Mrs. Readsalot Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I grew up in in a town just north of Baltimore City and now I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I am about 150 miles away. I like the lifestyle of the Eastern Shore much better than the city. Also because we are close to the ocean (about a mile away) our summers are cooler and our winter are warmer than they were in Baltimore County. Basically I love living on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and am so glad my dh and I decided to move here 19 years ago. I lived in Hawaii for 3 years so that was very far from were I grew up. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 About 550 miles. I grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida and I now live in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. We have lived here 7 years now. All of our family are still in Florida. There are pros and cons to being far from family.:001_smile: We love it in the mountains. It is beautiful, we have all four seasons, and it is home to us now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I now live 2000 miles from where I grew up. I love where I live, but miss family and friends. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I grew up in Texas and Oklahoma...but I'm now within 20 minutes of where I was born. Carrie:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaof2andtwins Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Ummm, I live about 1.7 miles from the town I grew up in. Our actual house is a little further than that. Jennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I live about 900 miles from home. I grew up in SE Wisconsin, and am now in SE Virginia. I'm not here by choice though, although I kind of am. LOL, I chose my husband thus have to live here because this is where the Navy has him stationed. How's that for a weird answer. He's got about 6 years left and then we'll either move to KS, NE, or SW Wisconsin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 We live 58 miles from my hometown and 92 miles from dh's hometown, but we crossed the boarder into a different state. I like being close to my "roots", and we'll probably wind up moving even closer one of these days, but part of me would love to try a new adventure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Grew up partly in Ohio, then finished high school in Connecticut - Here I am in. . . . .Alabama?! (shhh. . . . .I really like it here!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmeg Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I'm 97 miles from my hometown, but still within the beautiful Willamette Valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I was born and raised in California--Southern to Northern (we moved a lot). My dh was born in Maryland, where his parents still live (sad to say, I'd LOVE to live closer to them!). Now we live in Washington State. The beginning of November will mark the 20th Anniversary of dh and I driving from CA to Washington to live! I love it here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kiddies Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 My husband and I bought our house from my parents so I live in the house I lived in with my parents from ages 17-25. I'm about 5 minutes from where I lived prior to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 About 5000 miles. Born in the UK, and lived there all my life until ten years ago. Now I'm in FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I live about 50 miles away from where I grew up. I left Long Island 11 years ago for the The Garden State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 300 miles. Love where we are (almost 29 years now - moved about five years after we married), but it is hard when parents get older - only one remaining parent who is still those 300 miles away . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 About 800 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Honestly, about 30 miles. I would just love to live somewhere besides Louisiana once in my life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula in PA Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Um, we're living in the same house I grew up in. My dad was spending more and more time at his girlfriend's house, so when we returned to the area, he suggested we stay here instead of renting. He couldn't bring himself to sell it, as he and my mom had lived here for over 30 years before her death, but he didn't like it standing empty so much of the time. It's been an interesting experience. We live about 10 miles from where my dh grew up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 About 2000 miles. I grew up in CA, I now live in IL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLH in ND Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I live in the same town (after living in a couple other states after college) & I'm only 5 minutes away from my childhood home. The kids and I drive by once in a while and then I always end up crying when I see how the people have let the yard & house go. :crying: Don't tell me to stop doing it because not only am I nostalgic, I'm also a glutton for punishment. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missplacedalaskan Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I am an Air Force Brat, married to an Air Force guy. I was born in Los Angeles, Ca, but have not lived there since I was 9 mos. old. The longest we were ever stationed anywhere was Germany for 9 years, but we lived in different parts of Germany during that time. Dh and I have been married for almost 20 years and the longest we have lived anywhere was 4 years in Panama City, FL. Dh grew up in Belton, MO, his parents still live there though they have moved 2 times since he joined the A.F. I don't think we will ever return to that area. We love Alaska and plan to retire there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) According to Mapblast . . . . 