# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/81 "2025-01-27T13:53:38Z")
Maryland and Texas, about half of my life (so far) in each. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/82 "2025-01-27T13:57:57Z")
I’ve heard that Mt Rushmore is rather overrated, but the Minuteman site does sound intriguing, So maybe I will go to SD after all. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/83 "2025-01-27T13:59:22Z")
Maryland and D.C., but most people here don’t really think of them as separate. It’s basically just “the city” and “the 'burbs.” ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/84 "2025-01-27T15:15:13Z")
Just Minnesota ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/85 "2025-01-27T19:48:44Z")
Western Cape, South Africa (same house until I was 24) Florida, USA Georgia, USA California, USA Washington, USA ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/86 "2025-01-28T02:24:50Z")
PA, NY, CT, IL in the US; QC in Canada; and the Swiss Cantons of ZH and FR (Zürich and Fribourg). CT was only three months; ZH and FR approximately a year and a half each. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/87 "2025-01-28T02:44:18Z")
5 states Vermont from birth to age 3 New Mexico 3-18 Oregon for College Washington for one summer while in college Maryland for grad school and stayed through now. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/88 "2025-01-28T05:56:51Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Mali So much on my bucket list, love the music from that region of Africa. My own list is slightly dull: Zimbabwe South Africa Britain Scotland Though I did live in a heavily Somalian part of London when I was there. Not sure if it counts, but man, food was amazing. And illegal but plentiful supplies of khat. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/89 "2025-01-28T13:42:30Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > So much on my bucket list, love the music from that region of Africa. As do I. We saw Ali Farka Toure in concert in Bamako! We’ve also seen Salif Keita and Habib Koite here in the US. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/90 "2025-01-28T14:15:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Habib Koite I did stage design for him in Zimbabwe, we made massive papier-maché masks in Malian style. Such a great show. He is not Malian, he is Senagalese, but he lives and works out of Mali ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/91 "2025-01-28T15:09:20Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I did stage design for him in Zimbabwe, we made massive papier-maché masks in Malian style. This is cool beyond all measure. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346/92 "2025-02-08T23:07:05Z")
California (born here) New Hampshire Connecticut (college) New York Maryland (live here now) D.C. Virginia (lived here longer than anywhere else) South Carolina (grad school; met and married my wife here) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-regions-etc-have-you-lived-in/1013346.md?page=4)