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Originally Posted by jayswin
I've never heard anyone from Okotoks, Airdrie or Cochrane say they're from Calgary. Most are really pointed about stating they're from those towns. Usually to out of towners they'll state it as "I'm from Cochrane, just outside Calgary", and in the Calgary area they just say the name of the town/city.
Same way outer Detroit people likely say "I'm from Royal Oak, just outside Detroit" to out of towners.
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It's really wierd in those parts. For all the years I lived in the D, the only groups that don't claim to be from the D are "downriver", Novi, Waterford. Everyone else claims D. I lived in West Bloomfield, probably 9 miles north of the Detroit municipality. Even when conversing with locals, I wouldn't ever mention that... more likely to say Orchard and 16 mile. To everyone else here in YYC, it's always the D. And I own a dozen t-shirts to prove it.