I was born in Missouri, but I spent my first half of my life (13 years) in Iowa. I don't remember it all that well, except that it was pretty much one big cornfield with some soybeans and pig farms mixed in. And, the winters were cold.
I spent my teenage years in Tennessee, so I sometimes consider myself a Southerner when it suits me, like when I went to college in Utah and had to explain why I sometimes say "y'all" and "might could," despite not having a Southern accent. But, before Utah and after Tennessee, I lived in Taiwan for two years as a missionary.
Now, I'm in grad school in Kentucky (close to home), so now, to most people, I'm a Westerner who lives in the South, despite being from Tennessee. And, my parents just moved to Michigan, so I don't have the direct ties to Tennessee anymore.
I think I'm more likely to identify myself with Mormon culture than with any regional culture (as creepy as they may seem).
-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus)
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