Roots are still in the ground around Richmond, no transplanting.

Yes I am. I left Michigan and lived on the east cost for 20+ years and then retired early and came back home. So happy to be out of the rat race.

Yes, western PA.

I have friends who still live in the same zip code they were born in. Have to say I was a little jealous until I embraced being "American" (when someone says where are you from? I never knew where to say. Where I was born? Loved it the most? Most influential? Currently?). Not living where I was born. Loved it all now!

Born in the Hudson Valley of New York, moved to California in 1981 and moved to Oregon in 2001. I've been on the west coast for most of my life but I still consider New York home.

No. Born in PA, then lived in Ohio, then for a year in FL, back to Ohio and last move was to GA in 2002 where I wanted to be. My next move will be to heaven.

Yes. LIfelong resident of northern suburbs of Chicago. Family ties to Rhode Island.

I still live in the same city and have never left.

Canada doesn't have 'states' we have provinces and yes, I live in the same province. ;)

Same city: No. Same state: Yes.

Yes, Arizona. The only one in my family not born in PA.

No, I was born and raised in central NYS, lived in Michigan for a few years, then Virginia (which I loved), and South Carolina, my true heart home. I now live in Alabama but will never feel like it's home, even after twenty years. I always feel homesick.

Born in Texas, moved to NY and Washington, DC for several years. Wised up and back in Texas for good.

Yes, and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. They say home is where the heart is; my heart is here.

Both sets of ancestors came from Germany and Switzerland in the early 1700s and most have never left Pennsylvania. I was born an hour away but haven't lived there since I left after college.

I have lived all my life in the country outside a small town in NW Pennsylvania

Born in a state on the East coast, lived in various places around the world, live now in a state on the West coast.

No. Born and raised in NYC, after college lived in Boston for 3 years, then back to NYC for 2 years, then got married and moved to the suburbs of Philadelphia where I've been for 37 years. Never thought I'd be a suburbanite, but it's been wonderful. And I'm close enough to NYC for frequent visits.

I was born and raised in Seattle. I live about 20 min from where I grew up. I went to college in eastern WA, but moved back to the west side of the state. I worked at the same employer for 38 years so had no reason to move elsewhere.

I was born in central Texas, moved to Berkeley/San Francisco at 22, after being rejected by the draft in the summer of 1972 (They wanted to send me to Vietnam, but I was given a 4F status). After 12 years in San Francisco, I grudgingly moved back to Texas to get a degree in Interior Design and then quickly moved back to California - this time Los Angeles instead of San Francisco, which was too cold for me. I've been in Los Angeles since 1989 and do not miss Texas. After my parents died in 2012, I've only been back to Texas once, for estate reasons. Texas always seemed like an alien, hostile place to me. I wanted to live in Manhattan when I was a child. Rural life never appealed to me.

My family has been in Texas since it was a republic - some came from Germany, but others had immigrated to the Rhode Island and Massachusetts in the early 1600s and had lived in Virginia, South Carolina, and Louisiana before making it to Texas. My maternal grandfather's family moved to Texas from Tennessee also when it was a republic.

I do have cousins in California who moved here before I did, and I visited them before I moved here.

No. Born in Maryland, lived in Virginia, New Mexico, California, Nevada as a child, possibly Texas but not sure I was with them during that time. As an adult: Nevada, Texas, Illinios, Arizona, Germany, Arizona different city, Nevada again, and Kentucky. It's weird to me that I've lived the longest amount of time in Kentucky.

Nope! Born in Chicago, IL. My parents left there when I was 3, and I remember the move. And every time I've visited there, or been through it for any reason, I thank The Good Lord and my parents for moving a few hundred miles away to a farm.

Came to Texas in the early 60's and been here ever since.

Rusty

Yes. A Jersey Girl for all of my 73 years.

Oddly enough yes. We moved just after I was born and I have moved a lot but came here years ago then moved away and when I needed to move I came back here because I liked it so much. I considered Kentucky which I also liked a lot but Washington was more practical. Western Washington. I love the green.

