Friday question 5-26

[bigdipper]

How many different places have you lived? (cities and states)

I know some people have moved around quite a bit and some that have stuck pretty close to home so I was curious what catagory you fall into.

I've lived in 4 geographic areas all in Michigan. Born in Detroit and moved away from there when I was 10 yrs old. Moved in with mom's cousin for a year in a suburb while building a new house, then moved to the new house in yet another suburb until I was 21. I left home then to go to a University about an hour away and I've been here ever since. I've lived many different places around this town, but all in all I've never been farther than 1 hour from my parents which I consider home base. I'm sure we won't be here forever, but we live very very close to Ann Arbor and it's such a cool place it's hard to leave.

[Loie]

Well, lets see...I've lived in:

Visalia, CA
Fresno, CA
Tustin, CA
Placentia, CA
Anaheim Hills, CA
Huntington Beach, CA
Costa Mesa, CA
Bend, OR
Springfield, OR
Sisters, OR
Wichita Falls, TX
Dallas, TX
Gunnison, CO
Aurora, CO
Englewood, CO
Denver, CO

Seems like a lot, doesn't it? The longest I've ever lived in any one house was five years.

[bigdipper]

this might be premature, but YOU WIN!!

[ssh]

Interesting thread so far! Laura, all I can say is "wow!"

Ok, so I am way, way too boring when it comes to this. I was born a 1/2 hour outside of Boston, lived in the same house k-12, went to college a 1/2 hr away, then moved to Boston before getting married and moving to the burbs - all of 1/2 hr away from my parents. I guess 1/2 hr is the limit for me!

Actually I have lived in 4 actual homes/apts, not include college dorms/summer housing, etc. one with my parents, one on my own, and the last two with dh.

I definitely lose this one!

[Loie]

And my dad wasn't in the military if you can believe that! No joke. He moved us nearly as often as he got new cars (every 2 or 3 years). I tell ya...mom is so good at packing that she's completely indespensible come moving time.

[wendypooh]

Loie, It looks like we've lived in a lot of the same places! Where did you go to high school? I'm going to my 20th reunion in Anaheim Hills in July. (My 1st hs, I actually graduated from Corona).

Let's see lots o' places...my parents were also NOT in the military (LOL!)
Born in Orange County-
Garden Grove, CA
Irvine, CA
Orange, CA
Norco, CA
Sioux City, IA
Anaheim Hills, CA
Corona, CA
Costa Mesa, CA
Riverside, CA
Anaheim, CA
Fullerton, CA
Placentia, CA
Yorba Linda, CA
Sprinfield, OR
Eugene, OR (currently home!)


Wendy
http://home.comcast.net/~wendypooh68/webpage/

[M&M]

Well, this will sound pathetic!!

Hammond, Indiana..briefly, born there
Chicago, Illinois, until 6 years old
Michigan, can't remember the city. Lived there summers only, as a child. Off of Sisters Lake
Palm Harbor, Florida from 6-19
Clearwater, Florida from 19-27
Back to Palm Harbor Florida, until present

Dh and I keep discussing moving out of state, but honestly, after extensive travel, I can't imagine not living this close to the beach. I love Florida. Not that many people who live here feel that way, though. I never thought I'd be one of those people who spend most of thier lives in one spot, but here I am. Dh, on the other hand, wants out of here. He wants acres of land and a little (ok, a lot) less heat


Melinda


ETA: Ok, you CA people. CA is the only place Dh and I both agree we could to move to. We love it, but we looked at houses Expensive!!!!!

[mommyatlast]

Canal Zone Panama (where I was born--doesn't that location SCREAM Army BRAT?)
New York
New Jersey
Radford, Virginia
Blacksburg, Virginia
Middleburg, Virginia
Chicago
Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Reston, Virginia
Blacksburg, Virginia
and now Richmond, Virginia

Only the first 5 were because of my Dad -- the rest were Dh and I moving around.

[RedbirdJ]

Greeley, CO
Ft Collins, CO
Albuquerque, NM
Dallas, TX

I guess Mexico will have to be next as I seem to keep moving south.