Poll of the Day > 57% of Americans have never lived outside their birth state

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Have you ever moved to a different state than the one where you were born?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html

Ive lived in the following

Georgia
Texas
Arizona
Missouri
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Lived, no. But Ive visited other states and countries for a few weeks at a time.

I've lived in California, Oregon, Minnesota, and New Mexico.
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I grew up in California. I've lived in Colorado and Massachusetts/Rhode Island. I currently live in Pennsylvania.
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Nope. I've been living in the same shithole state and shithole house my whole life.

Yep.

Born in Illinois (northern suburbs of Chicago) and lived there till I was 2, lived in California about 4 years, moved back to Illinois and lived there 3 more years, then lived in Florida ever since October 1985.

I'm a Navy brat - Dad was in the Navy, so we had to move every so often.
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Nope, I spent a few years living in a neighboring city, but for the most part I have been in the same area all my life.
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yes, i love Southern California, ok?
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California --> Hawaii --> Japan
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Born in Virginia, we moved to Florida when I was 5. I don't remember virginia.
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Yep. I lived in my birth state only until I was 2 months old.
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Never lived in an different state. I've moved 13 times though. And every single time,
I ask myself: "Where'd I buy all this shit?"
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KJ StErOiDs posted...

Yep. I lived in my birth state only until I was 2 months old.

Same here. My dad was in the Air Force he was reassigned when I was two months old.

Different states and different countries.
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Born in Memphis, TN.

Lived in: Alaska, Washington, California, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Virginia, Ohio, Texas. I think that's it. Dunno if Iraq counts since I lived in a tent there longer than I lived in Connecticut.

EDIT: Also, I met a dude out here on the railroad said that the furthest he's been from home is taking trains east or west to their destination, which blew my fucking mind, since it's not like we take them that far.

KJ StErOiDs posted...

Yep. I lived in my birth state only until I was 2 months old.

Same though it may have been 2 weeks I forget. Ive never even been close to my birth state since then. I have no plans on visiting it either. I aint risking an encounter with the infamous florida man
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Lived in California for 32 years. Got screwed out of being able to buy my grandparent's house, so when my SO suggested moving to Nebraska where houses cost 1/4 as much, I jumped on it. Now I have a horse and goats and my nearest neighbor is a mile away.

I left my birth state before I was even old enough to remember it

Born in Indiana
Moved to Alaska when I was 2. Or maybe 3
Moved to Pennsylvania when I was like 6
Moved to Washington state when i was 10
Moved to Oregon when I was 12
Moved back to Washington when it was 14
Moved back to Alaska when I was 35

Why the hell would I want to live anywhere other than TEXAS? It's the best country in the world
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Im one of that 57%, although Ive traveled a lot to other states and countries. When I retire Ill move further north to a different state finally.

I've hit quite a few states

California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
New Mexico (very briefly)
Texas (same as NM)

retro_9980 posted...

Im one of that 57%, although Ive traveled a lot to other states and countries. When I retire Ill move further north to a different state finally.

You're probably the first person ive heard say they will retire and move north. Usually its the other way around. He'll there is a whole town around here full of retired yankees.

I know its more for weather reasons than anything though. Old people have a tendency of not liking the cold so much.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

retro_9980 posted...

Im one of that 57%, although Ive traveled a lot to other states and countries. When I retire Ill move further north to a different state finally.

You're probably the first person ive heard say they will retire and move north. Usually its the other way around. He'll there is a whole town around here full of retired yankees.

I know its more for weather reasons than anything though. Old people have a tendency of not liking the cold so much.

He's just planning ahead for global warming, in what I assume is like 30-40+ years who knows how hot it will be.

"Yes"
I've spent about 6 months in Arizona. Wasn't renting or anything though.
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No but I will when i want to buy a house/retire
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Yep. Iowa until age 28, grad school in Tennessee, back to Iowa at 32, Missouri at 41. A total of 9 different cities. I've always liked the Ozarks, my family did summer vacations here when I was a kid.
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dancer62 posted...

Yep. Iowa until age 28, grad school in Tennessee, back to Iowa at 32, Missouri at 41. A total of 9 different cities. I've always liked the Ozarks, my family did summer vacations here when I was a kid.

I havent been to the ozarks yet but Id like to go even for just a long weekend or something. I imagine ill need to bring some atomic level mosquito repellent though
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moving requires something called "money"
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I grew up in a different state from the one I was born in. You can almost say that I didn't live in my birth state. I was born in NY, but we moved to CA when I was 6 months old. After that, I've always lived in CA.
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I'Mead posted...

Have you ever moved to a different state than the one where you were born?

Nope. Been in SoCal for the past 35 some years. Probably won't move until either I retire and/or change to a job that is worth moving for.
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I've lived in the following places on at least a semi-permanent basis (ie a year or more).

Illinois
Florida
Oregon
Louisiana
Virginia
South Korea
Colorado

Also spent months at a time in the following areas for various reasons

Texas
Mississippi
British Indian Ocean Territory
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Lived in NY for 29 years until last October. I'm in Vegas now.
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Zikten posted...

I left my birth state before I was even old enough to remember it

Born in Indiana

Count your lucky stars.

Not really? When I was a kid my mom took us for a couple weeks to Georgia, not even sure why we came back since I really don't think she'd have wanted to.

i have lived in four provinces and technically one state
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Born in Georgia, lived in Louisiana and North Carolina. Been to Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, though I don't remember the last three of those, or Georgia & Louisiana (I was a baby).
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Oklahoma
Florida
Texas
Louisiana

In that order, then the UK for 3 years. Then back to my birth state.
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I've visited other states and other countries, but I've always lived in New York.
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Ive lived in California, Wyoming, California again, Colorado and Kentucky.
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Ive lived in

Washington
California
British Columbia
Tokyo
Saitama
Seoul

miki_sauvester posted...

Saitama

Really? I thought Saitama got destroyed by a giant clock.
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Lived in Massachusetts my entire life but have spent time traveling throughout all the New England states.
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NY -> MA -> NY -> OH
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57% of Americans are stillborn?
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Yeah I was born in Texas and lived in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and California. Outside of the states I've lived in South Korea, Djibouti, and England too.
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Mead posted...

Have you ever moved to a different state than the one where you were born?

I've never lived in another city.
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My wife's grandfather was in Italy and saw Vesuvius the last time it popped.
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Lived in the same house all my life until last July when we moved to Vegas.
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