How far do you live now, from where you grew up?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Me: 2,007 miles

[benld74]

1. 65 miles by interstate

[rownesheck]

2. Only

about 90 miles, but it seems like a world away, thankfully.

[SHRED]

3. 27 miles

[flor-de-jasmim]

4. 4,855 miles

[Croney]

5. 1,579 miles from Baton Rouge to Cambridge.

[VMA131Marine]

6. I grew up 3,239 miles Northeast of where I live now.

I live in Connecticut!

[Arkansas Granny]

7. 135.1 miles or 2 hours 11 minutes.

[Kaleva]

17. Interesting that it's common to express distance in time.

Chicago is 7 hours from where I live but I don't know the distance. Lansing is 10 hours away. Green Bay is about 4 1/2 hours. The Mackinaw Bridge is 5 hours away.

[Arkansas Granny]

48. Maybe it's due to traffic conditions and speed limits depending on which route you take.

[elleng]

8. About 200 miles,

NYC > DC.

[Glorfindel]

9. 0 miles...after many years, I moved back to where I grew up

In the house my grandparents built in 1911 and my parents expanded over the years.

[cilla4progress]

10. 3000 miles

east coast to west coast and never looked back!

After college; 1978.

[Basic LA]

11. 3000 miles

Newark NJ to L.A. Plus my daughter lives some 3000 miles from where she grew up, L.A. to Hawaii.

[Cirque du So-What]

12. 425 mi

Even though it's not extremely far, I haven't visited in 10 years.

[MissMillie]

13. 1/2 mile

if you take the street. If you walk across people's lawns, maybe about 1/10 mile.

[rampartc]

14. 7 blocks

[yonder]

15. Not counting the military brat, time-in-grade stations,

and counting Denver as both birthplace and "homebase", +/-608,995 smoots, as the crow flies.

[Kaleva]

16. About 25 miles.

[sl8]

18. Lord, I'm five hundred miles from my home

[red dog 1]

67. Great song!

[violetpastille]

19. 231 miles

Occidental California to Camas Washington.

The climate up here now is what the climate was like there, then.

Californians, please come! We have water up here.

[Tikki]

20. 1,072 miles...both States are on the West Coast, though.

Tikki

[Thyla]

21. 16,365 km's

[rsdsharp]

22. About 150 miles.

In 1985, my mother sold the home in which I grew up. Since then I've been back once, to attend a hearing. I doubt I'll go back again, although my 50th high school reunion will be in about 3 1/2 years.

The town where I was born and raised now calls itself "America's Hometown." I call it Peyton Place.

[doc03]

23. About 100 Yards. nt

[luvs2sing]

24. About 45 miles..

but it feels like a world away. In a good way.

[geardaddy]

25. Now, 2.9 miles according to Google Maps

From home to college: 1,054 miles
From home to my first home after college (and then back four years later): 7,121 miles

[TheOther95Percent]

26. About 350 miles

When I retire in five years, I'm moving back.

[Liberty Belle]

27. About 5 miles.

I lived other places, one a couple thousand miles away, but came back.

Can't beat our weather in San Diego.

[Mrs. Overall]

28. About 800 miles.

[woodsprite]

29. 5 miles. nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

30. Some 1900 miles from where I lived until I was 14,

and a bit over 500 miles from the place I lived from 14 to 19.

[hueymahl]

31. About 10 miles

I like where I grew up. I like better where I am now (it is more urban).

[Aristus]

32. 2,157 miles.

Puyallup, Washington to San Antonio, Texas.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

33. I am

2,352 miles from the place of my birth...…………

[Anon-C]

34. A few miles as the crow flies.

[handmade34]

35. 10 miles

from where my dad grew up…. 787 miles from where I was born (if traveling through Canada)

[Borchkins]

36. 2.5 miles

[Codeine]

37. I grew up moving.

California to Nevada to Arizona to Oklahoma to Colorado to Wyoming and back to California.

Now I live about 10 miles from the town I in which I was born.

[Brother Buzz]

38. 64 miles. Used to be 68 miles, but I guess the road shrank during the drought

[Cold War Spook]

39. Now 900 miles.

Shortest move, around the corner maybe 1/10 mile. Longest as a civilian, 3000 miles. Longest in service 5000 miles Boston to Ankara.

[SoCalNative]

40. About 3/4 of a mile

Not in the house that I grew up in but in another late family member's house.

[dameatball]

41. I never really grew up, but if I had the answer would be 712 miles.

[Ink Addict]

42. 153 miles

Individuals in our little family have lived in all of the largest Ohio cities on the face of the compass at various stages of life: childhood, adolescence, college, work situations. We've brought the kids along and then sent them on their way only to follow. Although ready for a change of scenery, the places I'd go for that scenery are either politically inconsistent with my values or way beyond my financial resources. Eventually, I hope to settle down as in Heaven is my home. Hopefully, there is teleporting!

