# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/101 "2010-08-13T16:01:41Z")
Eleven, including childhood homes and counting each college dorm separately, but not double-counting an address I moved back to (my parents’ house) one summer between school years. I’m also not counting an address where I received mail but did not actually live (in order to qualify for the community college I wanted to go to). The breakdown: Childhood homes: 3 Apartments: 3 Dorm rooms: 2 Homes I have owned: 2 Others’ homes where I rented a room: 1 ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/102 "2010-08-13T18:18:26Z")
God 12 times, and 10 of those were during college. Of course I’m counting moving home and then back to school for the summer. Actual different addresses would be…10. And I’m 23. God do I hate moving, but I will be doing so until I buy a house. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/103 "2010-08-14T00:14:58Z")
As a child through high school, 4. College years kept the same PO box, but had five dorm rooms, so 5. Marine Corps years I had 7 addresses, two schools, two apartments, one house, and two deployment addresses (one APO, one FPO) without coming back to the same home address one of those times. Two apartments and one house in Buffalo, one house in Maine, one house in SC, three apartments in Savannah, three apartments and one house in Miami, one apartment and one house in Atlanta, then two apartments in NJ (one was temp living, so I won’t count that one). 31 addresses. I am 43 years old. Forgot summer school in London, 6 dorm rooms, total 32 addresses. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/104 "2010-08-14T17:26:21Z")
16, not including moving back in with my parents briefly in my mid 20’s. This includes 5 different places I lived before I was 3 when my Dad was in the Navy. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/105 "2010-08-15T02:59:51Z")
4 in WV before the age of 11. 2 for middle school and high school in OH 1 dorm room at OSU 1 temporary living with my aunt in SC 3 college apartments 1 apartment during law school 2 houses owned * * * 14, if I’m doing my math right. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/106 "2010-08-17T03:10:24Z")
I’m 47 and I have lived in the same house for the last 19 years. For my whole life, I have lived in 20 towns and 33 houses. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/107 "2010-08-17T03:18:45Z")
Oops, forgot a couple. 21 towns and 35 addresses. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/108 "2010-08-18T15:05:08Z")
> [@Baron\_Skinley\_Von\_Clipper](#): > > Not sure which forum I should post this in. > > My Son just asked me how many different places I’ve lived at, I said at least 20, (I’m 37 years old), he was amazed that I’ve moved house so many times and so frequently. I know people my age who have never moved house. > > I’m sure there are people out there who have moved around more than I have, so how many times have you changed address? You’ve asked two different questions here–how many different places someone has lived at, and how many times someone has changed address. As best I can tell, I’ve changed address 23 times, but four of those addresses are duplicates: my grandparents’ house in Houston over the course of 20+ years. [ol] [li]Grandparents’ house in Houston, Texas.[/li][li]Apartment in Galveston, Texas.[/li][li]Another apartment in Galveston.[/li][li]Rental house in Galveston.[/li][li]Grandparents’ house in Houston.[/li][li]Off-base apartment in Germany.[/li][li]U.S. Army apartment in Germany.[/li][li]Grandparents’ house in Houston.[/li][li]U.S. Navy apartment in Alameda, California.[/li][li]U.S. Army townhouse in Fort Sam Houston, Texas.[/li][li]House in Tennessee.[/li][li]U.S. Army townhouse in Fort Sheridan, Illinois.[/li][li]University dorm.[/li][li]Grandparents’ house in Houston.[/li][li]Apartment in Orlando, Florida.[/li][li]Townhouse in upstate New York.[/li][li]BOQ room in Groton, Connecticut.[/li][li]Rental house in Connecticut.[/li][li]Apartment in Connecticut.[/li][li]Rental house in Rhode Island.[/li][li]U.S. Navy townhouse in Rhode Island.[/li][li]House in Connecticut.[/li][li]Another house in Connecticut.[/li][/ol] I’m in my early 40s. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/109 "2010-08-18T18:19:32Z")
I"m 33 and have lived at 8 different addresses. I never moved as a child and had a different address each year of college. Then I moved home after graduation and had 3 apartments since (plus moved back home during an unemployment spate). Now, I’m weirded out that my number is so low but I really do hate moving. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/110 "2010-08-18T18:30:14Z")
House I grew up in = 1 On-campus housing in college +1\* Apartment my senior year of college +1 PO Box +1 Apartment after marriage +1 House after marriage +1 Apartment after moving to Winston-Salem +1 PO Box in Winston-Salem +1 House in Winston-Salem +1 First house after moving to Charlotte +1 PO Box in Charlotte +1 Second house in Charlotte +1 Condo I moved into when ex-wife and I separated +1 Total = 13 I’m 42 this Saturday. - Since the question is specifically about _addresses_, I’ll count this as one even though I lived in 5 different dorm rooms while in college, because my address never changed. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/111 "2010-08-18T19:40:40Z")
5 with my parents, 18 since. I’m 60. I haven’t moved in 19 years, although I believe I will again soon. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/112 "2010-08-18T20:25:23Z")
12 different places, and I’m 26. ---
**Author:** ![Terra1041](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Terra1041](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terra1041)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/113 "2010-08-22T01:39:33Z")
This is my 13th address, and I’m 23. My dad was in the Air Force and I moved several times in college, including to Germany and back. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/114 "2010-08-22T01:53:38Z")
Only 5 in the last 50-ish years. Not counting part-time at my grandmother’s when I was a kid, part-time with the boyfriend in my 20’s. ---
**Author:** ![NoiseBomb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@NoiseBomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoiseBomb)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326/115 "2010-08-22T02:04:11Z")
1. Address where I was born, this may or may not count since my parents moved when I was 18 months old. 2. House where I grew up. 3. First attempt at college. 3.5 Back to the house where I grew up 4. Second attempt at college (successful) 5. First apartment 6. Second apartment 7. First rental house 8. Current house, owned. So 8 addresses in 4 states in 30-mumblesomething years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-addresses-have-you-had/549326.md?page=5)