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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like OP's mission is to get people to admit that they're from Bumf*ck, KY, because she wants to feel superior. She thinks she is cool because she grew up in an OMG urban area. It's gatekeeping. [/quote][/quote]

Why doesn't someone just say they're from an OMG rural area if that's the truth?  [b]Why not be upfront?[/b]  So strange[/quote]
Because many of y'all are classist, judgmental, and think that those of us from rural areas are somehow "lesser". I grew up in a rural, southern, poor area and went I went to an Ivy League college. Ignorant, ugly, hurtful, mocking comments were made with a fairly large degree of frequency among my classmates about people with backgrounds similar to mine. Things like having a southern accent, working class habits, etc. were seen as undesirable and unprofessional attributes that should be covered up if you wanted to succeed somewhere like the finance industry in NYC. When you come from the "wrong" background you are encouraged to hide it so you can succeed and it's not a leap to realize that disclosing one's hometown is another element of this.

Don't play dumb. You have to be living under a rock to not know about the stereotypes that are given to rural and/or southern people. And kid who grew up in a distinct culture & had to learn to navigate class enviros at school/work knows what’s up.[/quote]

[i]Laughs in New Jersian[/i]

If southerners hate stereotypes so much why do they make fun of where I'm from? Stop pretending that the south and rural areas are the only ones that get mocked. And stop pretending that people from the south and/or from rural areas are pure of heart and never disparage other places.  [/quote]

I always feel judged when traveling in the south, as a young, rather hip young woman who dresses in mainly black and has kind of "current" style.  I definitely feel like I get side eyes and "who is she" type energy.  I have been called a yankee and had rude jokes about "I guess that's how they do it up there" and outright rude stares.  It goes both ways.  But I never felt the need to lie.  And if someone wants to judge me from being from a big northern city?  IDGAF, cause I know who I am.  But I dont like to lie in general, so...[/quote]

PP: yup, it absolutely goes both ways and I'm getting tired of one side being rude and nasty while pretending they're the victims. If you want to be a jerk at least do it right, and don't whine when you run into another jerk.

When I'm asked where I'm from I always say NJ, and the moment they get nasty I ask if they have running water where they grew up (and then I get told how meeeeeaaaan I am). Funny, one of my best friends is from TN and we kind of bonded over how people are so weirdly shitty to both of us. [/quote]

That's hilarious.  I am not from New Jersey but have lived all over and people have even made disparaging remarks to New Jersey about me.  As a fellow east coaster [b](I think we tend to kind of feel loyalty and stick up for each other) [/b]I'm always like, "Huh? Have you ever been New Jersey?" Usually they havent and admit they've based it off of Jersey Shore.  Seriously.  I love watching their faces while I inform them that New Jersey was the wealthiest state in the USA for several years running and is called the "garden state" because of how lush, green, and beautifully landscaped it is.  And the smugness slowly vanishes.  It's very bizarre.  People are so arrogant about New Jersey when there are plenty of places that have very serious problems that New Jersey could never dream of having [/quote]

Right! I even defend Staten Island when an "outsider" thinks they can make fun of it. I'm always tempted to tell the Jersey mockers that they couldn't afford to live in my hometown, but it's more fun to just take a cheap shot and move on. I'm too busy being from a place with money, education, and well, I guess we have a sense of humor too.

Yeah, Newark is ugly. So is the turnpike. But I'd pick Hoboken over Kansas City in a second. [/quote]

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