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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A more interesting question than asking someone where they are from, is "what do you think about x or y currently in the news?" or "which book have you read recently that you'd recommend"

I lived in a lot of different places. I have an English accent and spent 20 of my 50+ years in London. I'm not "from" London but that's how people would like my existence to be framed, and I'm happy to oblige. If I've also lived in NYC for 20 years, am I not also from NYC?? [/quote]

Yes, let's discuss the news, that never leads to anything unpleasant. I'm a Midwest transplant who has been here for 20 years total but love finding out where people are from. It opens the door to more conversation and/or common interests or experiences we may share. If someone says they are new to the area, I can ask them how they like it or what made them come here. If someone is from the midwest we can talk about college football and casseroles and how not friendly some people are here. Hate to break it to folks, but getting to know someone requires asking and answering questions and sharing parts of your story. If you don't want to answer, thats certainly fine and I think the OP is a bit nuts, but its not an out there question especially since we live in an area where most people aren't from here. Before y'all go crazy, if a person says chicago and they aren't white, I don't press. I'll say "oh my dad is from chicago."  I'm also going to probably ask you if you have siblings or kids or pets or how you know the host or what drew you to the event, you know, conversation. I probably won't ask what you do.  [/quote]

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