# What big celebrities live in surprisingly "out of the way" places? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134 "2016-02-04T14:20:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/21 "2016-02-04T17:42:38Z")
Arlo Guthrie lives in the Stockbridge, MA area. He eventually bought the church where Alice and Ray (and Facha) lived, but he doesn’t live there. David Bromberg lives in Wilmington, DE. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/22 "2016-02-04T17:50:32Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I know it’s a big city, but Oprah lives in Chicago. Wikipedia says, > [@](#): > > Winfrey currently lives on “The Promised Land”, her 42-acre (170,000 m2) estate with ocean and mountain views in Montecito, California. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/23 "2016-02-04T18:03:41Z")
Harrison Ford lives in Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/24 "2016-02-04T18:10:20Z")
John Mellencamp lives in Southern Indiana. I’m not sure exactly what township he lives in, but I know where his house is. He does some of his own shopping, and sometimes just goes into a restaurant or bar by himself, or with a couple of other people. Everyone ignores him, which is why he likes to live there, I suspect. Maybe he’s not so well-known now, but he’s lived there since the 90s. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/25 "2016-02-04T18:10:52Z")
I think Neil Young still lives on the farm in California that he bought back in the 60s. Author Craig Johnson, who wrote the best selling _Longmire_ books, lives in Ucross, WY, population 25. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/26 "2016-02-04T18:12:09Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > Small towns on the Western Slope of Colorado were home to several celebrities: …Joe Cocker lived in Crawford, pop. 431… A few years ago we visited a friend who lives nearby (in Paonia) and was surprised when she showed us the area where JC lived. It really is way the hell away from everything. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/27 "2016-02-04T18:33:02Z")
> [@Abner\_Ravenwood](#): > > Harrison Ford lives in Wyoming. Jackson Hole, Wyoming to be exact. Here is a picture of his place. > **[Harrison Ford's House](https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/harrison-fords-house-2/)** > > Harrison Ford is an American actor and film producer who is best known as Han Solo and Indiana Jones. In 1997, Ford was ranked No. 1 in Empire‍‍ '​‍s "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list and he is the 4th highest grossing U.S. domestic... ---
**Author:** ![Richey84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Richey84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richey84)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/28 "2016-02-04T18:35:20Z")
Val Kilmer lives in New Mexico. He contemplated running for governor of the state at one time too, although I don’t think anything ever came of that. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/29 "2016-02-04T18:40:11Z")
Some of the places mentioned (Austin, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta) are entertainment towns in their own right, so it’s not surprising to me that celebrities live there. Some of the others are resort towns that cater to the rich and famous (Telluride, anyone?), so it’s not surprising to see some of them making their primary homes there either. The ones living out in BFE are the ones where you don’t expect them. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/30 "2016-02-04T18:44:01Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > Jackson Hole, Wyoming to be exact. Here is a picture of his place. > > [Harrison Ford's House - Virtual Globetrotting](http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/harrison-fords-house-2/view/google/) What a dump. He doesn’t even have a pool! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/31 "2016-02-04T19:03:27Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Maury Povich > Connie Chung > [What Famous Celebrities Live in Montana?](http://www.bigskywords.com/montana-blog/what-famous-celebrities-live-in-montana) Well, they are married. I wonder how they make it work…one is a journalist, the other is a host of shows with such hard-hitting exposes as “Which of My Three Step Brothers Fathered My Child?” ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/32 "2016-02-04T19:03:50Z")
Homes in New Orleans: Sandra Bullock John Goodman Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Nicholas Cage ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/33 "2016-02-04T19:05:33Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > What a dump. He doesn’t even have a pool! There is probably one inside one of those buildings. The fucking wind never stops blowing in Wyoming. My brother lived in Jackson Hole for a couple years. Plant a lawn? Wind blows the seeds and dirt away. He would wake up in the morning with 4 inches of snow on the ground, then come home after work and it is all gone. Did it melt? No, it just went that-a-way with the wind. An outdoor pool might be useful a few days of the year. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/34 "2016-02-04T19:08:52Z")
Johnny Depp has places in France and owns an island in the Bahamas and lives in them all. I’m reading that he keeps a place in L.A., too, to maintain his U.S. citizenship and avoid paying taxes in both France and the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/35 "2016-02-04T19:15:14Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > Homes in New Orleans: > > Sandra Bullock > John Goodman > Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie > Nicholas Cage At one point Nicholas Cage had a ridiculous number of homes all over the world. I think his recent spate of film appearances was because he was short on cash as a result of all of that real estate speculation. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/36 "2016-02-04T19:21:25Z")
> [@malaka](#): > > “Slowhand” Eric Clapton lives in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. Until recently, Peter Frampton lived in suburban Cincinnati – his third wife was from that area, and he moved there after they married. They divorced several years ago, and he has since moved to Nashville. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/37 "2016-02-04T19:35:58Z")
Brett Favre lives in Sumrall, MS, near Hattiesburg (where he went to college), and about 90 miles from the even smaller town of Kiln, where he grew up. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/38 "2016-02-04T19:36:30Z")
Todd Rundgren lives in Kauai ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/39 "2016-02-04T19:42:29Z")
Bob Dylan lives on a farm/ranch outside of a small town in Minnesota. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/40 "2016-02-04T19:47:50Z")
World famous cellist [**Mischa Maisky**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischa_Maisky) lives in Genval, a very small town in the middle of Belgium. I actually went to one of his concerts there about ten years ago. It was funny to think that he could basically have come to that nondescript venue on foot. I also saw him ice-skating with his kids in Brussels a few years later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134.md?page=3)