1,024 miles born in MA college in PA met Hoosier husband in Central America worked in Chiapas, Mexico together off to Grand Rapids MI and now we're 3 miles from where DH was born-- taking care of MIL with Alzheimer's and 91 y.o. FIL-- content wherever I live just passing through Edited May 22, 2009 by dmmosher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyrooch Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I'm about 45 miles from my home town. My husband is about 60 miles from his. We met and settled about halfway in the middle. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 not far enough but I am working on it. ;) MALAYSIA OR BUST...51 days to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I guess it depends on the route. :) I graduated from high school in Alaska and now live in NY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) I grew up in Germany and in three states in the deep South. Air Force brat. I live in New England, and it's a long way from all those places. Edited May 22, 2009 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) I grew up in Oklahoma. Since then I have lived in: California, Virginia, Germany, a different place in Germany, North Carolina and now Hawaii. eta: So, currently 3,741 miles (theoretical air distance). Edited May 22, 2009 by Mrs Mungo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 We live 1/4 mile from where I grew up. But, to my credit, I went away to college, I taught school for 2 years in Sao Paulo, Brazil and I did live in the SF Bay area for a while before I moved back. So, it's not as bad as you might think. I do like my hometown. Now that I'm all grown up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriM Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 About 800 miles.:iagree: Well, me too, anyway...800 miles. NE MS to eastern NC, by way of AZ, SC, AK, MS, OH, AL...thanks to the USAF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 About 20 miles. I was raised in a suburb about 20 miles west of Chicago. I now live about 15 miles southwest of there. I have lived my whole life in Illinois with no desire to change that. I went to school at University of Illinois in Urbana (almost 3 hours downstate) so that is the furthest I have lived from home. Since graduation, I have lived in various suburbs around Chicago, but settled out here when dh and I got married because it is a nice town for raising a family and it is on a train line for commuting into the city. I like the change in seasons and I feel very tied to this place. I don't like change (and hate it when people move away.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 4623.9 miles. I grew up in Japan. Now I live in Newcastle, WA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I'm boring. I live two miles from the house I lived in until I was 8 and maybe 3 from the house I lived in after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) According to Mapquest, from door to door (Orange, Ca. to Elgin, IL) it is 1981.65 miles and would take me 29 hours and 17 minutes to drive. Mapquest assumes no potty breaks ;) Edited May 22, 2009 by JFSinIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 We moved around quite a bit when I was growing up, but we settled in a small town in Texas. When dh and I married, he was in the Navy so we moved around the world and settled in NY. Last summer, though, we moved back to the family compound so our dc could grow up around their g-parents, and so I can help my parents as they age. So...I live in the farm house I lived in when I was in high school.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 10 miles south of my home town. I've lived in the same county all my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitraces Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Interesting topic. I live at the same latitude as where I grew up but 600 miles away (MI now, NY then.) I sometimes envy folks who get together with family for occasions, but we had that for 5 years earlier in this decade and are glad not to have company at every birthday, anniversary, and holiday - it added up to 15+ events each year and limited our having just friends over. No one I know now lives where I grew up, but an acquaintance just published a novel about her family from that town and lots of the scenes in the story I know. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwka Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 about 5000 miles, my home is Wroclaw, Poland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LlamaMama Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Fun thread. According to the net, I reside 4,946 miles from my birthplace and where I lived as a preschooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninmommy Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I, honestly, can not answer your question. I was born in New mexico but only lived there until I was 6 months old. Lived in California in 3 different places until I was 6 years old. Lived in Colorado until I was 13. Then Arkansas, Then Japan, Then Arkansas again. Then Texas, Then Alaska, Now, in Alabama. I am home now. I think. We bought a house with several acres and plan on staying here...so I am home.....right? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninmommy Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 4623.9 miles. I grew up in Japan. Now I live in Newcastle, WA OOOhhh! We have a place in common. Where in Japan??? I was at Yokota AFB, but my DH was stationed in Okinowa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Sendai, Japan - 250 miles north of Toyko. But I went to boarding school in Tokyo - and one of our rivals in sports was the team at Yokota AFB. That's where I had my first taste of Mexican food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninmommy Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Sendai, Japan - 250 miles north of Toyko. But I went to boarding school in Tokyo - and one of our rivals in sports was the team at Yokota AFB. That's where I had my first taste of Mexican food! lol. How funny!! Where did you have mexican food? On base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Sendai, Japan - 250 miles north of Toyko. But I went to boarding school in Tokyo - and one of our rivals in sports was the team at Yokota AFB. That's where I had my first taste of Mexican food! Man, I would LOVE to go to Japan!! They have the best guitar stores there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Um, we're living in the same house I grew up in. We live about 10 miles from where my dh grew up. Me Too! We bought my parents house after my mom died (mom and dad were divorced) and dh grew up about 16 miles from here. I actually know several people who are now living in the houses they grew up in. