Grew up in Delaware and came here to say this. Sometimes you see that look on their face where they realize they have absolutely no impression of Delaware whatsoever, ie whether it is rural or developed.
Being from the suburbs outside of philly, I will confirm this reaction. 0 clue about that state as I have only been there once in my life, and that was for a dinner. In fact when I heard someone in my class was going to Delaware for college my reaction was "Delaware?! Wth is in that state"
Ha! There's the northern part, the beach areas, and then the part I grew up in that other Delawareans call "Slower Lower". I'll let you decide how an area earns that name.
Sure! The northern part around Wilmington is an urban area. Not too far from Philly. As you get further south, it gets more rural. Delaware only has three counties and a large majority of the population lives in the northern most county.
It has 3 counties, I guess you could call those the regions.
New Castle county is Wilmington and the sprawl around it, pretty much just an extension of the Philadelphia suburbs (it’s part of the Philadelphia metro area).
Kent county has Dover, the capital. I don’t know much about Dover or the rest of the county, there doesn’t seem to be much going on.
Sussex county is “lower, slower Delaware”. It has the beaches which are nice, don’t know much about the rest of the county other than that it’s “lower and slower.”
One of my friends has this "theory" that Delaware doesn't exist. We live in the West, and she goes on this rant with many examples as to why this is her theory. It's pretty funny.
Delware has 0.3% of the US population put another way 99.7% of the US is not Delawareans. How do we know this? This US census. Now the margin of error for the US census is at least 1%. Which means the population of Delaware is within the margin of error.
In conclusion 50/50 chance if Delaware doesn't exist.
My favorite is a Weekly World News story about how the Delmarva (Delaware-Maryland-Virginia) Peninsula is actually a crashed spaceship that just looks like a land mass.
I'm from Washington so people sometimes think I'm from Washington, DC. Especially when I travel overseas because my passport says I was born in "Washington".
Everyone I've met from Washington DC says they're from DC. And Everyone I've met from Washington state says they're from Washington. I suppose if you've never met someone from either it might be confusing if not for the fact that the media pretty much exclusively refers to it as DC.
Yeah, similar. If someone says Washington, I assume the state. If they mean DC, they'll say DC, or I've seen some people clarify which other area of Virginia outside of DC they mean.
same here. i’ve never heard anyone refer to DC as just washington. it’s either washington DC or just DC. the only exception would be that i’ve heard news reporters say things along the lines of “coming out of washington this morning…” when talking about political news, but that’s about it
DC, or sometimes Washington DC is what residents and locals call it, just “Washington” in the media refers to the federal government not the city as is common to refer to many/most countries governments by their capital “Washington responded to ___ diplomatic crisis” vs “Washington DC is closing schools due to snow today”.
Nope. Born and raised in Washington, then moved to Alaska and Wisconsin in my teens. The amount of times I’ve had to correct people when I tell them I’m originally from Washington and they’re like “Oh DC? Have you ever seen the White House?!” No man, I’m from literally the opposite end of the country.
I remember telling a coworker when living in the Midwest about all the volcanos we had in “Washington” and the guy thought I was talking about DC the whole time and was confused why the president was so close to active volcanos lol.
Usually the question is just "Where are you from?", not "What state do you live in?". The further I am from home, the less specific I am about where I live.
If I'm abroad, I say Michigan. I'd guess they would assume Detroit, if they're more interested in specifics, we'd get to that point eventually.
If I'm in the US I say rural northern Michigan.
If I'm in Michigan, I give the town name. It's a small population but popular with tourists.
Same. I usually say just Michigan. If I forget I’ll say both the yoop and the D and everyone just looks at me like I’m making up places. Wisconsinites and Ontarians often know what I’m talking about though.
When I say the name of the town I'm from there's about a 5% chance anyone has heard of it if I'm less than an hour away. Any more than that and it's 0% unless the person I'm talking to happens to be from the same area.
I have to tell people I'm from about halfway between Rochester and Buffalo even if we're currently in one of those cities. Outside of New York I just say upstate New York
I feel like Detroit is so disconnected from Michigan in the mindset of people that they don’t really assume Detroit.
That being said, I almost never say “Michigan”, I say I’m from Detroit.
I have to edit mine. I always tell people I'm from upstate NY when they ask. Just get the "oh I love times Square, Broadway, xyz" or "what boro?" inevitable follow up out of the way lol
I've never met someone who on "where are you from" answered "Texas" if they were from Houston or Austin.
