Do you live in your nation of origin?

[Tovaslavia]

No, I live across the world from Russia. I can't go back either, because I will get drafted into the army. It's against my morals to use violence, so I really don't plan on joining the army any time soon.

[Zirconim]

Yes, I have lived in both Pennsylvania and Florida, US, and currently reside in both, for personal and professional reasons. I have, however, been to various other countries, but none for more than a month. At some point in my life I plan on living in Ireland and Scandinavia.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Currently, no. Hopefully in the next few years I move back there with my husband.

[Spice999]

Yes, I was born in England and I've never even moved house.

[BigTexas]

Born in Texas, raised in Texas, work in Texas, love in Texas.
Love the heat.

Except my heritage originates from Germany. Well, some of it, the rest comes from my Indian side.

[Kleomentia]

Good and bad. The politics/economy and all that stuff suck. The nature, the villages and the people are nice. Though i am fairly disappointed in our how we mistreat our cities. Some parts(in downtown) look awful.

Serbian cities not nice? Okay, Belgrade wasn't that beautiful, but Novi Sad is just gorgeous(and it was winter when I visited... it's probably even more beautiful in spring or summer). I haven't seen any other city besides those two though. And I happily agree about the people

YES, i was mostly talking about Belgrade. But Novi Sad is beautiful. Which i facepalmed over the first time i was there. ITZ ZE CAPITAL CITY DAMMIT, MAKE IT BUTIFUL!

[Proloteriat]

Ive never moved futher than down the road on my same street and I was a baby then. I was born in Britain and Ive lived in Britain all my life. I'll probably die in Britain.

[The United Colonies of Earth]

Yeah. Born in Sacramento, California; moved to Maryland, then to Toledo, OH and now I live in Sylvania, a suburb of Toledo.

[Djang]

Yeah, I've lived in England my whole life (the north-east for most of it).

[Helcasia]

No. I live in the United Kingdom...

[Meridiani Planum]

Simple: do you live in the country you were born in?

No, I was born in America, but I currently live in Sweden.

[Laerod]

Nope. Ich war bin in Deutschland geboren.

Fix'd

[The Empire Of The Lonely Chickens]

Yep, frozen my ass off in Minnesota my whole life

[Djang]

No. I live in the United Kingdom...

Where were you born?

[Enfaru]

England => Wales. Does that imply another country o.O I've lived all over England from Lincolnshire to Devon and almost every county in between XD

[Ad Nihilo]

Oh wow... This is surprisingly spot on still...

I'm TCK..

Third culture kid (TCK, 3CK) is a term coined in the early 1950s by American sociologist and anthropologist Ruth Hill Useem "to refer to the children who accompany their parents into another society".[1] Other terms, such as trans-culture kid or Global Nomad are also used by some.

It would be typical for a TCK to say that he is a citizen of a country, but with nothing beyond his passport to define that identification for him. Such children usually find it difficult to answer the question, "Where are you from?" Compared to their peers who have lived their entire lives in a single culture, TCKs have a globalized culture. yes

Sociopsychology
90% feel "out of sync" with their peers.[19] generally yes
90% report feeling as if they understand other people and cultural groups better than the average [home country] American.[20] yes
80% believe they can get along with anybody, and they often do, due to their sociocultural adaptability.[20] I think I can, but usually choose not to
Divorce rates among TCKs are lower than the general population, but TCKs marry at an older age (25+).[21][22] not married yet, but I'm not getting there in a hurry
More welcoming of others into their community.[18] yes
Lack a sense of "where home is", but are often nationalistic.[18][20] yes, and not really

Cognitive and emotional development
Teenage TCKs are more mature than non-TCKs, but in their twenties take longer than their peers to focus their aims.[19] yes
Depression is comparatively prevalent among TCKs.[19] yes
TCKs' sense of identity and well-being is directly and negatively affected by repatriation.[23] somewhat, yes
TCKs are highly linguistically adept I would like to think so

Like all children, TCKs may experience stress and even grief from the relocation experience.[25][26] yes

Education and career
TCKs are 4 times as likely as non-TCKs to earn a bachelor's degree (81% vs 21%)[27] getting one now
40% earn an advanced degree (as compared to 5% of the non-TCK population.)[21] doing one after graduating
45% of TCKs attended three universities before attaining a degree.[21] two, but that's still more than average
44% earned undergraduate degree after the age of 22.[21] yes
Education, medicine, business management, self-employment, and highly-skilled positions are the most common professions for TCKs.[21]
TCKs are unlikely to work for big business, government, or follow their parents' career choices. "One won't find many TCKs in large corporations. Nor are there many in government ... they have not followed in parental footsteps".[21] yes

I've only lived about 7 years in the country I was born in, the first 3 and then some school.

