Transplant vs native

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most natives don’t get wrapped around the axle about what makes you a native.

I was born in DC, went to school in DC, and because I lived a stones throw into Maryland some yahoo from Nebraska will mansplain to me that I’m not a DC native.

So, through my life I’ve concluded the only people who “care” as in care enough to correct and dig are the people from somewhere else.

I don’t GAF enough to tell you that if you’re from Grubb you’re not from DC but if you’re from Primrose you’re a native.

It did always seem like Virginians had their own center of gravity and would rarely say “DC” rather say Alexandria or Fairfax - but Marylanders, even from outside the beltway, would say DC. I think it’s about where your center of gravity was growing up and where the nexus of “stuff” was. Virginia has a lot of areas not socially close to DC at all. Whereas a lot of the areas of Maryland never seemed that socially separate from DC . I guess some of it is the land border but socially there seems to be affinity between Maryland and DC (both WOTR and EOTR) and Virginia was always different.

Because the both predate DC by ages.

I was born in Alexandria in 1970, raised in Old Town, and, like you, refuse to cede my native status to some millennial from Ass Blast, Ohio, simply because they think renting an apartment in Columbia Heights for a year makes the more DC than me.

Lol I'm sure ass blast, ohio is not what they will be saying is their native status in a few years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:10:25 PP here. By responding this way, I realize I sound like I'm penciling out Black families. Not my intent. I just wanted to highlight the rarity of white District families in the period following the riots of the late 60s.

Black multigenerational Washingtonian families are much more common and those who I've known are not so insular and aloof as the white ones.

I have white family members who moved to DC in the early 60’s who lived in Woodley Park and stayed, but I agree they are rare. Also, I don’t think they consider themselves “DC natives,” even the ones that were born in DC. The still think of themselves as natives of the state their family came from. This is true of most of my friends. People who were born and raised in DC still think of themselves as natives of wherever their parents were from (my kid is like this). I have black friends who are from multigenerational DC families, and they consider themselves to be “DC natives.”

It’s funny, because people they occasionally do polls in Texas, and a substantial portion of the people who’ve lived there for any time will respond that they are “Native Texans.” DC is whatever the inverse of that is.

Agree. Some locals (maybe just suburban people) get their panties in a twist because they want to think that people who were not born and raised in the DC area are from podunk (see PP). When they determine that is (most definitely) not the case, they react even more strangely. God forbid someone is from NYC (again see PP) or similar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The first three digits of my social are 577

I used to jack candy bars from Rodmans when my mom wasn’t looking.

I would walk to Hellers bakery and buy two donuts and the weekend Post for my Father for $1.55

I fell in love with baseball at Turtle Park and once hit a home run that almost made it to Maryland from the field at 44th and Western.

I moved out to the country for high school so I never stuck around for the post-M. Barry revival. Even today, I still know you don’t let your purse hang loose down past Florida Ave.

But if you say you’re from DC. I’ll ask you quite pointedly; 577 or 578? And if you look at me funny I’ll know you really mean Rockville.

Thanks! With a mom who has 577 and me a 578 I did not know that about ssns.

What does it mean to have a 220 SSN?

220 is Maryland.

https://www.usatrace.com/ssnchart/

I have an SSN that starts with a supposedly Maryland prefix and I am from DC.

Yes the number is where it is processed, so there are lot of DC native SSNs that got processed in MD. I'm a 220 like that born in the 70s

The numbers only corresponded to the state in which the SSN was processed for a relatively short window, which the PP who originally mentioned is unaware. LOL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The first three digits of my social are 577

I used to jack candy bars from Rodmans when my mom wasn’t looking.

I would walk to Hellers bakery and buy two donuts and the weekend Post for my Father for $1.55

I fell in love with baseball at Turtle Park and once hit a home run that almost made it to Maryland from the field at 44th and Western.

I moved out to the country for high school so I never stuck around for the post-M. Barry revival. Even today, I still know you don’t let your purse hang loose down past Florida Ave.

But if you say you’re from DC. I’ll ask you quite pointedly; 577 or 578? And if you look at me funny I’ll know you really mean Rockville.

FWIW, your SSN tell depends on when the person was born. I was born in DC, but don’t have 557 or 8.

These DCUM native threads always end up skewing so NW.

So what is your son tell? What does nw have to do with it?

I was born in SE DC, and my SSN doesn’t start with 557 or 558. So PP’s question is not as determinative as she thinks it is.

On a related note, when these “native” threads pop up routinely on DCUM, they tend to focus on a fairly narrow, white NWDC perspective. Nothing wrong with that, just know that it’s only one perspective.

Or Go-Go music, or museums. No one cares.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also, it's National Airport to Natives. Not "Reagan."

We moved here 32 years ago and we call it "National." Have we graduated to "native" status?

I don't think anyone can "graduate" to native status? Weird question. I've been in DC a long time but I will ALWAYS be a native New Yorker. Always. I wouldn't view DC native status as an accomplishment though, they're #2 as the most insecure in comparison to NYC and love to pick a fight (Boston #1) no matter how much I kiss ass about how I love and choose the city.

I'm sure you will ALWAYS be a native New Yorker and I'm sure you will ALWAYS be sure to let us know. Thanks.

Everyone is a New Yorker once they start paying rent.

