US Americans, do you identify first as a US citizen, someone from your state, or from your town/city?
US Americans, do you identify first as a US citizen, someone from your state, or from your town/city?
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Generally the closest that's relevant to who's asking. e.g. if the one asking is from the same state, I will say the town. If it's someone from another state, I'll say the state, and from another country, I'll just say the US.
As for identify, I know this sounds pretentious, but generally "human" or "citizen of Earth". I have no control over where I was born, and I'm more concerned with where I'm going in life than where I arbitrarily started. I've also never felt that I need to be proud of a place just because that's where I'm from.
Interesting. Have you ever traveled to a place where people don’t speak English? Not being able to understand what’s happening around you definitely makes you realize you belong somewhere
Have never left the US (mostly due to being poor lol).
That said, I work with a surprisingly diverse group at work (especially given the state I live in), speak somewhere between "vacation" and barely fluent Spanish, and have spent time immersed in other cultures (though still in the US).
As far as language goes, I can generally pick up on that pretty quickly as long as it's Latin-based. It may be very (sometimes very, very) broken when I speak it back, but I can typically at least get my point across and/or follow along and understand the gist of it. I also like the challenge.
I guess my sense of belonging is a pretty flexible is what I'm trying to get at.
I see. If one way you are able to go to a non-English speaking country, let us know how it goes!
Maybe one day when I learn how to take a proper vacation, I'll let you know lol.