# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/61 "2009-01-03T16:05:14Z")
Bronx, New York Ithaca, New York Eugene, Oregon Boulder, Colorado Wellington, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Washington, DC Panama City, Panama ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/62 "2009-01-03T16:23:35Z")
I’ve only got 2 and a partial. I was born in the **Bronx** , NYC, NY and lives for 3+ years in **San Diego, CA**. I spent many months living about half the week in \*\*Hoboken, NJ \*\*a one point. It looks like a lot of non-cities are being listed by people. What qualifies as a city for the thread? I might have one more. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/63 "2009-01-03T16:27:13Z")
Hm, a couple places I only lived for a few months, but in both cases I was there for long enough to receive mail, so I will count them and mark them with a \*. San Francisco, CA Petaluma, CA Santa Cruz, CA Haifa, Israel\* Jerusalem, Israel Santa Cruz, CA Petaluma, CA Ann Arbor, MI Chicago, IL Boboshevo, Bulgaria\* Pavel Banya, Bulgaria Ann Arbor, MI So, nine different cities (although counting Boboshevo as a city is kind of pushing it, there’s only about 700 people there.) And I suspect I’m not even close to being done. ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/64 "2009-01-03T17:51:00Z")
I’m giving a very liberal definition of cities, basically it has to be a new place you move to. Hence, moving from the Bronx to Manhattan doesn’t count but moving from Bumfuck, Nowhere to Smallville, Somewhere does. So it’s not about the size of the place. ---
**Author:** ![Unsquare\_Dance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Unsquare\_Dance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unsquare_Dance)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/65 "2009-01-03T17:58:33Z")
My moving history… Murphysboro, IL Perryville, MO Ste. Genevieve, MO Perryville, MO (again) Melbourne, Australia Perryville, MO (again) Carbondale, IL ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/66 "2009-01-03T18:02:24Z")
I’m pretty boring: St. Louis MO Houston TX Kirksville MO Somerset NJ no longer in a city, MO ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/67 "2009-01-03T18:11:36Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > I’m giving a very liberal definition of cities, basically it has to be a new place you move to. Hence, moving from the Bronx to Manhattan doesn’t count but moving from Bumfuck, Nowhere to Smallville, Somewhere does. > > So it’s not about the size of the place. It that case I have 6 more towns but all in New Jersey, California and Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![Gam\_Zeh\_Yaavor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@Gam\_Zeh\_Yaavor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gam_Zeh_Yaavor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/68 "2009-01-03T18:34:17Z")
Including only residences of at least a few months: Santa Monica, CA Santa Barbara, CA Oberlin, OH Seattle, WA Oberlin, OH (again) Tornareccio, Italy Brooklyn, NY Sheffield, UK Hillsborough, UK Seattle, WA (again) ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/69 "2009-01-03T19:27:21Z")
Let’s see if I can remember chronologically: Hemel Hempstead, UK Felmersham, UK Brandy Cove, UK Lenzie/Kirkintilloch (suburb of Glasgow), UK Toronto, Canada London, Canada Vaughn, Canada Toronto, Canada Mississauga, Canada Toronto, Canada If you include places that I’ve stayed long enough to have a mailing address, you can add Chiyoda-ku and Chuo-ku (Tokyo), Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/70 "2009-01-03T19:35:26Z")
Lincoln, NE Seattle, WA Brooklyn, NY _Yawn._ ---
**Author:** ![Dosipede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dosipede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dosipede)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/71 "2009-01-03T19:47:45Z")
Tulsa, OK Canoga Park, CA Huntington Beach, CA Torrance, CA Fresno, CA 1. Haven’t moved more than two miles since I was 10 years old. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/72 "2009-01-03T19:51:45Z")
Three, all in Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/73 "2009-01-03T19:55:49Z")
Pacifica, CA North Andover, MA Derry, NH Henniker, NH Hillsboro, NH St. Louis, MO Unincorporated St. Louis County, MO Oakville, MO Overland, MO The first three I don’t remember; we moved to Henniker when I was 13 months old, and I lived there until college. The last four are all in the same general area, but are all technically different cities (except for the one that isn’t really anywhere at all. I’m not counting my college dorms (Clayton, MO), since I never really felt like I lived there. ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/74 "2009-01-03T20:06:10Z")
By state: ``` Pikesville, MD Laurel, MD Long Beach, CA Newport Beach, CA Costa Mesa, CA San Diego, CA Minneapolis, MN New Hope, MN I am omitting the 3 years in the military, and the summer spent bumming around Europe. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/75 "2009-01-03T20:37:32Z")
Wheatland, IA when I was a baby Grand Rapids, OH as a munchkin then 4 different cities in CA ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/76 "2009-01-03T21:33:41Z")
Lorain, Oh Vermillion, Oh Liberty Center, Oh (what a dump) Oregon, Oh Marblehead, Oh Liberty Center, Oh (again, still a dump) Bowling Green, Oh San Antonio, Tx Colorado Springs, Co Song Tan, Korea Dale City, Va Song Tan, Korea again Denver, Co Englewood, Co Aurora, Co 15 with 2 repeats… so 13 total. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/77 "2009-01-03T21:49:02Z")
Juneau, AK Anchorage, AK (twice) Fairbanks, AK San Diego, CA Port Hueneme, CA Camarillo, CA Da Nang, RVN Adak, AK Lemoore, CA Moscow, ID Whidbey Island, WA South Weymouth, MA Yokosuka, Japan Misawa, Japan Guam Rota, Spain St. Thomas, VI Guatemala City, Guatemala Frankfurt, Germany Cairo, Egypt Brussels, Belgium Washington, DC Lisbon, Portugal Bamako, Mali Kampala, Uganda So that’s 25, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/78 "2009-01-03T23:14:26Z")
Just a few: Strathaven, Scotland Glasgow, Scotland London, England Rochester, England Harrisburg, PA, USA Morgantown, WV, USA Bernardsville, NJ, USA I’ve lived at various different addresses in some of those places. ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/79 "2009-01-04T00:38:59Z")
Pensacola, FL Baltimore, MD Hawthorne, CA Chelsea, MI Evanston, IL Somerville, MA Cambridge, MA Arlington, MA San Luis Obispo, CA And that’s… **9**. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660/80 "2009-01-04T01:43:25Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Pacifica, CA > North Andover, MA > Derry, NH > Henniker, NH > Hillsboro, NH > St. Louis, MO > Unincorporated St. Louis County, MO > Oakville, MO > Overland, MO > > The first three I don’t remember; we moved to Henniker when I was 13 months old, and I lived there until college. The last four are all in the same general area, but are all technically different cities (except for the one that isn’t really anywhere at all. > > I’m not counting my college dorms (Clayton, MO), since I never really felt like I lived there. What did you think of Henniker (“The only Henniker on Earth!”)? I lived 10 miles north of there, near the Market Basket. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-cities-have-you-lived-in/479660.md?page=5)