I don't blame her...
I don't blame her for denying that she was from Nelsonville all those years.
The area is horrible.
My family is from Glouster (a neighboring town/biggest rival in football), and the area is full of druggies.
Literally over 75% of the people in the area are addicted to drugs.
She was lucky that she got out when she did, or else she'd probably be sitting in an apartment somewhere with a needle in her arm.
I would have denied it too.