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Colorado used to have a requirement that to have a "Pioneer" plate you had to prove residency. But, that was changed somewhere in the recent past once the Californians moved in.


My experience, having lived in college or resort towns most of my life is that you are never a local, unless you were born there. There's a pecking order. From family genealogy and a history in the town, to being born there, to transplanting 50 years ago.... etc. etc..

A plus is actually moving somewhere and immersing yourself in the local economy and working there. And surviving the weather and economic ups and downs. In other words, don't move somewhere and the prevailing pay rate is minimum wage and yet you expect $100 per hour for pumping gas...

It is funny though, my parents built their house back in Illinois in 1966 where we all grew up. The house has been long sold, and yet it's still referred to as the "Carr house."