# How far are you from anywhere?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-anywhere/774531>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 12, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-anywhere/774531 "2016-12-12T17:13:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-anywhere/774531/41 "2016-12-19T01:09:27Z")

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A circle reaching DC would reach neither the county seat nor the state capital. One reaching the state capital would also reach DC and Virginia. A circle extending from my home town in Tennessee to Memphis would reach a whopping buttload of states (close to 20).

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-anywhere/774531/42 "2016-12-19T01:30:46Z")

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Within 10 miles of my home address, I hit a number of cities (one major, the rest suburbs) 3 other counties. Also the State Capitol and Stone Mountain, but not Hartsfield-Jackson airport. Within 5 miles, also multiple cities, and 2 other counties.

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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-anywhere/774531/43 "2016-12-19T01:40:38Z")

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I don’t really understand the circles, but I live 10 miles north of Anchorage, AK.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-anywhere/774531/44 "2016-12-19T03:56:30Z")

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From here it’s 35 miles to the Virginia Beach oceanfront, 192 miles to Washington, D.C., 690 miles to my dad’s hometown in Florida, 710 miles to my old hometown of Indianapolis, 2,470 miles to my sister’s hometown in Nevada, and 5,190 miles away from the coldest city on Earth: Oymyakon, Russia.

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