Go as far as you want. Just don’t act like the block that raised you doesn’t exist.

Going far is the point, and pretending you appeared out of nowhere is a strange tax to pay for it. The people and the place you came from are part of how you got here, including the parts you were in a hurry to leave. Editing them out does not make you look bigger, it just means maintaining a version of yourself that needs constant upkeep. Everybody back there clocks it immediately.

Go wherever you want and leave the door open behind you. Say where you are from without decorating it. Go back sometimes when nothing is being celebrated.