# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/61 "2010-08-07T13:53:12Z")
I’m 51. Real long term residences, 6. Two before college, two in the military, and two in the 20 years since. If you want to count college moves, I went from living at/near school during the session to returning the same house each summer for 4 school years & 3 summers. So that’s 7, but three of those are one of the 6 long-term addresses. In the military in addition to the 2 long term assignments counted above I had 6 short term addresses for various schools. Two of those 6 were long enough (9+ months) that they could arguably be considered long term also. So depending on how you want to keep score, somewhere between 6 and 19. And all but 2 of the 6-or-19 were before my early 30s. Things have slowed a bunch since then. I expect one more move someday, followed by the final move to a box, perhaps preceded by a stint in an old fart’s home. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/62 "2010-08-07T13:58:07Z")
One. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/63 "2010-08-07T14:24:41Z")
One of the jobs I applied for required background check including every place I had lived since 1973. Yeah, that was fun. I came up with 32. Prior to 1973 let’s see… sheesh… I’m estimating 45 for a grand total. ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/64 "2010-08-07T17:03:47Z")
At the age of 56, I’ve had 8 addresses. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/65 "2010-08-07T17:14:19Z")
1. I’m 42. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/66 "2010-08-07T22:18:06Z")
1. I’m 30. That includes four dorm rooms, and an ill-fated apartment arrangement that lasted two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/67 "2010-08-07T22:43:36Z")
7 addresses, I’m 30 yrs old. Sadly they have all been in the same small town in Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/68 "2010-08-07T22:51:45Z")
About 30 different addresses in 8 countries… (US, UAE, Georgia, Germany, Czech Republic, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand). Like the poster above, I define “living” as being somewhere long enough to receive mail. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/69 "2010-08-07T23:10:15Z")
Somewhere between 20 and 23. Out of these, 17 of these were before I moved out from my parents’ place. They moved a LOT. I don’t recommend it, really. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Skinley\_Von\_Clipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Baron\_Skinley\_Von\_Clipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Skinley_Von_Clipper)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/70 "2010-08-07T23:24:49Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > One. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/71 "2010-08-07T23:43:30Z")
2 with parents before college. 11 during college. 2 since getting married. Been in the current place for 14 years. So, a total of 15. I’m 47. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/72 "2010-08-07T23:48:57Z")
My parents lived a couple of places after I was born, but before I was two. I have no memory, so I’m not counting them. Other than that I’ve had a permanent residence at 4 addresses and a temporary one where I worked at a camp for the summer. I’m going with 4. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/73 "2010-08-08T19:35:44Z")
I’ve lived at nine different locations if I don’t count college addresses, thirteen if I do. Two different places I lived had their addresses changed by the post office at least once while I lived there. I be 49. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/74 "2010-08-08T21:51:12Z")
> [@Baron\_Skinley\_Von\_Clipper](#): > > > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > > > One. > > Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner.😃 Or loser, maybe . . . the view from this window just doesn’t seem to change much! I’ve watched the tree grow, but otherwise 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/75 "2010-08-09T14:01:21Z")
Shit, I had to go through my diaries for this one. First 15 years of my life–9 places. 15-28 (married years)–15 places. 28 - present–4 places 28, and I’m 55. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/76 "2010-08-09T14:38:58Z")
Hmmm…lessee… 1 City I was born in. + 3 Town I grew up in. (One of those twice.) + 4 City I live in now. (Two twice.) + 1 In university. (Lived in 2 different rooms, but the same dorm.) So…9, but I’ve moved more times than that. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/77 "2010-08-09T14:54:32Z")
21 if you don’t count boarding school or college, 23 if you do. I turned 40 this year. The longest I ever lived anywhere uninterrupted was the first 6 years. After that, there was the constant packing/unpacking of dormitory living followed by summers mostly at home. All addresses were here in the US, in 5 states: NH, MA, SC, NC, and CO. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/78 "2010-08-09T16:30:34Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > One of the jobs I applied for required background check including every place I had lived since 1973. Yeah, that was fun. This is why I love our modern world. You know what I do when I need a list of everywhere I’ve lived? I go check _my account on Amazon_. They store _everything I’ve ever used as a shipping address_. It’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/79 "2010-08-11T12:36:14Z")
Age 51 here. [ol] [li]18 years at my parents’ house[/li][li]Dorm 1 at college[/li][li]Dorm 2 at college[/li][li]Apartment at college[/li][li]Apartment after college[/li][li]Fiance’s apartment (not sure that counts, as it was a matter of crashing on the sofa for a few weeks while looking for longer-term)[/li][li]First shared house[/li][li]Second shared house[/li][li]Married-student apartment[/li][li]Condo[/li][li]Apartment in DC[/li][li]Townhouse[/li][li]Apartment 1 in NYC[/li][li]Apartment 2 in NYC (both simultaneous with townhouse, I commuted for 2 years)[/li][li]Detached house[/li][/ol] So that’s 15 places. Huh, I didn’t realize there were so many - this has been educational! ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/80 "2010-08-11T12:58:25Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > [@AHunter3](#): > > > > One of the jobs I applied for required background check including every place I had lived since 1973. Yeah, that was fun. > > This is why I love our modern world. You know what I do when I need a list of everywhere I’ve lived? > > I go check _my account on Amazon_. They store _everything I’ve ever used as a shipping address_. It’s awesome. This is why I am glad you are on the boards. Cause this was a great idea. Course at my work, they block Amazon - but it’s on my phone and it doesn’t have every place - just some of them. I actually created a document on my jump drive that had the past 12 years worth of addresses (the most I’ve had to recreate) that I add to as needed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326.md?page=5)