What is the furthest you've moved in the United States?

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wanderexplore@reddit

Born in Jamaica, Queens, moved to Orlando when I was 10, spent 7 months in Yellowstone before moving to Hawaii, now live in Colorado.

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Mother_Boss_8148@reddit

Indiana to the San Francisco Bay Area. Best decision ever.

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Kellzy1212@reddit

Sarasota, Fl to Minneapolis to Tampa to Miami to St Petersburg then finally Las Vegas.

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WeakZookeepergame2@reddit

I live about 480 miles southwest of where I grew up. Have lived here 17 years now

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Different-Crab-360@reddit

I moved from NYC to Delaware, about a 2 1/2 hour drive. A little over 100 miles.

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Travel-Tricks@reddit

I moved from Cleveland, OH to Atlanta to Outer Banks,NC to Seattle to Key West to Portland, OR all by Greyhound 😀

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SouthernReality9610@reddit

Not a record, but I moved from Boston to Southern California in February. Had to wait out a blizzard in Kansas.

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thesesimplewords@reddit

Born in Iowa, love in Utah, moved to North Carolina. Became an adult there. Moved within the state twice. Then moved to Massachusetts. To be continued........

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LexLanger@reddit

Tucson-Seattle-Tucson-Philadelphia-Colorado-Rome-Colorado-Seattle

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nmacInCT@reddit

I moved from Connecticut to Indiana and then to New Mexico and then to Oregon - over the course of about 30 years . The biggest single move was back to Connecticut from Oregon and 8 years ago.

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VariegatedPlumage@reddit

I moved from New York to Colorado briefly!

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Bubbly_Cry7146@reddit

2.5 hours from my hometown but it’s a new state lol

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I currently live in the same town where I was born, but at one point, I lived 2k miles from here. My husband spent his entire life where he was born--until we married and moved ~250 miles away. Once we had kids, we made a conscious decision to stay put.

My daughter is 29, and she first moved away at 17 (boarding school)--she's lived in 7 states (about to move to #8) and 2 countries. Her brother, 32, lives in the town he was born in and has turned down 2 international job offers. They are both happy with their choices. 🤷‍♀️

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FormerAd952@reddit

Well being retired military, it is quite far, from Okinawa, Japan to Albany, GA.

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Paid_Babysitter@reddit

I moved from Alaska to Georgia.

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Avinson1275@reddit

Same. I was born on a military base in Anchorage then my dad got stationed in Columbus, GA.

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Thin-Quiet-2283@reddit

Washington State to NC - also military brat. But Europe to Washington state was the huge move!

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Acceptable_Tea3608@reddit

Huge change of climate!

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Paid_Babysitter@reddit

The first summer was quite a shock. I don't think I left the house for 3 months.

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BALLSonBACKWARDS@reddit

Wow, this was me but in winter in upstate ny… I went from rural TN to rural NY. I now hate snow

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jiminak@reddit

Not quite as far as you, only made it to Mississippi after 20+ years in AK. As my wife says, we can hide from the weather for 3 months here, or for 7 months back in AK.

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dontforgettowriteme@reddit

I save my outside time for other seasons.

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Uncoventional_PT@reddit

I’m guessing military brat. I moved from GA to HI and then HI to PA as a military brat.

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brzantium@reddit

This is the thread we've been preparing for our whole lives

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Gigi_Gaba@reddit

Furthest CONUS to CONUS move was NH to CO (2,100 miles).

Started in WA then to TX to MS to MT to Portugal to NC to CO to FL to Germany to NH to Germany to NH to CO to AL.

13 moves over the last 37 years.

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TheGrauWolf@reddit

Born in Germany -> Florida -> Germany -> Texas -> California -> Nebraska -> South Carolina... Among a bunch of other little places in between.

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shammy_dammy@reddit

Yuppers. Although my biggest move in the US is probably the TX to WI, which was post military brat.

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Paid_Babysitter@reddit

Correct. I actually lived in Germany prior to Alaska. Moving to Georgia was such a culture shock.

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NoComplaintsWSE@reddit

We did Alaska to NC.

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nullpassword@reddit

I went from Alabama to illinois.. didn't have enough clothes to stay warm for two years. :p

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redcoral-s@reddit

My mom's family did nearly the same thing but in reverse- they went from south Texas to Alaska in winter (and before that they were living in the tropics)

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bzzzimabee@reddit

We just moved from Alaska to Maryland!

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rcowie@reddit

I moved from KS to AK and back.

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slicksleevestaff@reddit

I did the opposite from Atlanta to Fairbanks, AK.