[exboyfil]

43. 1,800 miles

Garden Grove, CA to Cedar Falls, IA

[bearssoapbox]

44. From Rapid City SD to 30 miles north of Dayton, OHIO

In 1963, moved to be closer to Dad's family.
His Dad had dementia and the extra help came in handy & he was closer to the family cemetery.
If we hadn't had Grandpa living with us, we would have ended up in Arizona somewhere.

[Laffy Kat]

45. About 1,100 miles and that's just fine. nt

[MiniMe]

46. I lived in New Jersey, and California when I was young

Was born in NY State, but have lived in the DC area since 1966, so I consider the DC area where I grew up. I live about 12 miles away from my parents house that I sold after both passed.

[mnhtnbb]

62. I was born in Manhattan, grew up in NJ, moved to California when I was in high school

now live in NC!

[MiniMe]

63. All my moves were before I was 8

In other words, I moved with my parents. We did do 1 cross country train trip, still remember it even though I was young. Still remember we hit Chicago in the winter, and coming from California, I had no gloves and was pretty miserable.

[mnhtnbb]

64. My father didn't like to fly, so we went by train from NJ to CA to visit grandparents

a couple of times before I was 12.

Back in the days of wearing a hat and gloves to travel--the late 50's early 60's. It was fun.

[MiniMe]

65. My trip was early 60's

We did the southwest route and went through Arizona. Beautiful trip. Loved it. Had the good old sleeper car.

[Jane Austin]

47. 227 miles

But in Texas, that's not all that far.

[demigoddess]

49. grew up military. I was considered an outsider almost everywhere.

Never really lived in the state I was born. My kids can say the same.

[Runningdawg]

50. 52 miles, but technically still only a couple blocks from the reservation

[Squinch]

51. 1 mile.

[IggleDuer]

52. 2329 miles

[Bradshaw3]

53. 931.4 miles

[Cartoonist]

54. Chicago to San Francisco

Been here 30 years, still homesick. Can't return because of the weather.

[sinkingfeeling]

55. About 900 miles.

[Ferrets are Cool]

56. 20 miles

[JohnnyLib2]

57. 2082 miles

Sigh.....

[Fla Dem]

58. 1200 miles south.

[FiveGoodMen]

59. 0.0 miles

Inherited the house.

[jberryhill]

60. Around 171 billion miles, give or take

The solar system is moving at around 514,000 mph, so...

[mnhtnbb]

61. 508 miles according to google

several states away on the east coast.

At one time I lived all the way across the country 2,816 miles, according to google.

[Ptah]

66. Less than one degree longitude, about sixteen degrees latitude.

111.95 °W 110.98 °W

48.16 °N 32.23 °N

1,113 miles.

[red dog 1]

68. About 120 miles north of where I grew up.

I wish I could afford to move back there, but it's one of the most expensive cities in America as far as housing goes.

[ornotna]

69. 6,216 miles

From where I was born. Still working on the growing up part.

[csziggy]

70. 277 miles but still in the same state.

[smirkymonkey]

71. 273 miles (Boston), but I have lived further away before.

169 miles in Burlington, VT (the closest)
252 miles in NYC
2,842 miles in San Francisco
4,500 miles (roughly) in Vienna, Austria

I grew up in upstate New York.

[mikeargo]

72. Less than a mile

[hunter]

73. At least a million miles and a million years or so, I hope.

I grew up in a 99.44% Ivory Soap pure white community that was kept that way by cops whose favorite sport was harassing non-white people, and good white Christian real estate and mortgage lenders and property managers who could somehow never find nice housing for people who were not straight square white.

As a skinny, squeaky, autistic spectrum kid of indeterminate sexuality and non-evangelical pacifist Christianity, my middle and high school experience was Lord of the Flies. My closet friends were prone to suicide, and a few of them succeeded. Mentally I'd abandoned high school when I was fifteen, but it took nearly a year to iron out the details of my non-suicidal departure. This was in the mid-seventies, before the GED, HEP, or other high school equivalency programs. I was accepted to college as a minor. It was conditional. I had to finish out the semester. My last semester in high school was the worst year of my life. It's a fucking miracle I didn't kill myself or go out in the middle of the night to burn the entire place down. Gasoline was cheap, I could pick locks, and I knew how to build radio and timer controlled igniters.

I don't blame my parents, they are artists who usually had day jobs and that's where they'd landed for work. Me and my siblings fled as soon as we could, as did my parents very soon after my dad retired with a good union pension.

As an adult I have chosen not to live in majority white communities, most especially them that regard Ronald Reagan as a some kind of smiling saint.

[IrishEyes]

74. We moved a few times around the country when I was growing up.

I'm 865 miles from where I was born.

[Luciferous]

75. 50 miles. We recently moved back.

[The Genealogist]

76. Per Google Maps, 8 miles

At one point, I lived several hundred, but moved back years ago.

