To All the Places I've Lived Before

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My dad served in the U.S. Navy for 23 years, and so, growing up we moved around quite a lot even though my mom and dad divorced when I was around 14 years old. I also spent four years in the Navy myself, stationed aboard the USS Enterprise, an aircraft carrier, between 1992-1996. It makes telling someone where you are from a rather complicated answer. But considering most of the years in one place to date were spent in Wisconsin, and I have deep ties in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is usually where I ultimately say I am from. I have lived in at least one place twice and listed these in chronological order. Born: Stratford, New Jersey Jacksonville, Florida Milwaukee, Wisconsin Iron Mountain, Michigan Green Bay, Wisconsin Chula Vista, California San Diego, California Collinsville, Illinois Edwardsville, Illinois Glen Carbon, Illinois Meridian, Mississippi Newport News, Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Milwaukee, Wisconsin West Allis, Wisconsin Currently back in southern Illinois since 2014 Most people I talk to pretty much stay very close to where they were born and haven't moved around much. Where are all the places you have lived? Where do you say you are "from?"