# Distance From Birth **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483 "2000-08-23T19:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/1 "2000-08-23T19:12:22Z")
This is experimental thread. Mostly because I just thought of it in a fit of boredom and I’m not too sure how many other people will be willing to give anything that oozes from my mind a second thought, but here goes. . . How far do you live from where you were born? Which doper has the farthest distance? Which has the shortest? Me - I was born in Buffalo and now reside in San Francisco which gives me somewhere in the 2300 mile range. Et tu? ---
**Author:** ![Havoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Havoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Havoc)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/2 "2000-08-23T19:23:18Z")
As the crow flies, I live about 10km (6 miles) from the hospital where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Sea\_Sloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Sea\_Sloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sea_Sloth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/3 "2000-08-23T19:30:05Z")
I was born in Maine, live in Boston. Only a 2 hr. drive from my parents house in Portland, but more like 5 hrs. from the house I was born in. (I was born at home, not the hospital.) My BF is Australian. That’s almost as far as you can get. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/4 "2000-08-23T19:38:40Z")
I was born in Seoul, S. Korea and now I live in Heidelberg, Germany. It’s about 5350 miles, unless you go the long way around, but I’m not going to figure that out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/5 "2000-08-23T19:42:19Z")
Tatertot, if you’re shooting for the distance title, you better stick with 5350 miles. If we’re counting the long way around I think Havoc will have you beat. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/6 "2000-08-23T19:51:54Z")
Damn that Havoc! Just when I thought there was a title I could easily win… ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/7 "2000-08-23T20:12:03Z")
I was born in Southbridge, MA but now live 30 miles away in Worcester. ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/8 "2000-08-23T20:36:38Z")
Born in New Jersey, now in Denver. It’s about 1800 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/9 "2000-08-23T20:37:58Z")
Born in Bryn Mawr, PA, presently residing in Rockville, MD, about 130-150 miles away. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/10 "2000-08-23T21:31:20Z")
I was born in Honolulu; I now live about 20 miles away, in unlovely Waipahu. ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/11 "2000-08-23T21:35:39Z")
Born in Brooklyn, NY, now I am in Tampa, FL. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/12 "2000-08-23T21:38:10Z")
Born in McMinnville, OR, live in Dallas, OR, which is about 20-30 miles away. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/13 "2000-08-23T21:48:31Z")
I claim the early lead - 5787 miles, according to this: [http://www.indo.com/distance/](http://www.indo.com/distance/) Born in Tokyo, Japan and I now live in Boulder, CO. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/14 "2000-08-23T22:08:50Z")
Born 600 Grant Street, Gary, IN. Now live at my home address, Parker, CO 1040.6 Miles, approximate driving time: 18 hours, 59 minutes _Gotta love that Yahoo map function!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/15 "2000-08-23T22:33:31Z")
5 blocks - .5 mile according to MapQuest. San Francisco, then and now. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/16 "2000-08-23T22:44:43Z")
Gotcha beat. Born in Yokohama, japan; now live in RI. 7590 miles. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/17 "2000-08-23T23:17:31Z")
Distance between Fort Dix, New Jersey, United States and Santa Rosa, California, United States, as the crow flies: 2551 miles ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/18 "2000-08-23T23:22:29Z")
About 1.5 miles. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/19 "2000-08-23T23:43:01Z")
From Whittier, California to East Brunswick, New Jersey: 2421 miles/3897 km/2104 nautical miles (according to the [indo.com](http://indo.com) link) ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483/20 "2000-08-23T23:57:23Z")
Hey Black12, I was also born in Maine (Portland) and now live outside of Boston. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distance-from-birth/30483.md?page=2)