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Chari
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I LOVE geography  .......and I love getting to know all of you better  .......so I was thinking about this today........wanna play "What's YOUR geography?" with me??? 
copy and paste these questions into your own post:
How far do you live from your birthplace?
How many times have you moved in your life?
Wanna list the places?
How many states?
How many countries?
I have always lived on the West Coast. I always WANT to live on the West Coast ..........as my husband says: "...at least one day's drive to the Pacific Ocean." I can get to the ocean in less than four hours. 
I LOVE visiting everywhere else...as you old-timers are probably very aware ...........but I always want to come HOME!
How far do you live from your birthplace?
1964: I was born in Southern California, in Harbor City........where the Los Angeles Harbor can be found......about 2 hours from the Mexican border.
I now live in a small mountain town in Northern California, one hour from the Oregon border.......about 11 hours from my birthplace.
How many times have you moved in your life?
ALOT.......and we were NOT military.......or National Park Service (MaryM?) or National Health Service (Willa?). I went to 13 schools in 13 years..... three times in one year, TWICE. This was the product of divorced parents. 
Wanna list the places?
So, I will just highlight:
ALL in CA:
Los Angeles: Westchester
Huntington Beach
1974: Venice Beach
El Segundo
1978: Agoura
Then, to Northern Nevada when I was 16 years:
1980: Stateline.....which is the Nevada-side of South Lake Tahoe
......I graduated form high school there.
1985: Reno.....where I attended the University......and where my oldest dd is now.
1988: north of Carson City, Nevada.....where we gave birth to our first child
1989: Small, Northern CA mountain town........in a rental for three years......and now 17 years in this house.........so, 20 years here, in ONE place!!! 
TWO states...........ONE country!
How about you? Please play with me!
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Dh Marty 27yrs...3 lovely maidens: Anne 24, Sarah 20 & Maddelyn 17 and 3 chivalrous sons: Matthew 22, Garrett 16 & Malachy 11
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How far do you live from your birthplace?
According to Google Maps, 2548 miles.
How many times have you moved in your life?
until age 18....none. i grew up in the same house my parents brought me home from the hospital to. after that....a lot!
Wanna list the places?
grew up in New Jersey, at the jersey shore.
also lived in the Florida Keys, a short time in Atlanta, then
Mesa, AZ,
Tempe, AZ,
Chandler, AZ
Henderson, NV
Las Vegas, NV
...and now back to Henderson...in 3 weeks!
How many states?
5
How many countries?
1.
i have never been out of the country, although i have seen Mexico.
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pmeilaen
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How far do you live from your birthplace?
About 4000 miles.
How many times have you moved in your life?
About 13 times.
Wanna list the places?
Bonn, Germany
Troisdorf, Germany
Kleinenbroich, Germany
Hilchenbach, Germany
Dahlbruch, Germany
Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany
Merritt, Canada
Würzburg, Germany
Columbia, Missouri
South Bend, Indiana
Durham, North Carolina
New York State
London, Great Britain
How many states?
Germany: 3
Canada: 1
U.S.: 4
Great Britain: 1
How many countries?
4
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How far do you live from your birthplace?
I live 500 miles from my birthplace.
How many times have you moved in your life?
3 big moves.
Wanna list the places?
I was born in Port Huron, MI, which is a small town about 45 miles northeast of Detroit at the mouth of Lake Huron. When I was 13 I moved to Scranton, PA. At the age of 22 I moved to Bethlehem, PA to attended graduate school. And we moved back to Scranton when I was 29 when dh got his job up here. As long as dh is awarded tenure this coming week we won't be moving again!!!
How many states?
2
How many countries?
Just 1, but when I was living in MI I could see Canada across the river and my dad would drive our cars and my grandma's car over there every Saturday to fill them with gas. Back in those days the exchange rate made it worthwhile.
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Therese 11/04
Anna Mary 6/07
Veronica 10/09
Theodora 11/12
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Fun! But you may find me boring!!!! 
How far do you live from your birthplace?
Um..1/2 mile. Yes, we live 1/2 mile from the hospital where my mum had me.  
How many times have you moved in your life?
Including college, 8.
Wanna list the places?
Novi, MI. (1963-1965)
Detroit, MI. (1965-1966)
Northville, MI. (1966-1982)
Ann Arbor, MI. (1981-1985)(overlap with N'ville for one year, before parents retired to FL in 1982.)
Wixom, MI. (1985-1986 newlywed apartment!)
Livonia, MI. (1986-1990 moved 3 weeks before #2 ds arrived!)
Livonia, MI. (1990-1996)
Livonia, MI.  (1996-present)
How many states?
One!
How many countries?
One!!!
I joke that, even with college, I have lived in, roughly, a 30 mile radius my whole life!
Eva, you have lived in such an incredible variety of places! My very dearest friend was born in Wurzburg (military.)
God Bless,
Stacy in MI
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Obviously, I am a Southern CA girl through and through! We lived in Hawaii for five years after we were married, but came right back! My dh is a Michigan transplant and appreciates the climate here, too.
How far do you live from your birthplace?
About 30 miles.
