Do you live where you were born?

[Parrothead]

Do you live in the town/city you were born in? I'm just curious. I do not live in the same place I was born.

[Jean in Newcastle]

Nope. I live 4794.93 miles away from where I was born.:auto:

[Chris in VA]

Nope. Born in Illinois. Left at 3yo, never returned (so far!).

Anyone live in Park Forest? I've always wondered what it was like.:001_smile:

[m0mmaBuck]

Not even close.

[justamouse]

You know, that question cracks me up. Never, ever in a million years did I imagine I would be back. I've been all over the US, and have dual citizenship, but yup, I'm right back here, where I was born. And you know what? I love it. I feel like I'm home.

[LinRTX]

No, I left there when I was 6 months old (my dad was military) and drove through it again after I was married. Needless to say I remembered nothing about the place, but it was nice to see.

 

Linda

[Parrothead]

According to Mapquest I live 3404.19 miles from where I was born.

[Peela]

I live on the other side of the country and have since I was 18.

 

DH however....the house he grew up in is about 2 kms away. We have brought up our kids in the same area- which is a beautiful, riverside suburb, so I am not complaining. Hes not even close to his family and they dont live very close except his mother who is 15 mins away but we dont see her very often. It's just a nice area.

 

Ideally I would love to go back and live on the east coast (nearer family and many friedns) but since we have brought up our kids here and they might well hang around since they have so many friends here...I would rather stay near them. And I doubt dh is up to moving either.

[Belacqua]

Nope. Couldn't get far enough away, but a few thousand miles will probably do.

[Dandelion]

No. I was born in Omaha, NE and now live in Colorado. However, we just drove through Omaha last week on the way home from our cross-country roadtrip, and I visited the house I lived in as a little girl. That was fun... :)

[KidsHappen]

Nope, military brat here. I was born in Fresno, CA. I currently live in middle TN. I have lived here longer (both more than twice as much) than I have ever lived anywhere in my entire life. Still this is not home. It is always so hard to answer that question. I always get that deer in the headlights look as do my children. I consider TX my home as that is where my family is from but I am hoping to settle in GA some day as that is where most of my children live and where my maternal grandparents are from. My hubby's children also live there and my brother has agreed to move there should we go but I can't get my hubby to commit to that so it looks like, "Long live the Lone Star state!" My hubby's family also lives there, as does my brother and my oldest two's father and it is where my 1st SIL originally lived so I guess it wouldn't be too bad either. I am hoping that we all gravitate to the same area though.

[HayesW]

Wow. I Answered no, but then I realized I DO live in the town in which I was born. WE lived here until I was 3, moved 2 hours away. My DH grew up here.

[Old Dominion Heather]

I not only live in the same town, I live across the street from the hospital where I was born. My mom, my sister and all my kids were born there as well. It is maybe 200 yards from my house.

 

I bet I live closer to where I was born than anyone else! I checked google maps and it says I live 0.1 miles away, and that is if you take the streets instead of cutting through the neighbor's yard.

Edited October 27, 2010 by Old Dominion Heather

[SquirrellyMama]

No, but I only live a state away. I was born in Illinois and now live in Iowa.

 

Kelly

[elegantlion]

I skewed your poll and voted other. :D I moved back to the town of my birth about ten years ago. We lived there for five years. I claimed it as my hometown and people would get confused when they wanted to talk about where I went to high school.

[Jenny Piaaree]

Yep. I'm actually the third generation on both sides born here! I have lived in a few other places at times, but this feels like home.

[Parrothead]

I skewed your poll and voted other. :D I moved back to the town of my birth about ten years ago. We lived there for five years. I claimed it as my hometown and people would get confused when they wanted to talk about where I went to high school.

It would be you, wouldn't it. :lol::lol:

[littlebug42]

I do. My Mom and I moved to Kentucky when I was in 7th grade and then I went to Texas for college. While I was in college, she moved back to Ohio so this is where I came back to. All of my family is close by and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[elegantlion]

It would be you, wouldn't it. :lol::lol:

 

 

:001_huh: Me? :D

[May]

Nope and never want to. :001_smile:

[pooh bear]

Nope.

 

I am about 5,000 miles from where I was born.

[GWOB]

O goodness no! My parents live there.:glare:;)

[Guest mrsjamiesouth]

I was born in Hawaii and I live in Georgia.

[Mrs Mungo]

I live 3,750 miles from the town where I was born and raised.

[justamouse]

I not only live in the same town, I live across the street from the hospital where I was born. My mom, my sister and all my kids were born there as well. It is maybe 200 yards from my house.

 

I bet I live closer to where I was born than anyone else! I checked google maps and it says I live 0.1 miles away, and that is if you take the streets instead of cutting through the neighbor's yard.

 

 

you beat me! I live .6 from the hosp I was born in.

[fhjmom]

I do. My son's first name is my grandmother's maiden name and the family name of one of the prominent founding families of our town. The land grant that was about half of the original township, including Main Street was to my several greats-grandfather. My mom's family moved here in the 40's. Our family has been here a while and growing up it seemed like we were related to hlaf the town, but my immediate family and one cousin (+ wife) are the only ones that still lives here. My parents live one town over and the rest have either moved or passed away.

 

I did move away for a time when I first graduated from college, but always knew I would come home.

