# How far do you live from the place you were born? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959 "2020-08-13T03:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/61 "2020-08-13T22:38:35Z")
~590 miles as the crow flies. ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/62 "2020-08-13T22:52:59Z")
Maybe a 100 miles. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/63 "2020-08-13T23:03:38Z")
I had to look it up on Google Maps, but I knew it was close: I live 650 metres from the (former) hospital I was born in, in a little village that then had the nearest hospital to the village my parents lived in and I was brought up. I moved around a bit in my life in the vicinity, never farther than 15 km, and somehow landed at this place 12 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/65 "2020-08-14T02:03:26Z")
I had to do the math. I hope I’m not here in 100 years. Life now i s bad enough. ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/66 "2020-08-14T02:31:05Z")
Live somewhere else and born in Nowhere USA. 315 miles by automobile. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/67 "2020-08-14T02:44:33Z")
Google maps says a little over 8 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/68 "2020-08-14T02:50:17Z")
325.8 miles is the shortest driving distance given between Cleveland, Ohio, where I was born in 1959, and Lafayette, Indiana, where I now reside. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/69 "2020-08-14T16:05:58Z")
Lafayette, IN to Aptos CA. 2298 miles ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/70 "2020-08-14T16:12:35Z")
According to Google Maps, 288 miles from my door to the hospital I was born at (Methodist Hospital in San Antonio). ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/71 "2020-08-14T16:14:35Z")
About 350 miles. I spent the first half of my life within 50 miles of my birthplace and the last half (to date) 350-500 miles from it. ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/72 "2020-08-14T16:15:49Z")
750 meters (less than half a mile) from the hospital where I was born, which is in the next suburb over from my home. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/73 "2020-08-14T16:37:39Z")
453 driving miles from San Jose to La Jolla via I-5 (but 519 miles by my preferred route via 101 and Malibu) 405 miles ATCF ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/74 "2020-08-14T16:42:55Z")
Similar situation as me. Now I am 4.7 miles away from where I was born, but lived as far as almost 5000 miles from there (when I lived in Hungary for 5 1/2 years.) ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/75 "2020-08-14T16:49:16Z")
Born in New Orleans and now I live on the Northshore which is about 30 miles away. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/76 "2020-08-14T16:49:28Z")
Maybe some time when I have free time I’ll list all the distances and try to plot a chart of average distances. Me: 137 miles according to the shortest distance on Google Maps. The furthest away I ever lived was just under 500 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/77 "2020-08-14T16:52:04Z")
Juneau, Alaska to Portland, OR: about 1,000 miles as the crow flies and 1500 by road. When I lived in Uganda, it was over 8,000 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/78 "2020-08-14T17:05:19Z")
Around 450 miles , born in NJ , now in NC ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/79 "2020-08-14T17:07:55Z")
2349 miles, as the crow flies. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/80 "2020-08-14T17:26:17Z")
About 50 miles. Born on the south side of Chicago, now live in a far western suburb. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959/81 "2020-08-14T17:57:38Z")
Looks like I’m not the record, but I’m pretty close. 1.9 miles by road. By crow, it’d of course be a little less, but not by much: It’s a pretty straight route. My childhood home is a few blocks further. The hospital itself is closed now, so I instead got directions to the library across the street. Which has nearly as much claim to being my “childhood home” as the house itself does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-the-place-you-were-born/917959.md?page=5)