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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll also answer with a generic but not untruthful response. 
It is one of those questions I tend to get from awkward people who are maybe not so good at small talk and who I may not want to tell exactly where I grew up and lived.[/quote]

Yes, interesting that OP mentions that they hear so many of those types of responses. It may say more about OP than the people giving the answers TBH.[/quote]

Yes. I only know one person who has done this and they have stopped. It was odd. I do know people who say “Minneapolis” instead of naming their suburb or “Boston area” or “Long Island”.  I say something generic like that if it comes up in passing and seems like going on too much to explain it a suburb of X city, etc. [/quote]

Exactly. Most people are not familiar with all the suburbs of various cities. I am from Shakopee, Minnesota, but I got blank looks when I said this, so I then had to clarify with “Minneapolis.” Eventually I just started saying “Minneapolis.” I don’t think this makes me look “more cosmopolitan.” There is nothing cosmopolitan about Minneapolis. It’s just a shorthand so people understand generally where I’m from.[/quote]

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