Were you born in your current town or were you adopted by said town?

[ThisWittyCyanBalonz]

Born

Not born

Born on the other side of the world.

Adopted

Not born, been here longer than where I was born now. Time flies.

I'm 59, have lived in this town for 27 years but I've been so well adopted, I once got invited to the school reunion, even though I didn't go to school round here!

Not born but lived here longer than where I was born. I don't think this city will adopt me though as unless you have several generations of history here you are an outsider.

I like to think I invaded it…

Not born, but moved here when I was eight months.

Adopted. Never thought I'd leave my hometown though but it was London so sometimes it has to be done

Adopted. DH is from here. I’m from about 100 miles away. I tell him I’m the real local as I don’t have to use sat nav to get to B&Q and he does 😂

I was born in Dorset and lived there til i went to Secondary school. We moved because there wasn't a bus from our town to my brothers school and he really didn't want to board. I lived there till I was 23 with a brief stint in Devon at uni. I now live in Coventry but I don't particularly feel adopted by it. What does it mean to be adopted by a place?

Not born, but I moved here as a toddler so it's all I remember.

Born in a nearby town, so I'll say born.

Born. Lived here or in a small, adjacent town my whole life except one uni year. Couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. DH grew up in Kent and moved here.

Not my home by birth but by choice. Been here over half my life. Left the countryside as soon as I could, would hate to return.

I was born on a ship.

I was born close to central Manchester. Stayed there 25 years and have lived in two of its satellite towns for the last 41 years.

Born but I’ve lived out of the city for a decade. Back two years now and I won’t ever leave it again.

i think I’ve only been back to the city I was born in once, and my first town I last visited when I was about 5. I don’t have that sense of “home”

Born in Plymouth. Moved to Singapore. Came back to Devon (different place). School in Surrey. Moved to Australia. Back to Devon. University in Bristol. Back to Devon.

Moved around a bit, but mostly the same area in Devon. It's where I consider home to be.

Lived in my town of birth until I was 33, then moved here.

Born - 13 years
Next place - 16 years
Current place - 29 years - I belong here.

Born 18y
Uni 3y
Here 5y
Other places 5y
Here 22y

Here is home the 5y away was a job necessity we always planned to come back. I adopted it not the other way.

What does adopted mean to you?

I was born in a different country, moved to the town I actually grew up when I was 2 years and lived there for 22 years. That's what I call my hometown.

I now live in a part of London for 16 years. I like it here and enjoy it but I could pack my bags and move somewhere else if moving and buying a house wouldn't be so bloody expensive and stressful.

I think "adopted" means for me I embrace the town, have a local, know everyone by their first name and are greeted when going out. But maybe that's just because it's suburban London that this is not what I experience - and I don't think I need it anyway.

Born 19 yrs
New place (uni) - 4 yrs
Born 1 yr
New place 6mths
Here 22 yrs

occasionally feel the pull of moving back to were I was born as family still live there but love where we live now x