# How far away do you live from the spot where you were born? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156 "2005-02-27T17:43:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/21 "2005-02-27T20:24:23Z")
Well, they don’t have one from my state in India, but from New Delhi to Albany it’s 7174 miles. I used to live in Detroit which was 7369 miles. And Nashville TN which was 7836 miles. Whew! **Iceland\_Blue:** 11500-12000 **Idlewild** : 10751 **Mama Tiger** : 9400 are the top three right now. Although I seem to be a clean number 4. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/22 "2005-02-27T20:25:51Z")
Right across the state. I was born in Buffalo, NY, and I’m currently living in Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/23 "2005-02-27T20:32:21Z")
1780 miles from the hospital, 1783 miles from first home (Hwever, hospital and home are about 8 miles apart, I think.) ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/24 "2005-02-27T20:50:57Z")
6715 miles (10806 km) (5835 nautical miles) From South Africa to Antigua… ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/25 "2005-02-27T21:09:15Z")
2150 miles as the crow flies, or 2491 if you wanted to drive it. You’d think I would’ve made more distance in 33 years. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/26 "2005-02-27T21:13:01Z")
I currently live 596 KM (as the crow flies) or 739 km/9 hrs 52 min (driving distance) from where I was born (Saint John, NB). The furthest I’ve lived from where I was born is 2379 km (crow) or 3619 km/35 hours, 13 minutes (driving), in Winnipeg, MB. The furthest I’ve ever been from where I was born is 5371 km, in Barcelona, Spain. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/27 "2005-02-27T21:17:06Z")
There’s no real fixed point, as I’ve been spending time lately at three seperate residences, but they’re all within a few miles of my birthplace, and in the same city. ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/28 "2005-02-27T21:19:22Z")
At home: 6.97 miles At college: 61.35 miles My maximum was a couple years at 4459 miles ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/29 "2005-02-27T21:38:06Z")
108 miles according to that site, but its a 145 mile drive. I’m in college now so that is expected, when I graduate it’ll probably be hundreds of miles away. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/30 "2005-02-27T21:45:14Z")
First 18 years of my life: about 20 miles from the hospital. Currently: About 1700 miles. I’m hoping this summer I’ll be about…3548 miles (Atlantic ocean included) away. The closest I will _ever_ willingly live is about 125 miles (the distance between Philly and D.C.). ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/31 "2005-02-27T21:47:05Z")
I almost had the closest location last time, hopefully I can win this go-round. By mapquest, it’s precisely a half-mile, I live in the same neighborhood as the hospital I was born at, and had my son 22 years later. The hospital’s right next to the middle school my son attends now, although it was a junior high when I went there. Can anyone beat 5 blocks? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/32 "2005-02-27T22:10:05Z")
While I live ~40 mins by car from the house I grew up in, I was _born_ in Los Angeles. Since I now live a mile from the Chesapeake Bay, that’s ~3000 miles away, I guess. (Too lazy to mapquest it.) ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/33 "2005-02-27T22:16:14Z")
8970 Km. Born Westfield, MA; live Tel-Aviv, Israel. And I’m not even in the top five ☹ :eek: Dani ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/34 "2005-02-27T22:32:10Z")
> [@Noone Special](#): > > 8970 Km. For the rest of us Americans and other silly people, this is 5573 miles. I do remember, I once slipped up and told Noone Special that I lived 17,000 miles away from my birthplace instead of 7,000. I mean, it’s just an extra 10,000 miles, right? 😉 And here’s the top 5 so far: **Iceland\_Blue** : 11500-12000 **Idlewild** : 10751 **Mama Tiger** : 9400 **Anaamika:** 7369 **biddee** : 6715 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/35 "2005-02-27T22:37:45Z")
As I noted in this [previous thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258668&highlight=pedometer) I currently live about 720 metres from the hospital where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/36 "2005-02-27T22:47:13Z")
Mapquest says 296.32 miles. Idlewild’s link didn’t even have my birth city, Peterborough, ON, on file. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/37 "2005-02-27T23:24:16Z")
I had to go with the nearest city I could find in my very small home state. My birth city is neither large nor prominent. It does, however, appear that I need to move further away from home - I still have a few thousand miles to go to get as far away as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/38 "2005-02-27T23:37:17Z")
According to how far 2079 miles which I guess is as the crow flies. According to mapquest it’s 2393.87 miles. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/39 "2005-02-27T23:56:15Z")
Roughly 2400 miles. ---
**Author:** ![colour\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@colour\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colour_wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156/40 "2005-02-28T00:54:37Z")
Currently: Toronto-Tokyo (10370km/6444 miles) In April, I’m moving to Melbourne (16255km/10101 miles) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-live-from-the-spot-where-you-were-born/292156.md?page=3)