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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. To clarify, how do I not embarrass myself when people bring up these places? That's what I'm curious about. Thanks all—[/quote]

Here is all you need to know, OP:

DC area people are easily impressed, and resort to Googling in an attempt to present as (knowing more than the next guy? not really sure....)

New Englanders are very much stay in your own lane, do your own thing, don't be an A-hole (capital A!), be jovial, and you will present as intelligent - type people.

No one cares where you vacation, unless you come across as a jerk when you talk about it, unsolicited. Just as any travel, or pretty much any topic.

Funny, I was vacationing in Block Island during the off season once.  Dh and I put our bag down on a table and went to order food from the bar.  We came back to our table, and our bag had been moved - you guessed it - by DC area people! So loud and obnoxious and trying to impress (not sure who??). The bartender watched the whole thing, as we moved back to our table, and switched the other person's stuff back to where they originally were seated. When thy left we asked "DC?" - he said yup! spot 'em a mile away, and they could NOT leave soon enough!" Ain't that the truth! [/quote]
To your last point: we have a summer place in Maine. Most people tend to be pretty low-key and casual. So one time we’re having lunch and a pair of families who obviously don’t know each other well but are both vacationing in Maine sat down near us. As it turns out they know each other through their kids’ school. Their entire conversation, which was quite loud, was about that school and about politics. Of course one set of parents was decked out in hats and shirts from the school. It was so DC.[/quote]

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