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169. "I've lived inside city limits for 60% of my life..."
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Do you know where your city ends and suburbs begin? [View all] , John Forte, Tue Jan-06-15 01:06 PM
 
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I'm pretty sure like 90% of Metro Atlantans don't
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understandable in some cases
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The mailing address throws things off for Bostonians too
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i mean there are road signs that say now entering and now leaving
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The addresses are so crazy. Parts of all of Atlanta-Fulton* contiguous c...
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^^^
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What was the burbs when I grew up is now considered intown
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but see that's what this post is kinda about, Decatur is still not in th...
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      That's why I always say "metro" Atlanta when I talk about the city
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           i think most of yall natives do, everybody else I'm not so sure
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but...there's signs.
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      Not in the 90s... not everywhere
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           there's signs noooow! lol
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In Chicago, on the Westside...
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and that change is so real
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RE: and that change is so real
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lol...Well Bellwood and Maywood don't help
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LOL there was a movie about it
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Pretty well defined in NYC for the most part
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Yeah, people might not know hard lines of demarcation
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yeah when you are driving the LIE / Northern State it's pretty easy
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      Street signs are a dead giveaway too
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      I'm not sure how Breezy Point is allowed to exist in NYC
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           simple: it's out on the Rockaways
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North of Mount Vernon is Upstate
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WRONG! anything north of the Bronx is upstate
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      (real talk, I actually believed that until college)
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      I'm a grown ass woman and I still believe that to this very day
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           Off topic: I remember when the Bronx area code was 212
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                i didn't believe it when people used to tell me that either
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                     wait, they made that switch in the 90's? I coulda sworn it was the 80s
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                          according to wiki it was 1992
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                          i'm pretty sure there were 718 #s in the 80s
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                               memories don't live like ppl do
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                               I remember 212s and 718s
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      True. I count Mt. Vernon cause of Sue's though
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      don't give those fools more ammo!
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           Those are the "New Yorkers" everyone down South hates
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           ^^^^ in HS in the early 90's
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           that last scenario doesn't count
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           no, we hate all of you...
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                agreed.
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                exactly
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                Lmfao...
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                lol
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           you can also tell by the lack of giant mutant rats scurrying about
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      *raises hand*
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in Bmore, one street splits the city between 'ova east' and 'ova west'.....
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did you know there was a W. North Ave, North Ave, and E. North Ave?
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      damn, so it's not just West and East? there's a plain North Ave?
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Yes, Seattle is bordered to the east by Lake Washington.
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It's cut and dried in Philly (DC, too).
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i use to think chestnut hill was it's own town
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it's not so clear here, depending on where you are.
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I think #7 also applies to Chicago
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      generally, yeah.
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Miami and Miami Beach are separate cities
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this still confuses me
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      I like Miami proper a lot
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           I so sick of this 'proper' shit. There's Miami and there's Miami beach
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                It's not recent.
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                     It's recently being applied to places it wasn't before ie the examples
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                          if you say so. lol
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                               i...
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                                    Exactly. There's no difference if your lifestyle and frame of reference
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                                    it's just...not deep.
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                                    90% of things people do have no impact on your life
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                                    sho you right.
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                                    ah this explains it, say no more
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                                    pretty much
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                                    This is a great point here:
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                                    i'm confused.
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what Bostonian doesn't know that C-town and Rozzy
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Bill Simmons, for one
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Simmons lived in Charlestown for years, I highly doubt he didn't know
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He referred to it as a town outside of Boston on his podcast
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lol.
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      possibly
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Yeah they're acting like it's Randolph
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because most people don't give a shit about city lines
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most people ain't city folk
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      even most city folks don't.
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           I think it comes down to two things
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                yeah. and police.
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                     In Richmond, it's "Watch out for the Henrico County police"
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                     yeah it is
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                     police are definitely at the top of the list.
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Braddock...who told you you this
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I meant Wilkinsburg.
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      ... do they all look like God dropped an H-Bomb on them?
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           mostly
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This was such a strange concept when I lived in Ohio.
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none of it is strange to me b/c i read maps as a hobby.
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RE: none of it is strange to me b/c i read maps as a hobby.
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I'm only now realizing that's a NY-centric thing
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it's not just a ny thing
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the city ends on the south around 130th St. lol
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yep, that's pretty blatant over here, LOL...
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according to the Census, there are 28 counties in the Atlanta MSA
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yep
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Where dreams die, and where dreams begin.
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The San Francisco/Daly City border is weird
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yes
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areas in city limits can be suburban
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outskirts of bklyn
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      Riverdale, City Island, even parts of Pelham Parkway.
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           dont know much about em
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Yes. It's very obvious in Philly
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Yall gonna shade me, but I used to think that Yonkers was part of NYC
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Overcompensating dudes got you with all that "6th borough" nonsense
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for black people?
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      Damn. *Crosses Yonkers off the list*
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      i'm telling ya
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      Yep. Just finished reading "Show Me a Hero" about the whole ordeal
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           heard about that!
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yes, thanks to eminem LOL
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Alter Rd
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      all I know is we going down Jefferson and then...