No I don’t. I was born and raised in Michigan, but moved to Deerfield Beach, Florida, after I got my degree. After four years I moved back to Michigan, met my future husband, got married and moved out here to Northern New Mexico where he wanted to practice (medicine). We’ve been here ever since.

Yes

Yes, in PA with stops in CT and NJ. before returning.

Yes. Born, raised and lived in SoCal until early adult years then moved 350 miles north. Other than a stint of several years in Europe, I've lived in one state, the majority of years spent in the Bay Area.

Not even in the same country. Born in Manitoba, lived in BC, moved to California, back to BC now Maryland.

My father was military, so ... no.

Grew up in Michigan, left at age 18, 'last one turn out the lights' situation, spent just 2 years in Houston, but those were formative - working downtown for Texaco Oil was fun believe it or not. Met many friends, my department was full of New Yorkers:) and learned a lot... Houston was cosmopolitan, not just an oil town . My best friend in Houston was from new york, Alice Jones, although she was decades older, she was quirky and took me to see the symphony practice at lunchtime and ran a solid filing department, so many filing cabinets, and she knew how to find the best food... TreeBeards for rice and beans, etc. I would not move back there, however...

I really really wanted to live in NYC but was such a naif.

2 years later moved to Anchorage, AK and I've been here since 1983, other than a 2 year stint in Seattle finishing my degree at UW (loved loved Seattle but it's changed = me getting old:)). Anchorage is home and I love it because of my joy in hiking/skiing/former mountaineering, but it's changing, it's crowded... I do think about moving (but where?! - maybe back to MI, my mom is going strong at 83 and I have siblings) . However, my 20-something kids are still loving, Alaska, so that's cool. I wouldn't want a hot climate at all, still love winter, so here I happily stay :)) Even if I did move, my heart is now here forever.

Yes.

yes

Change the word State to the word Province and yes I am living where I was born.

Yes....love this Sunflower state!

lat62, if you do not like I hot climate, I can see why you would not want to move back to Houston.

I lived in Houston when I was getting my first degree, and I liked it a lot, but I did not stay there in the summer. I love the people in Houston, and I agree that it is very cosmopolitan. The summers there are brutal; however, I can handle heat better than cold.

Yes, in Texas. I would love to live where it rains or has a beach though!!!

Yes.

Sue

I was born near Pittsburgh and after grad school moved across the state to Philadelphia for my job and DH's school, then to Bucks County, PA. 44 years ago we moved just across the Delaware River into a NJ suburb but still part of the Philly Metropolitan area. We have another place in NE PA and we still feel like we're Pennsylvanians.

Yup! SE PA, one of the Collar Counties, still live in same County, just a bit farther than childhood home

No, I don't. I was born in WA state and do not miss the rain. I guess I ended up in the right spot for me--sunny CA.

Careful, sjerin, the Puget Sound contingent may react to any suggestion that their area doesn't have the most ideal weather in the Lower 48. An opinion I don't think is widely shared.

I'm with you.

Sometimes things just work out for the best.

Born and raised in upstate NY (all over), Georgia for 7+, then Florida for the last 23. Considering a move back to upstate NY again (maybe).

Well I am now laughing with Elmer's comment to Sjerin. I was born in western Wash. (Port Gamble)I have lived many places. I now live a bridge and about 45 min away,in Port Townsend.

Born in New Mexico, moved to Seattle right after college. I adore my home state and loved the experiences I had growing up, but honestly I prefer it here and will most likely stay in the Pacific Northwest forever.

FWIW: I actually moved here for the weather! Unfortunately it's getting hotter and drier these days. :(

Born in Wisconsin north of Green Bay. Small town. My parents were only there for two (maybe fewer) years. before going back to the Philadelphia area where I grew up and which will always be home.

NYC born and raised, Queens. Moved to Manhattan lived there 4 yrs then moved to Westchester, a area north of the City for 45 yrs.

Moved to SW Florida 12 yrs ago and want to move back to NY.

Do not like Florida.

Jane

I hope you will move back to where you want to live, Jane. Life is too short…