Serious, respectful question.

[cachukis]

11. When you ask someone from Texas where? they generally respond, from the small town where they were

born. When you ask someone from the vicinity of New York, they say New York, implying the metropolis. Culture matters. The inquiry matters. The conversation, ultimately, is personal. Where it goes from the initial bump is what changes the conversation. London is not England. Boston is not New England nor even Boston, for that matter. Southie is Southie, the North End is a world apart. Africa, fer cripes sakes, is a continent.
Categorizing, stereotyping; shortcuts will be the norm. Individually, most people are really good. Put them together with an element such as fear, and you have another story. They write books about this stuff. We are all in this together. How about resolving, together.