# Dopers now based in the USA, but born elsewhere: stand and be counted, please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-now-based-in-the-usa-but-born-elsewhere-stand-and-be-counted-please/368744>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-now-based-in-the-usa-but-born-elsewhere-stand-and-be-counted-please/368744 "2006-08-15T00:43:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-now-based-in-the-usa-but-born-elsewhere-stand-and-be-counted-please/368744/21 "2006-08-15T20:08:49Z")

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\*\*Born: \*\* Saigon (I will _never_ call it Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam.  
**Raised:** Maryland  
**Currently Reside:** Houston, TX

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**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-now-based-in-the-usa-but-born-elsewhere-stand-and-be-counted-please/368744/22 "2006-08-15T20:24:03Z")

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Born: India (Karnataka)

Raised: exactly 1/2 Northern Quebec then 1/2 Massachusetts (right outside of Cambridge)

Based: Los Angeles, CA

Changed my citizenship for the last time in 2002.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-now-based-in-the-usa-but-born-elsewhere-stand-and-be-counted-please/368744/23 "2006-08-15T20:26:26Z")

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Born in Phillore, India.

Raised: Michigan, Tennessee, then NY.

Currently Based: Upstate NY.

I became a citizen in the early 80’s, around age 8 or 9.

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**Author:** ![Danja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@Danja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danja)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-now-based-in-the-usa-but-born-elsewhere-stand-and-be-counted-please/368744/24 "2006-08-15T20:44:53Z")

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Born: St. Petersburg, Russia (then Leningrad, U.S.S.R.)

Raised and live in: Indiana

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**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-now-based-in-the-usa-but-born-elsewhere-stand-and-be-counted-please/368744/25 "2006-08-16T03:52:25Z")

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Born in Erlangen, West Germany. Was 6 years old when family moved to USA. Raised in Indiana and live in Texas. Became US citizen in 1972 while in the US Army.

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**Author:** ![SeaDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SeaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDog)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-now-based-in-the-usa-but-born-elsewhere-stand-and-be-counted-please/368744/26 "2006-08-16T11:59:36Z")

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Born and raised in the Highlands of Scotland. Married my American wife in 2000 and moved to Baltimore MD 5 years ago.  
Going to do the citizenship thing when I have the time to wade through the forms.

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