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[quote=Anonymous]Oh I thought this was going to be about people who claim to be from "LA" or "NY" when they are actually from a town and hour outside those cities, in an effort to seem more cosmopolitan. I do think that's weird, and sort of embarrassing when people find out "oh, you're actually from Jersey." I am not from a major city and I have zero shame about that fact. I think it's weird when people try to hide it -- being from somewhere smaller and more remote is often more interesting, in my experience.

I don't think I've ever really encountered what you are talking about. I've encountered miscommunication before where I ask where someone is from and they say "DC," but only because they didn't understand I was asking where they grew up. Not because they are lying about it. "Where are you from?" can mean different things in different contexts, and even I will say "DC" if I'm traveling outside DC and get asked that question. I've never met anyone who claimed to grow up in DC when they didn't. I would find that very weird.[/quote]

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