How close do you live to your birthplace?

Born in New York state (Long Island), went to college upstate and stayed.

18.7 miles from the hospital where I was born to where I live today. Odd. I didn’t think it was that close.

According to the Great Circle Mapper, the airport in the city in which I was born is just over 600 miles from the airport in the city in which I now reside.

I was born in Pennsylvania, and now live and work in California. Not one person in our office of about 20 people was born in California.

Interestingly, at the moment no one picked “same continent”. I do know some people who were born in Canada and now live in the U.S.

Five miles, give or take.

Born in New York, live in Panama.

I’ve lived further away. For three years I lived in New Zealand.

My mother, however, lives in the same house she was born in 80 years ago. And I was born in the hospital one block away.

I was born in Long Beach, CA and now live in Los Angeles, about 20 miles away. But what’s way, way weirder is that the apartment I now live in is just a few blocks from the cemetery where my ancestors are buried-- the oldest being my great-great-great grandfather, born pre-Civil War. Pretty rare for Southern California.

Born in Montebello, CA (suburb of Los Angeles).

Currently living in Saitama, Japan (north of Tokyo).

Roughly about 5500 miles away.

I was born in Auburn WA, and have lived 1448 miles away for the last 40 years. :slight_smile:

Born in Hong Kong, living in Minneapolis: 7482 miles as the crow flies.

There needs to be something in between “same state” and “same country”. I’m living in a different state from where I was born, but not by all that much. Ok, by a fairly lengthy drive that might mean another country in Europe, but it’s still only the next state over.

Lima, Ohio -> Detroit Metro area

Same neighborhood. My parents still live down the street.

There are 4 other households in the neighborhood where the owners grew up here too. That I know of. Not bad, 5 out out of 65 houses owned by people who love it here so much that they settled here for good.

Yet, in 31 years, we’ve never had a block party.

I live 4 blocks from the house I grew up in, and both are one mile from the doctor’s office I was born in.
My second son was born in the same hospital my wife was born in, but in a different city!
Seems two adjoining cities made a land swap and the hospital became part of the second city.

I’m on the opposite side of the planet.

I now live 1,586 miles from the hospital in which I was born. Crosby, MN to greater Seattle area.

I live in the same state, but given that I now live at the other end of California than where I started, it’s pretty far.

Born in California, live in China. I could get further away, but I’d have to work at it!

Same country. But it’s a small country.

I was born in Jerusalem and now live in Tel Aviv. With no traffic on Route 1 and without breaking the speed limit, we’re talking a 45 minute drive.

For my permanent residence rather than my college apartment, 5.9 miles, but I’ll be moving out of state this year.