What constitutes having lived in a place?

Question

as opposed to just "staying" there?

I have two main questions that should both be taken into account for your answer:

1. How long does one have to "stay" in a place in order for them to have lived there?

2. Under what conditions is this "stay" considered living there? [as in having owned property (house or apartment), renting a place, dorming, staying with a family (unrelated to you), staying with family (related to you), having no official residency (official or otherwise), etc...]

Both these, the duration and the conditions of ones visit/living, should be taken into account in your answer.

And I do not want a response having to do with legal and beaurocratic formalities. I want to know what the actual human mind has to say on the matter.

Answer 1

I'll offer an opinion.

To me, you would need to live in place long enough to feel the personal compunction to voluntarily change some of your personal identification data, such as your driver's license or your car registration, to the state where you are residing.

This compunction would be elicited by an inner need, rather than a bureaucratic mandate.

When you feel that you have made a transition to this new place, you will tend to want to change your identification data.