Chosen Hometowns What does it matter, where one's hometown is? At a personal level, it is a familiar place you can return to, that lovingly stores your formative memories like a backup hard drive, that reminds you of who you were and are and what the difference is.
Stop Blowhard Syndrome Expressing a reasonable amount of doubt and concern about a situation that is slightly outside my comfort zone is normal, responsible behavior. I don’t think it should be pathologized alongside the very real problem of “impostor syndrome”.