If your friend from NY asks you to bring over a pizza and you bring pizza strips, they're not going to be pleased, is what I'm saying.

Also, to the part where you are questioning my identity: born-and-bred Rhode Islanders have unique, proud identities that I can't personally relate to, so yeah, having moved here at age six I do still feel like a transplant. I don't think that's unreasonable.
And, I'm 31, because apparently age matters?