[blur256]

77. 1800 miles

And I hate that. I love CT but miss Missouri because I grew up on a family farm. But wifey and I can't go back there and live because we are lesbians and don't feel safe. It really sucks.

[TygrBright]

78. Wait... We're supposed to grow up?? n/t

[rzemanfl]

91. Okay, Peter Pan. LOL n/t

[dhol82]

79. Philly to New York

Been here fifty two years.

[GP6971]

80. 2,916 miles according to MapQuest.

NE New Jersey to South Puget Sound, Washington.

[brush]

81. From Tucson to Berkeley to NYC to Las Vegas...6271 miles.

[riverbendviewgal]

82. 781 miles

Have not been there for years.

[liberal N proud]

83. 1,303 miles

But a world away

[dem4decades]

84. 2 miles.

[Wolf Frankula]

85. From where I was born 9993 miles.

From where I grew up 100 miles and 1754 miles.

Wolf

[onecaliberal]

86. 70 miles from where I grew up.

[guillaumeb]

87. Over 1,000 miles.

[drray23]

88. 3807 miles.nt.

[dewsgirl]

89. 3 miles.

[RHMerriman]

90. About 10 blocks...

About 10 blocks...

[Freddie]

92. 3.6 miles

Same school district, other side of town. My brother and I both couldn’t wait to go to college and get away from here (Philly exurbs). He got a job near his college, married a local girl and is still there. But somehow I ended up back here.

[Turbineguy]

93. 9 hours.

By plane.

[cvoogt]

94. 30807.94 furlongs

[unblock]

95. Assuming facts not in evidence;)

[snacker]

96. 15 miles

[samplegirl]

97. 6 miles

Been here forever!

[fierywoman]

98. 2408.81 miles

[greatauntoftriplets]

99. About 15 miles.

[IcyPeas]

100. 5,143 miles

[catbyte]

101. About 250 miles

[sdfernando]

102. Army brat here

6012 miles from my birthplace.

[ret5hd]

103. Me: Not far enough

[CentralMass]

104. 3,056 miles :-(

[mahina]

105. 20 miles

[tblue37]

106. Air Force brat. I grew up all over the place. nt

[Srkdqltr]

107. 29 miles

Detroit to the burbs.

[yellowdogintexas]

108. In Texas now, grew up in KY

10 h 34 min (689.9 mi) via I-30 E and I-40 E from where I was born, + 21 miles to the town I grew up in.

[shanny]

109. 3375

thought it was farther; may need to be

[Solly Mack]

110. Currently 604 miles

As far as 4606 miles before now.

[k8conant]

111. 450 Miles -- a 151 hour walk!

[Doreen]

112. 1/2 a mile from the house that I began my childhood in.

1 and a 1/2 miles from the house my childhood ended in.

[SeattleVet]

113. 2876 miles.

Mount Vernon, NY to Seattle, WA.

[akraven]

114. 4670 miles!

Fairbanks to Merritt island, Florida!

[Duppers]

115. 450 miles

[SoCalDem]

116. 1747 miles.. n.t

[DFW]

117. Around 4000 miles for me. n/t

[onethatcares]

118. 40 years

2 months and 14 days.

Seems like light years.

Best move I ever made

[DavidDvorkin]

119. 9,527 miles

According to Google.

[sakabatou]

120. 0 miles

[barbtries]

121. just about the same

draw a line on a map following the 40 from CA to NC. but CA is still home to me.

[In_The_Wind]

122. 936 miles

[Niagara]

123. Roughly about 490 miles

and about 6 hours driving without stopping.

[eppur_se_muova]

124. About 15 minutes, or 342 miles, or 1144 miles, depending on how you define "grew up" ...

... by some definitions, I haven't.

[LeftInTX]

125. Between 1,300 and 6,556 miles

Military brat. Closest was 1,300. Furthest was 6,556 miles.

[Brainstormy]

126. lightyears. n/t

[juxtaposed]

127. over a thousand miles

[randr]

128. About 2000 miles and 55 years

[at140]

129. If I drill a hole in my backyard, it will emerge

In the place of my birth. So...half circumference of Earth.

[lark]

130. I live about 30 min. from where I grew up

Moved to CA in 1970 and moved back here in 1988 to have my kids grow up around family.

[whistler162]

131. 6 feet

My brothers and I own the house we grew up in after moving here and I live with my mother who has life residence. Next door neighbor bought his brothers share of the house he grew up in after his parents passed away.

[bluedigger]

132. About 2500 miles by interstate, less as the crow flies.

That's from Maine to Colorado. I don't count the extra 3300 miles to Frankfurt, Germany, as I was just born there, but didn't grow up all that much my first three months of life. Some would probably argue the same for the rest of the journey.

[sarge43]

133. About a thousand miles n/t

[Dulcinea]

134. 715 miles, give or take.

Grew up: Pittsburgh suburbs

Now: Metro Atlanta