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninmommy Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Sendai, Japan - 250 miles north of Toyko. But I went to boarding school in Tokyo - and one of our rivals in sports was the team at Yokota AFB. That's where I had my first taste of Mexican food! How cool. How was boarding school in Tokyo? I use to work in Tokyo. At the New Sanno hotel. I worked at the Nations bank cubby hole. At least it felt like one. I was stuck in there all day with an old, sweaty guy who was really weird. His name was Bill. I still can not think of that name w/o laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 lol. How funny!! Where did you have mexican food? On base? Yes, on base. It was also the place where I learned how to use American money - painfully, slowly reading each coin to see how much it was worth. I liked bills they were easy to see how much they were worth but I hated it when I had to use change! Later, when I came to the US for college, I found out that I hadn't practiced with coins enough. I used up all the bills in my wallet and then was left with a pile of coins. People were so impatient and mean as I tried to pay for snacks etc. at 7-11. The cashier made some very rude comments about my mental capabilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtroad Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Here I am in. . . . .Alabama?! (shhh. . . . .I really like it here!) :iagree:Hey Heather... haven't you heard that God made Alabama... then He rested! I love Alabama. It is my home state... grew up about 45 miles from current resident and we live too far from home! ;) Hubby has job near Huntsville & we are trying to sell our house and move. Nice to be all under 1 roof... but that is another 120+ miles from home. Not best pick, but great job in hard times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Yes, on base. It was also the place where I learned how to use American money - painfully, slowly reading each coin to see how much it was worth. I liked bills they were easy to see how much they were worth but I hated it when I had to use change! Later, when I came to the US for college, I found out that I hadn't practiced with coins enough. I used up all the bills in my wallet and then was left with a pile of coins. People were so impatient and mean as I tried to pay for snacks etc. at 7-11. The cashier made some very rude comments about my mental capabilities. Oh that's terrible!! :( I've gotten in trouble for using coins as well. I was in France once and it was a saturday so I couldn't change any money (this was before the Euro) and I had to pay the check at the restaurant with coin Francs. The waitress wasn't too pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninmommy Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Yes, on base. It was also the place where I learned how to use American money - painfully, slowly reading each coin to see how much it was worth. I liked bills they were easy to see how much they were worth but I hated it when I had to use change! Later, when I came to the US for college, I found out that I hadn't practiced with coins enough. I used up all the bills in my wallet and then was left with a pile of coins. People were so impatient and mean as I tried to pay for snacks etc. at 7-11. The cashier made some very rude comments about my mental capabilities. I laughed so hard, I think I woke my children up. This is exactly how I felt working at the bank every day. I had to learn Japanese currency and it was almost boggling. I came up short or over almost every day for my first few weeks. My boss hated me. Besides keeping the Yen straight, the rate changed daily and it confused the heck out of me. lol. Everyone was happier when I quit. :lol: I was not meant to be a bank teller overseas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninmommy Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 :iagree:Hey Heather... haven't you heard that God made Alabama... then He rested! I love Alabama. It is my home state... grew up about 45 miles from current resident and we live too far from home! ;) Hubby has job near Huntsville & we are trying to sell our house and move. Nice to be all under 1 roof... but that is another 120+ miles from home. Not best pick, but great job in hard times! I can't tell you how much I am in love with Alabama. The farthest south I had ever been before this was Arkansas. It is so pretty here. The honeysuckle, jasmine, blackberries, muscadine, rolling hills, quiet rivers, and down home people, make me never want to leave. I love Alabama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) There is a lady in our town who lives in the house her great-grandfather built with his own hands (with help), she parks her car in the garage her grandfather built with his own hands (with help), and she grew up in that house and has lived there all her life. Her father and her husband each added to it as well. To me, that is so neat to live in a house with such extensive family history. The house is beautiful, IMO. She was genuinely surprised when I said that -- I guess she's just so used to living there, and dealing with all the peculiarities that arise with older houses, that she never noticed. Edited May 22, 2009 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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