I live in the UK nowadays.

[Kederran]

Yes, I live south of the Mason-Dixon.

[Auttumn]

born in america raised in america

[Kleomentia]

born in america raised in america

Which state?

[Chemaki]

Oh, gosh. I was just flicking through the thread, and I read the TCK stuff, and I need to reply. I was born in Romania in 1992, but I moved to the UK in 1996 as an asylum seeker with my mother. I'm more or less integrated with UK culture, but I don't think of myself as English at all, or, really Romanian, either.

Sociopsychology
90% feel "out of sync" with their peers. Pretty much.
90% report feeling as if they understand other people and cultural groups better than the average Brit. Of course.
80% believe they can get along with anybody, and they often do, due to their sociocultural adaptability. Yes again, and I get on well with pretty much everyone I meet.
Divorce rates among TCKs are lower than the general population, but TCKs marry at an older age (25+). No plans on getting married at all.
More welcoming of others into their community. Yup. There's a thriving Eastern European community in my town and there are a lot of Polish workers that come here to work.
Lack a sense of "where home is", but are often nationalistic.[18][20] Read my mind. I don't think of myself as Romanian, but I love Romania and I'm really patriotic about it. When I go abroad, or talk to people in America, I then get really patriotic about the UK too.

Cognitive and emotional development
Teenage TCKs are more mature than non-TCKs, but in their twenties take longer than their peers to focus their aims. I'm more mature, but I've focused my aims for a long time.
Depression is comparatively prevalent among TCKs. Yeah. I have very heavy depression and a borderline personality.
TCKs' sense of identity and well-being is directly and negatively affected by repatriation. Yes. Definitely.
TCKs are highly linguistically adept. I pick new languages up easily, but I don't usually master them, since I haven't got much interest in moving to a non-English speaking country (even I only know a smattering of Romanian).

Like all children, TCKs may experience stress and even grief from the relocation experience. Not really. It was a new experience, and I was too young back then to really know what was going on.

Education and career
TCKs are 4 times as likely as non-TCKs to earn a bachelor's degree (81% vs 21%)[27] Not at that level yet, but planning to get a Master's in chemical engineering.
40% earn an advanced degree (as compared to 5% of the non-TCK population.)[21] Mhm. Planning to do a postgrad at Cali Tech in the US.
45% of TCKs attended three universities before attaining a degree.[21] Probably gonna go to two.
44% earned undergraduate degree after the age of 22. That's what I'm aiming for.
Education, medicine, business management, self-employment, and highly-skilled positions are the most common professions for TCKs. Looking to become an engineer, so yeah.
TCKs are unlikely to work for big business, government, or follow their parents' career choices. "One won't find many TCKs in large corporations. Nor are there many in government ... they have not followed in parental footsteps". I haven't followed in my parental footsteps, but my grandparents and uncle were/are all engineers. As for working for governments and big companies, I'll probably end up doing that, though.

[Zwitterjiund]

Born in England, live in England, hopefully gona die here too. I would never live in another country for more than a year.

[Zilania (Ancient)]

I was born in London, lived there for five years. I then moved to Pakistan, where my parents are from, because London was expensive. Also, there were better jobs in Karachi. I've been living in Karachi ever since. It's an awful place.

[Risottia]

Simple: do you live in the country you were born in?

Officially yes. Same city also.

[Ertae]

Born in Chicagoland, and have lived here all my life. We're moving about 30 minutes west. I've only been as far west as Little Rock, AR, as far east as Washington DC, as far south as Fort Lauderdale, FL, and as far north as Minneapolis, MN.

A rather sheltered life.

[Thesan]

Born in Como, "far" northern Italy, actually live 20 km from Como, hope to move to Copenhagen or Aalborg because I'm sick of italian corruption and bad government.