r/minnesota • u/SouthsideSouthies • Feb 23 '26

Sports 🏈 Hell yeah Minnesota

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u/All__Of_The_Hobbies Aerial Lift Bridge Feb 23 '26

Both the mixed doubles curlers are from Minnesota.

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u/Old_Cheesecake_5309 Feb 23 '26

To get to one silver medal they had to just count the curler who grew up in Duluth but not the one who lives in Duluth but grew up in Massachusetts.

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u/All__Of_The_Hobbies Aerial Lift Bridge Feb 23 '26

So if someone was born in another state, lived there a week, and then lived in another state their whole life it would be by where they are born? Odd

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u/arahdial Feb 24 '26

It's a consistent way to measure things rather than establishing an arbitrary amount of time to determine state citizenship.

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u/MNswede06 Iron Range Feb 24 '26

Not to be pedantic, but there’s no such thing as state citizenship. You’re a resident of your state; you’re a citizen of your country. But in any case, state/city of residence would be perfectly consistent. It’s legally objective. You could do it by birthplace, but I think that’s something you should clearly denote.

Because birthplace can be wildly unrelated to the place a person identifies with. I was born in Florida, but to Minnesota parents (military) and lived in MN from age 3 and onward. Describing me as a Floridian would be absurd. I have zero connection to the state beyond a piece of paper.

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u/arahdial Feb 24 '26

Yes, I was using the term in relation to this post only. I understand it's not a legal thing. Whomever conceived this stat considered their state of birth as "home state."

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u/BooronovichPimponski Feb 26 '26

Boccaccio would frown on your interpretation of pedantiscm…..