Where have you lived?

6miths said:
How long do you have to be somewhere to have 'lived' there? Or just not in a hotel or leaving out of a suitcase.
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I would say about month but no rules. If you Unpacked and did laundry I'd say your living there.
 
World Traveler said:
I would say about month but no rules. If you Unpacked and did laundry I'd say your living there.
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OK..I'll throw in Kununurra, Western Australia - Texas, Arizona, Duncan on Vancouver Island, Almeria, Spain, Torremolinos, Spain......and, and...
 
Ok, I was thinking more like 3-6 months but will go with the OP's ruling. Some of the places there were some back and forths during the school years which I have omitted.

Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
Fonthill, Ontario
Stratford, Ontario
Listowel, Ontario
St. Catharines, Ontario
Sudbury, Ontario
Sarnia, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Port Charlotte, Florida
Johannesburg, South Africa
Vancouver, British Columbia
Providence, Rhode Island
Hamilton, Ontario
Al Ain, UAE
Liss, UK
Eldoret, Kenya
Hamilton, Ontario
 
It doesn't feel like I moved around this much, but...

Claremont, CA
Madrid, Spain (exchange student)
Munich, Germany
San Diego, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Toronto, ON
Oakville, ON
Long Beach, CA
Encinitas, CA
 
World Traveler said:
I would say about month but no rules. If you Unpacked and did laundry I'd say your living there.
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Then I'll add the following since we have stayed in a number of places for a month or more since retiring.

Salida, Colorado
Friday Harbor, Washington
MacKay, Australia
Hobart, Australia
Canmore, Canada
 
Augusta, GA
Los Angeles, CA (various suburbs)
Davis, CA
Chicago, IL
Jerusalem, Israel
West Springfield, VA
Neptune Beach, FL (owned first house, did ok)
Tyson's Corner, VA
Lowell, MA (owned condo, disastrous results)
Colorado Springs, CO (owned two different houses, did relatively well)
Montgomery, AL
Winter Springs, FL (owned and did very well)
Tokyo, Japan
Huntsville, AL
Brussels, Belgium
Madison, AL (own and losing a bit)
Georgetown, TX (bought retirement house from folks; moving in next year)

Marc
 
Mostly in order:

St. Paul, MN
New Ulm, MN
Mpls., MN
Oak Park, IL
Lisle, IL
New York, NY
Balboa Island, CA
San Francisco, CA
Mountain View, CA
San Jose, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
 
I lived in all the following places by the time I was 30 (in chronological order):

London, England
Cadiz, OH
Norfolk, VA
Virginia Beach, VA
Norwich, CT
Jewett City, CT
Groton, CT
Cadiz, OH (a second time)
Waipahu, HI
Pearl City, HI
Cadiz, OH (again)
Charleston, SC
London, England (again)
Fall River, MA
Middletown, RI
North Chicago, IL
Harvester, MO
Annapolis, MD
Washington, DC
Orlando, FL
Saratoga Springs, NY
Norwich, CT (again)
Bremerton, WA
Newport News, VA
Mystic, CT
Dallas, TX
Painesville, OH
Woodmont, CT


At the age of 33, we moved into our current house here in Milford, CT and have been here for 25 years. Finally, a place to call home.
 
Wow, my feet have been planted in concrete compared to most:

Western Massachusetts
Upstate New York
Western Massachusetts
Northern Connecticut
Eastern Massachusetts
Northern Connecticut

I have lived at only 14 different addresses in my life.
 
Antioch CA
Bunkie LA
Hobbs NM
Lovington NM
Bowman ND
Lafayette LA
Houston TX
Dallas TX (briefly thank God)
Boise ID (frp)
 
I've only lived in 3 adjoining states and would like to experience living in a different part of the country so plan to retire in Central Oregon. Fortunately, my job has allowed me to travel to many cities within the USA. Places I have lived mostly in order:

Louisiana (born in Shreveport; New Orleans; Baton Rouge)
Texas (Houston; Irving; Del Rio)
New Mexico (Cloudcroft; Chama; Silver City; Albuquerque)
 
Where I lived in alphabetical order by country:
Argentina
El Salvador
Iran
Mexico
Texas
US
Venezuela
 
Houston Tx
Ft. Worth Tx
Del Rio Tx
Clovis NM
Las Vegas NV
Monterrey Ca.
Niceville Fl
Vietnam
Thiland
Ft Walton Beach Fl
Mountain Home Id
Satellite Beach Fl
Germany
Spain
Hawaii
Korea
San Francisco Ca
Alameda Ca
Waterwood Tx

A couple of these were only for six months, but hey that's living. I did not include the place I just visited ie vacation and such.
 
