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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you ever encountered a DC resident saying “I’m from Maryland” or “I’m from Northern Virginia”?

In my experience, DC residents simply say where they are from; loving it or not loving it, they simply provide the place of residence as indicated on their drivers license.

Despite everyone in the world being aware of Maryland and Virginia, you do find Maryland/Virginia residents say “I’m from DC”.

I don’t know what to conclude from this distinction. The distinction is real though. 
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Yeah, as a DC resident I'm not offended when people from other states say they are from DC, I just don't really get it. How hard is it to say "the DC area" or "near DC" or "just outside DC"? Why wouldn't you just say that if for some reason you did not want to say "Maryland" or "Virginia"?[/quote]

Because we work in dc, we are there every weekend, and the dc suburbs are very different than say Virginia Beach.  And no one cares. When someone asks this, it’s small talk. The general area is fine.

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Still, you have to admit this sounds strange. If you work in Maryland, spend weekends in Maryland, but reside in Virginia, would you say you live in Maryland? Of course not.

I live in DC. When I worked in Virginia, when making small talk I didn't tell people I lived in Virginia.[/quote]

Are you being willfully obtuse?  If you live in a suburb of Baltimore and the bartender in Vegas asks where you’re from,  do you name the suburb or say “Baltimore”?

Dc is just different because it’s tiny and has suburbs over state lines. [/quote]

Well, if you look young, and you tell the bartender you live in DC and then show a VA driver's license, you aren't getting a drink with that fake ID.[/quote]

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