My first 9 years had a N Bflo address- near Tonawanda. In '76 we moved out to 14221, just before those prices went up and Buffalo totally crashed.
And now, it’s the other way around. Real estate prices in the city are rising, while those in the 'burbs are flat.
Black Rock is now starting to experience an influx of hipsters. Black Rock. Who would have thought …
Depends on how you count. I’ve lived in DC and in three different DC suburbs; is that one city, or four?
11 or 14, depending.
I’ll list them, then count up the total:
Chicago, IL (infant)
Clarendon Hills, IL (child/elementary school)
Hinsdale, IL ( Jr High & HS)
Beverly, MA (College)
Boston, MA (Summer between school)
Evanston, IL (University)
Chicago, IL (Married)
Oxford, MS (Married then Divorced)
Memphis, TN (Single)
Anchorage, AK (Single)
Palmer, AK (Single then Married)
Belfast, ME (Married)
That’s 12 (counting Chicago twice). Feels like more, sometimes … but then I’ve been fortunate to travel to many faraway places which had huge impact on my memory …
One, unless you count NYC boroughs as separate, and college as a “permanent” address. Under those rules, four. But I’ve moved something like 14 times until finally settling down in a small suburban town.
Sixteen. I’m not counting multiple addresses in the same city, but I am counting military training centers where I stayed for six months or more, and one six-month stint in a shipyard.
- Garden Grove, CA
- Santa Paula, CA
- Camarillo, CA
- Redondo Beach, CA
- Torrance, CA
- Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
- San Diego, CA
- Great Lakes, IL
- Orlando, FL
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Pearl Harbor, HI
- Aiea, HI
- Bremerton/Bangor, WA
- Westminster, CA
- Costa Mesa, CA
- Anaheim, CA
I’m not counting the two-to-six week training stints in Norman, OK, either.
I have had lived at addresses with five different cities or towns. Two residences weren’t inside the city or town limits, however.
One thing I found odd when I moved to south Georgia was that people seemed to care what county they live in. If you ask someone where they live and they’re from south Georgia, they’re as likely to tell you the county name rather than the name of the city in their mailing address. People in central IN know which county they live in (maybe) but will tell you the city name if asked where they live.
Bainbridge, Maryland
Portland, Maine
Strawberry Point, Iowa
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Anne Arbor, Michigan
Emporia, Kansas
El Paso, `Texas
Bamberg, Germany
Crailsheim, Germany
Ozark, Alabama
Hammond, Louisiana
Mount Hermon, Louisiana
And I bought a house and am done moving.
Three.
San Diego 14 yrs
La Mesa (SD suburb) 6 yrs
San Diego again 35 yrs
Moscow, Idaho 7 yrs
Chicago
San Mateo, CA
Mountain View, CA
San Bruno, CA
Cleveland, TN
Addison, AL
Lincoln, NE
Dallas, OR
Salem, OR
Tuscaloosa, AL
Anchorage, Alaska
I’m not sure if the next two qualify as cities, but…
Soldotna, Alaska (sympathy appreciated :D)
Nikiski, Alaska (sympathy GREATLY appreciated)
Palmer, Alaska (no, I don’t know Sarah Palin).
Corsicana, Texas
Moore Park, California
Ventura, California
Maple Valley, WA
Seattle (including Renton), WA
Maple Valley, WA
Hell’s bells. I, too, went to Maple East and Casey, and hit all those high points. Depending on how old you are, we probably know some of the same people. Ah, childhood, when loads of snow meant building forts and throwing snowballs, and not backbreaking labor.
Shamelessly snooping in your profile… I graduated WEHS in 1985, so not quite same age! Actually, it was so long ago that when I went to Maple East it was just Maple Elementary, since Maple West had just been built. I used to walk to Maple East and Clearfield we lived so close.
Bourne MA
Panama city FL
Petersburg VA
Staunton VA
Wellsburg WV
Springfield IL
Decatur IL
San Diego CA
Great Lakes IL
Norfolk VA
2 yrs NO CITY, CGN 38 underway
Lake of the Ozarks MO
Manchester MO
Tusla OK
Fairmont City IL
St Louis MO
Carbondale IL
Makanda IL
Collinsville IL
University City MO
Born at Otis AFB??
You Know it…1960
Same here, 1960.
Funny note, my brother was born one year earlier in the exact same room… and his place of birth in Sandwich. Guess the base divvied up the births to nearby towns for census purposes.
Hey, my wife’s family lived in Tonawanda for many years, from probably the 50s onward.
I’m sure Palmer disassociates itself from Wasilla, so you’re safe there. Jebus: Nikiski AND Soldotna? Could have been worse, though; you could have been in Bethel.