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What was the country you were born in?
One of the GCC [1] countries. I am sure none of them give citizenship or even permanent residency to non-citizens born in them. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperation_Council_for_the_Ara...
Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?
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#52I live 15 miles from where I was born (Los Angeles, CA).
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#54I was born in Wales and live currently in England. These are two different countries of the four that form the UK. My personal impression is that within the UK these are not seen so much as different countries but more as different administrative areas within the one country, and from without the UK you'd generally be lucky to find someone who is aware that Wales is a country and the UK is not. Technically I should v…
Although we're 'appy to 'av ya.
:)
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#55I always have a hard time answering the question "Where are you from?" I was born in a country that doesn't give out citizenship (A middle eastern nation). My father, too, was born there. In fact, I need a visa to go visit my own birth country (where my parents still live). I inherited Indian citizenship through my father and his family (I've never lived there), and potentially British citizenship through my mother (…
But, I've lived most of my life just outside Washington DC, USA.
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#57No, but yes. I was born in USSR, but Lithuania gained independence since then. Been living in different countries and even on another side of the globe, but keep coming back.
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#58Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?
#5912:48 GMT. 43 yes, 24 no. I have a feeling that the yes's will greatly outnumber the no's a little later when the U.S. logs in.
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#60Here is my own trajectory so far: nl -> pl -> nl -> us -> nl -> ca -> nl, it looks like I haven't achieved escape velocity just yet.