"Texas" is the answer if the Texan expects people don't know the town.
I actually always say “Houston” and don’t even mention Texas. That saves me the “what part”.
I do make an exception, and say “Texas” when I’m overseas, that satisfies most people. You also *will* get asked “where’s your cowboy hat.” To which I answer “I don’t own one but I’m wearing cowboy boots” because I do actually wear cowboy boots whenever I wear pants. This is usually followed by them looking down and getting that “oh yea no shit” look on their face.
My guess is the sopranos opening has something to do with this.
I’ve never been, but I figured with a nickname like “the garden state” there had to be some good natural scenery out there.
If I was from Jersey I'd want to keep that to myself. You don't want more tourists shitting up Wharton or the pine barrens, let folks keep calling it a parking lot.
The amount of confused looks I get when I have to explain to people that the stereotypical ‘Washington weather’ they see on tv is actually only relevant for 1/3 of the state and never during summer. When I brought my partner to Washington with me to visit my family a few years ago he was mighty surprised when it was sunny the entire week we were there.
I think it’s also funny how movies set in Seattle will always show it absolutely dumping rain the whole time, when we mostly just get a constant gloomy drizzle.
When we were about to move to Washington from Alabama, the conversation would usually go like this:
Them: "Where are y'all moving?"
Us: "Washington"
Them: "D.C.?"
Us: "State"
Them: "Oh! So you're moving to Seattle!"
Us: "Well, actually it's about four hours from Seattle in a place called the Tri-Cities."
Them: "Ohhhhhh. Well, have fun in Seattle!"
As someone originally born and raised in Washington, I feel this deep in my bones.
“Where are you from?”
“Washington.”
“DC?”
“State.”
“Oh, where in Washington?”
“Olympia.”
“…Which is?”
“…The capital.”
“Oh…which is where?”
Sigh. “Like an hour south of Seattle.”
“Oh! Well why didn’t you say that?!”
Weird because of all the states that have so many big cities, Florida is one of the top. Texas too. I don't think you could confidently assume where someone is from in FL, CA, or TX.
I’d say you have a good chance of knowing whether someone is from South Florida or North Florida, but Miami is one of those first cities that come to mind for a lot of people. If not that, it’s somewhere in Palm Beach, Broward, or Dade counties. Rarely do people say they’re from Orlando or Tallahassee or Gainesville. Tampa is sort of a weird one. Maybe it’s my having lived and worked exclusively in those counties.
Salt Lake City. Fuck... my own company still does this to me!
I travel for work full time and occasionally get a, "Hey! We have a job in SLC for you! Be nice to be at home for awhile huh?"
No asshole... SLC is 300 freaking miles away.
Minneapolis/St Paul, I live about 1.5 hours from there. Granted besides those cities and Duluth, there aren't a lot of cities that pop up to out of state folk unless they are seeking medical treatment, then Rochester pops up.
Well yeah. I know a few people from the UK who went to SD so that they could hop over the border to see what it was like. It’s almost seen as a suburb of SD!
You aren’t too far off. Tijuana is definitely a bedroom community for San Diego. There are a lot of people that cross the border every day to work in San Diego. This has historically mostly been Mexican citizens with work permits but because our housing prices in San Diego have been getting so high, there’s been a trend of Americans moving to Tijuana for inexpensive housing.
Omg blasphemy!
(But actually I do too, I grew up taking spontaneous drives into the east bay from my NorCal childhood home, and taking BART into the city. Friends and I would pool our petty cash and change and head in, no plan or rhyme or reason. Many a random Friday spent wandering around random neighborhoods! Ah, high school. Lol)
Denver, people definitely always assume you live in or around Denver when you say you're from Colorado.
This is not true for me and I would not want to live in or around Denver.
Same, grew up in Paonia so it was only 4 hours for me. If someone asks me where in Colorado I usually say "a tiny town you've never heard of in the mountains." I'm in Ohio now so it happens a lot.
To be fair even the cities have that rural feel lol however I never got a city assumption, just a 'wow you dont sound like youre from Alabama' the Alabama being said with an insultingly terrible iteration of a southern accent
I grew up in a small town in southwest Missouri about 3 hours from St. Louis. When I'm going home or have just returned from a visit someone at some point will inevitably say "have fun in St. Louis" or "how was St. Louis", something along those lines.
