# How far do you live from your birthplace?(poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567 "2004-05-28T20:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 28, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/1 "2004-05-28T20:07:46Z")
I don’t mean do you still live in the same house, or the same town. I mean the distance in miles from your current residence to the location (hospital, etc.) where you first emerged from your mother’s womb. I just figured out today, using Mapquest, that I currently live about 5.64 miles from the hospital where I was born. My WAG is that this is closer than most people. Please share. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/2 "2004-05-28T20:16:06Z")
Driving distance according to Mapquest: 2893.00 miles At least now I can tell my mom that it isn’t really 3000 miles like she always says… ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/3 "2004-05-28T20:16:27Z")
I was born in Dumas, Texas and I now live in Scranton, Iowa. The distance according to mapquest is 783.83 miles or a almost 15 hour drive. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/4 "2004-05-28T20:17:38Z")
Dearborn, Michigan --\> Philadelphia, PA: 599.1 miles I’m okay with calling it 600. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/5 "2004-05-28T20:19:44Z")
Driving distance from birth hospital to current address, according to Mapquest: **5.31 miles**. As the crow flies: **3.9 miles**. What can I say? I’ve seen most of the country, but I like my hometown, thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/6 "2004-05-28T20:19:46Z")
1792.57 miles from the hospital where I was born to my house, according to Mapquest. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/7 "2004-05-28T20:21:44Z")
Slightly over 72 miles. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/8 "2004-05-28T20:23:48Z")
I was born in the village of Webster, Burnett Country, WI. distance about 2000 mi. from the California desert. I grew up in Cherokee, IA, about 1750 miles. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/9 "2004-05-28T20:24:03Z")
Lone Star (Morris County) Texas to my residence: 168.01 miles. So despite my varied wanderings, I’m not too far from where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/10 "2004-05-28T20:27:06Z")
I was born in Pittsburgh, PA and currently live in Austin, TX. So I live a really far way away from where I fell out of my mom’s crotch. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/11 "2004-05-28T20:30:12Z")
According to [http://www.geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm](http://www.geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm), I’m 4,867 miles from where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/12 "2004-05-28T20:31:31Z")
Per Mapquest, 9.89 miles. However, the hospital I was hatched in is no longer there. I am not sure the newer hospital is on the same site, or what. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/13 "2004-05-28T20:32:01Z")
1980.45 miles or 29 hours in the car. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/14 "2004-05-28T20:32:37Z")
The hospital where I was born no longer exists. Something about “angry mob…flaming torches…pitchforks…”. I never got the whole story. But from where I live now to that hallowed site is \*\*15.6 \*\* miles. Otherwise, what **Hal Briston** said. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/15 "2004-05-28T20:38:29Z")
Right now I live over 1500 miles from the hospital in Glendale, California, where I was born. But for most of my life I’ll estimate that I lived about 20 miles away or less. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/16 "2004-05-28T20:41:19Z")
24 miles, give or take. Mapquest says that takes 37 minutes. Yeah, like I might encounter some traffic on the way there … more like I might meet a car or two. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/17 "2004-05-28T20:42:57Z")
393 miles. Still in sunny California. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/18 "2004-05-28T20:48:43Z")
3828 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/19 "2004-05-28T20:51:33Z")
Distance from the hospital I was born at in Las Vegas, Nevada to my current house in Kansas City, Missouri: **1357.07 miles** ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/20 "2004-05-28T20:52:46Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > 24 miles, give or take. Mapquest says that takes 37 minutes. Yeah, like I might encounter some traffic on the way there … more like I might meet a car or two. Heh…just the opposite here. Mapquest says that 5.31 miles should take 11 minutes. Yeah, right. Maybe at 4 am on a Sunday. Otherwise, try doubling it. Ah well…the price you pay for living “down the shore”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567.md?page=2)