Bronx, New York
Ithaca, New York
Eugene, Oregon
Boulder, Colorado
Wellington, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand
Washington, DC
Panama City, Panama
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.
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.
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.
My moving history…
Murphysboro, IL
Perryville, MO
Ste. Genevieve, MO
Perryville, MO (again)
Melbourne, Australia
Perryville, MO (again)
Carbondale, IL
I’m pretty boring:
St. Louis MO
Houston TX
Kirksville MO
Somerset NJ
no longer in a city, MO
It that case I have 6 more towns but all in New Jersey, California and Illinois.
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)
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.
Lincoln, NE
Seattle, WA
Brooklyn, NY
Yawn.
Tulsa, OK
Canoga Park, CA
Huntington Beach, CA
Torrance, CA
Fresno, CA
- Haven’t moved more than two miles since I was 10 years old.
Three, all in Pennsylvania.
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.
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.Wheatland, IA when I was a baby
Grand Rapids, OH as a munchkin
then 4 different cities in CA
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.
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.
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.
Pensacola, FL
Baltimore, MD
Hawthorne, CA
Chelsea, MI
Evanston, IL
Somerville, MA
Cambridge, MA
Arlington, MA
San Luis Obispo, CA
And that’s…9.
What did you think of Henniker (“The only Henniker on Earth!”)? I lived 10 miles north of there, near the Market Basket.