This is also a fundamental question in both Cincinnati and Louisville. It's a through-line in the cities; we must know where you went to high school, because we don't know what region you're from.
This is also a fundamental question in both Cincinnati and Louisville. It's a through-line in the cities; we must know where you went to high school, because we don't know what region you're from.
In Chicago, it's what neighborhood do you live in? People are always looking for a signpost when you first meet so there's something to pin you to a mental map; the difference is more about whether you see more transient populations or those that lean more to a higher native population.
I didn't realize it was in Cincy, too. When I moved to St. Louis, I thought it was funny they thought it was just a St. Louis thing, because it's a THING back in Louisville. I'm sure you'll find it similar in other townie places; cities where no one really moves in or out, at least in great numbers.
Maybe that's the real similarity--these cities are all distinct from their regions because they're so insular, as evidenced by the prevalence of that question (something I never heard in Columbus, Ohio, for instance).
This is also a fundamental question in both Cincinnati and Louisville. It's a through-line in the cities; we must know where you went to high school, because we don't know what region you're from.
In Chicago, it's what neighborhood do you live in? People are always looking for a signpost when you first meet so there's something to pin you to a mental map; the difference is more about whether you see more transient populations or those that lean more to a higher native population.
I didn't realize it was in Cincy, too. When I moved to St. Louis, I thought it was funny they thought it was just a St. Louis thing, because it's a THING back in Louisville. I'm sure you'll find it similar in other townie places; cities where no one really moves in or out, at least in great numbers.
Maybe that's the real similarity--these cities are all distinct from their regions because they're so insular, as evidenced by the prevalence of that question (something I never heard in Columbus, Ohio, for instance).