Where have you lived?

Lancaster, CA
Yellowstone National Park
San Diego, CA
North Chicago, IL
Orlando, FL
Idaho Falls, ID
Groton, CT
Oakdale, CT
Rota, Spain
Underwater, Atlantic Ocean
Portsmouth, NH
Dover, NH
Summerville, SC
Underwater, Atlantic Ocean
Waterford, CT
Lisbon, CT
 
Born in North Dakota
Then Minneapolis, followed by four stays in Texas, twice in Alabama, then Georgia, Honolulu, Kansas, and The Missouri Ozarks.
 
Born Dallas, Tx - lived in Garland
Moved to Cartersville, GA
Moved to Modesto, CA
Moved to Lilburn, GA
Moved to Crystal Lake, IL
Moved to Jefferson City, MO
Moved to Rolla, MO
Moved back to Jefferson City, MO
Moved to Great Lakes, IL (boot camp)
Moved to Orlando, FL
Moved to Malta, NY
Moved to Saratoga Springs, NY
Moved to St. Mary's, GA
Moved to Kingsland, GA
Moved to Marietta, GA
Moved to Acworth, GA
*own house and plan to retire in Dallas, GA

Spent a lot of time living underwater in the Atlantic Ocean as well while living in St. Mary's and Kingsland...
 
Most of these moves were courtesy of Uncle Sam.

Massachusetts
Texas
Mississippi
Colorado
Massachusetts
Texas
Florida
Mississippi
California
Indiana
Saudi Arabia
California
England
Washington
Mississippi
Washington
Massachusetts
Washington
 
Florida
Alabama
Colorado
Virginia
Okinawa
North Carolina
West Virginia
Pennsylvania

Multiple places in a few of those.

Cheers!
 
Georgia - Atlanta suburb
California - Bay Area suburb
Illinois -Chicago suburb
Kansas - KC suburbs (3 locations)
Kansas - medium town (3 locations)
 
What I am curious about is where most people have settled down. Having lived everywhere I don't really have a place I call home. Most of this is courtesy of the USAF and rather soon I will need to find a permanent place for my daughter.

Fresno, Ca
Sacramento, Ca
Stockton, Ca
Long Beach, Ca
...and now I will never return to California...
San Antonia, Texas
Spokane, Washington
Pensacola, Florida
Warner Robins, Georgia
Geilenkirchen, Germany
Warner Robins, Georgia
Mildenhall, UK (current)
 
Massachusetts - Norfolk County
Missouri - St. Louis County
Massachusetts - Worcester County
Missouri - St. Louis County
Missouri - St. Charles County

Pretty mundane compared to most of the posts so far.
 
trixs said:
What I am curious about is where most people have settled down. Having lived everywhere I don't really have a place I call home. Most of this is courtesy of the USAF and rather soon I will need to find a permanent place for my daughter.
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You can find a number of websites that talk about how military friendly a state is. Exempting retirement pay from state tax (or not even having a state tax) can be a significant factor.

I was the same as you, but when I retired the decision was easy because most of DW's friends were from the area where she grew up and I discovered I liked it well enough to settle down there.

Depending on how old your daughter is, how important is it really to find a permanent home right away?
 
WI-3x's, TX-once, KS-twice, Upstate NY-once and Nevada now. I thought I moved a lot (about 30 times total) but it looks like a lot of people here have moved a lot.
 
Some posters here moved around a lot. I love to travel, but not so much about moving.

I have lived in only two large metropolitan areas in my life. The current one, I have been living in for 40+ years, in 3 different homes.

My children also do not like to move. They have lived here all their life. When they graduated from the local university, never did bother to look for work outside of the city. They both ended up finding work within 10 miles of my home, where they grew up.
 
