# How much affinity do you feel towards your town/city of birth?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affinity-do-you-feel-towards-your-town-city-of-birth/973203>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 13, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affinity-do-you-feel-towards-your-town-city-of-birth/973203 "2022-10-13T19:07:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affinity-do-you-feel-towards-your-town-city-of-birth/973203/101 "2022-10-19T20:23:14Z")

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> [@EmilyG](#):
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> I have a lot of love for my city. But I live in the city where I was born. Never lived outside of this island.

IIRC, you were having a problem with potential homelessness. Care to give an update? Or am I thinking of someone else?

I have now lived on the island of Montreal for 54 years, nearly 2/3 of my life and feel a lot of affinity for it.

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affinity-do-you-feel-towards-your-town-city-of-birth/973203/102 "2022-10-29T02:20:43Z")

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Thanks. I’m all right. Moved back in with family, in the suburbs.

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**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-affinity-do-you-feel-towards-your-town-city-of-birth/973203/103 "2022-10-29T04:45:18Z")

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I moved out of my hometown as soon as I was old enough.

I went back to look around 40 years later and couldn’t see that it had improved and doubt I will ever be back.

@EmilyG I am also happy that things sound like they have improved.

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