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Chicago is definitely up there. I'll never forget meeting a group of girls in Vegas who claimed they were from "Chicago". And when they asked were I was from and I stated Maryland then they gave an awkward groan like no one of relevance lives there, as I was determined not to claim "DC". I had no time to go into explanation of living in the DC metro area, and just 5 miles from DC itself.
Come to find out once exchanging Facebook and info that they were from Northbrook, and I live probably 2/3 times closer to Downtown DC as they do Downtown Chicago.
Chicago is definitely up there. I'll never forget meeting a group of girls in Vegas who claimed they were from "Chicago". And when they asked were I was from and I stated Maryland they gave an awkward groan like no one of relevance lives there, as I was determined not to claim "DC". I had no time to go into explanation of living in the DC metro area.
Come to find out once exchanging Facebook and info that they were from Northbrook, and I live probably 2/3 times closed to downtown DC as they do Downtown Chicago.
Just goes to show that social pressure to lie, either conscious or unconscious is there.
Eh, most people claim bay area over SF which makes sense
By far..."The Bay Area' is a unifying term that catches the entire region like a net----within the Bay Area tho, many if not most people in SF proper and Oakland are extremely particular in making it known that they are specifically SF or Oakland-everybody else just says 'the bay' or 'bay area'. In my experience.
DC is probably the worst of these because these people don't even live in the same state claiming they live in DC. Different license plate, license, area code, and many other things.
That's like people in NW Indiana claiming Chicago. Well, technically it's Chicagoland.
This happens everywhere. I’ve heard people from Connecticut claim to live in NYC even though it’s 30 miles away, people in Fort Lauderdale say they’re Miami even though it’s 20 miles away, and (the best one) someone from Fredericksburg say they lived in DC even though it’s 60 miles away.
Went to my sister’s college graduation in DC. The people next to us asked my dad where he was from. My dad, who had lived in Raleigh for 40 years at that point, claimed his hometown Pittsboro (about 45 minutes outside Raleigh). They mistook it for Pittsburgh, and said they had friends from there. My dad just grinned.
My dad aside, most people like to claim the closest place most people would know. The further away I am, the broader I’ll get on where I’m from. In the US I say Raleigh, abroad I say NC. Friends that live in the suburbs switch between saying they’re from Raleigh and their actual town depending on audience.
I think Seattle is another one to mention. It seems like everywhere around the Puget Sound area is referred to as "Seattle", but it could also be that they don't say Washington as much to avoid confusion with DC, even though DC is rarely referred to as Washington.
Went to my sister’s college graduation in DC. The people next to us asked my dad where he was from. My dad, who had lived in Raleigh for 40 years at that point, claimed his hometown Pittsboro (about 45 minutes outside Raleigh). They mistook it for Pittsburgh, and said they had friends from there. My dad just grinned.
My dad aside, most people like to claim the closest place most people would know. The further away I am, the broader I’ll get on where I’m from. In the US I say Raleigh, abroad I say NC. Friends that live in the suburbs switch between saying they’re from Raleigh and their actual town depending on audience.
What I'm curious about is do people in Durham say Raleigh or vice versa.
What I'm curious about is do people in Durham say Raleigh or vice versa.
Durhamites probably say Durham or the Triangle or NC. I think the Triangle moniker is less used by the Raleigh/Wake County side as a descriptor as the city’s name recognition has kind of taken off over the last decade.
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