Hometown (high school, college, suburbs)

[cottonwood2420]

Is your hometown where you were born or where you grew up?

[Chicagoland60426]

Where you grew up. For ex. the rapper Ludacris was born in Champaign, IL but he mostly grew up in Atlanta Metro

Kanye West was born in Atlanta until he was 4. He moved to the Chicago area and claim Chicago as his home.

[Thomas R.]

It can be either or neither. I left Arkansas at five, but it's my home. Even if I never return it'll always be special to me in a way the place I was raised never will.

However I don't negate the possibility that someday I'll find a place where I feel I "belong" even more.

[The Dissenter]

Originally Posted by cottonwood2420

Is your hometown where you were born or where you grew up?

Mine is where i grew up. I was born at Shaw AFB in SC. I was raised in Hampton, VA, i consider it my hometown.

[john_starks]

where i grew up

[Toxic Toast]

It sure as (expletive deleted) isn't where I was born....

[mdp_az]

So based on the information below, what should my hometown be?

High Point, NC: Birth to 1 year old
Greensboro, NC: 9 years (non-consecutive, grade school)
Sydney, Australia: 3 years (grade school)
Raleigh, NC: 15 years (non-consecutive, went to college & high school here)
Boone, NC: 1.5 years (college)
Flagstaff, AZ: 2 years
Fort Collins, CO: 1 year
Durham, NC: 2 years (non-consecutive, current home)

FWIW, I feel like I have a few hometowns. Both Greensboro & Raleigh feel like hometowns to me, however I feel most comfortable and thus "at home" in Durham.

[TB Fla]

Where I was born, but I grew up in the suburbs

[SharpHawkeye]

Originally Posted by mdp_az

So based on the information below, what should my hometown be?

High Point, NC: Birth to 1 year old
Greensboro, NC: 9 years (non-consecutive, grade school)
Sydney, Australia: 3 years (grade school)
Raleigh, NC: 15 years (non-consecutive, went to college & high school here)
Boone, NC: 1.5 years (college)
Flagstaff, AZ: 2 years
Fort Collins, CO: 1 year
Durham, NC: 2 years (non-consecutive, current home)

FWIW, I feel like I have a few hometowns. Both Greensboro & Raleigh feel like hometowns to me, however I feel most comfortable and thus "at home" in Durham.

It seems to me that you could lay claim to the whole state of North Carolina as your hometown!

[Iconographer]

Where I grew up (Atlanta). My father was finishing up a stint in the Navy in Pensacola when I was born, and we moved 5 weeks later. So I have no connection to my birthplace.