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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Lost in Transition
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
At a recent gathering of co-workers I asked, how long do I have to live here before I’m considered a Georgia Peach? They said no matter how long I live here I will always be a northern transplant. But I don’t feel like I’m northern or southern.
There is a group that throws parties and if you have a northern ID you get in for free. Well, I don’t have anything to show my northerness unless you count the Jersey drive attitude. I don’t have a northern accent and I don’t have a N.J. driver’s license.
It’s like I want to hold on to my northerness but Georgia is clearly my home. I work here, I have a home here, I pay taxes here, I vote here. How many years can I live here yet still claim New Jersey? When I meet people I’ll say I live on the Eastside but I’m from New Jersey. Will there ever come a time where I’ll only claim Georgia and not New Jersey?
So, I’m lost in transistion. Home will always be home, but I can’t continue to claim a place that I haven’t lived in for over six years. I know I’m not the only transplant feeling this way. How did y’all handle moving and settling here? Or are you still dealing with it? I’ve heard it doesn’t matter where you from but where you at … but here in Atlanta, it does seem to matter where you are from.
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