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cat_lover

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May 7, 2010 9:19 AM
I still live in my hometown. Left for college and worked away from Newark for a couple of years then I moved back because of family circumstances.
May 7, 2010 9:19am
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j_crazy

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May 7, 2010 9:20 AM
maybe when I retire and have the money to build, I'll build a house there. Until then (i.e. while I need to MAKE money) I have no desire to go back to Lowell, Ohio.
May 7, 2010 9:20am
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Con_Alma

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May 7, 2010 9:29 AM
Isn't where you live your hometown?
May 7, 2010 9:29am
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SnotBubbles

May 7, 2010 9:32 AM
^^^
Bellefontaine, OH is where I "live," in no way do I consider it my "hometown." My "home" is wear I grew up...just my opinion though....
May 7, 2010 9:32am
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ernest_t_bass

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May 7, 2010 9:34 AM
My wife always tries to correct me when I say I'm "going home," when referring to going to mom and dad's. It will always be my "home," as that is where I've spent most of my life. Now, if I die where I am now, then it will be my home.
May 7, 2010 9:34am
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krambman

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May 7, 2010 9:35 AM
Kinda. I spent more time growing up in Urbana, OH (11 years), but I consider New Albany (8 year resident) to be my hometown because that's the place I remember best and where all of my good friends are from. I currently live on the west side of Columbus, so since New Albany is a suburb of Columbus I kind of still live in my home town, but not really. If I had the chance though, I'd move back to New Albany in an instant.
May 7, 2010 9:35am
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queencitybuckeye

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May 7, 2010 10:29 AM
Con_Alma wrote: Isn't where you live your hometown?
That is one definition. The most commonly used definition, however, is the place where one was born and/or grew up.
May 7, 2010 10:29am
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Con_Alma

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May 7, 2010 10:33 AM
At what point can where you live be considered your hometown? If one "grew up" in a place for 18 years and has currently resided in another town for 27 years can it then be considered his/her hometown?

Are the different definitions and the one chosen as being applied determined by the user?
May 7, 2010 10:33am
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se-alum

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May 7, 2010 10:41 AM
I've always considered ones hometown to be where they spent the majority of their childhood years.
May 7, 2010 10:41am
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Fab1b

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May 7, 2010 10:46 AM
Love to visit but no plans to move back to Oak Harbor, OH. Reside in Jacksonville, FL about a 1,000 miles away or so.
May 7, 2010 10:46am
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FatHobbit

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May 7, 2010 10:48 AM
I do still live in my hometown. For now I have no plans to move, but that will probably change someday. (I have a 12 year old daughter who live with her mother. Once she's out of high school I think I will reevaluate things, but until then I want to be around her as much as possible.)
May 7, 2010 10:48am
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queencitybuckeye

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May 7, 2010 11:18 AM
Con_Alma wrote: At what point can where you live be considered your hometown? If one "grew up" in a place for 18 years and has currently resided in another town for 27 years can it then be considered his/her hometown?

Are the different definitions and the one chosen as being applied determined by the user?
I personally would call the place where I grew up my "hometown" and my current residence my "home", but I suppose it's up to the individual.
May 7, 2010 11:18am
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cbus4life

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May 7, 2010 11:24 AM
queencitybuckeye wrote:
Con_Alma wrote: At what point can where you live be considered your hometown? If one "grew up" in a place for 18 years and has currently resided in another town for 27 years can it then be considered his/her hometown?

Are the different definitions and the one chosen as being applied determined by the user?
I personally would call the place where I grew up my "hometown" and my current residence my "home", but I suppose it's up to the individual.
This.
May 7, 2010 11:24am
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I Wear Pants

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May 7, 2010 11:37 AM
Where's the "Yes, I still live in the house I grew up in" option?
May 7, 2010 11:37am
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KR1245

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May 7, 2010 11:54 AM
Born and raised in NE Ohio. Might head back up when I'm done with school
May 7, 2010 11:54am
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Con_Alma

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May 7, 2010 11:54 AM
Depending on how it's used I too think it's up to the individual. With that being said I "still" live in my hometown. I have lived here since we built this house. It not far from where I was born and raised.
May 7, 2010 11:54am
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Nate

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3,949 posts
May 7, 2010 12:03 PM
Grew up in Chillicothe also. Live in Bellevue now. Plan on leaving Bellevue one day but it won't be for Chillicothe. I have no desire to ever live their again. The women are fat and the town smells. I'm hoping to one day end up around Columbus.
May 7, 2010 12:03pm
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gorocks99

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May 7, 2010 12:06 PM
Didn't live in one place long enough to have a "hometown" - born in one place, had two different elementary schools, two different middle schools (in different states), two different high schools (in different states).
May 7, 2010 12:06pm
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Fab4Runner

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May 7, 2010 12:35 PM
I do not live in my hometown (Plymouth, OH) and probably never will again. I loved growing up there but it's too far from a lot of things. I want my kids to go to a small school like I did but also have the conveniences of a larger city nearby.
May 7, 2010 12:35pm
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fortfan

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May 7, 2010 1:49 PM
I thought that where you lived was your hometown. Where would my "hometown" be? I was born in Toledo, lived in Point Place, Risingsun, Dunkirk, Willshire and Fort Recovery. I consider Fort Recovery my hometown as that is where I live now.

Do I win the "lived in most places nobody heard of" award?
May 7, 2010 1:49pm
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Fab4Runner

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May 7, 2010 1:56 PM
I consider my hometown the place where I grew up. I lived in Plymouth for 18 years and then again during some summers and holiday breaks. I will never consider another place my hometown no matter how long I live there.
May 7, 2010 1:56pm
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GoChiefs

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May 7, 2010 3:54 PM
My option isn't up there either. "No, but I would love to go back!". Born and raised in Logan. That will always be home! Live in Massillon now. Would LOVE to go back to Logan though.
May 7, 2010 3:54pm
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jmog

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May 7, 2010 4:35 PM
Grew up in Akron just outside of Mogadore. Moved to Marysville after college for a few years, live in Mogadore again.
May 7, 2010 4:35pm
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gibby08

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May 7, 2010 4:49 PM
Born and raised in Marion...

Hope to someday move to Bloomington,Indiana or Daytona Beach
May 7, 2010 4:49pm
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gerb131

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May 8, 2010 1:01 PM
Same county but differerent city.
May 8, 2010 1:01pm