Are you a local ,

Paladin1950 said:
I was born about 10 miles down the road. Then it went like this:
Rochester, NY
Holly, NY
West Palm Beach, Florida
Juno Beach, Florida
Lake Park, Florida
Nelliston, NY
Los Angeles, California (one summer)
St. Johnsville, NY
Los Angeles (and later Hollywood), California
New York City (Brooklyn & Manhattan)
Syracuse, NY
Jersey City, NJ (about 6 months)
St. Johnsville, NY (10 miles or so from the hospital where I was born.)
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so where was your favourite place to live ?
 

Born in Quebec, moved to British Columbia when I was 34 years old. Now have lived here in BC in different locales for 36 years. Nope, have not kept in touch with anyone from Quebec. Actually moved from Quebec to make new friends in BC. But I know a lady here whereby she has lived here all of her life and when she married, only a few houses from the house she grew up in. Been in the same community for over 70 years. I cannot imagine that, living on the same street for over 70 years. As HollyDolly posted somewhere above, I would feel claustrophobic living in the same place for over 70 years.
 
Ending up in the same location you started definitely isn’t for me. If someone else makes that choice and is happy, I won’t criticize. Each to their own.
 

Apart from when I went all of 18 miles away for University I have always lived in my hometown.
Heck..I’m living in my childhood home that I inherited.
I still have one friend from school but that is probably because he lives on the same street as me and we did lose touch for a long while.
Definitely a local!
And my town is currently featuring in Channel4 drama Generation Z.
 
No, I left that area right after high school. I've never had very deep roots. I've seen such "well knitted" families up close and I will confess to a having bit of envy for the sense of belonging they must have. :)

The one remaining childhood friend with whom I still remain in regular contact lives over 3000 miles from me on the opposite coast.
 
I live 10 miles from where I grew up. I did live elsewhere when I was a young adult but I came back home and married a man who lived 10 miles from my neighborhood. My husband grew up here and has never lived anywhere else.

All of my close school friends still live here. I keep in touch with nearly everyone I grew up with.
 
I live on the same road as where I grew up, I have more years of residency on this road than any other living resident. I moved away after highschool but returned when I married at the age of twenty eight because it's such a great setting to raise a family.
 
No, I moved here 12 years ago and think you would probably need family in this area for generations to be considered local. :ROFLMAO: The town I grew up in had about 500 people when I was young, and at one time in the last couple of decades was the fastest growing city in the US. Not much is left there from my time and when I visit I sometimes get lost.
 
Oh, how I miss sitting behind that cosy bonfire at the entrance to my cave, I used to pull tongues at those nasty dinosaurs. 😊
 
hollydolly said:
.....do you still live where you were raised ? do you still know most of the people in your area ?
What about schoolfriends, are you still adult friends?
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NO, YES, A FEW.....
My family moved NY to NC in 1979, and most folks around here considerer us local. Its not uncommon to spend more time talking with someone at the store than shopping. I wasn't much of a social person in school, but still close with the few friends I had.
 
I have lived in 5 states. I’ve been in Nevada for 28 years. I’m still friends with 4 people from high school and one from kindergarten. I usually go home about every 5 years to see everyone. Sometimes they fly here to visit me.
 
No. I grew up in northern New Jersey, about 200 miles from here. In the years in between, I also lived in Maryland, and Washington state, 3000 miles to the west. But we ended up coming back to Maryland. Usual reason: one of our children lives here.
 
About every 18 or so years, they kick me out of the town, so I had to move. My home town is 250 miles away. I lived in Pennsylvania 20 years before I moved here, so I had a Pa. accent, and the locals sort of accepted me. At least, I wasn't one of those New Yorkers. Being from New Jersey, after 25-30 years living here, you might pose as a "local", but a NYer- never!!!!! 🙂
 
No. My dad was in the USAF and we moved a lot. A few times I had to go to school with civilians and they were different from military brats. It was hard for me to understand how anyone would want to live in the same place all the time. I'd be sad about leaving one base, and then excited about moving to the next one. All the other kids on base were in the same boat. It felt normal, and it was to us.
 
No, I live 7,956 miles from my hometown of San Francisco, where I was born and raised. And no, I do not know most of the people in my area. However, I do know quite a few people who live in our gated community. As for school friends, I discovered, quite by chance, that an old junior high school classmate of mine also lives here in Thailand, only a few miles from me. Our families get together at his place every Thanksgiving.
 
I am not a local, even though I lived here for more years than any other place. Before that I moved around too much for work and school. And growing up, we moved three times. My ex and kids are local though. Born here.
 
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I grew up in two very small towns roughly 100 miles apart. I felt claustrophobic and likely would have moved to a large city on my own had my parents not relocated to Los Angeles (Hollywood) immediately after I graduated high school. It was a big adjustment at first, but I soon came to love and embrace it.

Many HS friends and relatives that I'm still in touch with live near those two small towns. I try to visit every few years - since they're only 100 miles apart, when I go east I make sure to hit both areas.

I have many close friends here, but also treasure my anonymity and can't imagine ever living in a small town again.

Edited to add: Within Los Angeles City, I've lived in eight different towns/areas, but have remained planted in this one for nearly 40 years. It's roughly 15 square miles, has a population of 55,000, and is located in a valley of 260 square miles and a population of 1.75 million, give or take.
 

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