I enjoy the geograpically-challenged conversations!
Them: “Where you folks from.”
Us: “Jersey.”
Them: “Oh, I have a cousin in Trenton!”
<groan>
I produce a little map I carry for this specific purpose, with a tiny dot on it called Jersey, and explain how Noo Joysey got its name in the 1640s.
Cue glazed expressions, as this involved geography AND history.