# Do you live in the same state you were born in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492 "2000-12-14T04:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/1 "2000-12-14T04:40:34Z")
A GQ thread got me thinking about what life would be like if everybody had to remain a resident of the state they were born in. I’ve lived in four different states and I have no desire to move back to the state where I was born (New York), though there are worse places. I’m pretty happy in Maine (but there are probably better places.) Question: Do you live in the same state where you were born? ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/2 "2000-12-14T04:45:03Z")
I was born in the state of Pennsylvania and live in the state of Maryland. I still love my hometown of Philadelphia, though, and would not mind returning there, much as I like it here in Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/3 "2000-12-14T04:45:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophage \* > \*\*A GQ thread got me thinking about what life would be like if everybody had to remain a resident of the state they were born in. I’ve lived in four different states and I have no desire to move back to the state where I was born (New York), though there are worse places. I’m pretty happy in Maine (but there are probably better places.) > > Question: Do you live in the same state where you were born? \*\* Yes. Born in New York, live in New York. Lived in New York all my life (excepting three years as a kid when I lived in New Jersey, which, we all know, is just a suburb of New York anyway.) 🙂 Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/4 "2000-12-14T05:04:44Z")
Born here and live here now (Springfield, IL) , though I lived elsewhere for a few years. I even had my daughter at the same hospital that I was born at - that count for anything? –tygre ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/5 "2000-12-14T05:08:06Z")
I was born in a state of good health. Now, I live in a state of wretchedness. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LifeWillFall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@LifeWillFall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeWillFall)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/6 "2000-12-14T05:29:48Z")
I was born in Penn, my fathers job got moved here to LA about a year after I was born. I love Cali and have no plans on moving any time soon ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/7 "2000-12-14T05:32:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JBirdman12 \* > \*\*I was born in the state of Pennsylvania and live in the state of Maryland. I still love my hometown of Philadelphia, though, and would not mind returning there, much as I like it here in Baltimore. \*\* I echo everything written by the Birdman, except I live in Rockville, MD. And, I’m planning a return to the Philly area in time for the opening of the new Phillies ballpark, whenever that may be. (Pennyslvania’s a commonwealth, btw) ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/8 "2000-12-14T05:34:08Z")
Yep. One of the few native Californians left. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/9 "2000-12-14T05:39:30Z")
Not only do I still live in California, where I was born, but I still live in the same small town I was born in. A lot of my friends are in the same situation. It does happen. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/10 "2000-12-14T05:46:55Z")
Yep. Was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Grew up there, and now live in Columbia, Maryland. Only time I’ve left was for my 4 years of college in Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/11 "2000-12-14T05:50:31Z")
Add another lifelong California resident to the mix. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/12 "2000-12-14T06:02:53Z")
Born and lived all my life in New York (albeit several different parts of the state). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/13 "2000-12-14T06:12:12Z")
Not only do I not live in the same country I was born in, but (using the equator as a boundary) I don’t even live in the same hemisphere. ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/14 "2000-12-14T07:34:34Z")
My family lived in Texas, so, I was born in Texas, don’t blame me, I had no control over the situation. I left there at age 18 and went to school, lived and worked in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Kodiak, Anchorage, San Francisco and Seattle. I call Washington state home. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/15 "2000-12-14T10:03:42Z")
I was an airline brat. Born in Chicago, Ill. 4 yrs later I moved to Tampa, Fla. a mere 10 months later, I moved to Hudson, Wi. 2 yrs later, Atlanta, Ga. 2.5 yrs later, Pittsburgh, Pa. (my favorite!) 3.5 yrs later, Seattle, Wa. 6 months later, Ft. Worth, Tx. I liked it most of the time. But I didn’t want to leave Pittsburgh- I actually vowed to chain myself to a tree in the backyard! ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/16 "2000-12-14T10:30:27Z")
Born in Tennessee, have lived in Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, and currently in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/17 "2000-12-14T10:36:08Z")
Well I was born in Ohio lived there for awhile. Moved to Kentucky for a VERY short amount of time then to Indiana where I have lived for the last 7 1/2 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/18 "2000-12-14T10:49:32Z")
Born in Mass, currently live at school in NY, but I vote and pay taxes and all that good stuff in Mass still, so I’ll say that that’s where I live. It works out to about 5 months in Mass a year and 7 in NY. But when I graduate, it’s back to Mass I go. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/19 "2000-12-14T10:55:29Z")
I was born in Pennsylvania, lived there till I was 19. Then the “endless move” began… October 1992-July 1993 Leeds, England July 1993-September 1994 State College, PA September 1994-July 1995 Toronto, Ontario July 1995-October 1995 Yorktown, IN October 1995-December 2000 Oxford, England And now the “return home”… December 2000-? York, PA ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492/20 "2000-12-14T11:06:12Z")
Nope. Born in Tennessee Maine for college back to Tennessee to another town in Tennessee to yet another town in Tennessee to Mississippi to Georgia After all that, I’ve ended up about 100 miles from where I was born. I really want my next move to be west though, because I’ve never been west. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-the-same-state-you-were-born-in/45492.md?page=2)