We found the person who gets really worked up when MD/VA people say they're "from DC"

[Anonymous]

I live in Maryland but I’m from DC originally and that’s what I usually say

[Anonymous]

This isn't something new. When people asked me where I was from I said Seattle because even with the Microsoft and Amazon boom no one knows Redmond and even then I technically wasn't in the city of Redmond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This isn't something new. When people asked me where I was from I said Seattle because even with the Microsoft and Amazon boom no one knows Redmond and even then I technically wasn't in the city of Redmond.

Do people in Seattle get bent out of shape about it like it’s stolen valor? Or is that just a DC thing?

[Anonymous]

DC area would be completely different if not defined by Congress hundreds of years ago and on the border of two states. Much of inside the beltway would be DC proper. Now much of the money of the area gets to live in close proximity with no fiscal obligation. I honestly see this as the origin of the DC pride/exclusionary syndrome that is so prolific to people living inside the artificially small boundary.

If you make a point to decouple from us, you don’t get to claim us is about our only recourse. Places like close in Bethesda & Arlington are actually closer to the places most of the world considers the Best of DC than many places in DC. Funny part is those places is where you will often find the biggest DC pride. It’s not like DC residents aren’t immune to liberal designation stretch, Hill East…. North Petworth looking at you.

[Anonymous]

I feel like it has something to do with the fact that all the suburbs are in different “states” entirely (yes, I know, DC isn’t a state). You have different mailing addresses if you live in the suburbs. Whereas you can say you’re from Houston and no one will care that you’re actually from the suburbs in, like, Spring or Cypress or whatever.

I’m in Fairfax County so when we travel I usually say I’m from “Virginia, near Arlington” and that gets the point across.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria was part of DC until 1846...

People from Alexandria are the worst about this, they hate the Alexandria section of Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

I only tell people from out of town that I'm from DC because most people have no idea where Alexandria or Arlington are in VA - you end up spending time saying it's near DC anyway. It's certainly not trying to "brag" or whatever DC residents think, at most it's to avoid geographic questions as claiming DC gives most people throughout the US the impression you are a rich, pretentious jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m from Capitol Hill. Throughout the country I’ve met people who say “oh, I’m from DC too” and I ask where and they say something like Fairfax.

It is incredibly annoying. They’re not the same.

They’re also not that different except that it’s easier for the Fairfax people to park in front of their home. Really, you DC people need to get over yourselves. DC is a tiny city with a million suburbs. People are going to say “dc” and mean it in the the broad sense because no one cares.

Where does it end? Centreville? Front Royal? Hagerstown?

Who cares if they’re geographically near: they’re not the same! It’s like being from Westchester and saying you’re from NYC. Uh, no you’re not.

[Anonymous]

I tell people I'm from Del Ray. I do it just to highlight I'm not from the sh*thole that is DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m from Capitol Hill. Throughout the country I’ve met people who say “oh, I’m from DC too” and I ask where and they say something like Fairfax.

It is incredibly annoying. They’re not the same.

They’re also not that different except that it’s easier for the Fairfax people to park in front of their home. Really, you DC people need to get over yourselves. DC is a tiny city with a million suburbs. People are going to say “dc” and mean it in the the broad sense because no one cares.

Where does it end? Centreville? Front Royal? Hagerstown?

Who cares if they’re geographically near: they’re not the same! It’s like being from Westchester and saying you’re from NYC. Uh, no you’re not.

The Beltway, if you are inside the DC Beltway you are from DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m from Capitol Hill. Throughout the country I’ve met people who say “oh, I’m from DC too” and I ask where and they say something like Fairfax.

It is incredibly annoying. They’re not the same.

They’re also not that different except that it’s easier for the Fairfax people to park in front of their home. Really, you DC people need to get over yourselves. DC is a tiny city with a million suburbs. People are going to say “dc” and mean it in the the broad sense because no one cares.

Where does it end? Centreville? Front Royal? Hagerstown?

Who cares if they’re geographically near: they’re not the same! It’s like being from Westchester and saying you’re from NYC. Uh, no you’re not.

You do, obviously.

I love it when these transplants wrap their whole identity on a zip code. I live in Arlington and am closer huge swaths of DC than are every single person in the Palisades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Bethesda but now live in CA. when asked where I'm from I say "DC", because no one outside of the immediate DC area has heard of Bethesda unless they're into all things NIH. Also I spent a great deal of my adult life actually living in DC and going to school there.

We'll grant you a pass then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people feel that way. I dont mind anyone who grew up in the close in suburbs (the suburbs where you can legitimately get to DC in less than 20 minutes and probably go in regularly to grab lunch, go shopping, run errands, etc- so Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Alexandria, Silver Spring, etc) but the fact is there are many transplants from God knows where who live out in Gaithersburg and want to slip into an "I'm from DC" deception because they think it makes them seem more glamorous. Come on, everyone sees through it, which is why people write articles making fun of it. It's wearing your insecurities on your sleeve for everyone to see

I think it’s hilarious that you think you are describing someone else’s insecurities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m from Capitol Hill. Throughout the country I’ve met people who say “oh, I’m from DC too” and I ask where and they say something like Fairfax.

It is incredibly annoying. They’re not the same.

They’re also not that different except that it’s easier for the Fairfax people to park in front of their home. Really, you DC people need to get over yourselves. DC is a tiny city with a million suburbs. People are going to say “dc” and mean it in the the broad sense because no one cares.

Where does it end? Centreville? Front Royal? Hagerstown?

Who cares if they’re geographically near: they’re not the same! It’s like being from Westchester and saying you’re from NYC. Uh, no you’re not.

You do, obviously.

I love it when these transplants wrap their whole identity on a zip code. I live in Arlington and am closer huge swaths of DC than are every single person in the Palisades.

I’m not a transplant, I am a native. I grew here, you flew here boo!

[Anonymous]

I feel like it's weird to say I live in DC when I don't. I live in Arlington, and if someone isn't familiar with the area, I say "the DC area" or "just outside of DC."