Don Romano (alt)
Growing up in a rural area and later living in the capital city of your country is weird.
When you watch television, listen to radio or read books produced in your country, and you're growing up in a rural area, the accent spoken and the places mentioned or depicted are unfamiliar to you.
When you later move to the capital city, you're suddenly in the middle of it, and it's actually somewhat provocative, because everyone's in this bubble, and no one cares about the outside of the bubble.
Don Romano (alt)
I remember one time when I took some adult education here in Oslo, the capital city of my country, and we were in Civics class, and the phrase "here in Norway" was used very frequently.
To my shock and horror, the teacher would assert all these things about Norway that are only true about the southern end of the country, i.e. the most populated region.
I've also had people who come from here accidentally imply that my home district isn't in Norway.
Don Romano (alt)
Dad, who has always lived near where he grew up, and hasn't traveled much, almost defiantly does the same thing in return.
If I talk about something that is useless or irrelevant if you live where he does, he won't even acknowledge that it may be useful to people who live elsewhere.
I think what he's doing there is taking a stance for the districts. He knows how self-centred and myopic people are in the Oslo area, and insists on resisting it with his own equal and opposite force.
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