# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/21 "2004-05-28T20:57:13Z")
251.45 miles. Susan ---
**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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/22 "2004-05-28T21:08:07Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > 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”. You and me both, pal. For all practical purposes, the 5.64 mile drive from my home to my birthplace is a 20 minute drive. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/23 "2004-05-28T21:10:14Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > the location… where you first emerged from your mother’s womb. You mean some people had to go back and do it again? :eek: So now, a fun little puzzle for you Dopers. You all know my current location, since it’s visible up in the corner there. So what I’m going to do is give you the distance from my birthplace _and_ from my current place of residence for various locations in which I’ve lived since I was born. You have to name the places - town and state for inside the US, city and country for outside the US. Distance from birthplace to current residence: 425.2 miles Distances (birthplace first, current residence second) The town I grew up in: 68 miles, 457 miles The town I lived in after high school: 3823 miles, 3630 miles The town I first went to college in: 1098 miles, 906 miles The second town I went to college in: 428 miles, 3 miles The city I stayed in while at college: 4119 miles, 4475 miles ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/24 "2004-05-28T21:11:03Z")
The hospital where I was born is now a Mental Health Center. Suddenly, my life makes sense. 110.3 miles (Birmingham to Montgomery) ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/25 "2004-05-28T21:12:07Z")
Currently, I live in Woodland Hills, CA, and was born in Oklahoma City, which means I am 1,346 miles away from my place of birth. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/26 "2004-05-28T21:17:20Z")
Born in the old Women & Infants in Providence, RI. Raised in Cumberland, RI. Currently reside in Providence, RI, about 3-5 miles from the hospital I was born in. Most of my life (save for college/a short move to CA) I’ve lived within 7-10 miles of where I was born. This is Rhode Island though, where there are people who have probably never ever left the state. It’s a very small place. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/27 "2004-05-28T21:19:26Z")
From Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio (assuming it’s the same location as it was in nineteen-ahem) to my address in Seattle: 2427.82 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/28 "2004-05-28T21:20:20Z")
I’m in northern CA and grew up in upstate NY. Mapquest says I’m 2942.36 miles from where I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/29 "2004-05-28T21:36:28Z")
According to Yahoo Maps, I live exactly 8.0 miles from the hospital where I was born. However, in a strange quirk of fate, I work only 1.2 miles from that hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/30 "2004-05-28T21:41:42Z")
Phoenix to the Lou is 1267 miles. Seems like forever away some days. _sigh_ Feels like I’ll never catch another Cardinals game again. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/31 "2004-05-28T21:44:17Z")
46 miles now. The furthest I’ve ever lived from my actual birthplace is 52 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/32 "2004-05-28T22:02:30Z")
According to Mapquest: Total Est. Distance: 35.27 miles The nut doesn’t fall far from the tree, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Aitara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aitara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aitara)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/33 "2004-05-28T22:09:15Z")
From the hospital in Denver to my house its 1266.26 miles. ---
**Author:** ![MinniePurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@MinniePurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinniePurl)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/34 "2004-05-28T22:10:58Z")
5103 miles. ---
**Author:** ![chattywine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/35 "2004-05-28T22:20:54Z")
6036 miles, that would be 5907 as the crow flies then 129 as the Italian drives. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/36 "2004-05-28T22:36:52Z")
So far I win the distance award: From my birthplace (Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India) to where I live now (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA), 9,581 miles or 15,417 kilometers. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/37 "2004-05-28T22:41:32Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > I mean the distance in miles from your current residence to the location (hospital, etc.) where you first emerged from your mother’s womb. Mapquest tells me I’d take about six hours to drive 374.37 miles to my birthplace, which is Deaconess Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/38 "2004-05-28T22:42:00Z")
300 miles from Geneva, NY to Haverhill, MA ---
**Author:** ![counsel\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@counsel\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/counsel_wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/39 "2004-05-28T22:44:14Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > 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. Mapquest doesn’t cover my part of the world, but for what it’s worth, I can walk to the site of the hospital where I was born in just about 40 minutes, so call it 2.5 miles or so, it’d be less if they demolished a housing estate or two. I work within a mile of the place. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567/40 "2004-05-28T22:59:30Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > The hospital where I was born is now a Mental Health Center. Suddenly, my life makes sense. > > 110.3 miles (Birmingham to Montgomery) The hospital in which I was born no longer has an OB area. The floor that held the defunct OB unit became a locked down unit for the metally unstable. I share your epiphany. 🙂 It has since been renovated and is now vacant. The hospital is 9.45 miles from my current home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-your-birthplace-poll/247567.md?page=3)