# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/81 "2007-02-27T01:14:55Z")
350 driving miles from the (former) hospital on Cleveland’s East Side to my front door. ---
**Author:** ![giant\_freakin\_marine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@giant\_freakin\_marine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/giant_freakin_marine)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/82 "2007-02-27T01:15:47Z")
2285, give or take. Never been closer than 1200 miles since I got out of the service ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/83 "2007-02-27T02:01:43Z")
About 25 miles. Kind of a homebody I guess. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/84 "2007-02-27T04:33:16Z")
[QUOTE=1920s Style “Death Ray”] 8854 miles = 14249 km 8401 miles = 13520 km So most likely there was a typo somewhere, either from you or the website, that changed 13519 to 15519. [/QUOTE] It’s showing 13,519 kilometers now, so the mistake must have been mine. I guess I’m turning dyslexic. ☹ But I’m 8401 miles from where I was born and 8854 miles from where I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/85 "2007-02-27T05:02:19Z")
I’m about 250 miles from Lansing MI where I was born. I’ve lived briefly in Berlin and Mexico City, but otherwise it’s been about 50% East Lansing and 50% Columbus. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/86 "2007-02-27T18:55:19Z")
2846 miles. Started in Trenton, NJ, am now in Woodlake, CA. 86.24 miles per year. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/87 "2007-02-27T19:07:03Z")
About five miles from the home I grew up in and about seven miles from the hospital where I was born. I am at work right now. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/88 "2007-02-27T19:12:55Z")
According to Google Maps, 18.8 (driving) miles from the hospital in Brooklyn that I was born in to my current residence in Queens. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/89 "2007-02-27T19:17:18Z")
Born in Chicago, living in Honolulu 4,250 miles I should add, I was a military brat, so my “roots” aren’t really Chicago. I lived all over the place (K-6 in a different schools _each year_, 3 different high schools). I came to Hawaii as a military dependent, and decided to come back after school. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/90 "2007-02-27T19:33:05Z")
About three inches. What?!?! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/91 "2007-02-27T19:35:25Z")
Fern Forest: > [@](#): > > 215 miles from Kilauea. You were actually born on the volcano? Or is there a town of that name nearby? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/92 "2007-02-27T20:16:24Z")
3858 miles. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/93 "2007-02-27T21:17:39Z")
Birthplace is 961 driving miles away. House I grew up in: 1,079 miles ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/94 "2007-02-28T06:33:56Z")
5,156 miles. Born and raised in California. ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/95 "2007-02-28T07:20:19Z")
Ninety-five miles from the San Francisco hospital where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![jamus\_se](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jamus\_se](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jamus_se)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/96 "2007-02-28T08:39:03Z")
from Hong Kong, China to Southern California, a whooping 7250 miles. Actual flying distance is around 8000 miles via direct flight IIRC, flights tend to avoid flying over the middle of the pacific and stay close to land. EDIT: doh, I spoke too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Nymphadora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/aeb1de/32.png) [@Nymphadora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymphadora)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/97 "2007-02-28T11:55:26Z")
Geez, now I feel like Homer, I live in an apartment complex fifty metres from the hospital in which I was born. Though I must say at times I’ve lived in excess of 3000km from said hospital. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/98 "2007-02-28T17:48:32Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Fern Forest: You were actually born on the volcano? Or is there a town of that name nearby? [/QUOTE] Kilauea is a name from Hawaiian mythology. The volcano was named such, but there’s also a pretty little town called Kilauea on the North Shore of the island of Kauai. I’m betting that’s where the poster is from. (The town near the Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island is called Volcano.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/99 "2007-02-28T19:29:47Z")
Here’s a funny coinkydink: I was born in Honolulu, now live in eastern Colorado. My youngest son was born in eastern Colorado, now lives in Honolulu. We are both exactly the same distance from our birthplaces. Hmmm! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687/100 "2007-02-28T19:41:49Z")
I’m in the same town, about 14 miles from where the hospital used to be and about 6 miles from where it relocated to. I have, however, been on the other side of the world from it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-you-from-your-birthplace-right-now/393687.md?page=6)