# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/81 "2015-04-23T23:12:20Z")
Dad was in the air force and we were posted to Australia for a year and I now live in Atlantic Canada. 10,543 miles between Canberra Australia and Moncton, New Brunswick. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/82 "2015-04-24T09:42:05Z")
5,848 miles, between Lincoln in England and Guangzhou in China. Somehow that’s almost 300 miles farther than the 5,562 miles from Lincoln to Gwangju, Korea, where I lived the year before. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/83 "2015-04-24T09:56:02Z")
6440 km or 3995 miles between Karachi Pakistan and Swindon, UK ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/84 "2015-04-24T10:43:26Z")
A little under 7000 miles, from where my father was posted fifty years ago (air force, again) to where I lived when we got back; Singapore and the west of England respectively. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/85 "2015-04-24T13:49:28Z")
Longest: **11,700 miles**. I was born in Saigon, Vietnam and I lived in Guayaquil, Ecuador for two years. I think I might win; it’s hard to get much farther than that with major cities. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/86 "2015-04-25T00:16:38Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I moved from my hometown in West Texas to northern Thailand when I was in my 20s, but while I enjoyed living in the North, I can’t say I ever thought of it as “home.” But Bangkok is definitely “home” to me now, so that’s west Texas to Bangkok. Plus I also came to think of Honolulu as home during my years there, as I did Albuquerque. So my four “homes” in my adult life have been West Texas, Albuquerque, Hawaii and Bangkok. I just did look up the distance between West Texas and Bangkok, and it’s 8900 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/87 "2015-04-25T12:34:04Z")
11,683 miles: Wellington NZ to London UK. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/88 "2015-04-25T12:58:19Z")
My biggest stretch was ~1300 miles between Cleveland and Miami. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/89 "2015-04-26T02:04:11Z")
Exactly 70 miles, from where I grew up in rural southern Minnesota to my furthest-north college apartment in Minneapolis. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/90 "2015-04-26T02:31:58Z")
The Bronx, New York, to Wellington, New Zealand: 8,943 miles. ---
**Author:** ![jezzaOZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@jezzaOZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jezzaOZ)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/91 "2015-04-26T02:49:32Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Longest: **11,700 miles**. I was born in Saigon, Vietnam and I lived in Guayaquil, Ecuador for two years. I think I might win; it’s hard to get much farther than that with major cities. Actually it’s 11692 miles airport to airport great circle. That’s easily beaten by Perth Western Australia to Bermuda - airport to airport at 12,389 miles compared to the theoretical maximum of 12,451 miles. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/92 "2015-04-26T03:02:56Z")
5,493 miles. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/93 "2015-04-26T03:14:15Z")
I have always lived within about a thirty minute walk from Warren Buffet… ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/94 "2015-04-27T05:07:12Z")
9916 miles (15,945 km) , Buenos Aires to Kuala Lumpur with the Houston to KL move shortly behind at 9893 miles, mid you the distance form the house to the airport could send it either way. Lifetime total for moving home , 55,133 miles (88,728km) and still probably have a few more to add to that. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/95 "2015-04-27T06:31:49Z")
11,323 miles (18,222km) Prague, Czech Republic Wellington, New Zealand ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/96 "2015-04-27T06:38:19Z")
11,647 miles Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany Wellington, New Zealand (This is actually 324 miles further than Prague, despite Prague being further north). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/97 "2015-05-01T01:32:56Z")
I was born in San Jose, CA, but only lived there for 3 months. I’ve lived the rest of my life in suburban Chicago, Green Bay WI, and Madison WI. (This also means that, other than those three months in San Jose, I’ve always lived within 80 miles of the western shore of Lake Michigan. 🙂 ) According to Google Maps, the longest distance is from San Jose to Green Bay: 2251 miles. ---
**Author:** ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/98 "2015-05-04T13:40:46Z")
Although I’ve never traveled outside the continental US, I have managed to live in many places, thanks in part to my father’s Navy career. My husband also has never been shy about relocating when the job market made doing so a good idea. As a child - Washington, DC to Port Hueneme, CA - 2700 miles As an adult - Austin to Chicago - 1122 miles I know neither distance is anywhere near many of the distances posted, but we made the moves and did the best we could. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215/99 "2015-05-04T13:45:34Z")
1990’s - New York (Long Island) to Melbourne - 10,353 miles 2010’s - New York to St. Petersburg - 4277 miles [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215.md?page=4)