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In response to "I think lots of people do that when they live near big cities. Hell, I say I'm from Philly all the time - I live an hour north -- nm" by decline

I lived in "Columbus" for 23 years, but 18 were in one suburb or another and not Columbus.

Posted by TWuG Feb 1 '17, 13:04

It's just an easy way to give people a referent. Because "I live in Gahanna" gets a head tilt and "where's that?", so I just said "I live in Columbus".

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I know Gahanna. Super marketing program at the high school. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 1, 13:09
We don't have suburbs here but we do have "communities" which are defined hilariously small - Reagen Feb 1, 13:08 1
- We're getting to that stage here. "Oh look, another new neighbourhood name invented to sell real estate that I'm supposed to care about" -- nm - Roger More Feb 1, 13:12
Wait, isn't Gahanna on the travel ban list? -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 13:06

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I lived in "Columbus" for 23 years, but 18 were in one suburb or another and not Columbus.

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