You have to be born here to be a native (or be born to two native parents who were temporarily out of state but moved back), but if you grew up here and went to school here, then clearly you have the culture, understanding, and heart to be an Idahoan. Adults who move here take a much longer time to make the transition, depending on where they came from. E.g., a Montanan can the transformation pretty quickly. metropolitan Californian or New Yorker - probably take 15-20 years. And that is with annual renewal of their hunting license. When they start voting Republican, it moves them forward quite a bit as well. I may have to write a book about this/OfCoffee.

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