# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/61 "2006-01-12T02:48:21Z")
Toledo, OH to Sparks, NV—2140 miles ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/62 "2006-01-12T03:02:42Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > I am only 42 miles from the hospital in the Bronx where I was born. (as the Swallow flies of course). > > 58.6 by car. > > Jim Is that an African or European Swallow? ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/63 "2006-01-12T03:04:06Z")
313 Miles. Dayton, Ohio (current) to Logan Square Neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois (home). ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/64 "2006-01-12T03:07:06Z")
Knoxville TN, to Dallas TX, 853 miles ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/65 "2006-01-12T03:20:27Z")
> [@the raindog](#): > > Is that an African or European Swallow? Why, I’m not sure, Aaaah!!! ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/66 "2006-01-12T07:53:22Z")
5382 miles (from birthplace in Purley, Surrey, England), according to Google Earth. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/67 "2006-01-12T08:18:48Z")
Born: Montebello, CA, USA Reside: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan Distance: 5496 miles (8844 km) (4776 nautical miles) ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/68 "2006-01-12T08:20:55Z")
6898 miles (11101 km), according to [indo.com](http://indo.com). ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/69 "2006-01-12T08:23:00Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > How far from where I was born do I live? 17.5 miles. It was the nearest _protestant_ hospital! Your hospital had a religion? ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/70 "2006-01-12T10:24:21Z")
I’m about 5 minutes away from the hospital where I wa born. It’s just up the highway from the town I live in now. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/71 "2006-01-12T10:42:05Z")
8.81 miles from the hospital\* where I was born, as calculated by the AA route planner web page. I have lived further away than this in times past. \*The hospital doesn’t exist any more; they demolished it shortly afterwards, although not just because I was born there, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/72 "2006-01-12T10:59:29Z")
Well, I spend more than half my time at work which is 7932.48 (google earth) miles from the hospital where I was born, but I really don’t consider that my home. My home is only 421.76 miles away. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/73 "2006-01-12T13:15:42Z")
9.14 miles from current home to the hospital. This, is only because I boomeranged. I’ve lived as far away as New Orleans from Seattle, but I always seem to end up in the most beautiful place on earth. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/74 "2006-01-12T13:43:08Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Your hospital had a religion? In our area, you went to the catholic hospital if you were catholic, and the protestant hospital if you weren’t. The protestant hospital was more protestant by default, in that it _wasn’t_ the catholic one run by and staffed by nuns. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/75 "2006-01-12T13:53:00Z")
24.39 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/76 "2006-01-12T14:30:12Z")
Since this is basically a poll, I’ll move it to [**In My Humble Opinion**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=12) for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/77 "2006-01-12T14:45:49Z")
I still live about 5.64 miles from the hospital where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/78 "2006-01-12T14:49:24Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > About 20,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles, give or take a mile or two. Wow! Where would that be, the Moon? Mars? The Oort Cloud? How’s the weather up there? According to MapQuest, my current home is 98.59 miles from the house where I grew up. My parents still live in that area (although not in that house, alas), as do both my sisters, and we visit pretty often. It’s not far. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/79 "2006-01-12T14:50:58Z")
243 miles or 391 kilometers. Wouldn’t make a bartender blink. ---
**Author:** ![GWVet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@GWVet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GWVet)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519/80 "2006-01-12T14:53:25Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’m thinking as-the-crow-flies distance…but feel free to spin the answer as your situation/sense of humor requires. 1550.2 Road miles, taking the shortest route. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-where-you-were-born/339519.md?page=5)