Gumby said:
I guess I should have included that too.
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SteveNU said:
Lancaster, CA
Yellowstone National Park
San Diego, CA
North Chicago, IL
Orlando, FL
Idaho Falls, ID
Groton, CT
Oakdale, CT
Rota, Spain
Underwater, Atlantic Ocean
Portsmouth, NH
Dover, NH
Summerville, SC
Underwater, Atlantic Ocean
Waterford, CT
Lisbon, CT
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CardsFan said:
Massachusetts - Norfolk County
Missouri - St. Louis County
Massachusetts - Worcester County
Missouri - St. Louis County
Missouri - St. Charles County

Pretty mundane compared to most of the posts so far.
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Spent some time underwater in the Atlantic too. Good Story for Cards fan. I pulled in port in Barbados and had to stay on the boat for two of those days.
standing watch, I open the door to the control room and there's Ozzie Smith,Willie Mcgee, Danny Cox and John Tudor. They were on a cruise ship.

Spent a lot of time at Scott AFB and became a huge Cards fan. I used to live at 9th and Pine downtown St Louis.
 
Seattle, WA
Willamette Valley, OR
Portland, OR and a suburb
Northern Colorado town
Boise, ID
Moved back to Seattle three times, Oregon again and Boise twice
 
Well, let's see...sometimes I forget one or two. I am pretty much a home body and if I travel it is to wild places and not cities.

Munich, Germany
Roswell, NM...Walker AFB
Savannah, GA...Hunter AFB
Honolulu, HI...Hickam AFB
Fairbanks, AK...Ft Wainwright AAF
King Salmon, AK
Sacramento, CA...Travis AFB
Kokomo, IN...Grissom AFB
Salina, KS...Shilling AFB
Asheville, NC (twice)
Waycross, GA
Orlando, FL
St Cloud, FL
Columbia, SC
Shreveport, LA...Barksdale AFB
Boron, CA...Edwards AFB
 
Atlanta, Albuquerque, San Antonio, Odessa, TX, Lubbock, TX, and Alamosa, CO, not in any particular order.
 
Let's see if anyone can guess what industry I worked in for the first ten years out of school:

Roanoke, VA
Blacksburg, VA (go Hokies!)
Gaithersburg, MD
Jackson, MS
Vidalia, GA
Birmingham, AL
Little Rock, AR
Granbury, TX
Richmond, VA
Atlanta, GA
Richmond, VA
Back to my roots in SW VA

Doesn't count extended business trips to Vicksburg, MS; Russelville, AR; Crystal River, FL; Oak Ridge, TN
 
I like living near the coast.

Los Angeles, CA
Saratoga, CA
Monterey, CA
Fort Meade, MD
Santa Barbara, CA
Redwood City, CA
Sunnyvale, CA
Brookdale, CA
San Jose, CA
 
I seem to be doing a big loop around the southeast/southwest US (clockwise though ... this is NASCAR country so I'm doing it wrong):

Albuquerque, NM (born & raised)
Las Cruces, NM
Los Alamos, NM
Colorado Springs, CO
Augusta, GA
Dallas (metro), TX
by 2018 back to New Mexico for good

Americans seem to move more than most (in general). I think that fluidity of people capital is a real plus for our economy.
 
IQuit said:
I seem to be doing a big loop around the southeast/southwest US (clockwise though ... this is NASCAR country so I'm doing it wrong):



Albuquerque, NM (born & raised)

Las Cruces, NM

Los Alamos, NM

Colorado Springs, CO

Augusta, GA

Dallas (metro), TX

by 2018 back to New Mexico for good



Americans seem to move more than most (in general). I think that fluidity of people capital is a real plus for our economy.
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I was raised mostly in ABQ and graduated from Highland High. Since my parents died, I miss going over there so much from West TX.
 
West Virginia, Mississippi and now splitting the difference and moving to East Tennessee.
 
New Orleans, LA
Baton Rouge LA
Pensacola, FL
Brunswick, GA
Subic Bay, Philippines
Austin, TX
Houston, TX
 
Have moved around some (owned 8 homes - so far)

Michigan
California
South Carolina
Illinois
Michigan
California
Illinois
Texas
Illinois
 
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