# Zip Codes You've Lived In, Off the Top of Your Head!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 13, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612 "2008-11-13T22:48:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/41 "2008-11-14T04:14:18Z")

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(I don’t know the postal code for Hayama, Japan.)  
92111  
93534 (which changed to 93536)  
90034  
90501  
98230

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/42 "2008-11-14T04:15:00Z")

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> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#):
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> No. I don’t remember the one for the house I lived in till I was 7 (though I do remember the street address) or the one when I lived in Wales (it began “SA2,” but I don’t remember anything after that). I do remember the five other zip codes.

You lived in Swansea 2? Wow!

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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/43 "2008-11-14T04:15:08Z")

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44039  
43210 (this exists!)  
43201  
60614  
60613

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/44 "2008-11-14T04:45:05Z")

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> [@MOIDALIZE](#):
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> 43210 (this exists!)

Go Bucks!

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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/45 "2008-11-14T04:50:48Z")

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> [@freckafree](#):
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> Go Bucks!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

_burns a couch on Chittenden_

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/46 "2008-11-14T04:52:47Z")

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04901  
30328  
37130  
37214  
37411  
37919  
39157  
44512  
85719

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**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/47 "2008-11-14T04:58:59Z")

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48302 as a child and 48073 now. I can’t remember any of the ones in between.

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**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/48 "2008-11-14T05:11:39Z")

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> [@Duke](#):
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> You lived in Swansea 2? Wow!

I looked it up - 7QN.

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/49 "2008-11-14T06:35:39Z")

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45230  
33957  
63119  
63144  
66216

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/50 "2008-11-14T07:05:04Z")

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7806 (South Africa)  
7700 (South Africa)  
33064  
30342  
30309  
95816

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/51 "2008-11-14T07:05:28Z")

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08628  
94110  
94131  
94114  
94122

Missing at least two - one in Atlanta and one in Aurora, CO, although that one was much shorter-term than expected.

Joe

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/52 "2008-11-14T07:17:04Z")

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49922  
53214  
70001  
70114  
70131  
27713

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**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/53 "2008-11-14T09:15:53Z")

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91006  
91214  
95132  
94538  
98661  
98059  
95355  
97223

From birth.

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/54 "2008-11-14T09:45:51Z")

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101 (Iceland)  
302 57 (Sweden)  
584 36 (Sweden)  
W-77, 775 (Germany, no idea if this is the correct format)  
582 14 (Sweden)  
5717 (Norway)  
226 53 (Sweden)  
210 (Iceland)  
110 (Iceland)  
352 22 (Sweden)  
374 80 (Sweden)  
370 (Iceland)  
800 (Iceland)

From birth, till today

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/55 "2008-11-14T09:47:38Z")

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My post codes, in descending order of duration of residence:  
3844  
3840  
3850

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/56 "2008-11-14T11:51:14Z")

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I began my zip code journey at 33023 the rest that followed I can’t remember…  
currently at 49503

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/57 "2008-11-14T13:00:09Z")

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31500 (Spain)  
31430 (Spain)  
08025 (Spain)  
08017 (Spain)  
Two from the UK I don’t wanna give (one is current, and UK post codes are for a tiny area)  
I don’t remember the four from the USA any more, d’oh!, and was only too glad to forget the one in Switzerland. Don’t remember the one from France, either. No Post codes in Costa Rica.

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/58 "2008-11-14T14:53:44Z")

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00687  
00717 (since reassigned)  
00918  
21218  
17402  
21204  
00927  
00921

There are at least 3 missing there, from Maryland, Texas and PR

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/59 "2008-11-14T15:00:09Z")

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27212  
27041  
27514 (? - i think)  
27455  
27410

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-codes-youve-lived-in-off-the-top-of-your-head/472612/60 "2008-11-14T15:12:14Z")

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> [@Lobsang](#):
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> Blimey you people move around a lot!

No kidding. I’ve lived in the same house since the day I was born. No kidding.

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