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Notactuallyashark@reddit

Tampa to Fairbanks here!

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gigisnappooh@reddit

From Air Base in Japan to the states. From the Midwest to the Deep South.

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Frosty_Employment171@reddit

I'm a native of NYC that spent most of my adult life in Texas. I've also lived in Seattle, Jerusalum and W. Germany. It is my experience that men are more likely to move away from the home.

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faxmachine13@reddit

Michigan to South Dakota. And now I’m in New Mexico

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Odd_Mathematician654@reddit

Texas to Washington state.

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Realitykills@reddit

Florida to Oregon.

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East-Tangerine1673@reddit

Do you mean you've neve traveled outside of that 100 miles?! I hope you have.

Carl Sagan said "the universe is a pretty big place, and if it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space."

Some of us have wanderlust and want to know what else is out there.

There is so much more to our world out there. So much we haven't seen.

So, excuse my paraphrase, Our world is a pretty big place. If you never leave your backyard, what a waste of space.

I'm trying to work in "don't be a Dorothy" and yes, "there is no place like home" but in the vastness of space, the Earth is our home and we should see all it has to offer.

I will never be able to go to space but I can go to Greece. I can go to Italy. I can go to Hawaii. I can go to the mountains of Utah and Colorado, and I can go to Disneyland in California. Where will you go?

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lil_ninja78@reddit

Moved from Massachusetts to Florida, then to Ohio.

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Fun_Machine7346@reddit

1 inch

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No_Combination7190@reddit

Boston to LA and drove a sedan with all my belongings

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Legitimate-March9792@reddit

I moved about a ten minute drive away.

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WowsrsBowsrsTrousrs@reddit

I grew up on Long Island, in New York, and then moved to Boston, about 240 miles, when I was 17. 10 years after that, I moved from Boston to Austin, Tx - about 2000 miles. In 2005, I moved from Austin to Baltimore, about 1560 miles.

Particularly in Texas, 80 miles is a distance a lot of people would do in an evening to attend a party or concert. The outer loop around Houston is about 180 miles long, meaning that one suburb of Houston can be 90 miles away from another suburb of Houston.

Even here in Maryland, I visit relatives in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia frequently - they just aren't that far away. My tipping point for "too far for a day trip" is around 150-180 miles.

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brandongreat779@reddit

I moved from Texas to Mississippi as a kid, Mississippi to Japan as a young adult, from Japan back to Mississippi for a year and then moved to California where I've been for the last like 5 years.

It's all part of the adventure! There's a whole world out there to explore and people to meet and food (delicious food!) to try.

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WokeUpIAmStillAlive@reddit

Not far but I like where I am... havent got many places id really find better than where I am.

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Usual-Bag-3605@reddit

North Carolina to Arizona

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geaddaddy@reddit

Boston to Pasadena to New Jersey to Minneapolis to San Francisco to Chicago

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pickleddresser@reddit

WNY to Alabama. Culture shock.

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xristosdomini@reddit

I moved from Kansas City to Philadelphia

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UseOnceandDestroy27@reddit

45 minutes away lol

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CalmStrongTornadoes@reddit

I moved from Tennessee to Wisconsin, then Michigan.

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Iowa50401@reddit

Eastern Iowa to Central Arkansas

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chesbay7@reddit

California to Virginia Beach. But I'm from Pennsylvania. Just took a roundabout way to California and eventually back to Pennsylvania, courtesy of the US military. But CA to VA was the furthest move.

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RaspberryJam56@reddit

I moved from New Jersey to Virginia. I also moved to China for a year, but that's outside the scope of the question haha.

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taranathesmurf@reddit

As an child about 1000 miles, I was a toddler. As an adult I have lived within a 15 mile bubble for 50 plus years

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porkchopespresso@reddit

Colorado to Florida and then Florida back to Colorado

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unknowingbiped@reddit

One border to the other

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someofyourbeeswaxx@reddit

Maine to LA, and back.

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Minimum-Syrup7420@reddit

While I know what you mean I am choosing to take this as you don't think Lewistown/auburn is part of Maine.

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theoldman-1313@reddit

I've moved 1,800 km several times (Texas to Ohio and back). Earlier in my life I was looking at opportunities further away than that. Most people don't move that far from where they grew up, but it's not that unusual.

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1MrE@reddit

Out of it.

Army so ‘go there’. Thats where you go lol.

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Tomagander@reddit

I'm from metro Detroit. In eighth grade my family moved to rural Kentucky. We moved back very quickly. I have lived in Michigan ever since, no plans to leave.

