We moved from Chicago when I was two years old and I remember literally nothing about it. Whatever residual affection I might have for it comes from vacationing there as an adult and the fact that my two sons both ended up moving there.
We left my city of birth when I was about a year old, so I know nothing about it And have few feelings about it. However, I do feel a lot of affinity for the place I lived in for the the next 20 or so years.
I was born in a smallish town in North Carolina, not far from Charlotte. No, I don’t have much affinity towards the town itself, nor do I have any particular desire to return. None of my friends or family live there anymore. And it seems to be pretty much Trump central now. Politically I never really fit in there; it was always a pretty conservative area, and I’m not.
There are certain aspects of the culture I miss – North Carolina barbecue, Calabash style seafood, Krispy Kreeme doughnuts, Cheerwine… ok, I miss the food.
Affinity? Very little. Nostalgia? Some. But the farmland is housing and strip malls now, the old school is too; you can’t even get there from here the way I came any more.Parents dead, the old house is long gone, no one there I would go to see, apart from parents’ gravesite, and so maybe sadness more than nostalgia?
Grew up in a South 'burb touching Chicago, lived at school for high school, far west 'burb and Chicago for college. Moved back several times to the 'burb and every time it only got worse, economically and politically. I finally escaped to NWI and probably for the first time in my life I don’t consider myself a “Chicagoan”. I now live in Da Region. I do love the city, spent most of my weekends in my 20’s carousing throughout Chicago. Bears fan, Cubs hater, bandwagon Bulls and Blackhawks fan.
I was born and grew up in a suburb of Toronto (“Tranna”) which has seen been amalgamated into a new City of Toronto along with the 4 other surrounding cities, so I’ve effectively lived her my entire life with the exception of 4 years at university.
I’m very much a Torontonian and a Canadian, much less so an Ontarian. Can’t imagine living anywhere else long term.
I was born in and spent the first 25+ years of my life in Philadelphia, Central High, BA and PhD from Penn and yes I feel a strong affinity, although I haven’t been back in at least five years. The only relative there I still have contact with is my sister and she lives way out on the main line. Once upon a time, I would have been overjoyed to move back, but it has gone downhill a lot. The population is only 3/4 of what it was in 1950, the year I started HS.
I like to listen to the streaming feed from a radio station there while I work.
Their weather, except snow, is usually ours in a couple of days.
Sometimes I listen to emergency feeds from the area.
I lived in NY (Queens) from birth until I left for college, and though I’ve never lived there since or intend to move back, I’ll always be a New Yorker in exile. This despite I’ve liked most of the places I’ve lived.
I’m another who feels no affinity because my parents moved away when I was still a baby. (My father was stationed in the army at the time). I have no ties to the area I was born and have never been back there.
None. We moved when I was six.
None. We left when I was young. I feel affinity for places I chose, not those where I was raised.
None. I never lived in the city I was born, and we moved out of the state when I was 5. My second home became my home town.
None. My dad was in the Air Force based in Topeka, KS when I was born.
My wife and I drove through a few years ago, meh.
I was in the USAF stationed in Topeka, KS at Forbes AFB from 1971 to 1973!
I was born there in 1964.
Almost none. Moved as a wee one and can’t really say I"ve ever lived there. However, a kind Doper sent me a photo of the house I came home to from the hospital, and that was kinda cool. Thanks again. They know who they are…
There is a Mexican place that has the best Fajitas I’ve ever had. And the little Air Museum there has a plane that intrigues me.
Born in L.A. and intend to retire / expire there. I’ve now spent more years in Floriduh than I did in CA, but I’ve always considered myself a Californian and damned lucky to have been raised there.
I’m a huge “homer.” I was born and raised in the same city where I’ve always lived. Bought a house in my parents’ neighborhood when I was 25. Elected to my city council at age 38. Love the city, love and support the school district (even tho I don’t have kids). I’ll die here.
Cleveland is my “big city identity” even though we’re an “outer ring suburb.” I’m just as close to Cleveland as to Akron, so I am down for both cities. All of my sports allegiances are for Cleveland, and Ohio State.
I love Northeast Ohio as a whole. Except for some of the politics, which tend to be more favorable to “my side” in my area but there’s plenty of “the other side” even up here. Much of the rest of the state can fuck off 
As you should be.