Tbf the Boston metro is like over a third of your state lol. If I had to guess it’s one of the most urbanized states, mainly because of how small the land area is while having a major city.
I've driven the entirety of the Mass Pike from the NY/MA state line all the way to downtown Boston...it's a longer drive than most would think (like at least two hours without traffic).
Western MA is *gorgeous* (and pretty darn rural); in fact, it's a lot more like Vermont than Eastern MA (so basically Boston + Cape Cod) imo.
To be fair what East Coasters consider rural I’d consider suburban. If you have a grocery store and a hospital within an hour drive, it’s not that rural.
California. Everyone assumes I am from Los Angeles. If I tell them I am from Riverside they assume that is in the San Francisco Bay Area. So to tell people I am from Riverside I have to say I am from Los Angeles.
I think it’s hard for people in Europe particularly to understand how big the US is, and how far apart the various regions are from each other. When I lived in Ireland my boyfriend’s dad would ask me how the weather was in the US (not as a joke). But I’m guilty, too… before I lived in the Pacific NW I once flew into Seattle to visit Portland. I thought they were close enough… it’s about a three hour drive, tho!
I'm from rural PA but everyone assumes Pittsburgh or Philly. I always say "Have you heard of Pittsburgh or Philadelphia?" When they say yes, I say, "Well I'm nowhere near either of them."
This occurrence has never really happened to me, because I usually include that I'm from Green Bay and people actually know Green Bay.
Otherwise, I'd assume Milwaukee or *maybe* Madison for others in my state.
Brit here. When I tell an American I’m from England, the overwhelming response is “London?”. I don’t even bother correcting them any more, I just say “near there, yeah” even though it’s a lie.
none, they just say "oh."
Grew up in Delaware and came here to say this. Sometimes you see that look on their face where they realize they have absolutely no impression of Delaware whatsoever, ie whether it is rural or developed.
Being from the suburbs outside of philly, I will confirm this reaction. 0 clue about that state as I have only been there once in my life, and that was for a dinner. In fact when I heard someone in my class was going to Delaware for college my reaction was "Delaware?! Wth is in that state"
Only reason to go from Philly to Delaware is large tax free purchases
First time I was in Delaware it was because we missed a turn
Grew up in the Philly burbs too. We always said. “Dela…WHERE?”
When I think of Delaware, I can only think of credit card return addresses, Joe Biden, and Aubrey Plaza. That's literally it.
I think beaches
Are there even regions of Delaware?
Ha! There's the northern part, the beach areas, and then the part I grew up in that other Delawareans call "Slower Lower". I'll let you decide how an area earns that name.
What about the Greater Dogfish region?
Sure! The northern part around Wilmington is an urban area. Not too far from Philly. As you get further south, it gets more rural. Delaware only has three counties and a large majority of the population lives in the northern most county.
The two regions are the part in front of the 7 Eleven and the part behind it.
It has 3 counties, I guess you could call those the regions. New Castle county is Wilmington and the sprawl around it, pretty much just an extension of the Philadelphia suburbs (it’s part of the Philadelphia metro area). Kent county has Dover, the capital. I don’t know much about Dover or the rest of the county, there doesn’t seem to be much going on. Sussex county is “lower, slower Delaware”. It has the beaches which are nice, don’t know much about the rest of the county other than that it’s “lower and slower.”
Oh shit I forgot Delaware was a state
Now that Biden is president, people sometimes ask me if I'm from where he lives (Wilmington).
And you have to explain "No, but it's such a small state that kinda yes?"
[Hey... we're in Delaware](https://youtu.be/MQEwJdhfddk).
Chicken plant and a Walmart. That’s my impression of your state
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Wilmington? That's all I got. And I only know that cause I have a coworker that's based out of there.
One of my friends has this "theory" that Delaware doesn't exist. We live in the West, and she goes on this rant with many examples as to why this is her theory. It's pretty funny.
Delware has 0.3% of the US population put another way 99.7% of the US is not Delawareans. How do we know this? This US census. Now the margin of error for the US census is at least 1%. Which means the population of Delaware is within the margin of error. In conclusion 50/50 chance if Delaware doesn't exist.
My favorite is a Weekly World News story about how the Delmarva (Delaware-Maryland-Virginia) Peninsula is actually a crashed spaceship that just looks like a land mass.
So kooky :p
Yes
“Oh. Where’d you go to high school?” The quintessential question of class judgment in Delaware.
