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Of those Americans who have lived in more than one place, 38% say that they do not consider their current community to be home. Americans who have lived in multiple communities have a wide range of definitions of what \u201chome\u201d means. About a quarter say it\u2019s the place they were born or raised, while about one-in-five say it\u2019s where they live now and another one-in-five say it\u2019s where they have lived the longest. Also, some 15% say it\u2019s where their family is from. Just 4% say it\u2019s where they went to high school. However, for a lot of U.S.-born adults \u2014 nearly four-in-ten \u2014 there is no reason to be conflicted about where home is: They never moved from the communities where they were born. Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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