My old man was born in Guildford.
He had never been to a game, was a 'Spurs fan' but had been to 1 or 2 games max. He moved to Brighton after Uni, and when I was 5 or 6 and first went (on tickets we won in a raffle) it was also his first Brighton game. It was the first season at Withdean. Kept...
Never had patronising replies.
However, whenever somebody asks me where i'm from at Uni, the standard response is "Lucky you, I love Brighton". Either way, I was born in Brighton and plan to carry on living here for the considerable future.