ScoutTN Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) I have lived in 8 places/cities, 7 states, and 9 houses/apartments, not counting boarding school, before I was 18. 13 moves from infancy to age 54, not counting moving from dorm to apt to rental house in my college years. Some moves were to another house in the same city. I moved a lot as a kid and I am very thankful that my kids have a hometown and can answer the question, "Where are you from?" I never could. My stock answer is, "It's complicatated." Edited September 17, 2020 by ScoutTN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarlaB Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Childhood home till age 18 College dorm (State 2) College apt #1, 2, 3 Grad school apt #1, 2 (State 3) Grad school rental house First Home Second Home (State 4) Third Home (State 5) 10 moves/5 states Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 About a dozen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 15 minutes ago, ScoutTN said: I have lived in 8 places/cities, 7 states, and 9 houses/apartments, not counting boarding school, before I was 18. 13 moves from infancy to age 54, not counting moving from dorm to apt to rental house in my college years. Some moves were to another house in the same city. I moved a lot as a kid and I am very thankful that my kids have a hometown and can answer the question, "Where are you from?" I never could. My stock answer is, "It's complicatated." That where are you from question can be so very complicated--and people who ask it are usually just making small talk and don't want complicated. I sometimes say "I moved here from (last state I lived in before this one)" and that is usually enough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) 3 places before I turned 5. Same apartment from 5 to 18 College dorm for 3 semesters then parents house for about a year First house with ex about 3 years Second house with ex about 7 years Parents house after divorce for 6 months Rented small house for 6 months Shared a house for 6 months Rented apartment for 6 months Moved in with dh 16 years ago Don't expect to ever move again ETA: Most in the same county in NJ, except 1 was about 1 mile into a different county and college dorm was in Texas. Edited September 17, 2020 by Where's Toto? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slackermom Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 30+ moves. Not counting temporary transitional places, like long-stay hotels or friends' couches. A third of those moves were due to my father's army career. I first moved across the country at 6 weeks, and moved about every other year up to age 17, when I graduated high school. Another third of my moves were during my late teens through mid 20's, moving at least once per year while working and attending 3 different colleges before graduating. The last third was during my marriage, mostly in the early years, and all of those moves were in the same metro region, where XH has a large extended family. XH moved out a couple of years ago. I am still in the home where we have been raising our child, who is now 16. I hope to leave this area as soon as my kid is ready to move out. Not sure where I want to go next. Hopefully I find my happy place without another 10 moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, ScoutTN said: I moved a lot as a kid and I am very thankful that my kids have a hometown and can answer the question, "Where are you from?" I never could. My stock answer is, "It's complicatated." What's fun is when people try to guess WHY you moved so much. When I lived in Guam with several military bases, I was asked if my father was in the military. When I attended a Southern Baptist university, I was asked if my parents were missionaries. No one ever guessed the truth. Regards, Kareni 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambam Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I don't even know. I'm a military brat. After that I know we moved 3? times before I graduated high school. Add 13-14 times since then. I used to love moving. It isn't as easy when you get older! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemsondana Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) I've lived in 9 states - one was just for a summer job, but the rest were longer. Within those, a couple involved apartments while house hunting, followed by a move to a house. My college years involved moving into a dorm in the fall, moving out in the summer and moving my stuff into summer housing (an out of town apartment for a job, a different dorm to work as a counselor at a camp, etc). I lived in 3 different apartments during 5 1/2 years of grad school (2 shared with roommates, one a tiny 1-br place). When we had a lightning-strike induced house fire, we moved in an out of my parents' guest rooms a couple of times as work was done on the house (including floor refinishing once the hole in the living room floor that the fire dept cut was patched), so although pretty much everything we own was moved about within the house, we didn't actually go anywhere for more than a few weeks at a time. 