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           ^^^
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yes, but a good bit of it is still "Richmond".
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L.A. can even confuse natives because we see some areas as cities
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not exactly.
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here's a better map:
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      Is it saying that Baldwin Hills and View Park are their own cities?
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      yes.
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      that doesn't help
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           it helps if one can read a map.
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                i can
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                     What?
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These distinctions are really irrelevant
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They are very real distinctions
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you just proved stattic's point
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Nah. People use cities as a sort of shorthand for experiences
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nah, it's only serious for those who NEED it to be
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It comes off like they feel they're in some exclusive club....
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I get it when it comes to dudes acting hard and frontin
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      If you don't give a shit why lie?
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           it's not a lie.
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           because it isn't a lie...
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                Because you can say "near pittsburgh", "outside Pittsburgh" or
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                and so what if I don't?
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                the San Francisco 49ers are liars too.
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                     wait until you learn about PF Chang's China Bistro
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                          i bet California Pizza Kitchen keeps you up at night.
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                               The one time I ate there, it did
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                                    ^ he's here all week, folks
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                                    lol
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                Because reasons
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                     i agree
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                     no, it's the same thing in Detroit.
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                     Naw im gonna disagree with that
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                     RE: Because reasons
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read every reply nested under #5
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      I'm not arguing that a burb is the same as a city..
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LOL. not necessarily.
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#actually it's very possible
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RE: Nah. People use cities as a sort of shorthand for experiences
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right.
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      http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118967/cities-vs-suburbs-dont-lie-abo...
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           yeah...no.
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                yup
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'about that life'? How sad.
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      Like he is in a gang or in a Warriors movie...
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      about the sacrifices or lifestyle changes it takes to live in a city
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           Keep it real, dude
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      ^^^ not about that life
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The differences between city/suburban schools can be huge
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And sometimes the experiences aren't that different.
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As adults, it matters if you're a homeowner or have kids
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and when ppl 'claim' it falsely your kid's school suffers.
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      we've already established that it doesn't effect my life, but
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      That scenario actually has nothing to with his point.
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      Henrico County lost money when it's residents told ppl
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      How come no one will answer why it matters enough to falsely-claim?
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           Because it is a childish and fatuous demand. No one can answer
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           it. is. not. a. lie.
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                Every time you say this, a STL resident doesn't have his/her trash picke...
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                     that's actual and factual.
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i grew up outside the city in a terrible school district
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      This really makes you "from" here tho:
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           i kinda understand, especially when it comes to this:
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                can't this be true of ppl living in the same city limits though?
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                     that's true. there's sections of the city i had never been to until i wa...
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those outlying communities aren't paying for my services though
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and?
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IKR... I get the differences with schools, taxes, police and such..
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Why can't that person just say "Decatur?"
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      b/c it doesn't matter...to like 99% of folk.
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      but plenty of people STILL refer to it as St. Louis
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If they go out to eat or conduct business in NYC, they do. Their employe...
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I haven't met any native NYesr/Jerseyites who feel that way to date
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      flipside....
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      In all likelihood, your cousin lives closer to downtown NYC
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      I am one of those natives that feels that way. More provincial-minded
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           you have the honor of being the first and only
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                It's wise not speak in absolutes, that's the point
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                     a point you're trying to make to whom exactly?
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funny story about the city vs suburb
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SF is it's own city & county, "7 miles by 7 miles"
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RE: SF is it's own city & county, "7 miles by 7 miles"
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      any other major cities like that? it's own county & city?
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           here's a list:
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When I'm talking to folks not familiar with ATL metro....
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LIAR!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiHJ0EdVY4o
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i do cuz theres signs everywhere
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I got an earful of southside Irish when I called Beverly "suburbs"
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in philly it's fairly obvious and along most boundaries
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I think it's pretty cut and dry in Orlando
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I don't think ppl from the ATL or DC suburbs will stop claiming the city
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Which is sort of ironic in DC
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Yeah, when someone says they live(d) in DC, it could mean a lot of thing...
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what u just wrote makes me very little sense in regards to dc
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Only suburb I lived in was Suitland, Maryland for 3 months
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The people that fudge the truth obviously do give a fuck about it
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fixed something for you bruh
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if someone from Anne-Arundel county claimed Bmore
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      it's a corny thing....a regular/normal mofo from glen burnie
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           ^^^^or say outside Baltimore or say the Baltimore area
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^^^and trust me not all suburban bred ppl are on this shit, but I agree
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i agree with the person above who said pass a certain age this doesn't
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      19104 vs 19140.....92113 vs 92037
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      Again, if it doesn't matter then why lie in the first place?
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           it's not lieing. it's a matter of convenience.
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           it's not lying.
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                lieing vs lying. which one is correct?
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                     I wouldn't trust your editing skills either according to your grammar lo...
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Folks in SoCal don't do this bougie shit
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people who rep the hood care for obvious reasons...
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If you don't have an actual London postcode
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you care enough to ask a person's code?
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      no i don't, at all
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If your zip code doesn't start with 191 then stop claiming Philly
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to the college point
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