And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I came to America from Sweden, Mother and I, we went to Chicago where our relatives lived.
I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.
I am the grandson of immigrants from Japan who went to America, boldly going to a strange new world, seeking new opportunities. My mother was born in Sacramento, California. My father was a San Franciscan. They met and married in Los Angeles, and I was born there.
I grew up in Chicago, IL. I've got three siblings.
I was born in Chicago, then I spent most of my youth in Joliet, Illinois which is about thirty minutes south, and I went to a military academy for high school in Wisconsin. Then I went to college, on a basketball scholarship to a small school in Iowa, so I'm like Mr. Midwest.
While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able.
I'm actually from a small town about an hour and a half south of Chicago.
I was born and raised in Detroit.
I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston.