# What's the furthest you've ever been from home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-been-from-home/393782 "2007-02-26T22:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-been-from-home/393782/21 "2007-02-27T05:34:33Z")
What, no Dopers who have been in space? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-been-from-home/393782/22 "2007-02-27T06:38:52Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Simply enough, this thread posits three questions (you might have guessed which ones by now): 1. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from your birthplace? [/quote] 10,454 miles (16,824 km)- Washington, DC area to Adelaide, Australia. > [@](#): > > 1. What’s the furthest you’ve ever _lived_ from your birthplace? 2433 miles (3916 km)- Washington, DC area to San Francisco area. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-been-from-home/393782/23 "2007-02-27T06:45:16Z")
I was born in Toronto, ON, Canada. 1. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from your birthplace? Perth, WA, Australia: 11282 miles; 18156 km. 1. What’s the furthest you’ve ever lived from your birthplace? Calgary AB, Canada: 1421 miles, 2287 km. 1. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from your place of residence during the time you were there? See question 1. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-been-from-home/393782/24 "2007-02-27T07:41:46Z")
1. Don’t know the distance, but I’m from Spain and was in Argentina once. 2. If you count lived as “paid rent”, then Miami. If you count “spent 30+ days in the same country, even if not at the same address” (the definition used by the Spanish government) then Mexico (Puebla and Toluca). 3. The visit to Argentina was while paying rent in Philadelphia. My first visit to the US (New Hampshire) was while paying rent in Barcelona. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-been-from-home/393782/25 "2007-02-27T07:52:20Z")
1. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from your birthplace? Van Wert, OH to Alice Springs, NT - 9916.62 miles ( I think Ayer’s Rock Resort was actually farther, but I can’t get the distance calculator to find it.) 2. What’s the furthest you’ve ever _lived_ from your birthplace? Van Wert, OH to Bridgewater, VA - 344.02 3. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from your place of residence _during the time you were there_? Same as number 1. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-been-from-home/393782/26 "2007-02-27T08:23:06Z")
1. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from your birthplace? 5400 km, as the crow flies (Saint John, New Brunswick to Girona, Catalonia, Spain) 1. What’s the furthest you’ve ever _lived_ from your birthplace? 2379 km, as the crow flies (Saint John, New Brunswick to Winnipeg, Manitoba) 1. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from your place of residence _during the time you were there_? 5924 km, as the crow flies (Montreal, Quebec to Girona, Catalonia, Spain) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-youve-ever-been-from-home/393782.md?page=1)