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Gunslinger_247@reddit

West virginia to Florida

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LunarVolcano@reddit

I live on the east coast, a bit over 600 miles from my hometown. This is the furthest I’ve lived from there. Any place I lived my parents could drive to me in under a day, which I like.

My partner on the other hand moved here from the west coast, nearly 2500 miles away. Her grandparents are from the east coast though so her parents did the move first, and she came here a lot as a child. Whereas my parents have lived in the same county their whole lives.

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deadlyvices@reddit

I think the longest move distance wise was from Louisiana to Wyoming. But we traveled when I was growing up. 10 different cities in Texas, New Mexico twice, Phoenix Arizona twice, Southern California, Northern California, Wyoming, and Louisiana.

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queercactus505@reddit

I've lived in the southwest, northeast, and southeast. I want to move to the pacific northwest now to catch all four corners of the continental us.

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Helpful_Writer_7961@reddit

I moved 3 miles.

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Shop-S-Marts@reddit

I've lived in Florida, Alaska, Japan, Virginia, Mississippi, Virginia, Hawaii, California, north Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Georgia, Mississippi, japan, Maine, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Phillipines, Germany, Afghanistan, California, and Georgia.

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Citizenerased1989@reddit

I live 3.5 hours from my hometown and it's the farthest away I've ever lived. It's too far, in my opinion.

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seaofcitrus@reddit

Virginia to Hawaii was the largest single move I’ve made in the US, but I’ve been to every state (lived in most, but not quite all) and am now living in Europe (just moved from Japan)

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Traditional_Air6177@reddit

I have moved from Dayton, OH to Fremont, CA and then back 2.5year later. The first time I flew with the kids and shipped the cars. The second time I shipped one car and we did a four day drive across the country. I was raised that you might have to move to get better opportunities. Plus my husband was in the Airforce before this move so you have to be willing to go places.

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ntrotter11@reddit

I moved from PA to AZ after college. Liked the climate, didn't like the attitudes toward education there. Two years later ended up moving back.

But, I should acknowledge the privilege I had/have of parents who were willing to leverage themselves and help me get a reliable vehicle and moved/set up out west. Those safety nets are definitely the only things that made it possible for me to take that kind of leap.

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DeanBranch@reddit

Either Maryland to Texas or Wisconsin to Georgia.

Also US to Taiwan to US

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ornerydad75@reddit

Well let's see. In my life I have moved:

California to Oklahoma Oklahoma to California California to Iowa Iowa to Texas Texas to California California to Oklahoma Oklahoma to California California to Michigan, where I live now.

And multiple places in each of those states.

What blew my mind right after we moved here (Detroit metro at the time, now I live in Grand Rapids) was I was at the grocery store chatting with the middle aged cashier and said we'd just moved here from California. Her eyes grew wide and she basically said she couldn't imagine that, she had lived right there in the same area her whole life and had only visited out of state once for a wedding! It literally seemed like the idea of leaving the state scared her, and to this guy, that was mind blowing.

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SlyHutchinson@reddit

Is this a Michigan thing? My friend moved to Alpena, MI and his now wife had never been out of Micigan and barely out of the Alpena area. It was a huge deal for her when he took her to Ohio. I understand that Alpena is a small town but just seemed odd.

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_thalassashell_@reddit

I think it could be. When we lived there, people were completely baffled that we moved there from CA. But that could have also been culture shock (we were very weird by their standards. Example: We got side-eyed by everyone in the parking lot when they heard our car alarm beep when it locked at the grocery store. People didn’t lock any doors there and thought it was bizarre that we did).

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ornerydad75@reddit

I think it is for some folks here. My theory is because Michigan is literally surrounded by water on most sides. So for the L.P., for instance, the only way in and out via car (besides Canada, ferries, and the Mackinac Bridge) is driving south. Michigan is kinda out of the way, in that way. So some folks just wind up never leaving.

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Baroque_Hologram@reddit

the idea of leaving the state scared her

I know of somebody who had a panic attack when somebody tried to take her outside of the city she was born in for the first time...she was in her late twenties.

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texanbychoice106@reddit

I never understand this. Aren’t they even curious about what is out there?

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tavikravenfrost@reddit

My hometown was around 45-ish miles from the border with another state. My first girlfriend had a boyfriend for a while before we met, and she told me that he once went on a quick trip with her and her parents across the border into the neighboring state. The dude was apparently in full-on panic about crossing the border.

When I was in college, I had to do a group project with a classmate who was 50-something years old. She had never been outside of the bounds of our county before.

