Changing accent when you move to somewhere else

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00Do people's accents usually change after they move to a different area, state, country? If they usually don't change, is it possible that it happens for some people?02br
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00Examples of what I mean:02br
00A man, 50 years old, who has always lived in Texas, moves to Chicago. Will he still have the same southern accent when he is 70?02br
00A guy, 30 years old, who has always lived in California, moves to Texas. Will he still have the same Californian accent when he is 45? What about when he's 60?02br
00A guy, 20 years old, who has always lived in California, moves to London. Will he still talk with an American accent when he's 40?02br
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00And so on. Those are just examples of what I mean by changing accent. From what I see (the situation here in Italy), people only change their accent if they want to and they are willing to change it. Now you will be wondering why this question is important and why I'm interested in this. Here's the answer:02br
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00Why am I interested in this?02br
00I started to think about this some time ago, when I thought: 01i00"I'm learning American English, I studied some stuff about accent reduction because I'm trying to sound like Americans, I always only listen to American English on the radio... but what if one day I have to move to the UK instead? Or to Australia? I'll be immersed in a variety of English that has always sounded kind of odd to me... will I switch to that accent?"02i02br
00I think I would be the kind of person that would change their accent. I don't think if I lived in the UK, after 10 years of "non-tapped t's" everywhere, I would keep tapping t's. But that just my opinion, now I'd like to hear yours. Every opinion will be appreciated (maybe 05000)02br
00Thanks in advance 051010id511id1