World Traveler said:
I would say about month but no rules. If you Unpacked and did laundry I'd say your living there.
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Add in:

Manchester England Amsterdam
Johannesburg SA.(They took my passport so I couldn't go home).
 
Big_Hitter said:
Antioch CA
Bunkie LA
Hobbs NM
Lovington NM
Bowman ND
Lafayette LA
Houston TX
Dallas TX (briefly thank God)
Boise ID (frp)
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I was curious about Bunkie, La. so I checked it out on Wikipedia. I imagine many other members of the ER are others curious about Bunkie, La...

"Bunkie had its start when the Texas and Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for the original landowner's daughter, who had the nickname Bunkie.[3] The town post office contains a mural, Cotton Pickers, painted in 1939 by Caroline Speare Rohland... Since 1987, Bunkie has hosted the annual Louisiana Corn Festival during the second full weekend of June."

"... the city has a total area of 2.69 square miles..."

Historical population Census Pop. %± 1890 299 — 1900 873 192.0% 1910 1,765 102.2% 1920 1,743 −1.2% 1930 2,464 41.4% 1940 3,575 45.1% 1950 4,666 30.5% 1960 5,188 11.2% 1970 5,395 4.0% 1980 5,364 −0.6% 1990 5,044 −6.0% 2000 4,662 −7.6% 2010 4,171 −10.5% Est. 2015 4,066 [5] −2.5% U.S. Decennial Census[6] As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 4,662 people
 
Arkansas (SE - rice & soybean farm)
Fayetteville, AR
Valparaiso, IN
Portland, ME
Arkansas (central)


As much as I detest moving, some of your lists make me a bit envious...
 
I have lived my entire life in the Northwestern Pennsylvania city in which I was born. Three different homes: 1) born; 2) raised; 3) purchased home where born; 4) had a new home built.
 
Raised in West Memphis, AR
Memphis TN
West Monroe LA
Dallas TX
Los Angeles CA
Playa del Carmen Mexico
Los Angeles CA
Playa del Carmen Mexico
Dallas TX
TBD...
 
Rustic23 said:
Houston Tx
Ft. Worth Tx
Del Rio Tx
Clovis NM
Las Vegas NV
Monterrey Ca.
Niceville Fl
Vietnam
Thiland
Ft Walton Beach Fl
Mountain Home Id
Satellite Beach Fl
Germany
Spain
Hawaii
Korea
San Francisco Ca
Alameda Ca
Waterwood Tx
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Avatar aside, you can always tell what an Air Force guy flew by where he lived.:D

Nail 21
 
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Gumby said:
I lived in all the following places by the time I was 30 (in chronological order):

London, England
Cadiz, OH
Norfolk, VA
Virginia Beach, VA
Norwich, CT
Jewett City, CT
Groton, CT
Cadiz, OH (a second time)
Waipahu, HI
Pearl City, HI
Cadiz, OH (again)
Charleston, SC
London, England (again)
Fall River, MA
Middletown, RI
North Chicago, IL
Harvester, MO
Annapolis, MD
Washington, DC
Orlando, FL
Saratoga Springs, NY
Norwich, CT (again)
Bremerton, WA
Newport News, VA
Mystic, CT
Dallas, TX
Painesville, OH
Woodmont, CT


At the age of 33, we moved into our current house here in Milford, CT and have been here for 25 years. Finally, a place to call home.
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Taking a wild guess that you met Hyman Rickover or his immediate successor. :D
 
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atmsmshr said:
Taking a wild guess that you met Hyman Rickover or his immediate successor. :D
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I interviewed with Admiral Rickover in the Spring of 1981, shortly before I graduated from USNA. I believe he interviewed one more class after mine. Notwithstanding the fact that he yelled at me for 10 minutes and then kicked me out of his office, he ultimately took me into the program. I went on to serve aboard USS George Washington and USS George Washington Carver. Interestingly, the current Head of Naval Reactors is my classmate from the academy, who interviewed with Rickover the same day as me.
 
San Francisco Bay Area
Harrisburg, PA
Denver
San Francisco Bay Area
Annapolis, MD
Pensacola, FL
Corpus Christi, TX
San Francisco Bay Area
Corpus Christi, TX
Austin, TX
Dallas Metroplex
Austin, TX (16 years and counting!)

I also deployed to spots all over the Pacific Rim (Japan, Philippines, Diego Garcia, Singapore, Panama, etc.) when I was in the Navy. In particular, I fondly recall spending time in Adelaide, Australia and Kuantan, Malaysia.
 
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