# How far are you from your birthplace right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687 "2007-02-26T04:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 26, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/1 "2007-02-26T04:25:33Z")
Pretty self-explanatory. A poll of no significance. You can use Google Maps or Mapquest to figure it out. As I write this, I am 252 miles (406 kilometers) from the place where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/2 "2007-02-26T04:29:13Z")
About 5 or so miles. Same city, different suburb. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/3 "2007-02-26T04:29:19Z")
I am sitting 15.7 miles from the hospital I was born in. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/4 "2007-02-26T04:31:12Z")
About 45 miles or so. I’ve never lived more than 60 miles from my birthplace. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/5 "2007-02-26T04:34:47Z")
Roughly 15 miles. Soon, about 1,267 miles. (Road miles, not straight line.) ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/6 "2007-02-26T04:34:56Z")
Almost 23 miles, slightly less as the crow flies. Born in Boulder (“explains a lot”, people usually say) ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/7 "2007-02-26T04:42:11Z")
From The Ohio State University Medical Center to my home in Seattle: 2,420 miles. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/8 "2007-02-26T04:56:51Z")
About 2500 miles, i’ve been much further and a bit closer, but since the age of 17 (51 years ago), I’ve never lived closer than about 500 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/9 "2007-02-26T04:59:17Z")
Father: Orleans, France -\> Boston, MA: 3452 miles Mother: El Paso, TX -\> Boston, MA: 2068 miles Me: Boston, MA -\> Tokyo, Japan: 6722 miles We’re a family of travelers. ---
**Author:** ![gatorman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@gatorman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/10 "2007-02-26T05:08:09Z")
4829 miles or 7771 km Sao Paulo, Brazil --\> Boston, MA ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/11 "2007-02-26T05:11:32Z")
169.49 miles from Bettendorf Iowa to Schaumburg Illinois as the crow flies, but I’ve lived in California and Oregon between, so I’ve been farther. It’s really just coincidance. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/12 "2007-02-26T05:15:48Z")
3200 miles from where I am now to where was born. 4900 miles from where I live now to where I was born (in almost totally the other direction) ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/13 "2007-02-26T05:19:23Z")
230 miles from Charleston, WV ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/14 "2007-02-26T05:19:24Z")
I’m 64.3 miles from the hospital I was born in. When I’m at home (I’m at college right now), it’s 9.9 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/15 "2007-02-26T05:20:22Z")
Exactly 7.6 miles from my front door to the hospital where I was born. Sadly this hospital has run out of funding and will be closing soon:( ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/16 "2007-02-26T05:23:15Z")
5810 miles, give or take. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/17 "2007-02-26T05:26:43Z")
40.3 driving miles. About 1/2 that by the crow’s path, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/18 "2007-02-26T05:27:19Z")
1185 miles from Hamilton, ON to Tallahassee, FL. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/19 "2007-02-26T05:30:51Z")
215 miles from Kilauea. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/20 "2007-02-26T05:39:51Z")
I was born in a hospital that, according to MapQuest, is 1.66 miles from the house in which I now live. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687.md?page=2)