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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Umm hmm to those people that say they grew up in NY - they did! For most New Yorkers, they grew up outside the city and it is not meant to say they grew up in the city. I have many relatives from New York and they all say proudly they grew up in New York (meaning the state). For those that grew up in the city they say NYC or mostly say Manhattan. [/quote]

Wow! I can't believe the state of New York is full of so many liars. Why are they so ashamed?[/quote]

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