# How many houses have you lived in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598 "2016-07-10T19:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/41 "2016-07-11T15:49:46Z")
15 Houses 4 Apartments 3 Military Barracks longer than 90 Days 3 non-temporary accommodations in an area of combat operations 3 States 6 Countries I’m 37. I guess I’ve moved around quite a bit. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/42 "2016-07-11T16:22:31Z")
The total for me is 22 residences, including two dorm rooms in college. One of the 22 places is my grandparents’ house, in which I lived four different times (but only counted once). I was an Army brat growing up, and was in the Navy myself, so I moved around a lot when I was younger. More recently, I’ve lived in just three different places over the last 19 years, and the same place now for the last 11 years, so I’ve definitely slowed down between moves. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/43 "2016-07-11T16:48:05Z")
16 houses 11 apartments 7 dorm or housing co-ops Been in this apartment since 2004 which is my record. In fact, it’s twice as long as I lived anyplace as a child. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/44 "2016-07-11T17:02:32Z")
4 houses 1 condo 9 apartments 1 dorm. I’ve lived in my current house almost 13 years, which is the longest I’ve lived in a residence. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/45 "2016-07-11T19:09:02Z")
5 houses (the first four being houses owned by my parents; we’ve been in our house for 20 years) 6 apartments (three in college, three after college, before we finally bought the house) 4 dorm rooms ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/46 "2016-07-11T20:17:23Z")
I don’t know if my parents were in a house or apartment the year I was born, so I’m not counting that one. After that, I’ve lived in 7 houses, 1 apartment, and 2 college dorms. The first 3 houses belonged to my parents. I rented 2 houses, and I bought the second one. So, I’ve owned 2 houses. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/47 "2016-07-11T20:17:31Z")
This makes me happy, because I just moved into my first house this weekend!! So two: one was the house I grew up in, then there was this whole interim period of dorms and apartments, and now I’m in my very own house!! (Well, mine and my husband’s.) ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/48 "2016-07-11T20:49:22Z")
Ignoring apartments and dorm rooms and just literally counting houses, it’s 4 for me. Counting apartments and dorm rooms, it’s 8. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/49 "2016-07-11T22:46:18Z")
Lots of apartments and hotel rooms. Five actual houses. Been in the last one for 23 years now. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/50 "2016-07-12T01:07:23Z")
Several different barracks rooms, two apartments, one house trailer, and three houses. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/51 "2016-07-12T14:07:06Z")
Twenty-six. I’ve slowed down a lot. Only three moves in the past twenty years. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598/52 "2016-07-14T18:09:13Z")
Two “permanent” houses, two temporary houses. Five apartments. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-houses-have-you-lived-in/759598.md?page=2)