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What do you answer when someone inquires where you are from?

That is an ambiguous question. I was born and raised in Houston, but I moved away from there my senior year in high school to Austin. I told people I was from Austin while I was in the service. I was stationed in San Francisco and Virginia during my tenure. I did not know whether I should articulate I am from Houston, Austin, San Francisco or Norfolk whenever I took a road trip and the civilians asked that same query. Further, I lived in New York and Philadelphia when I was a teenager. I was uncertain whether I should tell people I hail from Houston, Philadelphia, or Long Island while on voyages. I like to travel a lot as the reader can tell. I moved away from Austin two years ago to attend school in San Marcos down the road. I still live there, yet I have great difficulty discerning the most plausible answer regarding where I am from. The most failproof response I can give others is “all over.” What is everyone’s idea of the most sensible reply?

When people ask you that they aren’t looking for an entire autobiography, (many people move around a lot, incl me) they are referring to where you were born/raised, so in your case, Houston would be appropriate, so you say “Originally from Houston.”.

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