If someone asks you where your from, what do you say?

Question

I'm from Cambridge, MA. A city right next to Boston. If I was in another state, away from New England and someone asked where I was from should I say Cambridge or Boston. I'm assuming they wouldn't know where Cambridge is unless they know where Harvard is.

Answer 1

I grew up in a suburb of Detroit called Wayne Mi.
When I went to college down south, I always just told people I was from Detroit. If I said Wayne, they had no idea.

Now when people ask, I say I am originally from Detroit but live in Brooklyn.
Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Your answer: "I'm from Cambridge, a respectable city near Boston, Massachusetts."

Answer 3

Just say Cambridge,MA..if they don't know where it is just tell them it's near Boston.

Answer 4

Umm. . .you could say just outside of Boston. . .or Cambridge, I think most people know Cambridge. . . . Or just say Boston, it's close enough.

Answer 5

I say "originally or most recently"

I am from South Boston and Dorchester.
I have also lived in 5 cities in FL
L.A., Seattle and other surrounding areas there,
Las Vegas, Hartford and Providence.

Answer 6

People know where Cambridge is.
One of my favorite lawyer jokes is: "The only thing I hate more than people who went to THE law school -- is that everyone knows which law school it is."

But as to the question, if I'm in Wisconsin or the Midwest, I'll usually say Racine. Farther out, i'll say Wisconsin.

Answer 7

Im from Boston MA...Beantown Baby! Home of RedSox Nation.

Answer 8

hmmmm....i have that problem myself since i move around a lot i dont rlly have one place were i called my home but b4 i lived in newton MA and when ppl asked me were i was from i would say newton MA a place close 2 boston...it worked pretty well just a lot 2 say...

Answer 9

I am from Iowa and I'd know where Cambridge is.

Answer 10

i would say boston, that is what i usually say when people ask me..because i live on the northshore, and most people out of state dont know where that is