Do you live in the same state you are from?

There is something appealing about being born, living, and dying in the same place. For me personally, I have an attraction to the exotic that makes this impossible.

these threads are becoming a trend

Isn't it clever how I fused the two?

No, I live rather far away from where I'm from. But I do plan on moving back to where I'm from, or somewhere around there anyway, someday.

Don't really feel like I'm "from" any state - my family is from Florida and I was born there but only lived there the first 6 months of my life or so.

My mom is one of those people who lives on the street where she was raised; apart from 9 months in Chicago she's never lived in any other town.

This is a huge issue where I live, Hawaii. Being from here is a badge of honor and often flaunted. Moving here makes you lesser. Personally, it doesn't bother me much. I don't think I'd want to be from here.

Re "totally different" = what if I'm from the suburbs but now live in the city?

im one of like half a dozen people on this board who were born in NJ and live in NYC so i demand a poll option for us

by half a dozen i mean "dan selzer"

From Delaware (although my mom insists that I will never be from Delaware, because I was not born there (wtf, mom)), living in Illinois. I haven't lived in DE for since 1999, and only lived there off and on from 1994-1999. If I had to move back to the area, I'd prefer to live in Philadelphia. Although if I do have to move back, it will probably be for family stuff, which would make living in Phils impractical.

Except from August 1992 to March 1995, I've lived in my home state all my life.

I've told my wife a hundred times that I'm willing to go elsewhere, but damn it's cheap down here.

from socal, live in norcal. I'd like to live in another state one day, but the weather thing scares me.

Yes - 6th generation California baby (I guess that makes my daughter 7th gen)

although fwiw I certainly do not live in the shithole suburb I grew up in. fuck that

I bet "hell no" is going to have a lot more answers than "no." I am a New England transplant and happy that way. Sometimes I flirt with the idea of moving to Alaska after grad school, though.

about 4 blocks from the hospital where I was born

from socal, live in norcal. I'd like to live in another state one day, but the weather thing scares me.

Me also!

tornado alley is fun (not)

I dont think my mom has passed at least one month out of our city, she doesnt even like that much of has never had opportunities. Just never done it, nothing special for her

Dying to get back at least for some months next year

I was born in new south wales in a hospital about 400 metres from the state I currently live in, queensland. so no just.

Returned to the island (Martha's Vineyard, MA, USA) with babies in 1984. They're big now and all of us are still here. I love this place.

Believe it or don't, when I was born in Portland, Oregon, it was something of a backwater hick town, known for its strong contingent of Presbyterian bluenoses and a bunch of small time crooks.

I still live here (more or less) but it has somehow morphed into a magnet for hip young college graduates with crunchy leanings. This means I am, by association, much hipper at 54 than I was at 16 -- although I must state that when I was 16 (in 1970) I was among the first-wave, trend-setting early adapters of using a backpack as a book bag in high school. It was made of olive green canvas and I used it because I pedalled my bike to school.

Apres moi, les deluges. Be suitably impressed.

Socal desert to Socal urban. So option 2 - it's probably less than 100 miles, but totally different.

I live a couple stops up the 6 from where I was born

I live within 40 miles of where I was born, so I said "yes." But for about half of my life, I didn't. Weird.

i live approx. 2800 miles from my where i grew up, and that's ok

my vote is a "no" but not a "hell no." both states are hilariously dysfunctional.

birth distance

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