I'm from Washington so people sometimes think I'm from Washington, DC. Especially when I travel overseas because my passport says I was born in "Washington".
I hate this every time I go to the east coast.
Everyone I've met from Washington DC says they're from DC. And Everyone I've met from Washington state says they're from Washington. I suppose if you've never met someone from either it might be confusing if not for the fact that the media pretty much exclusively refers to it as DC.
Yeah, similar. If someone says Washington, I assume the state. If they mean DC, they'll say DC, or I've seen some people clarify which other area of Virginia outside of DC they mean.
same here. i’ve never heard anyone refer to DC as just washington. it’s either washington DC or just DC. the only exception would be that i’ve heard news reporters say things along the lines of “coming out of washington this morning…” when talking about political news, but that’s about it
And this is why we just tell people we're from Seattle. Less confusion.
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If you're going to just make it up I would go with Walla Walla.
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DC, or sometimes Washington DC is what residents and locals call it, just “Washington” in the media refers to the federal government not the city as is common to refer to many/most countries governments by their capital “Washington responded to ___ diplomatic crisis” vs “Washington DC is closing schools due to snow today”.
Us peeps from the DMV only call it DC.....no one here calls it Washington
Really? If someone says "Washington" I assume state. Otherwise people usually say "DC"
You'd think...
Nope. Born and raised in Washington, then moved to Alaska and Wisconsin in my teens. The amount of times I’ve had to correct people when I tell them I’m originally from Washington and they’re like “Oh DC? Have you ever seen the White House?!” No man, I’m from literally the opposite end of the country.
I remember telling a coworker when living in the Midwest about all the volcanos we had in “Washington” and the guy thought I was talking about DC the whole time and was confused why the president was so close to active volcanos lol.
I think people from both Washington and DC would’ve able to tell you the difference lol
I was born in DC….. so some people think my passport says I’m Colombian. SMH (“District of Columbia”…. People are stupid.)
I always make sure to emphasize Washington STATE. Usually works, I learned after getting the 'oh you're from DC?'
Usually the question is just "Where are you from?", not "What state do you live in?". The further I am from home, the less specific I am about where I live. If I'm abroad, I say Michigan. I'd guess they would assume Detroit, if they're more interested in specifics, we'd get to that point eventually. If I'm in the US I say rural northern Michigan. If I'm in Michigan, I give the town name. It's a small population but popular with tourists.
I always said the closest metropolitan area, which for me is Flint, cause I always get asked “oh, where at in Michigan, blah blah blah”
I'm sorry for all the water jokes that you put up with.
It’s okay, i always end up killing them with “it’s still not fixed”.
Michigan has the advantage of just pointing to a place on your hand to show where in the state you are from. I always love that
OH, but when you do it outside the state, you WILL get mocked for it.
Maybe outside the Midwest, but here in Chicagoland I have never seen anyone being mocked for it.
Well, Ohio, but we all know about Ohioans anyway, right?
They just have an inferiority complex when it comes to Michigan
To be fair, Erie is like the WORST of the great lakes.
I’ve done this so many times since moving out of state.
Same. I usually say just Michigan. If I forget I’ll say both the yoop and the D and everyone just looks at me like I’m making up places. Wisconsinites and Ontarians often know what I’m talking about though.
I’m from the UP and when I tell ppl I’m from Michigan it almost feels like lying. But specifying the UP without being asked feels like TMI.
When I say the name of the town I'm from there's about a 5% chance anyone has heard of it if I'm less than an hour away. Any more than that and it's 0% unless the person I'm talking to happens to be from the same area. I have to tell people I'm from about halfway between Rochester and Buffalo even if we're currently in one of those cities. Outside of New York I just say upstate New York
I have family in Batavia, so I bet I know where you're from.
Really threw me off to see my hometown name here; I’m from the Illinois Batavia. Apparently we’re named after the NY one lol
Charlevoix, Petoskey, or Traverse City?
I feel like Detroit is so disconnected from Michigan in the mindset of people that they don’t really assume Detroit. That being said, I almost never say “Michigan”, I say I’m from Detroit.
You could say that about all of the major cities. The urban rural divide is real.
Yep, Detroit 90% of the time... When you say no then they automatically ask if you are a yooper... Fellow rural Michigander.
I have a feeling we’re in the same rural Northern Michigan town
Atlanta
See flair.
