# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/81 "2018-06-27T22:29:13Z")
> [@](#): > > I have never even been to the northern hemisphere, let alone birthdayed there. Don’t worry, you’re not missing much. For me, 10 - Iowa 20 - Chicago 30 - North Carolina 40 - Washington DC 50 will almost certainly be Washington DC or close, 60 could be New York City, or outside the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/82 "2018-06-27T23:17:21Z")
10 - Haifa, Israel 20 - outskirts of Jericho, I think. I was in the army, and moving around a lot. 30 - Tel Aviv 40 - Tel Aviv ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/83 "2018-06-27T23:20:57Z")
either kokomo Indiana or the antelope valley ca except seaside ca where rents lived when dad was in the army and san beradino for a few months decades ago ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/84 "2018-06-28T10:20:04Z")
I have lived in 7 states and three different countries. Defining “move” as crossing state or national boundaries, my wife and I have moved a total of 12 times since we married. As a contract employee, I revisited many towns even 2 or 3 times. I explained all that because limiting the list to decade cities shows a really odd coincidence. I’ve never realized this until this thread. 10 Little Rock, Arkansas 20 Little Rock, Arkansas 30 Fort Worth, Texas 40 Fort Worth, Texas 50 Fort Worth, Texas 60 Fort Worth, Texas It’s hilarious that with all my wandering, I was in only two towns when my birthday-age ended with a zero. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/85 "2018-06-28T10:39:38Z")
10 - small town Iowa 20 - big town Iowa 30 - Minneapolis It’s pretty obvious that I’m just going bigger and bigger, but I’ve already lived in LA and Chicago. Guess it’s NYC for 40! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/86 "2018-06-28T11:38:39Z")
0 Des Moines IA 10 Wheeling WV 20 Morgantown WV 30 Baltimore MD (Chase) 40 Hanover PA (near Gettysburg) 50 Hanover PA ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/87 "2018-06-28T14:57:08Z")
Are we talking the entire year, or just the birthday for that decade year? 10 - St Louis (county) MO 20 thru 50 - Lawrence KS Although on my actual 40th birthday, I was in Oakland/S.F. on a business trip. ---
**Author:** ![laurieb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/88 "2018-06-28T19:02:32Z")
I turned 10 years old in Los Angeles. I was born and raised in West Germany. Turned 20 and 30 years old here in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/89 "2018-06-28T22:11:17Z")
It’s Fairfax County, Virginia across the board for me. I did live in Maryland once for a short stretch, but not during a significant birthday… ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/90 "2018-06-29T00:37:09Z")
10 Northern Virginia 20 Northern Virginia 30 Moscow, Russia 40 Aceh, Indonesia 50 Ranmallah, Palestine ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/91 "2018-06-29T02:44:04Z")
10 - Elgin, IL 20 - Valparaiso, IN 30 - Urbana, IL ---
**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:** [July 16, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/92 "2018-07-16T18:14:18Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Howdy. North Shore where? We were a hair away from moving to Stony Brook after Coram. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/93 "2018-07-16T18:51:43Z")
10: O’Fallon, IL 20: Fort Riley, KS 30: Floating on the Gasconade river somewhere near Belle, MO. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/94 "2018-07-16T18:57:09Z")
[ul] [li]First decade(0-10): Houston[/li][li]Second decade(11-20): Houston, College Station (in college)[/li][li]Third Decade(21-30): College Station (in college), Houston(after college for a few years), Plano (DFW suburb), Frisco (DFW suburb)[/li][li]Fourth Decade(31-40): Frisco, Dallas[/li][li]Fifth Decade(41-present): Dallas[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/95 "2018-07-16T18:58:58Z")
10: Kent, WA 20: Frostburg, MD at college 30: Saipan, CNMI 40: Chinle, AZ I hope that 50 will be back home again in Indiana. Or we might still be in Oklahoma. This doesn’t begin to scratch the surface. 16 different locations (not including college) and 28 moves that I know of. The longest I have ever lived in one geographic area is 6 years. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/96 "2018-07-16T18:59:50Z")
10: My family moved from suburban Chicago to Green Bay on my 10th birthday. 20: At college in Madison, WI. 30, 40, 50: Back in suburban Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/97 "2018-07-16T19:53:01Z")
> [@bump](#): > > [ul] > [li]First decade(0-10): Houston[/li][li]Second decade(11-20): Houston, College Station (in college)[/li][li]Third Decade(21-30): College Station (in college), Houston(after college for a few years), Plano (DFW suburb), Frisco (DFW suburb)[/li][li]Fourth Decade(31-40): Frisco, Dallas[/li][li]Fifth Decade(41-present): Dallas[/li][/ul] If we’re talking birthdays, then 10 - Houston 20 - College Station 30 - Frisco 40 - Dallas ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/98 "2018-07-16T21:49:29Z")
10 - Peoria, Il 20 - Austin, TX 30 - Dallas, TX 40 - Frisco, TX ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/99 "2018-07-16T21:56:12Z")
All four of my decade birthdays have been here in Boise, Idaho (half in my childhood home, half in my current apartment). My 0’th was in California though. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-for-your-decade-years/816656/100 "2018-07-16T22:22:07Z")
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