# How many cities have you lived in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161 "2012-06-14T17:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/121 "2012-06-20T17:42:48Z")
1. Spokane Valley, WA (unincorporated and later incorporated suburb of Spokane) (3 times) 2. Whittier, CA (LA suburb) 3. Citrus Heights, CA (Sacramento suburb) 4. Cupertino, CA (San Jose suburb) 5. Carmichael, CA (Sacramento suburb) 6. Fair Oaks, CA (Sacramento suburb) 7. Seattle, WA 8. Washington, D.C. 9. Walla Walla, WA \* - Sort of. For 3 years in the 90s I lived there part of the week and the rest in Spokane Valley. ---
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/122 "2012-06-20T18:55:07Z")
[ol] [li]Lake Elmore, VT[/li][li]???, LA (I was a baby at the time.)[/li][li]Austin, TX[/li][li]Nirada, MT[/li][li]Jenks, OK[/li][li]Tulsa, OK[/li][li]Stillwater, OK[/li][li]Bamberg, Bayern, DE[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/123 "2012-06-20T19:49:50Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hey, my wife’s family lived in Tonawanda for many years, from probably the 50s onward. We lived near Colvin blvd. my parents had a hair salon in Tonawanda. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/124 "2012-06-21T05:20:26Z")
Just three. In addition to L.A. where I was born and raised, and where I live now, I lived for three years where my undergrad university is located, and in addition spent one year overseas in my school’s EAP. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/125 "2012-07-07T11:59:10Z")
I don’t actually know the answer to this question (the number, I mean) off the top of my head, so this will be a learning experience. Macomb, IL Bloomington, IN Indianapolis, IN Virginia Beach, VA Norfolk, VA Chesapeake, VA Suffolk, VA 1. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/126 "2012-07-07T13:20:53Z")
Johnstown, PA Houston, TX Denver, CO Oxnard, CA Houston, TX again Denver, CO again Johnstown, PA again Paris, France Pottstown, PA Woodlands, TX So, just seven, not counting repeats. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/127 "2012-07-07T13:51:24Z")
Not counting repeats (moved back and forth between a few places over the years), and in no particular order: El Paso, TX Copperas Cove, TX Cedar Hill, TX College Station, TX San Antonio, TX Wichita Falls, TX (not proud of that, but there it was) Monterey, CA Cache, OK Wichita, KS Fussa, Japan Misawa, Japan Gunsan, Republic of Korea Lakewood, WA Sierra Vista, AZ ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/128 "2012-07-07T17:53:13Z")
St. Clair, MN Minneapolis, MN Lived in several different places in Minneapolis, though. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/129 "2012-07-07T17:56:04Z")
Three cities and one rural area. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/130 "2012-07-07T22:26:40Z")
Eight I guess – going by the permanent resident criterion. NYC Buffalo Paris, FR Missoula Portland, OR Seattle, WA Eugene, OR Oregon City, OR Some of you guys have really gotten around. I guess, er, good for you! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161/131 "2012-07-07T23:42:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > In order: > > Juneau, AK > Anchorage, AK > Fairbanks, AK > San Diego > Port Hueneme, CA (more than once) > Da Nang, Vietnam > Adak, AK > Lemoore, CA > Moscow, ID > Camarillo, CA > Misawa, Japan > St. Thomas, USVI > Guatemala City > Agana, Guam > Oak Harbor, WA > Rota, Spain > Yokosuka, Japan > South Weymouth, MA > Washington, DC (more than once) > Frankfurt, Germany > Brussels, Belgium > Lisbon, Portugal > Bamako, Mali > Kampala, Uganda > Portland, OR > > So: 25, I guess. Left out: Cairo, Egypt If you count a month or so as “living”, then I’d add Paris, France; Moscow, USSR; Sofia, Bulgaria; Budapest, Hungary; Prague, CZ; Vienna, Austria; and London. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cities-have-you-lived-in/625161.md?page=6)