# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/41 "2025-01-24T23:07:02Z")
Places where I owned property, had a driver’s license, and registered a car: - Maryland - Florida - Virginia Places where the US Navy sent me for more than a couple of weeks: - Tennessee - California - Indiana - Rhode Island - Sicily - Spain ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/42 "2025-01-24T23:13:54Z")
Saskatchewan Ontario Alabama (for 1 year, as a child) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/43 "2025-01-24T23:29:38Z")
I was born in MA, we went to AZ for a time I don’t remember, I was all of 1 year old. After that it was: MA ME A couple of different times in MA and ME. NC CA NY ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/44 "2025-01-24T23:31:33Z")
Oregon for about 16 years California for about 20 years Washington for the last 10 years and hopefully much longer. Moving sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/45 "2025-01-25T00:14:35Z")
1. Idaho ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/46 "2025-01-25T00:23:35Z")
Two: MI & IL. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/47 "2025-01-25T00:41:54Z")
2: Oregon and Montana, although I only lived in Montana for ~9 months when I was in grade school. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/48 "2025-01-25T00:42:22Z")
I believe you have the palm so far for the greatest number of locales. I’d guess you were in the Foreign Service or something similar? At the other end of the scale we’ve had quite a few respondents who only had one state, more than I would have expected. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/49 "2025-01-25T01:18:13Z")
Ohio for the last 57 years. With the exception of my co-op gig during college, where I worked in Maryland for three years. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/50 "2025-01-25T01:24:53Z")
> [@Mona\_Lott](#): > > 1. Idaho Not to hijack, but quickly… Did you see the total eclipse back in August 2017? I drove up to Idaho for it. We were in the tiny town of Midvale, ID, just north of Weiser. It was excellent! ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/51 "2025-01-25T01:51:28Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > I believe you have the palm so far for the greatest number of locales. I’d guess you were in the Foreign Service or something similar? I was in the military, then worked for a contractor overseas, then was in the Foreign Service. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/52 "2025-01-25T02:07:23Z")
1. Wisconsin born there in 1957, left in 1964 (save for summer vacations) returned 1983 2. Michigan 3. Indiana 4. Illinois 5. Maryland ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/53 "2025-01-25T02:53:11Z")
Connecticut Paris, France Maine Michigan Indiana Pennsylvania Tennessee South Carolina ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/54 "2025-01-25T03:35:25Z")
Just five: New York (born in Ithaca, later NYC 1rst - 2nd grade) District of Columbia (as a baby) Massachusetts (nursery school - kindergarten) Michigan (5th-7th grades) California (3rd-4th grade, 8th grade to present) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/55 "2025-01-25T03:42:52Z")
California British Columbia Wales Tuscany (Edit: these are ranked in order of time spent, longest to shortest. I was only in Tuscany for a summer but I had my own apartment and was working there, so I think it counts.) I’ll live in a country, but I’m not doing more than one region within it. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/56 "2025-01-25T03:44:47Z")
Two, California and New York; although when I lived in New York I was so young that only a few fragments of unreliable childhood memories are left. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/57 "2025-01-25T11:02:53Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > a few fragments of unreliable childhood memories Those are the _best_. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/58 "2025-01-25T11:50:46Z")
Six US states and one foreign country (well it wasn’t foreign to me at the time, I was born and raised there) Not counting work/academic assignments where I was living somewhere for a few months but maintained my address in my “home” state. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/59 "2025-01-25T13:35:11Z")
Utah - my past life Pennsylvania, New York State, Connecticut - because of my past life Indiana - getting away from my past life North Carolina - sort of. Work put me up at an apartment for a few months. I spent about 75 percent of my time there. Tennessee ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/60 "2025-01-25T14:52:29Z")
New Jersey Vermont Colorado (x2 and most of my time in life) Montana I was also interested to see how many people are sticking close to home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346.md?page=4)