[Classical Country Mama]

Missionary kid here. I grew up 6,711 miles away from my birthplace, but in the past two years have drastically shortened the distance to a mere 2,759. Practically walking distance. :D

[sagira]

No. I was born in Aruba and live in the United States now, specifically Florida.

[Carrie12345]

No.

 

But I always wonder what is meant when people say "the town in which you were born". The hospital's town? The house I was brought to from the hospital? The town I lived in from 10 months to age 23? They're all different places, and I consider the third one to be my hometown.

 

I won't consider moving back b/c they don't allow chickens and, dang it, I'm going to have chickens one day!

[Gooblink]

I was born in Chicago, raised in the backwoods of Michigan to age 27 and scurried home to Central Texas 20 years ago. :)

 

ETA: I should have said northwoods...the back of the north woods.

Edited October 28, 2010 by Gooblink

[StaceyinLA]

We are actually about 35 miles out of the city now, but both of us were born in the same large city, as were all my kids. Sadly, I've lived in this hot, humid crap my entire life!! :tongue_smilie:

[littlebug42]

you beat me! I live .6 from the hosp I was born in.

 

I live 2 miles from the hospital where I was born and I have been an employee of that hospital for 8 years now. My girls think that is funny.

[fairytalemama]

I don't live where I was born, but I lived in the city we're in now from when I was 3 until I was 21. I came back 6 years ago at 28. I think we're here for the long haul.

[Ester Maria]

You miss the "I wish!!! :banghead: :(" option.

An ocean away, literally.

Edited October 28, 2010 by Ester Maria

[Chelle in MO]

Nope. Same state, just the other side.

[Whereneverever]

No, not even close.

[akmommy]

No, I was born about 500 mi. north of here, but I live in the same town my parents moved us to when I was not quite 6. I still think of Fairbanks as my hometown even though i grew up here. Quite a few of my family members still live there. Both sets of grandparents moved their families to Fairbanks in the fifties, before statehood. If all goes well we will be moving next year.:auto:

Edited October 28, 2010 by akmommy

[IsabelC]

More or less. I live in a small country town about 20 miles from the regional center where I was born.

[Dawn in OH]

I'm close. It's about a 30 minute drive or so. I never lived in the actual city I was born in. The hospital and the city I lived in as an infant bordered each other. Neither location is a nice neighborhood anymore.

 

I voted other.

[Audrey]

I not only live in the same town, I live across the street from the hospital where I was born. My mom, my sister and all my kids were born there as well. It is maybe 200 yards from my house.

 

I bet I live closer to where I was born than anyone else! I checked google maps and it says I live 0.1 miles away, and that is if you take the streets instead of cutting through the neighbor's yard.

 

 

Not quite. My dh was born in this house, in the same room that is now our bedroom. He's lived here all of his life except for the first 2 years we were married.

[NaturalMomma]

Nope. Couldn't get far enough away, but a few thousand miles will probably do.

 

:iagree:I'm still aiming for a whole different continent.

[Crissy]

No, but I'm only 30 miles north of my family home.

[JenneinCA]

I don't live where I was born or where I grew up or where my parents live or where any of my extended family lives.

 

I live a long way from any of those things. Mostly it is alright, but sometimes it would be nice to experience 'going home'.

 

Jennefer

[YourFidgetyFriend]

Born in Seattle. Reside in Middle TN.

[mommaduck]

No, military brat here. I'm currently 655mi from my birthplace and a good portion of my family. I like it here. Wouldn't be prudent to live in my home state; you can't toss a pebble there without hitting a relative...seriously, who would my kids marry?!

[MyLittleWonders]

I not only live in the same town, I live across the street from the hospital where I was born. My mom, my sister and all my kids were born there as well. It is maybe 200 yards from my house.

 

I bet I live closer to where I was born than anyone else! I checked google maps and it says I live 0.1 miles away, and that is if you take the streets instead of cutting through the neighbor's yard.

 

you beat me! I live .6 from the hosp I was born in.

 

I live 2 miles from the hospital where I was born and I have been an employee of that hospital for 8 years now. My girls think that is funny.

 

Not quite. My dh was born in this house, in the same room that is now our bedroom. He's lived here all of his life except for the first 2 years we were married.

I'm between the first three quotes and the last. ;) I live 5.1 miles from the actual hospital of my birth (and where 2 of my children were born), but I live in the same house that my parents brought me home to when I was born. (That sounds like a messy sentence, but I'm not going to fix it!) I love this town (have lived here for all but about 8 years between college and the first couple years dh and I lived together) and absolutely love raising my kids in the same house where I grew up - there's even some of the same neighbors that were here when I was little.

[Jan in SC]

I was an other vote.

 

I was born in a city in SC, but I was adopted at just a few weeks of age and moved to a different city to live with the my parents. If I had been delivered by my mother, I would be able to vote yes, as I currently live in the second city where I was raised.

 

(Sorry about the complication to your poll!)

[nukeswife]

Nope, the sailor I married has taken me about 1000 miles from where I was born, depending on when you ask.

[ladydusk]

I don't live in exactly the same town where I grew up, but close enough that a lot of what we do is in that town. We're not in a suburb, either (I did grow up in a suburb). My husband calls it an "X-urb" but ... we enjoy being in a town.

[Sputterduck]

No, I'm in a different country.