How far away do you live from where you were born?

[rbnyc]

Inspired by the "Where were you born?" thread and reminiscent of a recent random question, "How far away do you live from where you grew up," I'm interested to see the results. I was born in the southwest and currently live on the east coast.

[Flaxbee]

1. born in California,

live in Virginia.

I miss California, but the way it used to be ... not so sure about it now.

[tabbycat31]

2. about two hours

My parents still live in the house I grew up, which is about 6 miles from where I was born.

To me it's the perfect distance from them. Close enough to come home for a weekend yet far enough where I have my privacy.

ETA born in Westchester County, NY and now live in Monmouth County, NJ

[brendan120678]

3. About 200 miles driving...

according to Google Maps.

Born/Raised - Binghamton, NY area
Live - Waterbury, CT

[snooper2]

4. you need an option - not far enough

:)

[here_is_to_hope]

5. Coast of North Carolina to the Coast of Oregon...

3345 miles, yes, just far enough.

[bluedigger]

6. Woo Hoo, I win (so far)

5304.7 miles. Give or take.:)

Here's a distance calculator for those such as myself that stump Mapquest:
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculate-distance.html

[hobbit709]

10. Beat you by 260+ miles

[bluedigger]

13. I've got room to move further west...

Way to go!:fistbump:

[KamaAina]

7. 2,437 miles

Baltimore --> San Jose.

[pink-o]

33. Baltimore to San Francisco for me!

All those people who say they'd miss the season, yeah I can understand that. Who wouldn't rather live in -65 degree blizzards than this environment:








Taken yesterday @ Ocean Beach when I was on my bike.

[hobbit709]

8. Mapquest says 5566 miles straight line distance.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. From Manhattan Beach CA to Ripon, WI:

1724.6 miles.

Hm. Somehow I thought it was farther than that...

Who knew?

[rbnyc]

28. I love Wisconsin!

What brought you there?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. It is a beautiful state, my dear rbnyc...

Well, my mom was pregnant with me when they moved there, lol!

My dad had gotten a teaching job at Ripon College. We were only there a few months, since he got drafted for WWII when I was a few months old.

He went off to the Army, and my mom and I went off to live with her parents in Illinois till my dad came home...

:hi:

[rbnyc]

30. I used to spend summers in Lodi, WI

I was born in Phoenix, but grew up in Chicago. My dad's best friend had a cabin in Lodi and we spent summers there. They called us flatlanders.

We also used to go to the Dells. We took my son there the summer before the flood.

I also went to school in IL and lots of my classmates were from WI so I've visited all over the state.

[Crystal Clarity]

11. Gosh, I wish I could better remember the statistics

and even the source, but I once read somewhere that most Americans (something like 75% or more) live within 50 miles of where they were born. It's kind of interesting to see how that percentage appears to be much less true of DUers.

Maybe that is why we seem to be far less insular in world view as a demographic. And most likely the folks still living near their birthplace are well-read, well-educated, well-traveled... I bet at least one or all of the 3, if that group were to be broken down and polled even farther. It helps to see the world beyond your own backyard by whatever means, I think.

-just my humble observation fwiw. :-)

[rbnyc]

14. I was interested in that too.

I also wonder what a poll like this would look like in on FR.

[we can do it]

12. Not Far Enough

get me out of painfully stupid ohio

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. 1250 miles.

Born in Milwaukee, WI. Live in Houston, TX.

[haele]

16. Which direction do you want to me to measure it from?

One way, it's 129 miles. The other way, it's 24772 miles.

Haele

[Tikki]

17. About 1300 mi.

up the Pacific Coast most of the way.


The Tikkis

[Iggo]

18. Way way way less than 50 miles. (n/t)

[BlueJazz]

19. about 11 thousand miles. (Sydney, Australia)

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

20. Born in California

Live in Germany. I don't know the exact miles. Sometimes it feels too far and other times not far enough.

[DebJ]

21. I was looking for the option 'too far'. Only about 120 miles, but

all the way into another dimension....from Wash, DC to South Central Pa. When I first moved here, I heard two co-workers talking about 'going into the city'. I asked, What city? They said, this one...York, Pa. Funny, I can't even think of it as a city.

[Xithras]

22. My house, in a straight line, is four miles from the spot where I was born.

I've traveled all over the place, and most of my family has moved away, but I ended up living only a handful of miles from the point where I entered the world. The hospital still exists, and two of my own kids were born there.

I've told my wife that I have to move somewhere far away when the kids move out, just because I don't want to be buried at the cemetery two miles from the hospital. My life is bigger than that :)

[denbot]

23. Less then twenty miles

I've lived in different states, but I always come home to the Los Angeles area.

[kalli007]

24. Why is there not an option for

light years??

[rrneck]

25. 2246 miles by car. nt

[bigwillq]

26. 10, 15 miles (nt)

[Taverner]

27. California Native, born and bred

A son of the soil, if you will....

Although members of the Mi Wok tribe has a bit more of a claim to the soil than I

[denbot]

32. Hey I know some members of the Mi Wok nation

Tachi's and Yokut's too.

[Taverner]

34. Now THEY can claim to be true sons of the soil

Like I said :)

[ornotna]

31. 6212 miles

Born in Turkey, now live in Florida.

[ROFF]

35. Less than 2 miles. nt

[Bertha Venation]

36. 2302 mi. as the crow flies; 2672.65 mi. on the road (according to Google Maps)

Huntington Beach, CA to Waldorf, MD

[JTG of the PRB]

37. About 16 miles or so.

Still close to home, you could say. :)

[mopinko]

38. less than 50 miles, but still a different world.

from the outer most ring of suburbs, which still had quite a few cornfields when i was born, to the big city.

[Odin2005]

39. less than a mile.

[Kat45]

40. Zero miles.

I live right upstairs from where I grew up. I inherited the two-family house in which I grew up, but I live in the other apartment.

[txwhitedove]

41. Born in California, and now 1,582.10 miles away in Texas.