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minicpst@reddit

Same. I grew up in a border county, so most people had been to the next state over where the outlet malls are, but many had never left the NE, even if they’d taken big vacations.

I live nearly 3,000 miles from my family. For a little while I lived in Europe. My mom was thrilled when I moved back east briefly and I was only 600 miles from where I grew up.

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_thalassashell_@reddit

Los Angeles to Fenton, MI (2,277 mi), narrowly beating the move from Tucson to Jacksonville, NC, or from NC back to Tucson (2,193 mi). Fenton to Tucson was also about 2,000 mi, since we stopped at the Grand Canyon.

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sapphireminds@reddit

Longest was outside the United States, to Spain. Outside of that. From Cleveland to San Francisco

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_monorail_@reddit

From Cambridge, MA to Venice, CA. 3,043 mi/4,897 km.

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turnerevelyn@reddit

Seattle to Savannah.

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Wide_Breadfruit_2217@reddit

Coastal Washington to inland Massachusetts. During the worst winter in 20 yrs at that point.

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Ohhingerrr@reddit

California to Florida then to Washington state. Currently in Arizona. lol.

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YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO@reddit

From one end of the midwest to the other lol

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bonlow87@reddit

NJ to NC NJ to Pittsburgh

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Ok-Cardiologist-1969@reddit

The furthest I moved in the US was from Texas to Georgia. The furthest I have ever moved was from Korea to Texas

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lavendergaia@reddit

Moved from South Florida to Central Florida and back. I live in the same county I was born in.

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morgaine_silver_hair@reddit

Midwest, New York, Texas.

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

I live 1000 miles from where I grew up. I'm very happy 😊

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Warm_Ad3776@reddit

Moved from Alaska to Florida

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Far-Medicine-9399@reddit

Fort Walton Beach, FL to Yigo, Guam.

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YogurtclosetNo9264@reddit

Boston -> Miami, about 1500 miles.

Our older daughter has moved from Boston-> Vermont -> Portland, OR -> Sarasota, FL. Younger daughter Boston -> NYC -> Honolulu -> NYC -> LA.

People are much more mobile now than a generation ago.

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Thhe_Shakes@reddit

Pennsylvania to Texas to Kansas to Georgia; so around 1500, 300, and 900 miles respectively. Once you do it once its not scary to do it again.

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Alternative-Quit-161@reddit

Colorado to CA and on to the PNW for retirement.

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Aloh4mora@reddit

Minnesota -> Washington, or 2,683 km.

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jjmenace@reddit

Born, grew up, went to college, lived on my own, got married, bought a house and raised a family all within 100 miles. Interesting enough, my family came here to New Hampshire from England and have been here for generations since the 1600s. I guess we just aren't big movers.

My brother lived and worked on the other side of the country for a number of years, but the goal was to always move back...and he has.

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Dixie1117@reddit

Raised in Pennsylvania, tried Montana for 9, now in Nevada for 19.

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MollyOMalley99@reddit

NJ to FL, about 1200 miles.

And my kid moved from FL to Maine, about 1600 miles.

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AllKnowingFix@reddit

Born/childhood in OK, moved in mid-elementary to AZ, and moved in HS to TX.

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Effective_Stranger85@reddit

I moved from Tampa, Florida to Seattle, Washington.

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Willing_Calendar_373@reddit

New Jersey to Alaska.

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MarkTheDuckHunter@reddit

Great Falls, Montana to Jacksonville, FL.

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FriendlyConfines23@reddit

Chicago suburbs to DFW area

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tmorse85@reddit

When I was a kid, my family moved from California to Alabama. A decade later, most of us moved back.

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Euphoric_Ease4554@reddit

Kansas to Minnesota, then Iowa, then Ohio.

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DesertWanderlust@reddit

Houston, TX to Singapore: 9942 miles

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ThginkAccbeR@reddit

Connecticut to California to Northern Ireland.

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ThePickleConnoisseur@reddit

Had an internship in Maryland. I’m from LA. I will be moving back to MD (so a true move with all my stuff) later this summer

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stangAce20@reddit

California to Oklahoma and then back to California two years later

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Norwester77@reddit

From Washington, went to grad school in Michigan, moved back to my hometown.

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bananapanqueques@reddit

I grew up in Houston. I now live in Seattle.

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Franklinricard@reddit

East Sacramento to further East Sacramento

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Traditional_Trust418@reddit

The distance between where I was born and where I live now is a 2420 mile drive. 1 day and 12 hours of straight driving if I make zero stops and hit zero traffic. Both homes in the US

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No_Locksmith9690@reddit

Detroit to LA,but it was my father who moved us.