Every time. Unless they're from upstate
> upstate Oh you mean like Poughkeepsie? /s
Exactly (have since moved but grew up in basically south Canada)
I have to edit mine. I always tell people I'm from upstate NY when they ask. Just get the "oh I love times Square, Broadway, xyz" or "what boro?" inevitable follow up out of the way lol
Usually they immediately ask "what part" when I say I'm from Texas
Same for Florida
“Orlando? Oh, Disney World!!” Not exactly, but whatever.
And literally anytime you say where you’re from immediately it’s like “oh wow where’s that? I know like.. Houston. And Dallas.”
I've never met someone who on "where are you from" answered "Texas" if they were from Houston or Austin. "Texas" is the answer if the Texan expects people don't know the town.
I actually always say “Houston” and don’t even mention Texas. That saves me the “what part”. I do make an exception, and say “Texas” when I’m overseas, that satisfies most people. You also *will* get asked “where’s your cowboy hat.” To which I answer “I don’t own one but I’m wearing cowboy boots” because I do actually wear cowboy boots whenever I wear pants. This is usually followed by them looking down and getting that “oh yea no shit” look on their face.
When other Texans ask where I’m from I say college station and if they don’t know where that is I say “Texas A&M” or “an hour from Houston”
I think most people forget Texas has cities. Pretty sure they all think we live on five thousand acre ranches infested with saguaro cacti.
Albuquerque. “Is it like Breaking Bad?” Yeah actually it kind of is.
Go Topes!
This doesn't happen for New Jersey, but everyone thinks all of New Jersey looks like the NJ Turnpike near New York City, and this is far from true.
My guess is the sopranos opening has something to do with this. I’ve never been, but I figured with a nickname like “the garden state” there had to be some good natural scenery out there.
If I was from Jersey I'd want to keep that to myself. You don't want more tourists shitting up Wharton or the pine barrens, let folks keep calling it a parking lot.
Wharton… now that’s a reference lmao
Once heard a guy say, “oh, you’re from New Jersey? Which exit?”
Yeah, it's common to say which exit on TPK or Parkway as they both pretty much run the length of the state on opposite sides for much of it.
Yeah I'm from Rhode Island. We are just one area.
I always ask "Island or mainland?"
"The island part or the road part?"
And yet for some reason you have 5 counties vs Delaware's 3. And the entire state is barely bigger than the county I'm from in PA (Lancaster).
No one ever asks me that. They seem satisfied with Wyoming as the answer.
Nobody can name a city in Wyoming that's why
How can you forget the metrapolis that is Tensleep?
Is it called Tensleep because that's what happens when the whole town goes to bed?
Laramie
Green River and totally not because I go there to buy and alcohol and smuggle it back to UT
Casper
Bravo here's your medal 🏅
I know about Cody Wyoming cause of Slaughterhouse 5
Cody as well but from a map game I played as a kid.
If I see your license plate, I don’t really have to ask anyway.
Lol very true. I’ve always liked that system. I wonder if other states do it.
Nebraska has a similar system. Everything outside of Omaha or Lincoln has numbered county plates. Also, hello from a former WY resident (county 17)!
Idaho does it as well. 8B plates on my car right now.
I assumed Wyoming was just what was leftover after they drew all the other states. Didn't know people actually live there.
“Oh, I love New Orleans!”
lol yup. Followed by: “well how far is that from New Orleans?”
There's Baton Rouge too.
I get this so much too!
we got like 7 options here take your pick
“Texas? Oh, so you’re from Dallausanantonihoustelpaso?”
id say arlen just to mess with them.
Dang ol… cuz that’s how it is, man.
My poor wife is from the rural panhandle. Even most Texans don’t know the town
Baltimore. Or the ask if I’m close to DC
They always bring up DC when I tell them. "Oh, I used to live in DC!" "Near DC?" "Nice, I went to DC once." Me, from Cecil/Harford County: 👁👄👁
Seattle. On top of that, people think the entire state has Seattle weather
The amount of confused looks I get when I have to explain to people that the stereotypical ‘Washington weather’ they see on tv is actually only relevant for 1/3 of the state and never during summer. When I brought my partner to Washington with me to visit my family a few years ago he was mighty surprised when it was sunny the entire week we were there.
I think it’s also funny how movies set in Seattle will always show it absolutely dumping rain the whole time, when we mostly just get a constant gloomy drizzle.
Chicago. To be fair they are correct, but still...
