Please help me settle a debate

[Janice]

Originally Posted by PZelda

I agree with everybody here.

I have a problem like this... I tell people I live in my hometown now (let's say Minneapolis). Hometown, meaning I was BORN and WENT TO SCHOOL right here. There is a town that is five minutes away from here (let's say St. Paul), and I was a RESIDENT there.

So... For the first part of my life, I lived in St. Paul, but went to school and did pretty much everything else in Minneapolis (shopping, dining, etc). All the friends I had were from Minneapolis. Basically, my social life was centered in Minneapolis. I rarely did anything social in St. Paul. Eventually, we moved away from St. Paul to live in Minneapolis.

When I was in grade school, I left the Minneapolis/St. Paul area to go to school in, let's say, Duluth. I ended up completing the rest of my schooling years and then graduating from HS in Duluth. This is when I lived in Minneapolis AND Duluth at the same time. (Confusing? Indeed.)

I spent about an approximately equal amount of years in all three towns. But when it comes down to it all, my heart is in Minneapolis. It's where I live and work now, after bouncing back and forth between the three towns while growing up.



By the way -- I am *NOT* a native Twin Cities resident. I just used Mpls/St. Paul for comparison, since the town I live in now is set up similarly to the Twin Cities area.

I thought my story was confusing. I'd say you're from Minneapolis. Is that would you say? I know it's not 'really' Minneapolis.

[Dean Winchester]

if you feel like you're from Medford, that's where you're from

[PZelda]

Originally Posted by Janice

I thought my story was confusing. I'd say you're from Minneapolis. Is that would you say? I know it's not 'really' Minneapolis.

I know. I confuse everybody when I explain my story to them.

Yeah, I say I'm from Minneapolis too. It works down to this... I've lived in Minneapolis more years than the other towns I lived in.

I lived in St. Paul FULL TIME from 1985 to 1992. PART TIME until 1995. I have *NOT* lived in St. Paul since 1995 and will never live there again.

I lived in Duluth FULL TIME from 1992 to 2003. I also will never live in Duluth ever again.

Minneapolis... It was a PART TIME deal from 1995 to 2003. FULL TIME since 2003. My heart is most definitely right here, because now I do EVERYTHING here. Rarely do I ever venture into St. Paul for anything.



Needless to say, it was very confusing explaining to people that I was a resident in two towns at the same time when I was a kid.

[Janice]

Originally Posted by PZelda

Needless to say, it was very confusing explaining to people that I was a resident in two towns at the same time when I was a kid.

I know your parents are divorced, Allison. Did that have anything to do with your confusing residencies, or is that yet ANOTHER layer to your story?

I'm thinking that in this day and age, with the divorce rate so high, and many parents sharing equal custody, that it could get tricky for those kids, when they're older living on their own, to answer the simple question of, "So where are you from?"

[PZelda]

Originally Posted by Janice

I know your parents are divorced, Allison. Did that have anything to do with your confusing residencies, or is that yet ANOTHER layer to your story?

I'm thinking that in this day and age, with the divorce rate so high, and many parents sharing equal custody, that it could get tricky for those kids, when they're older living on their own, to answer the simple question of, "So where are you from?"

Yup, that's why the dual residency deal came into play. My mom and I moved to Duluth, but my dad stayed behind in Minneapolis. I'd head down to Minneapolis on the weekends to visit my dad, while my mom stayed behind in Duluth.

I hope that makes a little bit more sense now. It makes my head hurt thinking about it.

[Mikado]

if you were born and raised in "Medford", then, THAT is where youre from, case closed, you're right, hubby is wrong! yupyup

[Janice]

I'm starting to wonder if I need to trade my husband in for a smarter model.

[dawsongirl]

Definetly Medford. The other way would make zero sense to me.

[Janice]

Originally Posted by dawsongirl

Definetly Medford. The other way would make zero sense to me.

Same here. I think what's going on is that my husband lived in one city until he was 16, then moved to another town. He did transfer schools, and considers where he moved to, as where he's from. So, he thinks I should do the same. I sort of think it could be one of those stubborn things, that he said 20 years ago, and now won't admit he's wrong, lol.

[Ireneparalegal]

It's the stubborn man syndrome. I am with you on this one Janice because IT MAKES SENSE, common sense, every which way, it is you who is right. I can't even comprehend Lou's stance on this one.

[Mikado]

Originally Posted by Janice

I'm starting to wonder if I need to trade my husband in for a smarter model.

A 2008 with that "New man smell"?

[Janice]

Originally Posted by Mikado

A 2008 with that "New man smell"?

Yup, goes from 0 to 60 in 5 seconds.

[Dutabi84]

I was raised and went to school in, let's call it, "Goat Pond." I will always be from Goat Pond, no matter where else I live.

[Mikado]

[Nighthawk76]

Originally Posted by Family Ties Forever!

Why do you want to move to Pennsylvania?

It is the birth place of America.