# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/61 "2016-02-05T00:55:43Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek both live in Charlottesville, Virginia when not working… Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange used to also live around C’ville as well as Christopher Reeves; its a pretty wealthy, horsey enclave near there, although I believe Robert Duvall now lives in the Plains, VA which is closer to northern Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/62 "2016-02-05T01:03:55Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > John Mellencamp lives in Southern Indiana. … > Maybe he’s not so well-known now, but he’s lived there since the 90s. Mellencamp lives near Bloomington, Indiana, one county west of his home town of Seymour. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/63 "2016-02-05T04:35:00Z")
I seemed to remember that former NFL great Terry Bradshaw was living in a small town in Oklahoma so I asked the internet. Turns out he’s lived in Thackerville, OK, near the Texas border, for fourteen years. He hasn’t been living a small town life however as he recently put his place up for sale for almost eleven million dollars. Says he wants to spend more time traveling with his wife and on his place in Hawaii. Here are photos: [http://m.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/13/terry-bradshaw-thackerville-oklahoma-ranch.php](http://m.curbed.com/archives/2014/11/13/terry-bradshaw-thackerville-oklahoma-ranch.php) ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/64 "2016-02-05T04:57:02Z")
A slew of famous people live in and around Nashville, including Reese Witherspoon, and Nicole Kidman and her husband, Keith Urban. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/65 "2016-02-05T05:00:46Z")
Out of the Way is Gerlach, Nv. Sorry, can’t think of anybody there. But a short drive west has David Coverdale, Captain and Tennille (huge in the 70’s) and Doug Clifford. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > The short guy on “American Pickers” lives in a middle-class neighborhood in Davenport, Iowa. This made me laugh, as I met Mike, and he was about a foot shorter than he looks on TV! Both me and my wife said after meeting him, “Jeez, that other guy must be a midget!” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/66 "2016-02-05T05:55:08Z")
Michaell Moore lives in a little town outside Traverse City, in northern Michigan. Gordie Howe used to live there, too, not sure if he still does. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/67 "2016-02-05T06:02:30Z")
It’s pretty common for ball players to retire in their hometowns. Three Hall-of-Famers that I can think of were folksy and would sit and chat with anyone passing through who wanted to stop by and talk baseball with them on their front porch: Warren Spahn (Hartshorne OK), Johnny Mize (Demorest GA) and Grover Alexander (St. Paul NE). All now deceased. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/68 "2016-02-05T06:30:10Z")
You can make a lot of jokes and ribs in this thread. Example: one would think Neil Young would buy a place in Alberta. ---
**Author:** ![williambaskerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/69 "2016-02-05T06:45:40Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Maureen O’Hara lived the last few years of her life in Boise, ID. And before she moved there, she spent most of her later years in Glengariff, County Cork, Ireland. She put her Cork property on the market in 2014 :- > **[Maureen O’Hara's Cork estate goes on sale for €2.3m](https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/maureen-o-hara-s-cork-estate-goes-on-sale-for-2-3m-1.1972760)** > > The Hollywood star is selling her scenic coastal property, Lugdine Park, which is set on 35 acres. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/70 "2016-02-05T07:24:44Z")
If you live in a city that ranks in the top 20 in population in the US and has a major airport, I think it’s a stretch to call it out of the way. I understand everyone on the internet lives in NYC or Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/71 "2016-02-05T08:58:22Z")
Hollywood isn’t a city. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/72 "2016-02-05T09:19:57Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Hollywood isn’t a city. Because it’s only part of the second-largest city in the country, you mean? ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/73 "2016-02-05T09:47:58Z")
> [@Gordon\_Urquhart](#): > > Here’s [a YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHfMrPRFdw) of Joe’s place (he did alright). It’s a pretty area, and well away from all the ridiculousness of the ski areas along I-70. > > Weirdness: “You Can Leave Your Hat On” just came on the streaming radio while I was typing this. My nephew’s wife helped Pam Cocker decorate that place. My nephew got to meet Joe. We were all jealous. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/74 "2016-02-05T10:02:45Z")
Jeremy Irons lives in Watlington, a small town just down the road from where I grew up. I have occasionally seen him walking his dogs around there. Nobody hassles him. Most of the BeeGees lived in the town where I went to school. Two of them even died there too. ☹ Also in the UK, I used occasionally drink in a pub in Aylesbury where there was a cartoonist who was a regular. He had drawn caricatures of the other regulars which were hung on the walls. There was Pete the plumber, Bert the truck driver, [Fish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_(singer)) the singer, Alan the barman, etc. I loved how the celebrity’s identity and profession were treated in such an equitable way. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/75 "2016-02-05T10:43:55Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > My nephew’s wife helped Pam Cocker decorate that place. My nephew got to meet Joe. We were all jealous. It’s pretty amazing what elegant lives some of these musicians you never see in anything but jeans and t-shirts live offstage. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/76 "2016-02-05T12:01:35Z")
I believe Woody Harrelson lives around Lebanon, OH. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134/77 "2016-02-05T17:33:10Z")
I have heard that Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russel lived in a very rural place in Canada - at least for a time. I Googled them and here is a quote from Kurt Russell’s Wiki page: He and partner Goldie Hawn formerly took summer vacations in the Muskoka region in Ontario, Canada. They gave up their cottage after too many unwelcomed visitors would stare at their cottage through binoculars from Lake Rosseau. > **[Kurt Russell - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621/bio/)** > > Kurt Russell. Actor: The Hateful Eight. Kurt Vogel Russell was born on March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts and raised in Thousand Oaks, California to Louise Julia Russell (née Crone), a dancer & Bing Russell, an actor. He is of English,... I can understand “peeping” at a hot actress but, peeping at their cottage? How is that any fun or excitement? Especially once she reaches 70 years old? > **[Goldie Hawn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldie_Hawn)** > > Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, dancer, producer, and singer. She rose to fame on the NBC sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1970), before going on to receive the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Cactus Flower (1969). > Hawn appeared in such films as There's a Girl in My Soup (1970), Butterflies Are Free (1972), The Sugarland Express (1974), Shampoo (1975), Foul Play (1978), Seems Like O... ---
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I believe Randy Quaid lives on Mars. ---
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While he never actually lived there, John Fogerty of CCR fame, has spent quite a bit of time in Elkhart, IN since the late '80s. His current wife, Julie, is a local girl and the couple would come and bring their children to visit her parents. It was not unheard of, in the 1990s, for him to quietly sit in with some of the local bands playing bars in the area. I was lucky enough to catch him a few times during that period. I left the area in 2002, so he might still be doing it, for all I know. ---
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> [@Quimby](#): > > I’m not sure if he still does but Stephen Colbert lived in Montclair NJ which is a pretty normal small town in NJ. That is hardly out of the way. It’s a 45 minute commute to NYC. A lot of TV people who work in NYC live in Montclair. Yogi Berra lived there too. Speaking of New Jersey Bonjovi still lives in Middletown. Springsteen lives in Rumson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-big-celebrities-live-in-surprisingly-out-of-the-way-places/745134.md?page=5)