Identity?

How long does one need to stay in a place to develop an identity?

The development of an identity is fully dependent upon the person who will be forming the identity. A person could live in one location for their entire life and never fully discover who they are. Then there are the people who move around so much, that they are never given the opportunity to discover who they are. However there are certain cases where individuals have taken what they have seen from their experiences in past locations and melded them together to form an identity. Therefore, the length of stay in one location is not the only determinant when creating an identity. One must consider how the person utilizes their surroundings and learns from others when in that location. The environment in which one lives is like paint and the person is like canvas. No identity is the same because each individual takes their own perceptions and experiences from their environment and uses it to create their identity.