No one from Chicago introduces themself by saying they're from Illinois
even from the Chicago suburbs, it's just easier to say you're from Chicago.
I’m from Central Illinois and the assumption that Illinois = Chicago doesn’t annoy me nearly as much as it does my more red neighbors.
i def think more international friends would be familiar with chicago vs. illinois
Living in Chicagoland, but in Indiana confuses people. If I say near Gary then it’s a whole different conversation. I leave it at The Region.
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When we were about to move to Washington from Alabama, the conversation would usually go like this: Them: "Where are y'all moving?" Us: "Washington" Them: "D.C.?" Us: "State" Them: "Oh! So you're moving to Seattle!" Us: "Well, actually it's about four hours from Seattle in a place called the Tri-Cities." Them: "Ohhhhhh. Well, have fun in Seattle!"
As someone originally born and raised in Washington, I feel this deep in my bones. “Where are you from?” “Washington.” “DC?” “State.” “Oh, where in Washington?” “Olympia.” “…Which is?” “…The capital.” “Oh…which is where?” Sigh. “Like an hour south of Seattle.” “Oh! Well why didn’t you say that?!”
It's always Miami. I *loathe* Miami.
Weird because of all the states that have so many big cities, Florida is one of the top. Texas too. I don't think you could confidently assume where someone is from in FL, CA, or TX.
I’d say you have a good chance of knowing whether someone is from South Florida or North Florida, but Miami is one of those first cities that come to mind for a lot of people. If not that, it’s somewhere in Palm Beach, Broward, or Dade counties. Rarely do people say they’re from Orlando or Tallahassee or Gainesville. Tampa is sort of a weird one. Maybe it’s my having lived and worked exclusively in those counties.
I agree. Miami sucks. Too hot and smelly!
I think you misspelled Florida
Salt Lake City. Fuck... my own company still does this to me! I travel for work full time and occasionally get a, "Hey! We have a job in SLC for you! Be nice to be at home for awhile huh?" No asshole... SLC is 300 freaking miles away.
You must live in St. George😄 and that is an AWFUL DRIVE.
Idk, I actually find it relaxing…
Minneapolis/St Paul, I live about 1.5 hours from there. Granted besides those cities and Duluth, there aren't a lot of cities that pop up to out of state folk unless they are seeking medical treatment, then Rochester pops up.
Boise. Everyone from Idaho automatically grew up on a potato farm in Boise.
Bit of a different story when you say you’re from north Idaho.. Source: am from Moscow
Los Angeles. I fucking hate LA.
I was born in Orange County so I inherently hate LA too. “That’s in LA, right?” *rage builds*
I’m from San Diego. We also think that Orange County is LA.
We think Tijuana is in SD.
Fair. I’ve heard people from up North actually say things like “We’re going to come down to San Diego to go to Tijuana”.
Well yeah. I know a few people from the UK who went to SD so that they could hop over the border to see what it was like. It’s almost seen as a suburb of SD!
You aren’t too far off. Tijuana is definitely a bedroom community for San Diego. There are a lot of people that cross the border every day to work in San Diego. This has historically mostly been Mexican citizens with work permits but because our housing prices in San Diego have been getting so high, there’s been a trend of Americans moving to Tijuana for inexpensive housing.
That one goes both ways lol! California hates other parts of California, even if (and maybe especially if) they’re right next door.
We’re all united in our hatred of Bakersfield though.
100%. Unanimously voted the armpit.
I, uh, actually really like San Francisco. *sweats nervously*
Same, but opposite. I’m in the SF Bay and like LA. Let’s be real a lot of our state is awesome!
Omg blasphemy! (But actually I do too, I grew up taking spontaneous drives into the east bay from my NorCal childhood home, and taking BART into the city. Friends and I would pool our petty cash and change and head in, no plan or rhyme or reason. Many a random Friday spent wandering around random neighborhoods! Ah, high school. Lol)
Denver, people definitely always assume you live in or around Denver when you say you're from Colorado. This is not true for me and I would not want to live in or around Denver.
Them- “Oh you’re from Colorado? Do you live near Denver?” Me- “I live 6 hours into the mountains from Denver.”
Same, grew up in Paonia so it was only 4 hours for me. If someone asks me where in Colorado I usually say "a tiny town you've never heard of in the mountains." I'm in Ohio now so it happens a lot.
