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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was born in one place, grew up in another state, moved to a third for college, a fourth for law school, and now live in DC.  All of those cities/states were in different regions of the country.  When I am asked "where are you from" it is 100% true that different people mean different things by the same question.  Some mean where were you born, some where did you spend most/all of your childhood, some mean where did you move to this place from.  I'm not giving my autobiography on command so I just have a quick stock answer that omits two of the four places.

I also strongly disagree with people who say you should name the suburb instead of LA as an answer.  I don't know LA suburb names.  If someone said they were from LA I would have an immediate understanding of what part of the world they mean, while if they say "La Anyplace, CA" I don't know if that's by San Diego, LA, San Francisco, Sacramento.  If they said LA to a Los Angeleno in LA then it would be strange, but if you're living in DC you can say you're from Seattle or LA or Cedar Rapids to get the point across even though you grew up one town over.  Who cares.[/quote]

It says a lot more about OP being obsessed with trying to clasify people by where they lived. [/quote]

Huh?  Are you always this defensive? DP here. Clearly socializing is not for you. If someone is pulling you. from your home involuntarily, to attend a social event, you need to reassess. Really, learn to get alond with your fellow humans. Not everything is about you.  Some people are just trying to be civil. [/quote]

Not the PP, but you think the OP who accuses people of pathology and "trying to seem cosmopolitan" for not giving her their backstory on command is a model of how to socialize?  How about this: small talk is small, keep it and your expectations light, and understand that nobody is required to meet your standards for transparency when you're asking questions about their background.  It's not a lie to tell someone "the East Village" when they ask where you are from if that's where you live, even if OP is going to go home and google until she can prove you were born in Hoboken (and are therefore inferior to OP, who is a cosmopolitan delight and not a sociopath using birthplace as a replacement for a personality at all, no sir).  [/quote]

Are people really that ashamed of where they were born and raised?  Puzzled as to why this topic has been raised a couple times?

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There's no reason to believe that giving a short answer to a question from a stranger is based in shame.  You are bound and determined to believe people are intimidated by you, and particularly by where you lived in high school, even though dozens of people on each thread you start about this topic have explained that is not what's going on.  But if this is all you've got: congratulations on never moving from where your mom's water broke.  Truly, you're an example to us all.   :roll: [/quote]

Wow, what an angry response!  PP here (NOT OP). Not sure why this subject keeps being raised, or why people get so offended at a simple question (not just this one, there are other, similar questions posted on DCUM). I guess they truly are ashamed. [/quote]

Yes.  You can see that they really are in the vitriol this answer produces from the liars.  The shame runs DEEP.[/quote]

I wasn't raised where I was born. My parents committed the crime of moving. Now what do I tell you? [/quote]

Why do people love taking simple facts and trying to act like they're some insurmountable hurtle  :lol:  Say where you were raised, duh!  That's what people are asking.  No one cares where you were born and it doesnt change anything.  Just say the truth, no matter how upset it makes you.[/quote]

Earlier you said born and raised. Now you are saying something different. Do you know what you are asking?[/quote]

I didn't say anything earlier.  But "raised" is what people are asking, as everyone with a brain and some basic social knowledge knows.  Either way, if you really feel compelled to throw in where you were raised, that would add approximately .5 seconds to the conversation, so why act like it's some Sisyphean task and crazy request? [/quote]

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