I spent 23 years in Ohio, but that is no longer my home. I love LA more than any place on earth. People are allowed to have complex identities & allegiances. If someone loves Columbus and has been there for 10 years, they’re as much a part of the city as I am. And LA has welcomed me like that too.
Prof. Nicole Holliday
it’s actually remarkable how much transplant discourse is literally just “blood and soil” but make it woke
Sam
I would never dare claim NYC if I moved there. I ALSO wouldn't move there.
Same goes for:
The Bay Area (all of it)
Los Angeles
Houston
NoLA
Chicago
DC
Hawaii
You LIVE there but you ain't a local. Locals can tell.
Ari is logged out mentally for good
gatekeeping who can and cannot be a “real New Yorker” is some absolute loser behavior and goes against the very ethos of New York City.
and the cherry on top is that JLo lives in LA now