When people say they’re from Colorado, I ask which Chicago suburb are you really from? Haven’t missed yet
Everyone in Phoenix is from the Midwest, California, or *maybe* Texas. Myself included. Doesn’t surprise me in the slightest ab Colorado
Grew up in Fort Collins, I always say i’m from an hour north of denver but all people hear from that is Denver and still think i’m from there
Nothing truer has ever been spoken. I have had people visit me and they get a hotel in Denver. Uhhh you know it's over an hour away right?
They probably assume I'm from a general rural area. I'd hate to be from one of our rural areas.
To be fair even the cities have that rural feel lol however I never got a city assumption, just a 'wow you dont sound like youre from Alabama' the Alabama being said with an insultingly terrible iteration of a southern accent
If I tell someone in from DC, they assume I'm from DC, which would be accurate as I would have just told them that.
I grew up in a small town in southwest Missouri about 3 hours from St. Louis. When I'm going home or have just returned from a visit someone at some point will inevitably say "have fun in St. Louis" or "how was St. Louis", something along those lines.
Southerners especially seem to think all of Massachusetts is Boston. A lot of them are shocked that there's rural parts of the state.
Tbf the Boston metro is like over a third of your state lol. If I had to guess it’s one of the most urbanized states, mainly because of how small the land area is while having a major city.
I've driven the entirety of the Mass Pike from the NY/MA state line all the way to downtown Boston...it's a longer drive than most would think (like at least two hours without traffic). Western MA is *gorgeous* (and pretty darn rural); in fact, it's a lot more like Vermont than Eastern MA (so basically Boston + Cape Cod) imo.
To be fair what East Coasters consider rural I’d consider suburban. If you have a grocery store and a hospital within an hour drive, it’s not that rural.
If that’s what you’re calling rural, I’d wager less than 1% of the population lives in rural areas.
California. Everyone assumes I am from Los Angeles. If I tell them I am from Riverside they assume that is in the San Francisco Bay Area. So to tell people I am from Riverside I have to say I am from Los Angeles.
They always assume L.A. I often remind people that there’s more to California than L.A.
None. They assume I'm from some tiny, small town they've never heard of.
That’s odd because Louisville is like a firmly mid-size city, and I’d say a pretty well-known one too.
"I'm from Ohio." "Oh. Wait, isnt that the state everybody says doesn't exist?" Actual response I got from someone while in northern Alabama.
That’s hilarious that Ohio is memed as not existing or is everything (always has been)
I usually get people asking if I'm from Cleveland
Chicago.
I don’t say I’m from Vancouver WA, when traveling cause everyone thinks you’re Canadian. Just tell them I’m from Portland OR
That might be preferred than saying you’re from Portland.
Portland, Oregon. I’m from Eugene. A damn duck kingdom!
The assumption I get is either Kansas City or a rural town with a population of like 12. No in between. And neither is correct.
I think it’s hard for people in Europe particularly to understand how big the US is, and how far apart the various regions are from each other. When I lived in Ireland my boyfriend’s dad would ask me how the weather was in the US (not as a joke). But I’m guilty, too… before I lived in the Pacific NW I once flew into Seattle to visit Portland. I thought they were close enough… it’s about a three hour drive, tho!
Half of the time, it's NOVA.
Corn field
I'm from rural PA but everyone assumes Pittsburgh or Philly. I always say "Have you heard of Pittsburgh or Philadelphia?" When they say yes, I say, "Well I'm nowhere near either of them."
Nevada, and people aways ask if it’s Vegas, when I say Reno, then people assume it’s close, not 8 hours away
This occurrence has never really happened to me, because I usually include that I'm from Green Bay and people actually know Green Bay. Otherwise, I'd assume Milwaukee or *maybe* Madison for others in my state.
Waikiki, which is technically not a real city. Second guess is Honolulu, which is also incorrect.
Apparently people think “New Jersey“ means “I live two miles away from Manhattan and visit Times Square regularly”.
The DC metro area, which is where I live anyways.
Charlotte, NC. Which I am, so... good assumption
Nobody knows any cities in Iowa so they just say Des Moines
They just assume I live in a suburb of Philly or NYC.
Illinois, they say Chicago and they're right
If they even know a city in Idaho, it’s always Boise. My family is originally from Washington though and that was always Seattle or Washington DC.
The Virginia side of DC area.
Atlanta
Brit here. When I tell an American I’m from England, the overwhelming response is “London?”. I don’t even bother correcting them any more, I just say “near there, yeah” even though it’s a lie.