# Who has traveled the furthest from the place of their birth? Who has stayed the closest? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102 "2011-12-22T18:52:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/1 "2011-12-22T18:52:56Z")
I think the title says it all. Take your birthpace, and take the farthest distance you have ever traveled from it, and post that distance. There’s probably a bunch of different sites that can calculate the distance for you quickly. [Here](http://www.mapcrow.info/) is one of them. For example, I was born in Heidelberg, Germany, and have traveled to Hilo, Hawaii – a distance of 7551 miles. That should be easy to beat in both directions. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/2 "2011-12-22T19:12:40Z")
6772 miles. Motherwell, UK to Manila, Philippines. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/3 "2011-12-22T19:17:51Z")
~4200 miles. Burlington, VT to the Capri, Italy. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/4 "2011-12-22T19:20:00Z")
About 4400 miles. Zanesville, OH to Munich, Germany. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/5 "2011-12-22T19:23:37Z")
11270 miles. Toronto, Canada to Perth, Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/6 "2011-12-22T19:24:19Z")
I was born in Alexandria, Virginia and the furthest from there I’ve been was Anchorage, Alaska, 3367 miles away. EDIT: It looks like I’ve covered the least distance in the thread. For now anyways. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/7 "2011-12-22T19:25:16Z")
I’ll try to win being the shortest distance. 2177 miles, Macedonia Ohio to San Francisco CA. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/8 "2011-12-22T19:27:30Z")
About 3,000 miles. I’ve been all over this country (born and raised on the Jersey shore), but never overseas. ---
**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/9 "2011-12-22T19:27:41Z")
Atlanta GA, USA to Bangkok Thailand 9,132 miles or 14,697 km ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/10 "2011-12-22T19:33:50Z")
Born in Punjab India, I think the furthest has to be to Los Angeles. New Delhi to LA is 7978 miles. Add another 50 or 60 miles to go back to Punjab itself and I am just over 8000 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/11 "2011-12-22T19:36:57Z")
Nashua, NH —\> San Francisco, CA = 2665 miles ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/12 "2011-12-22T19:53:54Z")
7718 miles. I was born in Taiwan and live in Indiana. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/13 "2011-12-22T19:54:47Z")
Places on land: Sydney, NSW, to Newquay, Cornwall - 10,775 miles Places at sea: Sydney, NSW, to somewhere in the Atlantic off the coast of Portugal - about 11,400 miles (and I was first in that general area when two years old) ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/14 "2011-12-22T21:26:43Z")
I think I’ve seen something that will tell you what is exactly on the other side of the earth from a given point. Anyone know the website I’m thinking of? Anyway, so far the farthest away from my birthplace (Kentucky) that I’ve been able to think of is Yangon, Myanmar (8695 mi/ 13944 km). ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/15 "2011-12-22T21:28:53Z")
> [@BetsQ](#): > > I think I’ve seen something that will tell you what is exactly on the other side of the earth from a given point. Anyone know the website I’m thinking of? I believe it is the [Antipodes Map](http://www.antipodemap.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/16 "2011-12-22T21:59:53Z")
Chicago to Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia = about 9,900 miles. Like most Americans I’m handicapped by being antipodal to a huge body of water. I might go to Perth some day, which would be just shy of 11,000 miles, and that will be it without taking a long slow boat ride to nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/17 "2011-12-22T22:38:47Z")
Here’s a website I used. [Distancefromto.net](http://www.distancefromto.net/) According to this, from Detroit to Beijing is 6633 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/18 "2011-12-22T22:44:32Z")
7,522 miles (Kansas to Taiwan) ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/19 "2011-12-22T22:49:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Kansas City, US -94.5783 > 39.0997 > Shenzhen, CH 118.7906 > 27.3769 > Miles: 7359.51 > Kilometers: 11843.67 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/20 "2011-12-22T22:56:32Z")
Furthest away from place of birth: 1,829.30 miles. And as for closest, I currently live less than a mile from the hospital I was delivered in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102.md?page=2)