# Where Were You for Your Decade Years? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 24, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656 "2018-06-24T06:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/61 "2018-06-25T17:04:09Z")
Had to really think about this: 10- S. Hempstead, NY 20- Binghamton, NY 30- Huntington, NY 40- Coram, NY 50- Oakdale, NY 4 of those 5 are on Long Island. Barring a massive lottery win, 60 will be somewhere in Maryland. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/62 "2018-06-25T17:09:55Z")
0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, Same place, NW Oregon. I have never had a desire or felt the need to be anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/63 "2018-06-25T17:14:17Z")
10 Glen Burnie, MD 20 College Park, MD 30 Glen Burnie/Abingdon, MD 40 Lancaster, CA 50 Lancaster, CA ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/64 "2018-06-25T17:20:30Z")
10 and 20, Boise ID 30, Junction City KS (or Ft. Riley, there is a better than even chance I was on some 24hr desk duty that day) 40, Boise ID again. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/65 "2018-06-25T17:58:38Z")
> [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](#): > > 10 Glen Burnie, MD I turned 10 there, too. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 25, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/66 "2018-06-25T18:48:58Z")
All my life in New Orleans or a suburb of, with the exception of a 4 year stint in Baton Rouge for college. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/67 "2018-06-25T19:01:23Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I turned 10 there, too. 🙂 Wow! Small world. ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/68 "2018-06-25T20:23:05Z")
10 - Los Angeles Area (South Bay) 20 - Baltimore, MD 30 - Boston Area (Arlington) 40 - San Luis Obispo, CA Still in SLO and have no plans to move before 50 (or ever, actually). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/69 "2018-06-25T20:29:53Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > Had to really think about this: > > 10- S. Hempstead, NY > 20- Binghamton, NY > 30- Huntington, NY > 40- Coram, NY > 50- Oakdale, NY > > 4 of those 5 are on Long Island. > > Barring a massive lottery win, 60 will be somewhere in Maryland. Howdy. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/70 "2018-06-25T20:50:15Z")
10s and half of 20s in The Bronx. The second half of 20s through half of 40s in Brooklyn. Last 10 years on Long Island. Or all of them in NY. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/71 "2018-06-25T21:27:06Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > 60: Panama City, Panama (though I celebrated my birthday with my family in New York) You were in NY and didn’t tell anybody? I would have loved the opportunity to give you a birthday gift in person. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/72 "2018-06-25T21:39:31Z")
10 Rhode Island 20 Massachusetts 30, 40, 50, 60 California I’m about 99.999% confident all the rest will be in CA. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/73 "2018-06-25T22:41:53Z")
10 - NE OH 20 - Columbus, OH 30 - Long Island, NY 40 - NYC 50 - NYC 60 - NE OH 70 - NE OH ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/74 "2018-06-26T18:58:21Z")
10 - central New Jersey 20 - Columbus, Ohio 30 - Columbus, Ohio 40 - NYC Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/75 "2018-06-26T19:21:05Z")
10: Norristown, PA 20: Bethlehem, PA 30: Waukesha, WI 40: Audubon, PA 50: Audubon, PA ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/76 "2018-06-26T22:49:10Z")
What an interesting thread. 10 - Idaho Falls, ID 20 - Idaho Falls -\> Boise ID 30 - Corvallis, OR 40 - Seattle, WA 50 - Eugene, OR 60 - Eugene, OR So I’m pretty much a Pacific Northwesterner, but the decade points leave out time I spent in China, Japan, and Omaha – all important exceptions to my PNW time. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/77 "2018-06-26T23:44:03Z")
10 - Culver City, CA 20 - Culver City, CA 30 - Palos Verdes, CA 40 - Playa del Rey, CA 50 - Playa del Rey, CA 60 - Playa del Rey, CA Don’t plan on moving. People would ask me before I retired if I wanted to move to a lower cost place. Couldn’t think of a single place I’d want to move to that fell in that category. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/78 "2018-06-27T01:07:56Z")
10 - Waldwick, NJ 20 - Tallahassee, FL 30, 40 , 50 - Las Vegas, NV ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/79 "2018-06-27T07:19:30Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > So I’m pretty much a Pacific Northwesterner, but the decade points leave out time I spent in China, Japan, and Omaha – all important exceptions to my PNW time. Recalls the episode where Det. Luger says to Det. Yamana “You’re from Omaha? We got a place over here with the same name.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/80 "2018-06-27T08:48:20Z")
10 - Karitane, New Zealand 20 - Dunedin, New Zealand 30, 40 - Melbourne, Australia I have never even been to the northern hemisphere, let alone birthdayed there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656.md?page=5)