How many times have you moved in your life?
7
Wanna list the places?
Altadena, CA
Arcadia, CA
Sierra Madre, CA
Pasadena, CA
Honolulu, HI
Pasadena, CA
Finally settled in a foothill town the San Gabriel Valley, CA 8 years ago--hopefully permanently!
How many states?
2
How many countries?
1
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Mama to dd(99), ds(01), ds(03) and ds(06)
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St. Ann
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Oh my!
How far do you live from your birthplace?
about 5000 miles
How many times have you moved in your life?
too many
Wanna list the places?
very very small town in southern IL
Melbourne Beach, FL
Indialantic, FL
Gainesville, FL
London, England
Gainesville, FL
Poznan, Poland
Gainesville, FL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
NYC, NY (Hells Kitchen)
Munich Germany (many times within Munich)
Wangen in Allgaue Germany
Munich Germany
Diocese of Muenster Germany
How many states?
5 European
3 American
How many countries?
4
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Stephanie
Wife and mother to Hannah '96, Maria '99, Dorothea '01, Helena '03
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How far do you live from your birthplace?
300 miles or so
How many times have you moved in your life?
a lot
Wanna list the places? (most of these were as a child and I don't even remember them, sadly!)
Montgomery, AL
Knoxville, TN
Memphis, TN
Raleigh, NC
South Carolina
Little Rock, Arkansas
Louisville, KY
Madison, IN
East TN (again, been here since college)
How many states?
see above
How many countries?
only here
We weren't military, but my dad was a pastor (baptist) and he went to seminaries getting various degrees (MDiv, PhD) and then I moved to east TN for college, met DH and have been here ever since.
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How far do you live from your birthplace?
2700 miles
How many times have you moved in your life?
12 - several were back and forth between the same places
Wanna list the places?
Pasadena, CA
Arcadia, CA
(college at UCLA - didn't count as moves)
Killiney, Ireland (exchange, not a move exactly)
Brindisi, Italy
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Millersville, Maryland
Maranola di Formia, Italy
Sugar Grove, West Virginia
(We are in Maryland now.)
How many states? 4
How many countries? 3 if you count my exchange semester, which I am.
It has taken many years, but my body has finally reoriented itself so that I now think "north" when I see the ocean on my right-hand side. This does NOT make me happy.
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How far do you live from your birthplace?
8.9 miles. Didn't know the hospital was that nearby.
How many times have you moved in your life?
4-once as a child, 3 times after i was married.
Wanna list the places? West Webster, Webster, Lima, Farmington and Henrietta (all in NY)
How many states? one
How many countries? one
College: Geneseo, NY Scranton, PA.
For me north is Lake Ontario. I'm thrown off when in Canada!
This was fun.
Mary-NY
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stacykay wrote:
Eva, you have lived in such an incredible variety of places! My very dearest friend was born in Wurzburg (military.)
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Stacy, I was in Würzburg for only a year, but I loved the city. Very pretty with friendly people, good wine, and beautiful surroundings.
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How far do you live from your birthplace?
1424 miles
How many times have you moved in your life?
46--really. I can pack in 2 days flat, and don't keep much stuff. Grew up military, then my folks just had the habit. Dh and I are doing better with staying somewhere for a while.
Wanna list the places?
Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico
Iowa--Creston, Bedford, New Market, Tingley, Delphos
Omaha, Nebraska
Loring AFB, Maine
Homestead AFB, Florida
Rapid Sity and Springfield, South Dakota
Vail, Colorado
Maryville and Pickering, Missouri
Sanford, North Carolina
With many, many moves in Creston,Iowa
How many states?
9, and Puerto Rico
How many countries?
1
Seems crazy when I list it like that!
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Liz
Blessed by 4 wonders
dd11, dd911, ds9, ds8
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How far do you live from your birthplace?
about 800 miles
How many times have you moved in your life?
Didn't move at all until I was 17 and since then I've moved 17 times (some in the same town- or back to the same town)
Wanna list the places?
Hampton, VA (2 places)
Newport News, VA (3 places)
Norfolk, VA (1)
Richmond, VA (3)
Sacramento, CA (3)
Satellite Beach, FL (1)
Merritt Island, FL (2)
and we are currently in FL
How many states?
3
How many countries?
1
This was interesting... I hadn't counted all of my moves and it sure seems like a lot of moving and I did count my move to college and home again but that's only 2 - and we have been in the same place for 7 years now so all that moving happened during a period of 14 years... makes me tired just thinking about it!!! Of course I wasn't moving a whole household back then.
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How far do you live from your birthplace?
8529 miles, according to Google, but i think that's the long way
How many times have you moved in your life? 9, 10 if i count moving from where my parents lived to where we moved when i was 2
Wanna list the places?
born and raised in manila, philippines
moved to US with family when i was 18
los angeles, ca for a bit
st. louis, mo
lake jackson, tx
blue ash, oh
clarks summit, pa
liberty township, oh
francavilla al mare, italy
liberty township, oh
this is our 9th home (counting apartments and houses) in 20 years of marriage.
How many states?
5
How many countries? 3
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