bibliophile222 t1_j9hs7kj wrote on February 22, 2023 at 1:45 AM

I never know what to say when people ask where I'm from. I was born in NH and lived there until I was 8, then spent ages 8-18 in VT, then moved to MA for college and spent over a decade there, then moved back to VT for grad school. I wasn't born here, but I do identify with it more than any other state.

hideous-boy t1_j9iezpt wrote on February 22, 2023 at 4:45 AM

at the very least nobody can argue you aren't a New Englander to the core

bibliophile222 t1_j9je0ic wrote on February 22, 2023 at 11:53 AM

Damn right! Fuck the Yankees!!!

balding_dad t1_j9i17o4 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 2:51 AM

Have you unironically called someone a flatlander? That seems like a pretty good litmus test to me.

bibliophile222 t1_j9i829o wrote on February 22, 2023 at 3:45 AM

No, I think the flatlander thing is fucking stupid.

SilverKelpie t1_j9metl7 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:40 AM

Same. I was born in Virginia, but we moved when I was 5 years old, so all I have is a handful of memories. Am I from Virginia? I spent my formative childhood years in Kansas. Am I from Kansas? I lived the majority of my life in Texas. Am I from Texas? I live in Vermont now and feel more at home than anywhere else I've lived. Am I from Vermont? At this point I favor using where I am currently living, but I struggled with the answer for a long time since people have different, and strangely intense, ideas of the definition of "from" in the question.