# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/21 "2011-12-22T22:59:13Z")
Juneau, Alaska to Johannesburg, South Africa: 10,054 miles/16,180 km ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/22 "2011-12-22T23:01:29Z")
When I was born (nearly 50 years ago), my mom lived in the same house I’m living in now. I’ve been married for nearly 28 years, come the 30th of this month. I ventured away for many years, but I ended up right back here. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/23 "2011-12-22T23:08:39Z")
Groningen, The Netherlands, to Antigua, Guatemala: 5707 miles. Don’t think I’m going to beat that any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/24 "2011-12-22T23:14:10Z")
Not very far at all. The greatest distance seems to be from Loma Linda, Ca to Mykonos, Greece (6939.41 miles). ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/25 "2011-12-22T23:15:16Z")
Mankato, Minnesota, to Aqaba, Jordan, 6421 miles/10,334 km. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/26 "2011-12-22T23:39:43Z")
Silver Spring, Maryland to Flinders Chase, South Australia: 10,596 miles/17,052 km. Good for third place, so far! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/27 "2011-12-22T23:39:46Z")
~7400 miles: Pittsburgh to Lihue, HI ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/28 "2011-12-22T23:50:06Z")
Chatham, New Brunswick to Canberra, Australia 10484 miles ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/29 "2011-12-22T23:57:24Z")
London, UK =\> Te Anau, NZ: 11,731.93, 18,880.19 KM ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/30 "2011-12-22T23:57:46Z")
Not me but one of my uncles never got more than 100 miles from his home in his life. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/31 "2011-12-23T00:11:31Z")
Johnstown, PA to Johannesburg, South Africa, 8220 miles. John, Johanne, it’s all the same, innit? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/32 "2011-12-23T00:19:24Z")
> [@Mdcastleman](#): > > Not me but one of my uncles never got more than 100 miles from his home in his life. I’ve got cousins that are similar. They’ve been to Boston, 140 miles away, and Albany, much closer. My first time in Schenectady, NY at the age of six months took me further from my birthplace in Maryland that some of my cousins have ever been. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/33 "2011-12-23T00:34:41Z")
Poughkeepsie, NY West to Taipei, TW: 7,715 miles East to Karatu, TZ: 7,372 miles > [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > ~7400 miles: Pittsburgh to Lihue, HI That number doesn’t look right. One of the distances I checked for mine was Poughkeepsie (which is east of Pittsburgh) to Princeville (just north of Lihue), and it’s less than 5,000 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/34 "2011-12-23T01:02:12Z")
From Georgia (USA) to Palau (Micronesia) - 8457 miles. I’ll try to do better. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/35 "2011-12-23T01:05:27Z")
Born Ballarat, Australia - visited as far as Boston, US. Distance of 10565 miles, or 17002km. Looks like maximising this number has a lot to do with having been to Australia at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/36 "2011-12-23T01:13:35Z")
Another Aussie. Melbourne -\> New York 10,352.30 miles. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/37 "2011-12-23T01:28:57Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> IMHO. I’ll let someone else calculate the distance. ---
**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 23, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/38 "2011-12-23T01:29:14Z")
No one has pointed it out, but the circumference of the Earth is about 25,000 miles. Anyone approaching 12,500 miles is going to win. Looks like **jjimm** at 18,890 Kms (11,737 miles) is going to be really hard to beat. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/39 "2011-12-23T01:42:39Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Looks like **jjimm** at 18,890 Kms (11,737 miles) is going to be really hard to beat. Any Brit who’s been to New Zealand - which is not unlikely - will have a similar distance. For geographical/oceanic reasons quite easy for us to achieve. Looking at [http://www.antipodr.com/](http://www.antipodr.com/) it’s a bit more difficult for Americans to achieve - however I think a New Yorker who’s been to Perth may be in the running. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-traveled-the-furthest-from-the-place-of-their-birth-who-has-stayed-the-closest/607102/40 "2011-12-23T01:47:22Z")
Not the farthest, but I am still impressed: Ithaca, NY to Port Arthur, Tasmania 10,225 miles [Previous 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=1) [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=3)