How many different places have you lived in in your life?

mvd

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:36 AM
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How many different places have you lived in in your life?

Edited on Sun Jul-24-05 10:38 AM by mvd

Let's see:

I was born in Washington D.C., and went home to Gaithersburg, MD

Then, I lived in Germantown, MD.

Then, I lived in Frederick, MD

When I was 14, I moved to Lansdale, PA.

Then I moved to two other, close-together Montgomery County, PA boroughs.

That makes 6 places.

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rfranklin

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:39 AM
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1. New Jersey, Haiti, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Nairobi and...

back to New Jersey.

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HereSince1628

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:41 AM
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2. Twenty-three,

From all that I learned that sportswear can be used to protect glass and dishes, and when you unpack their isn't newsprint smeared on everything.

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MindPilot

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:42 AM
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3. Over a dozen. My Dad was in the Air Force...

so home is where your stuff's at. I envy people who can point to the "house they grew up in" or run into a former classmate at the mall.

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aint_no_life_nowhere

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Sun Jul-24-05 12:02 PM
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18. Same here

My dad was career Air Force and was often transferred, both in the U.S. and abroad: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas again, Virginia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Germany (twice), France, France again (where I did my first year at the American College in Paris), Nevada, California.

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bicentennial_baby

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:43 AM
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4. 13 different dwellings so far

between MA and PA, over 28 years

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flamingyouth

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:44 AM
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5. I've never lived anywhere but Seattle.

However, I've lived in seven different places here.

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mvd

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:48 AM
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9. Hi, flamingyouth!

Yes, that would qualify as 1 place under what I had in mind for this thread. :hi:

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gizmo1979

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:44 AM
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6. I was in the military

so Sheboygan WI,Monterey CA,Kileen TX, Lawton OK,Cleveland WI,Paso Robles CA

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LaurenG

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:46 AM
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7. Well 6

California, Texas, Connecticut, Colorado, Kentucky and Ohio.

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Coastie for Truth

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:47 AM
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8. 8 + 7 = 15

"Permanent Legal Residences":
PA (3)
LA
MD
MI
NY
CA

"Long Term Temporary Assignmnts":
VA
TX (2)
IL
OH(2)
KY
Japan

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Mayberry Machiavelli

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:48 AM
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10. Hey fellow G'burger! (Parents still live there)

I'm going to say 7, even though I've moved many, many more times than that. I moved back and forth between the Montgomery County, MD area and the San Diego area during my schooling and lived in each area at least twice.

If you counted every single move (and I counted all the places I lived in Montgomery Co. as the "same place") within metropolitan areas as different places then it'd probably be at least 20 easily.

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mvd

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:50 AM
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11. Hi!

Gaithersburg sure has grown since I was there.. was just starting to get busy when I left.

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indigo32

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Sun Jul-24-05 10:55 AM
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12. 4

San Jose, CA
Dayton, OH
Mpls/St Paul MN
LaCrosse WI
back to...
Mpls/St Paul MN

I'd really like to try the expat experience at some point

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Sun Jul-24-05 11:13 AM
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13. lost count.

if you keep moving, they cant find you

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TimeChaser

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Sun Jul-24-05 11:14 AM
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14. One

I'm leaving for college this fall. It'll be the first time I've lived anywhere but pittsburgh.

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eyesroll

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Sun Jul-24-05 11:34 AM
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15. Arlington Heights, IL

Buffalo Grove, IL.
Beloit, WI
Racine, WI
Waukesha, WI
Milwaukee, WI

So, I've lived in six places, but all within 90 miles or so of each other.

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tedoll78

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Sun Jul-24-05 11:52 AM
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16. Beginning in Metairie, Louisiana..

I was born in Metairie.

Kenner, LA (a few miles west of New Orleans) --> until I was 17.

Oxford, MS (about 1 hour south of Memphis) --> 4.5 years in college.

Austin, TX --> the post-college years. Been here since December 2000.

I'm ready to return to New Orleans in a few years..

Total, right now: 3 places. I dunno if the move back would count as another place, or if it'd still fall under the general "New Orleans" category.

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bertha katzenengel

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Sun Jul-24-05 11:55 AM
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17. Thirteen cities in So. Cali., one in VA, and one small town in MD

Edited on Sun Jul-24-05 12:06 PM by bertha katzenengel

Southern California -- in order!

Santa Monica
Huntington Beach
Newport Beach
Fountain Valley
Newhall
Costa Mesa
Huntington Beach
Santa Ana
Fullerton
Whittier
Brea
Orange
Lakewood
Long Beach

Burke, VA

Waldorf, MD

:hi:

Edited because I counted H.B. twice.

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nytemare

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Sun Jul-24-05 12:05 PM
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19. Born in DC, lived in Silver Spring/Wheaton

Moved to Orlando when I was 8.

Joined the Army, did Basic Training in Ft. McLellan, Alabama.
Finished training, went to Frankfurt, Germany for about a week before I got sent to Iraq.

Was in Iraq for 4 months, came back to Frankfurt.

Left Frankfurt and got stationed at Ft. Belvoir, VA.

Got out of the Army and came back to Orlando.

So, 6 for me, too!

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Buns_of_Fire

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Sun Jul-24-05 12:22 PM
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20. Too damn many

Lemme see, here..... In no particular order: Florida (7 separate places), Virginia (5 separate places), Georgia (6), Nebraska (1), Colorado (2), Texas (2), Indiana (2), Pennsylvania (1), Illinois (1), Oklahoma (1), and Alabama (2). So far. I figure a moving target is harder to hit. Also, it's easier to sell/give away my collected stuff than it is to cart it around with me everywhere I go (the rough rule of thumb is: Four moves = One house fire).

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progmom

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Sun Jul-24-05 12:23 PM
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21. are we counting houses or cities?

or countries?
or metropolitan areas?

i just want to make sure i am being accurate.

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mvd

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Sun Jul-24-05 12:31 PM
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23. individual cities or towns

But if there are too many to remember, just simplify the standard.

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donco6

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Sun Jul-24-05 12:27 PM
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22. Lemme count . . .

Wamego Kansas
Emporia Kansas
Lake Placid New York
Ames Iowa
Manhattan Kansas
Lincoln Nebraska
Denver Colorado

Six for me.

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RebelOne

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Sun Jul-24-05 12:52 PM
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24. Born in Philadelphia, PA

Grew up in Miami, FL. When married, I lived in New Jersey, California and Alabama. Now live in the Atlanta, GA area where I probably will stay for the rest of my life.

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cmf

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Sun Jul-24-05 01:20 PM
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25. Only 5

And I've only lived in 3 states - LA, TX and WA.

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auntAgonist

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Sun Jul-24-05 01:26 PM
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26. born in Scotland, Edinburgh to be exact.

moved to Ontario Canada, lived in 3 towns there.
moved to Michigan USA, lived in 2 cities here.

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kevsand

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Sun Jul-24-05 01:26 PM
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27. Nine, all in Illinois.

E. St. Louis
Waterloo
Fairview (later Heights)
Charleston
Champaign
Bloomington
Chicago Heights
Urbana
And my current community, which shall remain nameless in the interests of privacy.

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