# How many different "cities" have you lived in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660 "2009-01-03T01:57:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/1 "2009-01-03T01:57:59Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/2 "2009-01-03T02:04:30Z")
DC area: 1-19. Harrisonurg/Blacksurg: 19-present. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/3 "2009-01-03T02:09:58Z")
Lake Tahoe (Nevada) Reno, Nevada Sparks, Nevada Marin County, California Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia Freiburg, Germany Prague, Czech Republic Dubai, UAE Wellington, New Zealand ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/4 "2009-01-03T02:10:04Z")
Kingston, Mississauga, Toronto, and Burlington, all Ontario. Four. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/5 "2009-01-03T02:16:15Z")
Loma Linda, CA San Bernardino, CA Redlands, CA Arcata, CA Spenard, AK Anchorage, AK Redlands, CA Yucaipa, CA 6. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/6 "2009-01-03T02:17:07Z")
Perrysburg, Ohio Maumee, Ohio Toledo, Ohio Tonopah, Nevada Reno, Nevada Sparks, Nevada ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/7 "2009-01-03T02:21:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Loma Linda, CA > San Bernardino, CA > Redlands, CA > Arcata, CA > Spenard, AK > Anchorage, AK > Redlands, CA > Yucaipa, CA > 6. What do you mean with 6? ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/8 "2009-01-03T02:31:17Z")
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: ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/9 "2009-01-03T02:31:44Z")
Greenbelt, MD Crofton, MD Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) Brighton, Victoria Ithaca, NY Crownsville, MD Severn, MD Quito, Pichincha (Ecuador) Baltimore, MD Reno, NV Washoe Valley, NV ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/10 "2009-01-03T02:33:56Z")
3 Ashbourne, Co. Meath, Ireland Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland Santry, Dublin, Ireland Exciting! ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/11 "2009-01-03T02:36:37Z")
Pittsburgh, PA Baton Rouge, LA Nashville, TN St. Petersburg, Russia Novosibirsk, Russia Bozeman, MT Gaithersburg, MD Rockville, MD ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/12 "2009-01-03T02:42:16Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/13 "2009-01-03T02:51:09Z")
Urf. Hippy mother’ll do it to you. 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. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/14 "2009-01-03T02:51:23Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/15 "2009-01-03T02:52:32Z")
All in California: Vallejo (first 19 years) Davis Keddie Cobb Norden Hayward La Honda San Gregorio Danville El Cerrito Concord Volcano Pine Grove Sutter Creek Sacramento ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/16 "2009-01-03T02:57:01Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > What do you mean with 6? I’ve lived in Redlands twice, and Spenard is really now just a suburb of Anchorage, although it still retains [a bit](http://www.flybynightclub.com/hist_keys.html) of it’s former charm and style. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/17 "2009-01-03T02:57:44Z")
Woodbridge, VA Moscow, Russia Charlottesville, VA Alexandria, VA Novosibirsk, Russia Pristina, Kosovo, Takoma Park, MD Kabul, Afghanistan Baghdad, Iraq Washington, DC Banda Aceh, Indonesia ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/18 "2009-01-03T03:01:15Z")
Euclid, Ohio Mentor, Ohio Solon, Ohio Williamsville, NY Durham, North Carolina Bar Harbor, Maine Arlington, Massachusetts Annapolis, MD 1. Only 8? I really would have thought it would be more. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/19 "2009-01-03T03:05:44Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Woodbridge, VA > Moscow, Russia > Charlottesville, VA > Alexandria, VA > Novosibirsk, Russia > Pristina, Kosovo, > Takoma Park, MD > Kabul, Afghanistan > Baghdad, Iraq > Washington, DC > Banda Aceh, Indonesia You a military man? ---
**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/20 "2009-01-03T03:13:00Z")
Etobicoke Lakeview (Township of Toronto) Clarkson (Township of Toronto) Norval Clarkson (Mississauga) Cooksville (Mississauga) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660.md?page=2)