# How many different addresses have you had? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326 "2010-08-05T20:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [August 6, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/41 "2010-08-06T00:30:03Z")
I’m 41. 2 with parents (0-13, 13-24) Rented a house for one year when TheKid was born (with her dad) Rented an apartment in a fourplex for three years Moved to the country, rented an apartment for another two years Came back to the cities, bought a condo for three years Bought my sister’s house, where I live now, almost seven years ago Other than my two years in the country, I have never lived more than 5 miles away from my parents. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/42 "2010-08-06T00:33:24Z")
I’m 52 and I’ve lived in nine locations, seven of which have been in the same town I live in now. There were two apartments that my parents rented before they bought their home when I was two. Lived there 20+ years, through college. Places #4 through #8 were apartments of my own until I was married. My wife and I bought our house (two streets over from the family homestead) around 12 years ago. Roughly 25 miles away from here is the greatest distance I’ve been from my hometown. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/43 "2010-08-06T00:38:16Z")
I lived in the same home from birth to age 17. Between age 17 and 23, I’ve counted a little over 40 different living situations, if you count periods of homelessness as well as addresses. Between age 23 and now (age 42), I have moved to 11 different addresses. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/44 "2010-08-06T00:43:41Z")
Seven. I lived in three houses as a child (though only one from age five on), three apartments in Schenectady, and then the house I’ve been living in for 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/45 "2010-08-06T00:58:51Z")
Four. One growing up (and my mom still lives there), one for undergrad (I lived in several different dorms, but mail was delivered to PO boxes in the middle of campus), one for just a couple of months right after I moved out here, before I’d found a more permanent place to stay, and then here for the past mumblety-mumble years. Of those, I’d only count the first and the last as “permanent addresses”. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/46 "2010-08-06T01:35:06Z")
17 in 34 years. I figured the number would be higher than that due to all of the moves associated with college/grad school/postdoc, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/47 "2010-08-06T01:44:01Z")
How many _addresses_? I counted about 25, but some of those are in the same city, and I also counted places I lived short term (4-6 months), so it’s a bit inflated. I’m 29. ---
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/48 "2010-08-06T02:35:55Z")
Not counting 3 years at college. 24 years in the house I was born in. 6 months in first apatrment. 6 montrhs in a triplex when first married. 1 year in duplex after move to San Jose. 3 years in our first house 33 years in our present house. Lets see that is 6 in 62 years. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/49 "2010-08-06T02:48:39Z")
Stayed 18 years in the house my parents had since they got married. Then 6 different places in college (5 dorms, 1 house), 2 different places in grad school, 2 apartments with my husband, and finally this house for about 10 years now, reaching age 40. So that’s 12 if I’m adding right. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/50 "2010-08-06T02:48:55Z")
15, if you count the summer I did an internship in Seattle. I also did a one-month internship in Little Rock, but never had any mail sent there or anything, so I’m not counting that. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/51 "2010-08-06T02:57:31Z")
23 different addresses, near as I can figure. I’m in my mid-50’s. Most have been in the western U.S., with a couple stints in Asia and 4 years in the midwest. Except for the midwest and some short overseas jaunts, my wife has never lived more than a few miles from I-5. ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/52 "2010-08-06T03:04:50Z")
Counting only places that I received mail, 39. Longest was nine years, shortest was two months, all over the country. I’ve been in my current house for 2.5 years and, while I thought it might be the last move before my sister and I end up in the Home For Old Ladies, I think there may be one more move in the near (two years-ish) future. My sister, on the other hand, has been in the same house for more than 30 years. I can hardly imagine roots that deep. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/53 "2010-08-06T03:36:05Z")
**37** years old here. **22** different locations. 3 around Los Angeles, CA area with parents. 6 around Berkeley, CA around for university. 3 in Tokyo, Japan during my first Japan stint. 1 in Vancouver, BC for work. 2 in Seattle, WA for same company as above. 3 in London, England for same company. 1 in Linkoping, Sweden for same company. 3 around Tokyo during my current Japan stint. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/54 "2010-08-06T04:42:19Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > In the first 32 years of my life I had at least 27 addresses. Thankfully I haven’t moved in over 12 years now. > > ETA: I’ll be 44 this year, and my family wasn’t in the military, nor have I been. I see people adding other details so I thought I would too: 16 cities 6 states ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/55 "2010-08-06T04:45:19Z")
Let’s see: Born in Fort Frances - 1011 Scott Street Moved to Vancouver - ? Fraser Street Moved to Port Moody - 2 on Murray Street, then 2415 Clarke Street Moved to Surrey - 8361 - 120 A Street Moved to Ignace, Ontario - 118 Balsam Road Moved back to Fort Frances - 224 Third Street W., 265 First Street E., 310 Second Street E. Moved to Bemidji For University - 615 Washington Avenue S. (aka Room 1, The Orbit Motel) Moved to Saskatoon For a Summer Class in Property Law - 815 Temperance Avenue South (although this may be too short a time: I didn’t move any furniture in, but did receive mail at this address) Moved to Winnipeg to Go to University - Year 1 lived in my brother’s basement; Year 2 I had an apartment; Year 3 I moved into a townhouse; after graduating Law School, moved into my current address. So, 15 (or 16) times. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/56 "2010-08-06T07:19:26Z")
Apparently most of you move a lot more often than I do. I’m 51, and I think I’ve had 12 addresses. 2 before college 2 during college 4 in 12 years in Washingon, DC 4 in 18 years here in Madison. I own my home now. I don’t expect to move again until I’m carted off to some kind of asylum. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/57 "2010-08-06T07:29:18Z")
Hmm. Let me work this out. For the purposes of this question I shall define “address” as “lived in long enough that you could mail a letter to me there”. Not that I could read during my sojourn at a couple of these places. London Air bases x 2 Surrey Hampshire Houston, TX Oxfordshire Uni x 4 Oxfordshire #2 Japan x 2 Hong Kong x 6 Rural Ireland Dublin x 6 Stamford, CT x 2 Thailand Oxford x 2 So, 32 addresses. Age 42. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/58 "2010-08-06T07:30:43Z")
58 years old, have lived in 4\* addresses. All within 100 miles of each other. \*Actually 5 – I forgot the house I lived in the first 16 months of my life. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/59 "2010-08-06T07:34:26Z")
I’m 37 and technically I’ve had five addresses: - The place I lived the first 364 days of my life. - The place I’ve lived since. - The other three were at college, but they were all the same street address with three variations of room number in the same dormitory. (311, 315, 321) ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/60 "2010-08-06T15:38:09Z")
I am 39 and there are 27 that I can remember - and I am sure there are more from my childhood because I think my parents hobby was moving! I think 19 of them were before I was 16 years old, and 20 of them are within one city. The longest I spent at one school growing up was just over a year - and my family wasn’t military. I’ve been in the same place now for nearly 10 years though, and I am planning on moving next year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326.md?page=4)