🙂 Edited September 18, 2020 by ClemsonDana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa in MO Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Four We moved when I was three and lived there until moved into an apartment after getting married at 18. We lived there for 6 months before buying our first house. Lived there for 7 years and moved to my current home, where I have lived for 35 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 At least 28 times, 7 states The longest I have lived in one house was 15 years, between the ages of 2 and 17. The longest I have lived in any home as an adult is 9 years. I once moved 5 times within 12 months, from one apartment to another in the same building to an apartment in a different city to my parents' home to another apartment. I expect I'll move a few more times, but am not in any hurry to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 More times than I can count. It's probably in the 30's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 16 moves, 3 states, 11 cities 4 years old moved to house my dad still lives in; moved to college; moved to my sister's for a summer; moved in with other sister for 1.5 years of college, moved back on campus; moved home; moved to my grandparents' basement; married and moved in with dh; moved to a bigger place in same town; moved to other side of the state; moved for a different city with my job; moved back to previous area and bought our first home; moved to my parents' house for a short two month stay; moved into an apartment an hour from my parents; moved to second home purchased; moved to third home purchased and where we live now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrips Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 14. But only 5 different states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I moved from my childhood home when dh and me married into the house we currently live in. So, once in 34 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 More than 20 times. I lost count. My dad's jobs always came with homes and, with dh, I have moved at least 10 times. We're not done yet either. We know we're not staying in this house. We are just kind of waiting to see where our dc end up and then hopefully that will be the final move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 17 I think since I remember plus a couple more as an infant. However I was in the same house from 3.5 until I left home so I never changed schools or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 So if my mom was in college when I was born and went back to our home state every summer and then to new family housing each year does that count as 3 moves or 6? Actually, there was 2 more times when my moves were for less than 4 months. Is that moving or just not having a home? Not counting any of those times 14. So 17 or 21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TX Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 My parents moved when I was 9 months old. I lived on the same street until I was 19. (We moved to another house on the same street when I was around 8 years old because the house went up for sale and it was larger.) When I got married we moved to an apartment, then we moved to Dallas and lived in another apartment. Then dh went back to school so we lived on campus for a year, then we moved to another apartment. After that we moved to our current house and we have lived here for 26 years. So I have moved seven times. Five of those moves happened within six years. Susan in TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoeless Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Thirteen times. I didn't count changing apartments or dorms in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Very few, especially given what is typical. I was born in Maryland and have lived in Maryland my whole life and I married someone who was born next to Maryland and lived in Maryland his whole life. 🙂 I moved from my childhood home when I was 20, into a townhouse with dh’s sister. Then we got married and built a house with the same zipcode as the apartment. Then we built a new house after 8 years, one county over. And there, we remain. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) I'm going to have to count out loud so I can figure it out. The short answer is: A lot. As a kid - I lived in 7 different houses so that's 6 moves. I don't remember the first move since I was under 2 years old, so the second place we lived is the first place I remember. Our 5th move was from NJ to Florida and the 6th move was to the city where I ended up living for most of my life. Do we count various moves during college/university years? I lived in 4 different places then - dorm, sorority house, then 2 different apartments. As an adult - 5 when I lived in GA where I got my first teaching job after college. Moved back home in with my mother. Then - 4 different places, the 4th is where I was living (a townhouse I bought) when I met dh. Moved to dh's house. We moved twice since then, the latest in May to our new place. We moved here to get closer to the grandkids and other family, plus friends. It's actually not far from our previous home but in our very long county (72 miles long, 17-ish miles wide) 40 miles makes a huge difference. I'm hoping this is my last move and that this will be our retirement home/location. So - If I counted right I've lived in 23 places, moved 22 times. Edited September 18, 2020 by Lady Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Not counting the times I have moved back and forth between the same two houses because I have done that since childhood......I used to attend 2 different schools each year. They were the same schools, 1400 miles apart. Childhood........3 diffent houses excluding some temporary places. College.......skipping before marriage........3 apartments/condos after marriage.........9 moves in two countries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Oregon place A--( Forgot about this one and don't want to renumber) Oregon place 1 Oregon place 2 Oregon place 1 Colorado Wyoming Oklahoma Texas Nevada Oregon place 3 Oregon place 2 Oregon place 4 Oregon place 5 Oregon place 1 Oregon place 5 Oregon place 6 Washington 5th-9th grade I lived in 6 states in 6 years. I went to high schools in 4 cities (3 states) my 9th grade year. My husband and I moved 6 times in 6 years as well but have only lived in 2 houses in the past 26 years. LOL I have lived in my current house 20 years. The majority of my moving was from the age of 10-22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 13. All before age 27. I've been in the same house for 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I counted 18 times. 7 different states. 7 moves (4 different states) were with DH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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