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Yes for people that move to Maryland and Virginia. But you either live in DC proper or you don’t. There is no grey area. When people say I moved to Atlanta or I moved to Georgia, usually they mean the suburbs. I think the term DMV was actually created to distinguish between living in DC because you don’t have to provide and explanation. The only people that use DMV are people from the suburbs living in MD and VA. I have never heard anyone that actually lives in DC use that term. Have you? If you ask someone who lives in DC where they live, they aren’t saying the DMV in my experience.
Yes for people that move to Maryland and Virginia. But you either live in DC proper or you don’t. There is no grey area. When people say I moved to Atlanta or I moved to Georgia, usually they mean the suburbs. I think the term DMV was actually created to distinguish between living in DC because you don’t have to provide and explanation. The only people that use DMV are people from the suburbs living in MD and VA. I have never heard anyone that actually lives in DC use that term. Have you? If you ask someone who lives in DC where they live, they aren’t saying the DMV in my experience.
You said people associate Atlanta with the suburbs. My point is that people also associate DC with the suburbs hence the DMV moniker. You could also say the same about the SF Bay Area.
You said people associate Atlanta with the suburbs. My point is that people also associate DC with the suburbs hence the DMV moniker. You could also say the same about the SF Bay Area.
They can’t associate DC with the suburbs when Maryland and Virginia aren’t DC. They may try to claim DC, but they’re not DC. You either live in DC or you don’t. The people that associate DC with the suburbs “live” in the suburbs lol.
That dynamic doesn’t exist in my experience when I’m in Atlanta. My friends there don’t really care if you live in the city or not like people in DC do. It may have to do with the similarities between the City of Atlanta and its surrounding suburbs. In DC, you know immediately when you have either entered or left the city. The streets get wider, the street lights start to hang across the street on wires, everything starts to spread out. Atlanta doesn’t have the same juxtaposition with its suburbs.
They can’t associate DC with the suburbs when Maryland and Virginia aren’t DC. They may try to claim DC, but they’re not DC. You either live in DC or you don’t. The people that associate DC with the suburbs “live” in the suburbs lol.
That dynamic doesn’t exist in my experience when I’m in Atlanta. My friends there don’t really care if you live in the city or not like people in DC do.
I think its actually stupid that people pick and choose what city to associate with the suburbs or not. Its either you live in the city or not.
I have a cousin who has that mentality like this Omeretta chick. I was born in the ATL and partially raised there. I've heard other folks with that sentiment too. Parts of College Park, East Point, and Decatur that borders COA are exactly like COA. That's my logic. Living in CT (VA and MD) I ran into folks from Mt. Vernon and Yonkers who claimed NYC but I get it.
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I'm from Marietta and when I tell many people that I'm from there, they say "Oh, Atlanta." Also, when I distinguish Marietta from Atlanta, some people appear to think that it's not enough there to say such a thing. Now, I just state that I'm from Atlanta or Metro Atlanta. If someone asks which part or city, I'll say Marietta.
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