Moving, Moving, Moving

I’ve lived in 10 different places in my life. I started out in New Jersey, moved to Connecticut, then to Ohio for college. After Ohio, I moved to South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, Ohio (as an adult), back to Missouri, and then New York.

I spent the most time in Missouri–17 y ears, which is why, I imagine, I look at that as my “home state.”.

Having moved so often, taught me a lot of things about our country and the differences/similarities between areas. But perhaps the most importan...