# How many States (provinces/regions etc) have you lived in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346 "2025-01-24T18:11:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/1 "2025-01-24T18:11:10Z")
I’ll leave it up to respondents to determine the exact meaning of ‘lived in’, but l’ll assume that we are excluding short hotel stays and the like. In other words, places you would respond to the question “Where to you live?” For locations outside the U.S. please use the first-level of geography below the country. Provinces in Canada, Lander in Germany, etc… For me it’s Iowa Delaware Arizona North Carolina Illinois Central Region Ghana Upper West Region Ghana Accra Region Ghana Virginia Maryland So ten in total, seven U.S. and three outside the U.S. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/2 "2025-01-24T18:13:27Z")
California Wisconsin Illinois I was born in San Jose, CA, but my family moved to Illinois when I was three months old. As a result, other than those first three months of my life, I have always lived within 75 miles of the western shore of Lake Michigan. ---
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NJ MA WA NH Plus about 6 weeks living and working in CA for a temp assignment, but I don’t really call that living there. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/4 "2025-01-24T18:29:32Z")
8, plus a few repeats: Michigan Minnesota Pennsylvania Connecticut Florida New Jersey Ohio Florida (again) Minnesota (again) Nebraska Michigan (again) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/5 "2025-01-24T18:29:37Z")
Ohio Florida ---
**Author:** ![Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slight_Off_Hand)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/6 "2025-01-24T18:30:08Z")
New Brunswick, Canada Saskatchewan, Canada Alberta, Canada Manitoba, Canada Canberra Australia Colorado, USA ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/7 "2025-01-24T18:32:14Z")
Two: California and Minnesota. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/8 "2025-01-24T18:43:48Z")
Lived most of my life in New Jersey. Went to college in Maryland. Was stationed in the Army in Texas. With the Army spent shorter times in several states for training. Wasn’t permanent, didn’t have all my stuff, so a different definition of “lived in.” Those states were Alabama, Kentucky, Virginia and New Mexico. A few even shorter training stints in Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Dakota. I also had a few overseas assignments. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/9 "2025-01-24T18:48:11Z")
Ontario. In fact, I have never in my life lived any further than two miles / three KM from Lake Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/10 "2025-01-24T18:48:15Z")
As a young one. Arkansas Mississippi As Adult, Arkansas California Virginia Florida And North Carolina ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/11 "2025-01-24T18:53:42Z")
Washington DC Maryland Pennsylvania New Jersey New York California Rhode Island ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/12 "2025-01-24T19:00:17Z")
One. Within a 8.15 mile radius of my birthplace, Elyria, Ohio. Lots of different homes, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/13 "2025-01-24T19:01:22Z")
I had to do this for my recent clearances at work lol. Pennsylvania (several addresses) Virginia Mississippi California South Carolina Florida Ohio Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/14 "2025-01-24T19:01:23Z")
Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Tennessee. And regretfully, Indiana (oh the shame!). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/15 "2025-01-24T19:05:48Z")
California & Hawaii ---
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California & Alaska ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/17 "2025-01-24T19:17:47Z")
California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Missouri. The first two were in the first six months of my life and I have no memory of them. ---
**Author:** ![Trieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Trieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trieste)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/18 "2025-01-24T19:20:48Z")
Illinois Florida California South Carolina (ship was in the yards in Charleston for 8 months) Virginia T ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/19 "2025-01-24T19:20:52Z")
One country, one state, one city, one neighborhood. I bought a house down the street from my folks and have been here ever since. ---
**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 24, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/20 "2025-01-24T19:26:34Z")
Alaska California Oregon Washington Minnesota Massachusetts Virginia Not sure I fully understand the OP, but out of country: Vietnam Japan - two deployments Spain - deployment Egypt Germany Guam - deployment Belgium Portugal Mali Uganda [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346.md?page=2)