return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 days agoHow long do you have to live in a place for you to be considered from there?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up126arrow-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 · 6 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareswelter_spark@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoTo me, being from a place means you were born there.
minus-squareOrangeSlice@lemmy.mlMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI think that approach fails to account foodie a lot of nuance!
minus-squareOctavio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days 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 think that approach fails to account foodie a lot of nuance!
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.
I’m from a navy base hospital!