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Mr. Ected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 06:12 AM
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Where were you born and do you still live nearby?
I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Now live in Cumming, Georgia. Distance: 828 miles.

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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 06:37 AM
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1. Bay City, Michigan to central New Hampshire -- o/a 1K miles. n/t
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 06:38 AM
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2. travel calculator says 5562 miles
from Saalfelden, Austria to Austin, Tx
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 07:43 AM
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3. same state
born in Flagstaff, AZ now in the SE corner of the state around 400 miles
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laylah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 07:53 AM
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4. Avon, IL to
Coal Valley, IL, approximately 54 mi (via Colorado for 30 yrs).

Jenn
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 09:52 AM
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5. I was born in denver colorado and still live here
The hospital I was born in is about a mile away from here.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 09:59 AM
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6. I know the hospital is within ten miles from here.
I was born in Houston, grew up just south of their limits, and moved back into Houston as an adult. This is my town. I love it here :D
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 10:01 AM
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7. I was born in Baltimore, the third of four kids...
Edited on Sat Sep-18-10 10:02 AM by MiddleFingerMom
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...but we moved to Connecticut when I was just a few months old.
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My folks claimed I had nothing to do with that... but I've never
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I know me.
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Michigan when I was six -- then, at 17... the world.
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Kentucky, Texas, Germany, Tennessee, Michigan again, Pennsylvania,
Georgia and finally (1998) Arizona.
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One of the 4 places in the world I knew I wanted to live.
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Here in/around Tucson and the Sonoran desert, Northern Michigan
(not necessarily the Upper Peninsula) in the river country, Southern
Germany in the mountains bordering Austria, or anywhere in Susan
Sarandon's arms.
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 10:41 AM
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8. Chicago to Albuquerque---1350 miles
If I never experience another Chicago winter it'll be fine with me
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 10:45 AM
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9. I was born in Ripon, Wisconsin.......now live in a suburb of LA...
It's close to 2000 miles...

Ripon is a beautiful little college town. I often wonder how my life would have been if I'd grown up there...

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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 10:48 AM
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10. Detroit and yes
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 10:51 AM
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11. From Georgia to Germany. So, no.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 10:59 AM
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12. I live 213 miles from where I was born.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 11:22 AM
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13. I was born in Corpus Christi, TX and now live in L.A. n/t
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 11:45 AM
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14. born in Karachi, Pakistan, and I live in
western Nebraska. I don't know what the distance between the two places is.
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pink-o Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 11:56 AM
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15. Baltimore, Md. Now live in San Francisco
which is approx 3000 miles. I spent my young adulthood in Europe--England and Italy. Still travel to the Med as often as possible.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 12:30 PM
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16. I'm a 40 minute drive from where I was born.
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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 12:58 PM
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17. And I came to Racine from Macon...
But I was born outside of Birmingham. 775 miles. :)
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 01:03 PM
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18. I live about 22 miles
from my hometown.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 01:19 PM
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19. Not too far from here, so....yes.
Edited on Sat Sep-18-10 01:19 PM by old mark
But I have been elsewhere in the interim, including way out there.....

mark
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 01:21 PM
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20. I was born in New Jersey, I live in Montana. nt
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 03:29 PM
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21. I was born in California
and now live almost 6000 miles away. I miss the sun.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 04:21 PM
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22. Mahattan to Milford, PA, 76 miles.
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hayu_lol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 04:31 PM
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23. Hollywood CA...
now in south central Oregon...800 miles.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 04:31 PM
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24. We're nomads
For nine generations in my male ancestry, each has been born in one place, raised in a different place, and started a family in yet another.

Never, ever, nearby.


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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 05:06 PM
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25. SW PA
Born here, live here now, will probably die here.

People in this part of the country have deep roots.
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 05:06 PM
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26. Born in SE Ohio, now in Seattle.
2463 miles, per travel calculator. And yes, there are good reasons why I live here rather than there.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 05:11 PM
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27. Technicality here
I was born in Virginia, but at a naval hospital; my father was home ported at Norfolk during the Vietnam War. My folks are actually from Somerville, Mass (about 4 miles from downtown Boston), and my mother and I were back in New England by the time I was two, when my father was in Vietnam.

I now live about 50 miles north of Boston, in New Hampshire.
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zanana1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 06:11 PM
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28. Born here, live here. 0 miles. nt
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Martysbestcatch Donating Member (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 06:11 PM
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29. I was born in Pittsburgh, PA.
We now live 14 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.
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denbot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 06:58 PM
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30. I was born in Los Angeles and now live 20 miles away.
Though I have lived in New Mexico, Oregon, and nearly 700 miles north but sill in California.
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tXr Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 07:17 PM
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31. Born there, live here.
~2100 miles from there to here.
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Tom_Foolery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 07:45 PM
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32. Evansville, Indiana...
I now live about 35 miles up the Ohio River from there in Kentucky.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 09:24 PM
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33. Born in Indianapolis, IN. Currently reside in Kalispell, MT.
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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 09:26 PM
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34. Portland Oregon
wine country California. More or less straight south. Influence of gravity.
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Curmudgeoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 09:31 PM
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35. Sharon PA, now I live in the same house. nt
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 09:47 PM
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36. 3,510 feet
Kenmore, NY
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-18-10 11:00 PM
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37. Yes I was born LOL. And yes I live nearby.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 12:01 AM
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38. Born in New Westminster, British Columbia
Now in Beijing. Love Milwuakee though!
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 12:23 AM
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39. I live about 3 or 4 miles from the hospital where I was born.
I'm probably less than a mile from my boyhood home. I was born in Glendale, CA, and grew up/live in Los Angeles.
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hibbing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 12:36 AM
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40. St. Cloud Minnesota
Hi,
Only lived there for 6 months, do not live there now.

Peace
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Rochester Donating Member (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 01:04 AM
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41. Illinois and Illinois, but...
...not continuously. I lived in another state for awhile.
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 01:19 AM
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42. Ft. Collins. No.
I currently live in Mesa, Arizona.
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 09:11 AM
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43. Jamestown, NY. No.
No reason to ever go back.

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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 09:19 AM
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44. Bristol, CT. Nowhere near. n/t
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 02:49 PM
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45. I was born in St. Lukes Hospital in Fargo. I live across the river in Moorhead.
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rove karl rove Donating Member (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 03:11 PM
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46. born in San Francisco
have lived up and down the coast, in central WA state now.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 10:19 PM
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47. San Francisco
Still here, did I miss anything?
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jannyk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 11:24 PM
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48. Born London. Live Florence OR (but 30 yrs in SF until 9 months ago)
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JTG of the PRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 11:29 PM
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49. Born in Boulder, Colorado. Currently live in Longmont, Colorado, about 12 miles away.
So I'd say I'm still pretty close to home.
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