have signs for you to go to the West Suburbs, Southwestern suburbs, etc. etc.
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atlantaguy, there is absolutely nothing wrong IMO with saying that you are from Atlanta to outsiders when you live in Alpharetta. It's all in the metro.
Roam around on the NEPA sub-forum sometime and notice just what happens if I tell someone "I'm from Scranton" when I live in a suburb about ten minutes to the south called Pittston Township. All hell breaks loose. Apparently you get to wear some sort of "badge of honor" if you live within the limits of the Electric City, and those who live in the suburbs "have no clue about how rough it is to live in the city." Then again they want to leech off of those of us in the affluent areas for their First Fridays, First Night celebrations, Steamtown Marathon, and so many other annual events that draw in tens of thousands of people to the downtown, mostly from the SUBURBS! They want to have their cake and eat it too. "You're not welcome to say you're from OUR town, but we'll take your high paychecks!"
Because it's a different state. Nassau County on Long Island is a lot more like Queens than NJ is like the Bronx or Brooklyn. NJ is its own state. People who came to visit me on LI thought it was NYC.
then those people need a crash course in geography. parts of NJ (hello - hudson county anyone?) are much more like queens or brooklyn than levittown, for instance. come on.
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then those people need a crash course in geography. parts of NJ (hello - hudson county anyone?) are much more like queens or brooklyn than levittown, for instance. come on.
There are going to be a lot of people who disagree.
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