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Personally, my hometown is where I was born and grew up. I have lots of freinds who have their hometown somewhere other than where they were born. If my sons hometown is where he was born, that'd be Kentucky. If its where he grew up, and went to school, It'll probably be Niceville Florida. I hope he can say the second option, as he really has no relatives, and no memories of Kentucky.
I think the American definition of "where you are from" is very shallow.
We are the only society that doesn't honor where your family is from and where they have been for years. I guess that is just the nature of our society though. All other countries in the world are pretty stable. Our population constantly changes through immigration.
I guess I have such an old fashioned view of "where you are from" because of my own background. I lived away from Alabama during most of my childhood and I wasn't born there, but that is where all my relatives are and where my ancestors have been ever since before the Civil War. So therefore THAT is my home.
I have to laugh at people who are my age who's parents came down to Alabama from Michigan or New Jersey and they consider themselves more from Alabama than I am just because they grew up there. To me they will always be yankees.
Is your hometown where you were born or where you grew up?
Hopefully both. Usually it is where you graduated high school. But let's imagine some competing scenarios.
1) You were born in Kalamazoo, MI and your family moved to Oshkosh, WI within the first year such that you don't remember the city you were born. In this case, your hometown is Oshkosh.
2) You were born in Portland, OR and your family lived there until you started school (age 5). Then you moved to Logan, UT. In this case, your hometown is still Logan.
3) You were born in Amarillo, TX and lived there until halfway through high school at which point you moved to Truth or Consequences, NM. In this case, it depends on which city you identify most closely with. However, most likely, Truth or Consequences will be your "hometown" in college.
All other countries in the world are pretty stable. Our population constantly changes through immigration.
I think you better check those figures again. The US is growing much more slowly than most other countries in the world. Even among developed nations, US population change is quite stable.
I think you better check those figures again. The US is growing much more slowly than most other countries in the world. Even among developed nations, US population change is quite stable.
What do you mean? To be a Swede you should be ethnically Swedish. To be a Kenyan you should be ethnically Kenyan. Same for Japan etc... America and Canada and perhaps Australia are the only countries you can't say this about.
Most of the third world isn't taking in immigrants. Most people don't want to immigrate to those countries. When it comes to 1st world countries, it doesn't matter how many people immigrate to Europe....to me a European will always be a European.
To be an American or a Canadian is something entirely different. It isn't based on blood and soil.
And I thought that on the other thread you were trying to convince about how much America's population was shifting ethnically. Tell, me, where else in the world is it more intense than here? You have me lost.
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