# How tall are you?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 16, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840 "2012-10-16T02:06:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/1 "2012-10-16T02:06:38Z")
I’m 188cm (6’2") give or take a centimetre depending on time of day.
I’m a bit taller than average for an Englishman, but I felt like a oversized ogre in Hong Kong.
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### Author:  [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/2 "2012-10-16T02:34:09Z")
5’ 10" but I’ve never been to Hong Kong.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/3 "2012-10-16T02:42:22Z")
5’ 9". I’m supposed to be average height for men in the US. When I lived in the Twin Cities, I was short. Now that I’m back in the SF Bay Area, I’m average height.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/4 "2012-10-16T02:52:04Z")
Bit over 5’7" – used to be a bit under 5’8". ☹ Tall for a woman, but not grotesquely so.
[mod]Since this is a poll, I’ll move this to IMHO.[/mod]
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### Author:  [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/5 "2012-10-16T02:57:09Z")
I’m a woman and about 5’10" tall. I used to say I was 5’11", but the highest actual number I ever got to was 5’10 3/4"; I’ve settled a bit, so I go with the shorter number now.
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### Author:  [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/6 "2012-10-16T03:02:12Z")
6’4" I’m usually the tallest in any room in the states. To the point I can feel uncomfortable if I’m not. When I lived in Brazil, there was never any doubt. I was always the tallest in the room.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/7 "2012-10-16T03:06:45Z")
A shade under 5’4". I’d love to visit Hong Kong. 😃
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### Author:  [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/8 "2012-10-16T03:19:35Z")
I’m 6’1".
For quite a few years I was 6’ and half an inch, but somewhere in my 30s I seem to have grown that extra half-inch.
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### Author:  [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/9 "2012-10-16T03:31:31Z")
175cm
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/10 "2012-10-16T03:37:49Z")
5’ 10 1/2", male. I’m theoretically a bit over average height, but not that I notice.
When I was younger, I felt a little ripped off that I didn’t wind up taller. My father is 6’ 4", and my mother is 5’ 10". But, I apparently got recessive genes – both of my grandmothers were quite short, and one of my aunts (my mother’s sister) tells me that I share the “Yoda build” (long torso, short arms and legs) that she and I both got from her mother / my grandmother.
However, now, I’ve become very comfortable with my height. I’m almost never so tall that it becomes an issue – I nearly never hit my head on anything, or find that I don’t fit in a place.
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### Author:  [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/11 "2012-10-16T03:40:05Z")
5’9.5"
in heels I can get 6ft or taller. I like being tall for a girl.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/12 "2012-10-16T03:53:44Z")
6 foot. Or I was at age 18. I’m a tad shorter now.
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/13 "2012-10-16T03:58:38Z")
6-0
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### Author:  [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/14 "2012-10-16T04:13:51Z")
Woman, 5’4". Always enjoyed being short; can fit into much snugger places, and yes that comes in handy. 😃
When, at 18, I went through the Army physical, they told me I was actually under 5’4 and too short, but they waived it. (Didn’t pass anyway due to psoriasis, yay) But I kept growing after that, and I’m officially 5’4" finally, yay!
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### Author:  [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/15 "2012-10-16T04:30:11Z")
6’-0". And 180 lbs when in shape. (OK, I haven,t weighed 180# for a few years now, but it’s something to keep shooting for)
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/16 "2012-10-16T04:30:39Z")
I’m about 193 cm (6’4").
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### Author:  [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/17 "2012-10-16T05:13:27Z")
185 or 6’1" average height in Holland.
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### Author:  [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/18 "2012-10-16T05:18:18Z")
5’4" female. Buying pants is a pain.
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/19 "2012-10-16T05:40:46Z")
6’0". Tall and lanky.
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### Author:  [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-are-you/637840/20 "2012-10-16T06:00:57Z")
5’8" female. I usually feel average. In heels, of course, I feel tall.
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