return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoHow long do you have to live in a place for you to be considered from there?message-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow long do you have to live in a place for you to be considered from there?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareswelter_spark@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoTo me, being from a place means you were born there.
minus-squareOctavio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’d be more inclined to say it’s the place you spent your formative years, if that’s not the same place. I was born in Virginia, but moved to Ohio before I turned 2 and grew up there. I always say I’m from Ohio. I have no memories of Virginia.
To me, being from a place means you were born there.
I’d be more inclined to say it’s the place you spent your formative years, if that’s not the same place. I was born in Virginia, but moved to Ohio before I turned 2 and grew up there. I always say I’m from Ohio. I have no memories of Virginia.