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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The area you're describing isn't homogeneous, and people from here  -- I'm one -- don't think of being from Delmarva -- that's how it's written and it refers to the peninsula only and not the entirety of the three states. "The DMV" isn't a term that older people use for the area either. Orange crushes and Thrasher's make me think of the Baltimore area and Ocean City, MD. Someone from Fairfax who goes to beaches in Virginia or NC wouldn't be expected to identify with those things. Marylanders have a state pride and most of them wouldn't ever move to Virginia. They think about Delaware for the beaches. DC Natives have pride and local cultural things too that the other areas wouldn't recognize or identify with. I can't speak for people from VA or DE since I'm not from there nor have I lived in either place.[/quote]

Interesting to read, thank you. I’m a transplant (although I’ve lived in DC then mostly Montgomery County for over 30 years). My kids were raised in Bethesda. I don’t think either feels “state pride” in Maryland- they connect more with DC than the majority of Maryland - we probably went into DC weekly when they were growing up, versus I don’t think they have ever been anywhere in MD outside of Montgomery County except for Baltimore and Fed Ex Field.

I didn’t realize many people in MD feel any state pride, haha (with the exception of Baltimore, which seems very proud of its gritty self much like Philly and NJ). I always assumed my kids’ lack of connection to the greater of Maryland is because we live in the DC metro area, but it could also be because spouse and I aren’t originally from MD. [/quote]

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