# Has Anyone Hear Lived In The Same City Their Entire Life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406 "2010-05-22T22:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/21 "2010-05-23T22:31:40Z")
Yes, two houses about two blocks from each other. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/22 "2010-05-23T23:02:14Z")
I have lived in Evansville IN my entire life- 50 years next month. 47 of those years have been in the same house. The 3 years that weren’t were in the house next door to this one. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/23 "2010-05-23T23:15:33Z")
Yes. 40 of the last 41 years have been spent living within 50 miles of Denver, Colorado. I am not sure if I am happy about this, but it is a great place to live and I have traveled a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/24 "2010-05-23T23:31:47Z")
> [@turner](#): > > I’m from Chicago, but joined the military so I’ve moved all over, finaly settling in CO, but recently, my grade school class is having a reunion and are coordinating via Facebook. I’m surprised by the number of people I graduated with that are still in the same old neighborhood. I grew up in Delaware, went to college in Baltimore, but even when I graduated college and went back home I knew after a few months that I didn’t want to live there anymore. Like Turner I went into the military (not my first choice, but its a long story) and moved all over. If you look at my recent threads you will see I finally bought a house after 20 active duty years near Ft. Bragg, because I will most likely retire from active duty here in NC. Many of my old friends live in Delaware still, my cousin, only 2 years younger than I am lives in the same house he was raised in. There must be some comfort in that, but personally I don’t see how he can stand it. He has the means to move (he has a loooong commute to work…hw works in friggin’ DC) but doesn’t. He loves the old neighborhood, though its nothinmg like it was when we were kids. I think I’ve seen too much to go back. I can’t live in DE anymore. One reason I joined the army was for travel, and I’ve been lucky I guess. Ihave lived in Europe for half of my 20 in.(not all at once) and it was always a big adventure. Now that I’m getting long in the tooth, I needed to settle somewhere, but I have no desire to live in my hometown anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/25 "2010-05-23T23:59:55Z")
I’m surprised there was even one person that lived in the same city. Now that I’m in my mid 40s I don’t care, but in my 20s I sure loved moving around. And I moved around a lot ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/26 "2010-05-24T00:58:02Z")
My next door neighbour is a teacher who was born in the house, which his parents built. I think he moved out of home only for the last year of teachers college. His first teaching appointment was at the same local primary school he attended himself, and he’s still teaching there. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/27 "2010-05-24T01:07:17Z")
I have always lived in the NY metro area, aside from summers and such. Born here, grew up in the burbs, back to the city for college, am still here. 32 years old. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/28 "2010-05-24T01:26:48Z")
My two younger children (24 and 19) both have. Same house, too. My son posts occasionally Caston folaris (or something like that) is his name. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/29 "2010-05-24T02:12:27Z")
Yes. I’m 42 years old, and live about 6 miles from the house I grew up in. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/30 "2010-05-24T02:34:12Z")
My wife and the majority of her family have been within 5 miles of our house (in a city, not rural) for four generations now. It gives semi-nomadic me the shivers to even think about it so I usually don’t. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/31 "2010-05-24T02:37:09Z")
My wife lived in Schenectady her entire life, though since we married we’ve been about a half-mile outside the city limits. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/32 "2010-05-24T02:51:44Z")
I went to college in Atlanta but otherwise have lived in the same town my whole life. I can see the hospital I was born in from the windows at my job. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/33 "2010-05-24T03:17:48Z")
New York, NY – it’s a hell of a town. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/34 "2010-05-24T03:35:31Z")
The closest I can say is that I’ve lived in New York all my life. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/35 "2010-05-24T04:07:08Z")
My MIL has lived in three houses, all within 300m of each other. We live across the railway tracks, about 1.5km away. She was agitating for us to go and live with her. (This is Japan, I’m married to the eldest son. I’d live with her over my dead body.) I said we couldn’t do that, having just bought a house, but if she wanted, she could come and live with us. She said in utter seriousness, “Oh no! I could never move so far away!” ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/36 "2010-05-24T07:22:12Z")
> [@Shawn\_K\_1](#): > > Yeah but have you lived in the same suburb? Melbourne by itself is pretty big if you count all the suburbs, I have friends that live around Frankston and they say they live in Melbourne and it’s like an hour away if you’re taking the train to the city proper. Fair point. I don’t personally consider Frankston part of Melbourne in any meaningful way. I’ve lived in quite a few different 'burbs, but all inner or middle, nothing all that far from the centre. Mostly around the northern 'burbs, where I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/37 "2010-05-24T11:47:57Z")
Yes - grown up and lived in London my entire life. I don’t consider that to be a limited life though, given how big and diverse London is. I would like to live away from it for a while though, even if I come back. Currently considering emmigrating for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn\_K\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Shawn\_K\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn_K_1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/38 "2010-05-24T12:14:20Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Fair point. I don’t personally consider Frankston part of Melbourne in any meaningful way. I’ve lived in quite a few different 'burbs, but all inner or middle, nothing all that far from the centre. Mostly around the northern 'burbs, where I grew up. That’s cool. I’d love to be back in Melbourne, especially when it’s cold and snowing here. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/39 "2010-05-24T12:21:29Z")
Kinda sorta. I’m a native Houstonian. I’ve lived in several foreign countries: Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, The People’s Republic of Austin (:D), but I keep coming back home. I currently live about 10 miles from where I grew up, in a subdivision that was nothing but cow pasture when I was a senior in high school. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406/40 "2010-05-24T14:42:50Z")
My older sister has lived in the same small town her entire life, she is 61. She has also had the same job since graduating from nursing school a year after high school. We talk a lot and I left at 18 and have travelled all over the world and most of the US, she likes to talk about other places but has never had a desire to leave where she is or work anywhere else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-hear-lived-in-the-same-city-their-entire-life/540406.md?page=3)