# Farthest distance between places you've lived? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 21, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215 "2015-04-21T19:10:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/21 "2015-04-21T21:28:15Z")
San Diego (where I was born and where I was stationed in the Navy for 2 years) to where I am now - 2683 miles. I’m not counting the 6 months in Sicily, since that was just a deployment. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/22 "2015-04-21T21:29:07Z")
Realistically, about 1.5 iles (as anyone who knows their Metric prefixes can tell you, 1 ile = 1000 miles) as the magpie flies, or 1.7 iles by road, from Bozeman, MT to Cleveland, OH. I can stretch that out to 1.8 iles / 2.1 iles by counting Villanova, PA, where I went to undergrad, but I never really considered that “home”, despite living there 8 months out of the year for four years. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/23 "2015-04-21T21:30:29Z")
10,400 from California to small town South Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/24 "2015-04-21T21:32:48Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > 13,612 KM 8458 Miles > > Clark AFB in the Philippines where I lived as a kid to NYC, where I live now. I don’t think you’re me, I’ll double check. I make it 8,520 miles from Manila, where I lived as a kid, to NYC (I actually live on Long Island, but the nearest airport is in the City). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/25 "2015-04-21T21:38:17Z")
2,610 miles, between San Diego and Wahiawa HI. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/26 "2015-04-21T21:39:47Z")
Born in Chicago, in 1949 (ought to be a blues lyric …) … Oxford, Miss. and Palmer, Alaska have both been home to me = 3,179 mi. Palmer to where I live now is 3,306 miles! I’m really crankin’ 'em up 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/27 "2015-04-21T22:03:04Z")
I’ve only lived in the US, but I get 3,220 ish from Orono, ME to San Diego. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/28 "2015-04-21T22:03:29Z")
Two virtually identical distances top my list: Geelong, Australia to London, England: 10,505 miles Geelong, Australia to Amherst, Massachusetts, 10,497 miles. If I measure from the actual street addresses, it gets even closer, 10,503 miles vs 10,500 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/29 "2015-04-21T22:07:48Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/30 "2015-04-21T22:17:04Z")
Counting a deployment since I had no other “home” at the time - 4,984 miles Not counting that just shy of 700 miles ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/31 "2015-04-21T22:23:28Z")
From my birth-through-college metro area to where I live now is 2650 miles. 2973 miles is the greatest separation between any two places I’ve lived for more than a year. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/32 "2015-04-21T22:45:24Z")
Around 13,300 km (~8,250 miles) from San Diego, where I’ve lived most of my life to Ho Chi Minh City, where I lived from 2003-2005 and 2008-2009. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/33 "2015-04-21T22:48:30Z")
Buggiba, Malta to Pereira, Colombia. About 6,041 miles between the airports. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/34 "2015-04-21T23:30:32Z")
Auckland, New Zealand to London, UK - 11,388 miles. I’m winning so far. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/35 "2015-04-21T23:47:41Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > Two virtually identical distances top my list: > > Geelong, Australia to Amherst, Massachusetts, 10,497 miles. Damn near the same - Melbourne to Northampton, Massachusetts is 10,433 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/36 "2015-04-21T23:53:41Z")
“45.5 miles (In current traffic: 1 hour 32 mins)” according to Google Maps. I think that earns me the silver medal for smallest distance. Possibly increased to 2,700 miles in the not-too-distant future, though. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/37 "2015-04-22T00:00:43Z")
Bound to be some doper who’s lived in the South Island of New Zealand and Ireland or Scotland. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/38 "2015-04-22T00:10:51Z")
Only 8113 miles for me, Bendigo Australia to Santa Clara California. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/39 "2015-04-22T00:19:55Z")
4,800 miles Albany, GA, to Villefranche-sur-Mer, France ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/40 "2015-04-22T00:23:43Z")
Currently about 5,600 miles from the last place in the US I lived. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215.md?page=3)