# How far do you live from where you grew up? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 29, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633 "2006-09-29T17:50:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/21 "2006-09-29T19:04:09Z")
1100 miles. Columbus, Ohio to Dallas, TX ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/22 "2006-09-29T19:12:57Z")
At age 59 I’m living about 8 miles from where I was born. My older sister and younger brother live across the street from each other within 1/2 mile of where we were born. One of my sons and his family live 500 feet away from me. The other son and family is in Maryland - some 670 miles away. Bummer ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/23 "2006-09-29T19:30:51Z")
From elementary school era home: 2503 miles From Jr High era home: 2514 miles From High school era home: 2988 miles ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/24 "2006-09-29T19:50:33Z")
About 40000 Kilometers, that’s kind of the long way around tho. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SeaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/25 "2006-09-29T19:51:55Z")
Born and grew up in the Highlands of Scotland Live in Baltimore MD About 2500 miles I think ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/26 "2006-09-29T20:22:49Z")
Live in OKC, OK now. Born in a little town on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Parts of my childhood were spent in East Texas, in L.A., CA, in Denver, Padukah, KY, Milwalke, WS, in semi-rural Gulf Coast Texas, San Fransisco, Houston, rural Louisianna… We moved a lot. Even as an adult, I continued that way of life for a while. Moving to where the work was, or where the good times were. Back to Colorado, to Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Washington, Missouri, Indiana, Georgia, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, California, and Texas again. I’ve been here for about 14 yrs now. Looks like I’ll probably stay. Some family is here, the rest is in Colorado. No family in Texas anymore. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/27 "2006-09-29T20:23:49Z")
Every place where I have lived (and there are several) are within an hour’s or so drive from one another, in the same metropolitan area (Sacramento County). No precise milage figures, as there isn’t one central point to give. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/28 "2006-09-29T20:36:48Z")
Born in D.C. and raised in a D.C. suburb (Montgomery County, MD), I now live on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia (about 1.5 hours from Sydney). Approximately 9800 miles. We’re moving home, though, in another month (yay!). We’ll be in Raleigh, NC. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/29 "2006-09-29T21:00:08Z")
I grew up in Long Island, went to school in Rhode Island, moved back to LI for a year, then I’ve lived in 3 places in NJ, finally ending up about 85 miles from where I’ve started. I’ve lived in 3 states, each of which have had 2 word names. And eventually will be moving to a fourth 🙂 NY RI NJ NH ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/30 "2006-09-29T22:00:07Z")
I live on the same geographic location where I spent the first 6 years and most summers and vacations of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/31 "2006-09-30T00:06:37Z")
I live in the Boston area as well but I grew up on the Texas-Louisiana border. I moved here about 10 years ago. The distance is about 1800 miles. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/32 "2006-09-30T00:30:37Z")
I live about 60 miles from where I lived in early childhood, and a bit under 30 miles from where I lived as an older child and teenager. The city I lived in from ages 18-20 is 110+ miles from here, however. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/33 "2006-09-30T00:43:38Z")
[QUOTE=SeaDog] Born and grew up in the Highlands of Scotland Live in Baltimore MD About 2500 miles I think [/QUOTE] I am also in Baltimore, MD (County), and 2500 miles or so from where I grew up in Alberta, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/34 "2006-09-30T00:47:59Z")
They tore down the hospital where I was born (angry mob, torches, pitchforks, the whole thing) but I can still drive by the site within 20 minutes of leaving home. There was a period where I moved to Alaska, but it didn’t take. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/35 "2006-09-30T01:24:07Z")
Approximately 15 feet. I wasn’t allowed upstairs here as a kid, because my brother and sister’s rooms were up here, and I wasn’t allowed in their rooms. But I **was** gone for many, many years. I am quite literally the sandwich generation…my son is in the next room, and my elderly mother is in the room right below me. I love being back in my neighborhood (except for the OCD-Pyscho bitch who lives next door) and my yard and all that, but I hate this living situation. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/36 "2006-09-30T01:45:56Z")
333.38 miles, according to MapQuest – I grew up in North Olmsted, OH, a suburb of Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/37 "2006-09-30T02:34:12Z")
I will forever live & work in SW Ohio. 🙂☹🙂☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/38 "2006-09-30T04:29:47Z")
I live three blocks from the house I grew up in. I don’t know why, but it kind of makes me sad. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/39 "2006-09-30T04:36:09Z")
2817 miles ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633/40 "2006-09-30T05:05:20Z")
I live about 1200 miles due south from where I grew up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-grew-up/374633.md?page=3)