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It’s cause someone from Kansas City doesn’t care about their opinion of someone from Dundalk MD about the cities plans to do ADA renovations ti it’s library branches or whatever. (Also maybe a bad example cause someone from Baltimore county I guess are from a Baltimore)
They’ll ask about like crab cakes or the Orioles or something that’s not that deep.
If you answer “Buffalo” they’ll reply “snows a lot don’t it? Which is also true of Tonawanda or Amherst. They’re not asking about your alderman
It’s like useless small talk
Basically they don’t actually care where you are from, it’s just small talk
It’s like asking people if they’re lying if they reply “good” to how are you.
If you're from that area and/or know it really well then it makes no difference at the end of the day. I find this to be a topic or talking point for uninformed, naive people who don't know much about their surroundings or what their area is known for. Kind of an insecurity thing to make up for not knowing much.
In the case of Boston I would say it can make me seem more respectable than just coming from some small town in Massachusetts. Not only have people heard of Boston it’s thought of as a place with high incomes, arts and culture and learning and so it reflects well on me to say I’m from Boston versus I’m from Milford, Mass.
New York all the more so. Whose going to say they’re from Massapequa, Long Island, when they can just say they’re from New York. And they’re not wrong; the state conveniently has the same name as the city
In the case of Boston I would say it can make me seem more respectable than just coming from some small town in Massachusetts. Not only have people heard of Boston it’s thought of as a place with high incomes, arts and culture and learning and so it reflects well on me to say I’m from Boston versus I’m from Milford, Mass.
New York all the more so. Whose going to say they’re from Massapequa, Long Island, when they can just say they’re from New York. And they’re not wrong; the state conveniently has the same name as the city
Psst that’s because people associate Boston with the suburbs. Like is BU was the best college in the region rather than the 3rd, Boston wouldn’t have that “center of learning reputation” or Boston is wealthy because Newton, Brookline, etc are associated with it
B/c unless you live in a metro area people are not going to know where each and every single little suburban villages/towns? Take Chicagoland for example some people may know Naperville IL but probably not everyone knows where, let say, Winfield IL. Alternatively, West Chicago IL is not a suburb just west of the Chicago city limit, either...
And to most people, what difference does it make anyway which exact tiny suburb you're from? Unless you want to discuss whether, let say, Elmhurst or Hinsdale is richer...
In the case of Boston I would say it can make me seem more respectable than just coming from some small town in Massachusetts. Not only have people heard of Boston it’s thought of as a place with high incomes, arts and culture and learning and so it reflects well on me to say I’m from Boston versus I’m from Milford, Mass.
New York all the more so. Whose going to say they’re from Massapequa, Long Island, when they can just say they’re from New York. And they’re not wrong; the state conveniently has the same name as the city
People from Brockton, Lowell, Worcester claim they from Boston because close to it and cool points.
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I have no desire to hear what little unknown town/suburb you're from. When I'm asking where you're from, or grew up, I'm basically asking you to name a place I know where it is... so, give me your media market. That tells me something, when telling me you're from Hammond, Indiana, doesn't.
I used to live in Irving, Texas. Texas is a very big place. In fact if it were a country (again) it would be the 39th largest in the world. So I told people I was from its neighbor, Dallas, or included its other neighbor and said Dallas-Fort Worth. The Dallas Cowboys used to play in Irving, in fact. Now they're in Arlington.
People may know Dallas is in the northern part of the state. El Paso? Far west, bordering Mexico, has mountains. Amarillo? Panhandle, very flat and windy. Houston? Gulf, humid, no zoning laws. Austin? Hill country, lots of people with German background. San Antonio? Booming, Alamo, Tex Mex and German.
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