
The Oracle Reveals
The Accidental Local
“You Came and Couldn't Leave”
Your Essence
Came for a weekend, stayed for a lifetime
Converts with evangelical zeal
Learned the hard way
Chose this chaos deliberately
More local than some locals
You came here for something else—a job, a visit, a wedding, a wrong turn—and the city grabbed you by the soul and wouldn't let go. Now you can't imagine living anywhere else. You've paid your dues: survived your first August, learned to parallel park on Esplanade, figured out which festivals to avoid and which to never miss. The natives can tell you weren't born here, but they also know you've earned your place. You chose this beautiful disaster, and you'd choose it again.