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This is just gatekeeping. People are just trying to say that they are better than someone because they live in a different part of town.
Once again, when people want to define the population of NYC they don't just stop at the literal political boundaries. Same is true for LA etc.
A lot of people on sites like this complain that some places like Atlanta, which has a very small city population in relation to its metro size, is racist because those damn suburbanites didn't let the boundaries expand to include a wider area. Now the argument is, "How dare those suburbs claim to be a part of us!"
I’ve heard it called Zip Code Elitism, I’ve also heard Viagra helps.
Yes, absolutely bothers me. You’re misrepresenting my city to others and no-I don’t share bonds about the city with you.
Why are people coming on to the thread about this and then disputing the core premise of the thread with these types of questions?
You’re from Massachusetts. You are not from Boston. Or do people “not no where Massachusetts is”? What does that even mean by the way? Like a mental geographic map or?…
Okay bud this isn’t about whether it’s a morally abhorrent or whatever, it’s whether people do it. Most areas with small city propers and Hugh transplant populations have large populations which do such.
I think proportionally Cleveland might be the most extreme, by Absolute numbers, it’s probably SF, Boston or Chicago.
I think proportionally Cleveland might be the most extreme, by Absolute numbers, it’s probably SF, Boston or Chicago.
I had assumed Boston would run away with this and Atlanta leading the poll confused me but now it makes sense.
Atlanta is a not particularly large city anchoring a giant MSA, and there are no other cities in this MSA that come close to Atlanta. So there are likely hundreds of small districts that people outside of the region have never heard of. Personally, the only names I knew to associate with the area were Atlanta, Gwinnet, Fulton, and Sandy Springs.
The problem with that logic is that Chicago should rank much higher though.
SF is a smaller MSA with plenty of recognizable names like Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, etc. Far less reason to falsely claim SF, and it would probably be pretty awkward if one got caught up in making a false claim like that.
I had assumed Boston would run away with this and Atlanta leading the poll confused me but now it makes sense.
Atlanta is a not particularly large city anchoring a giant MSA, and there are no other cities in this MSA that come close to Atlanta. So there are likely hundreds of small districts that people outside of the region have never heard of. Personally, the only names I knew to associate with the area were Atlanta, Gwinnet, Fulton, and Sandy Springs.
The problem with that logic is that Chicago should rank much higher though.
SF is a smaller MSA with plenty of recognizable names like Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, etc. Far less reason to falsely claim SF, and it would probably be pretty awkward if one got caught up in making a false claim like that.
That's the thing. People know Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda etc. But there could be some lesser known Bay Area cities that people in this country never heard of so it's understandable why people would not only use San Francisco but also Oakland. DC has the same thing. I think many have heard of Arlington, Alexandria, and Silver Spring. Possibly Bethesda. But mention Fort Washington or Lorton and most folks outside of the Mid-Atlantic would be like where is that. It's easier to just say Washington DC if you live in one of those cities.
That's the thing. People know Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda etc. But there could be some lesser known Bay Area cities that people in this country never heard of so it's understandable why people would not only use San Francisco but also Oakland. DC has the same thing. I think many have heard of Arlington, Alexandria, and Silver Spring. Possibly Bethesda. But mention Fort Washington or Lorton and most folks outside of the Mid-Atlantic would be like where is that. It's easier to just say Washington DC if you live in one of those cities.
Disagree.
The entire "its easier just to say the city" logic premise assumes that people one encounters are unaware of distinctions between cities and their suburbs. Yes, its extremely unlikely that someone outside of the region has heard of Lorton-but claiming D.C would be a deliberate misdirection from a suburb into a principal city, to say nothing of the fact its located in a different state.
I'll use Chicago as a real quick example.
I have never physically set foot in the city of Chicago.
Yet, off the top of my head, I can name-Chicago, Cook County, Aurora, Joliet, Naperville, Franklin Park, Evanston just from living life. On top of that, people in that region are provided with the term "Chicagoland" to describe areas out of the city!
Zero reason to say Chicago if you don't live there.
Not LA. I always hear "I'm from Orange County" or "from the Inland Empire" or "from Irvine", even if people from the county might just give the city.
I've heard people from Kankakee County (in Chicago's CSA) and even Madison, WI (not in the CSA) claim to be from Chicago. I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, it shows a lot of people think the city is worth claiming, but on the other, it really illustrates how little-known any of our satellite cities or suburbs are on a national scale.
I've known people from OC and Riverside that would take offense if you associated them with LA. Inside LA County is more iffy as it's hard to tell what's in the city and what's not.
Anyhow I think it's Atlanta as someone else mentioned. Pretty much anywhere in the metro area which is a big chunk of North Georgia people just say they are from "Atlanta".
I voted for DC. Nobody says, "I'm from whatever xyz suburban town,"-- they say "DC", then they'll name the neighboring state, then the actual county, then the town, then whatever high school they went to.
I once had someone tell me they were from DC when they lived outside of Fredericksburg, VA. Sure, Jan...
Then again, I've also had people smugly reply "the District" when you ask them to clarify what they mean by "DC." These people are real pieces of work.
I voted for DC. Nobody says, "I'm from whatever xyz suburban town,"-- they say "DC", then they'll name the neighboring state, then the actual county, then the town, then whatever high school they went to.
I once had someone tell me they were from DC when they lived outside of Fredericksburg, VA. Sure, Jan...
Then again, I've also had people smugly reply "the District" when you ask them to clarify what they mean by "DC." These people are real pieces of work.
The only time you'll ever hear the name of a suburb is when it has some implication of being important in relation to the goverment, i.e. Maclean, Arlington, Falls Church, Langley etc.
Nah, people will pretty much always say DC first, then state, and then maybe if they're from a particularly rich/exclusively area, they'll either point it out to one-up you, or keep their mouths shut to avoiding sounding pretentious. Nobody brags about living in Langley because the CIA is headquartered there, trust me.
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