"born and raised"

[HellRazor05]

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[SiGh]

it could be his hometown. but he just never grew up there. some people look at the word hometown differently.

 

[EDouble]

4 me i began my life in another area and was there for about 6 years. before i moved. I call it my hometown & most my family is there 2. i don't realy ever say was Raised like 'born & raised' cuz i was all over. but i still call the place my hometown and i'm there alot of the time.

 

[PuffnScruff]

i've sort of had a problem like this. when people ask me where i'm from i never know what to say. Should I tell them where I just moved from even though i only lived there for a few years or do I tell them where I spent the majority of my life growing up or do I tell them where I was born?

like i mention in my profile i have lived (in this order) in Incirlik, Turkey (where i was born), lived in Dayton OH, Las Vegas NV, Illinois on the east side of St. Louis (where i spent most of my life growing up about 10 or 11 years), Kentucky, and now Florida.

when people ask me where i'm from i like to joke and say everywhere. but to save me from getting weird looks i just say st.louis most of the time

 

[CoolWaterz]

i lived in staten island till i was 13. when people ask me where im from i say jersey. If they ask me where i was born i say staten island. I still have friends from S.I. and i still travel there every now and again, so to me its always gonna be my hometown as well as jersey is.

 

[EDouble]

i've sort of had a problem like this. when people ask me where i'm from i never know what to say. Should I tell them where I just moved from even though i only lived there for a few years or do I tell them where I spent the majority of my life growing up or do I tell them where I was born?

like i mention in my profile i have lived (in this order) in Incirlik, Turkey (where i was born), lived in Dayton OH, Las Vegas NV, Illinois on the east side of St. Louis (where i spent most of my life growing up about 10 or 11 years), Kentucky, and now Florida.

when people ask me where i'm from i like to joke and say everywhere. but to save me from getting weird looks i just say st.louis most of the time

:thumb:

 

[Amara]

most my family is there

I think thats an important part of it. Having family and friends in a place would mean you'd have some kind of connection to it still. But, lol, i dont think its as clear cut as how old you were when you left.

 

[S O F I]

You can claim where you were born; the length of the time you stayed there doesn't matter. I hate it when people claim a place where they weren't born. "Queens is where I'm from....Brooklyn all day" and they were born in Sudan and Somalia. I mean, it's cool to like the place and all, but make sure you acknowledge to the peeps where you're really from.

There's this girl in my school that claims she's Hawaiian, but she was actually born in Bulgaria. It's just that her dad's from Hawaii...Pathetic. But, hey, Hawaii sounds better than Bulgaria, right?

 

[ARon]

Your home is where your heart is, aka family. I was born in cali lived there til 12, visit periodically but all my family remains there, all of it. So that is my home.

 

[CoolWaterz]

You can claim where you were born; the length of the time you stayed there doesn't matter. I hate it when people claim a place where they weren't born. "Queens is where I'm from....Brooklyn all day" and they were born in Sudan and Somalia. I mean, it's cool to like the place and all, but make sure you acknowledge to the peeps where you're really from.

There's this girl in my school that claims she's Hawaiian, but she was actually born in Bulgaria. It's just that her dad's from Hawaii...Pathetic. But, hey, Hawaii sounds better than Bulgaria, right?

thats different though. She is half-hawaiin. Thats just her nationality. Thats like an italian kid saying hes italian eventhough he was born in america. Technincally, his ancestors are italian and thats how we judge nationality no?

 

[Get In The Van I Have Candy]

I was boooooooooooooooorn in East LA

That is all.

 

[Freedom Froggy]

i have the same problem.. most of my fam is in little rock. but ive lived half of my life there along with baltimore, oakland and stockton ca where i went to school@

i now just say im from little rock but ive lived all over


razor what part of ny u live?

 

[HiGhTillDeaTH]

Id say let him claim whatever he wants cause hes not u. I dont think u really have the right to tell someone theyre not from where they say their from. Its his life not urs, let him tell people hes from a certain place, theyll never know, and probably dont give a damn.

 

[Synful*Luv]

It makes it hard when you've live a lot of different places because you feel as if you're denying a part of yourself if you don't mention all of the places. Then again, if you say one place and not the other people may think you're not telling the truth or tryin to act like you're something you aren't.

I was born in the Islands, and I was there till about 12. I've lived all over the States, and now i'm in Chicago. So I NEVER know what to tell people when they ask me, "where are you from?"

I usually shrug my shoulders and ask them. . .do u got a minute.

 

[PuffnScruff]

It makes it hard when you've live a lot of different places because you feel as if you're denying a part of yourself if you don't mention all of the places. Then again, if you say one place and not the other people may think you're not telling the truth or tryin to act like you're something you aren't.

I was born in the Islands, and I was there till about 12. I've lived all over the States, and now i'm in Chicago. So I NEVER know what to tell people when they ask me, "where are you from?"

I usually shrug my shoulders and ask them. . .do u got a minute.

:laugh: i can feel ya on that.

 

[S O F I]

thats different though. She is half-hawaiin. Thats just her nationality. Thats like an italian kid saying hes italian eventhough he was born in america. Technincally, his ancestors are italian and thats how we judge nationality no?

But, she denies being Bulgarian.

 

[Flipmo]

Well, I was born here in Montreal, but I'm of Croatian background. When it comes to me, where your born doesn't really mean shit, wtv though, I've been going to Cro since I've been a kid, but anyways it's not like you have a choice where your born. So, I usually say I'm Cro when people ask, cause they see Milinovic as my last name and usually end of asking what's my ethnicity.

Just like Chris Rock says: ''You're not American if you were born here, your just fortunate enough to have popped out your mom's pussy on American soil''

I dunno why that girl would deny being Bulgarian especially if he parents are it. Maybe she's embaressed cause we wipe our asses with them in soccer.

Seriously though,I think what I'm discussing though is a tad different from some of you that have moved palce to place to place.

 

[CoolWaterz]

But, she denies being Bulgarian.

well thats like alicia keys and plent other artists denying their caucasion nationality and focusing only on the african aspect of it.

 

[HiGhTillDeaTH]

well thats like alicia keys and plent other artists denying their caucasion nationality and focusing only on the african aspect of it.

Its their life, let them live it how they want. She along with many others are mixed.

Am i White, am i black, should i act black here, or act white? These questions are all stupid and i hope no one thinks like this. Hopefully Alicia Keys acts like Alicia Keys and does not consider her race.

We as a society need to stay away from subjcts like these, they make people analyize race too much. Race is simply the color of ur skin. The remaining 99.9% of that person lies on their insides.

 

[S O F I]

^You're off-track, buddy. There is no such thing as acting White and acting Black, and nobody even mentioned it in the first place.