I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It just so happens that I was born and raised in Washington. Had I been born in Chicago or San Antonio, the streets and places would have figured into whatever I wrote. Just so happens that it's Washington, D.C.
Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.
I have lived in the United States for half of my life, my entire adult life.
For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. My whole orientation is toward this place.
I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do.
I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods.
I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a D.C. suburb. And then I spent my high school years in Minnesota. And then I spent my college years in Colorado. And then I spent some time living in China. And then I spent three years in Vermont before moving down to Nashville.
I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut.
I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.