A group of friends once chartered a boat in a fabulous destination and the captain asked where everyone was from. When Suzy said she was from NY, a legit native born New Yorker said, “WTF, Suzy? You’ve lived in nyc for like 2 years and now you are a New Yorker?” Suzy was embarrassed, so a friend quickly jumped in and said, “STFU, Mary! You might have been born and raised in nyc, but your parents shipped you off to Chaute for your formative years. You’re more of a New England a$$hat than a real hardscrabble New Yorker. I mean, you learned to drive in the suburbs.”

Anyway, New Yorkers win the prize for being the most fixated on native status…and they use definitions that are convenient.

Why is it such a personal affront to you? New Yorkers are not thinking about you, at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, it's National Airport to Natives. Not "Reagan."

We moved here 32 years ago and we call it "National." Have we graduated to "native" status?

I don't think anyone can "graduate" to native status? Weird question. I've been in DC a long time but I will ALWAYS be a native New Yorker. Always. I wouldn't view DC native status as an accomplishment though, they're #2 as the most insecure in comparison to NYC and love to pick a fight (Boston #1) no matter how much I kiss ass about how I love and choose the city.

I'm sure you will ALWAYS be a native New Yorker and I'm sure you will ALWAYS be sure to let us know. Thanks.

Everyone is a New Yorker once they start paying rent.

A group of friends once chartered a boat in a fabulous destination and the captain asked where everyone was from. When Suzy said she was from NY, a legit native born New Yorker said, “WTF, Suzy? You’ve lived in nyc for like 2 years and now you are a New Yorker?” Suzy was embarrassed, so a friend quickly jumped in and said, “STFU, Mary! You might have been born and raised in nyc, but your parents shipped you off to Chaute for your formative years. You’re more of a New England a$$hat than a real hardscrabble New Yorker. I mean, you learned to drive in the suburbs.”

Anyway, New Yorkers win the prize for being the most fixated on native status…and they use definitions that are convenient.

Why is it such a personal affront to you? New Yorkers are not thinking about you, at all.

I was shocked to learn that a New Yorker would admit to knowing how to drive. Well... having a driver's license. They drive like a$$hats.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The first three digits of my social are 577

I used to jack candy bars from Rodmans when my mom wasn’t looking.

I would walk to Hellers bakery and buy two donuts and the weekend Post for my Father for $1.55

I fell in love with baseball at Turtle Park and once hit a home run that almost made it to Maryland from the field at 44th and Western.

I moved out to the country for high school so I never stuck around for the post-M. Barry revival. Even today, I still know you don’t let your purse hang loose down past Florida Ave.

But if you say you’re from DC. I’ll ask you quite pointedly; 577 or 578? And if you look at me funny I’ll know you really mean Rockville.

Thanks! With a mom who has 577 and me a 578 I did not know that about ssns.

What does it mean to have a 220 SSN?

220 is Maryland.

https://www.usatrace.com/ssnchart/

I have an SSN that starts with a supposedly Maryland prefix and I am from DC.

Yes the number is where it is processed, so there are lot of DC native SSNs that got processed in MD. I'm a 220 like that born in the 70s

The numbers only corresponded to the state in which the SSN was processed for a relatively short window, which the PP who originally mentioned is unaware. LOL.

Here is a SS archived document about the meaning of the different groups of the SSN

https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v45n11/v45n11p29.pdf

I think around 2011 they stopped using area group and now the SSN is totally randomized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, it's National Airport to Natives. Not "Reagan."

We moved here 32 years ago and we call it "National." Have we graduated to "native" status?

I don't think anyone can "graduate" to native status? Weird question. I've been in DC a long time but I will ALWAYS be a native New Yorker. Always. I wouldn't view DC native status as an accomplishment though, they're #2 as the most insecure in comparison to NYC and love to pick a fight (Boston #1) no matter how much I kiss ass about how I love and choose the city.

I'm sure you will ALWAYS be a native New Yorker and I'm sure you will ALWAYS be sure to let us know. Thanks.

Everyone is a New Yorker once they start paying rent.

A group of friends once chartered a boat in a fabulous destination and the captain asked where everyone was from. When Suzy said she was from NY, a legit native born New Yorker said, “WTF, Suzy? You’ve lived in nyc for like 2 years and now you are a New Yorker?” Suzy was embarrassed, so a friend quickly jumped in and said, “STFU, Mary! You might have been born and raised in nyc, but your parents shipped you off to Chaute for your formative years. You’re more of a New England a$$hat than a real hardscrabble New Yorker. I mean, you learned to drive in the suburbs.”

Anyway, New Yorkers win the prize for being the most fixated on native status…and they use definitions that are convenient.

Why is it such a personal affront to you? New Yorkers are not thinking about you, at all.

I was shocked to learn that a New Yorker would admit to knowing how to drive. Well... having a driver's license. They drive like a$$hats.

New Yorkers are certainly not worse than DMV locals.

[Anonymous]

I don’t care where anyone was born, I think this is all stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care where anyone was born, I think this is all stupid.

I think the point of some of the PPs is that some DMV people think the DMV is the be all and end all, and others disagree. There is an assumption by some locals that anyone else must be from podunk, and that is simply not true. The irony is that those who think so need to get out more.