I'm from the States. I started learning Spanish very early, but nothing more than present-tense and basics. Took a couple of years in high school, then took an accelerated course in college, two years in two semesters, and became semi-fluent. I have enough* to survive and joke around.
*I used to say that I speak enough, but the only time I ever use that phrase is when I'm speaking in Spanish, and they say "have enough" of a language.
I think a better title for the thread, especially for those whose first language isn't English, would have been "Where you from?"
(That was hilarious to me. It is all love, no offense intended. I've traveled so much in Latin America I hear it all the time, and I've noticed other non-English speaking natives say it, too. I love it. And I know from experience it takes balls to reach out and make the effort to communicate in a foreign language, so it's not all love, there's plenty of respect in there, too.)