Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Can you estimate the character of a man only by where he/she was born?

On my way home, an elderly man who was standing next to me read newspaper.
Then, I glanced at the newspaper and found the article written about affinity between an actor and an actress.
The problem is that it was judged by which prefectures they were born.


In Japan, some people believe in superstition that one's character can be decided by the prefecture one was born.


Since Meiji era, more and more people have moved over the border of prefectures.
Now, no adult in Japan has never passed across the border of prefectures.
Moreover, there are some prefectures whose inhabitants mainly consist of commuters to other prefectures.


In such an era, how can we define the character of inhabitants by their prefecture?