# How far do you live from where you were born? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 11, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519 "2006-01-11T17:29:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 11, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/1 "2006-01-11T17:29:44Z")
I’m thinking as-the-crow-flies distance…but feel free to spin the answer as your situation/sense of humor requires. From my house to where the hospital used to be (it’s been converted to luxury condos) is **8.9 miles** ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/2 "2006-01-11T17:30:37Z")
Over 7,000 miles. And I am nowhere remotely close to the record-holder, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/3 "2006-01-11T17:38:59Z")
Roughly 565 miles. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/4 "2006-01-11T17:39:18Z")
About 1200 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/5 "2006-01-11T17:44:41Z")
Maybe 3 miles. A couple years ago it would have been about a mile. I’m currently sitting at work, less than a mile from the hospital where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/6 "2006-01-11T17:52:52Z")
~150 miles ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/7 "2006-01-11T17:55:10Z")
2,874.67 miles, give or take a smidge. Thanks, Mapquest! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/8 "2006-01-11T18:00:02Z")
2551 miles as the crow flies, according to [indo.com](http://www.indo.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/9 "2006-01-11T18:06:55Z")
304 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/10 "2006-01-11T18:08:11Z")
About 25 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:** [January 11, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/11 "2006-01-11T18:09:07Z")
As the crow flies, 2515 miles due west, plus 67 years and a very circuitous route in reality. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/12 "2006-01-11T18:19:47Z")
3920 miles… ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/13 "2006-01-11T18:19:52Z")
I’m currently at 130 miles. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/14 "2006-01-11T18:23:36Z")
About 35 miles, on the streets and roads. Now, a crow would circle around for 15 minutes, yelling at his buddies to see if they wanna go along. Then along the way, he’d stop to graze in a McDonald’s lot, and he’d snack on a dead squirrel in the street, and have to fly away every time a car drove by. By the time he finally got to Methodist Hospital, where I was born, he probably would have flown 40 miles or more. It’s hard work, being a crow. No wonder they hang out in the crowbar after work. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/15 "2006-01-11T18:24:38Z")
From here to the hospital where I was born is about a ten-minute bike ride. To where we were living at the time - about fifteen minutes. Do I win? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/16 "2006-01-11T18:25:13Z")
1217.58 miles as the crow _drives_, according to Mapquest. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/17 "2006-01-11T18:27:01Z")
About 5 miles to where the hospital used to be. It’s now back to being a park. I’m still on the same property where I was brought home from there, though. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/18 "2006-01-11T18:28:07Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > It’s hard work, being a crow. No wonder they hang out in the crowbar after work. Eating Dove Bars? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/19 "2006-01-11T18:33:40Z")
I live about 1-1/4 miles from the hospital where I was born. I work right across the street from said hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/20 "2006-01-11T18:33:49Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > From here to the hospital where I was born is about a ten-minute bike ride. To where we were living at the time - about fifteen minutes. > > Do I win? Nope, cuz I’m about the same. But I’ll share with you. What do we win?!? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519.md?page=2)