Yeah, it’s been done before, but a chat this evening got me thinking.
I was chatting with my buddy and his girlfriend at a pub tonight and she said she’d only lived in one place her entire life. After another sip of the beer I countered with having lived in 8 different cities* before the age of 10, which she found kinda cool.
(Well, me and my buddy live on one-up-manships and enjoy it ;))
After the age of ten I’ve lived in another 5 (yeah, my movement somehow dimished once mom and dad finished studying).
So, I’ve lived in 13 different cities in my life. Some of them more than once, in different order.
And to give a list:
Akureyri (Iceland)
Búðardalur (Iceland)
Karlshamn (Iceland)
Växjö (Sweden)
Svedala (Sweden)
Reykjavik (Iceland)
Garðabær (Iceland)
Lund (Sweden)
Bolungarvík (Iceland)
Linköping (Sweden)
Konstanz (Germany)
Gudvangen (Norway)
Halmstad (Sweden)
How many have you lived in?
Extra points will be given for a match
*I’m defining city quite liberally here, a village counts here, but not moving within the same city limits.
All USA, grouped by state, rather than in chronological order:
Gunnison, CO
Boulder, CO
Pagosa Springs CO
Arvada, CO
Englewood, CO
Denver, CO
Golden CO
Greeley, CO
Rock Springs, WY
Deadwood, SD
Lead, SD
Ogden UT
Bozeman, MT
Belgrade MT
Whitehall, MT
Twin Bridges, MT
Butte, MT
Oxnard, CA
Thousand Oaks, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Minot, ND
Glenburn, ND
Not counting different homes within those “cities.”
Hubby makes more money if we’re willing to relocate. :rolleyes:
Saint John, NB
North Hatley, QC
Winnipeg, MB
Montreal, QC
Four, the last since age 13 (albeit at five different addresses). My mother noticed recently that she’s lived longest in her current house (the same I spent my teenage years in) than in any other house she’s ever had.
Chicago, IL
Boston, MA
Miami, FL
DeRidder, LA
Torrance, CA
Redondo Beach, CA
Rolling Hills, CA
Wilmette, IL
Silver Spring, MD
Gaithersburg, MD
Rockville, MD
Bethesda, MD
Kensington, MD
Frostburg, MD
Vienna, VA
Iowa City, IA
Falls Church, VA
Purcellville, VA
Marietta, OH
Note, however, that there are seven more moves that included previously names cities. It’s been a mobile life.
Pittsburgh, PA (1 apartment for 357 days, 1 house for the remainder of my life)
Springfield, MO (3 different rooms in one dormitory over 3 college semesters)
Months were spent at a time in Houston, TX at my grandparents’ house but we never technically lived there, just visited for extended periods.
Woodbridge, VA
Moscow, Russia
Charlottesville, VA
Alexandria, VA
Novosibirsk, Russia
Pristina, Kosovo,
Takoma Park, MD
Kabul, Afghanistan
Baghdad, Iraq
Washington, DC
Banda Aceh, Indonesia