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New-Process-52@reddit

Moon

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AZJHawk@reddit

I moved from Tucson, AZ to Miami, FL. Three years later, I moved back from Miami to Phoenix. I have move more than 100 miles four times in my life and moved 1,000 miles three times.

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reader68218@reddit

Seattle to NYC. Then later on Seattle to SoCal. There are also study abroad years in college in Europe but I don't think of that as moving really.

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Utterlybored@reddit

Age five moved from NC to CA. Age size moved from CA to NC.

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Technical-Tear5841@reddit

I left home after getting married but that was only three miles. It is also only five miles from where I was born. I'm 74.

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Mandiferous@reddit

I grew up MN in the burbs of the twin cities, I moved to Idaho when I was 18, moved to salt lake city, moved back to MN, moved to New Jersey, moved to Georgia, moved to Philadelphia, moved back to New Jersey, and now I'm back in MN, but northern Minnesota, probably my forever home now.

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Lost_in_spreadsheets@reddit

I haven’t lived in Alaska or Hawaii, but I’ve basically lived in all 4 corners of the contiguous US.

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asexualrhino@reddit

20 minutes

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xMarkyMarkKS@reddit

Hawaii to Virginia

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lt150@reddit

SE Michigan > Phoenix AZ > Hartford CT > Philadelphia > Central NJ > San Francisco.

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Sweet_Cinnabonn@reddit

I moved from west of Seattle area to Washington DC, back to Seattle, then to New York.

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Appropriate_Ad9157@reddit

Key west to Maine and now further west than Los Angeles

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frankfromsales@reddit

Born in Texas. Lived in South Carolina, Washington state, Florida, and Ohio before moving back to Texas.

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Puzzleheaded_Age6550@reddit

I moved from Fairbanks Alaska to West Palm Beach Florida.

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HMW347@reddit

When I was 18 I moved from Washington to Maryland. I wanted to get as far away from home as possible.

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DMGlowen@reddit

I went to high school in Virginia. Then moved to the state of Washington for college.

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dayglo1@reddit

California to Florida (and back, lol).

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hail_to_the_beef@reddit

San Diego > Baltimore

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TheDude-Esquire@reddit

Sacramento <-> Boston and back (12 years later).

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DeepPucks@reddit

That's the wrong direction.

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hail_to_the_beef@reddit

Eh my quality of life has been better in MD, it was a good move, but I’d happily go back

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ShortRasp@reddit

I miss MD a lot, but I can't afford a move back yet.

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GenericAccount13579@reddit

I did the exact opposite lol

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jessek@reddit

Trading fish tacos for crab on everything.

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brzantium@reddit

Tajin for Old Bay

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pudding7@reddit

Tempting. But no.

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Fae-SailorStupider@reddit

I grew up in MN and moved to Hawaii. That's nearly 4,000 miles.

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Practical-Ordinary-6@reddit

It wasn't really me, it was my parents who took me along (as they were legally required to do), but we moved from California to Tennessee. I think it was probably a three day drive with three kids in the back seat.

My longest personal move is that I moved to Africa for a while.

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TheVentiLebowski@reddit

I currently live 1,336 miles away from the house I grew up in.

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Upset_Shock_8137@reddit

Massachusetts to Florida

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moonmoonboog@reddit

Central Minnesota to the Bay Area in California. 4ish hour plane ride.

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Certain-Monitor5304@reddit

4 states for a permanent move. Traveled accross country.

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MrSillmarillion@reddit

I've lived in Michigan, Massachusetts, Hawaii, South Carolina and London, England

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Dragonflies3@reddit

My dad was in the Navy. Both coasts.

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Zealousideal-Law2189@reddit

I’ve moved from Minneapolis to London to South Carolina to Boston to Dallas to Chicago and soon to Tampa. I don’t seem to be able to do small moves 😂

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h8mayo@reddit

AZ to VA

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Techno_Muse@reddit

For me it was a small town in North Carolina all the way up to Indianapolis.

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secrerofficeninja@reddit

I’m about 45 minutes from the town I was born in. The crazy part is the first relative who came to America from Germany settled outside of that same town in the 1760’s. My family has been in that general area of a 10 mile radius ever since.

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cstrick1980@reddit

FL AZ IL TX CZ. Add in foreign countries UK, Japan.

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AvarethTaika@reddit

los Angeles ca -> rye nh

coast to coast lol

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Ahtnamas555@reddit

Moved from Missouri to New Zealand lol

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Fermifighter@reddit

How! Take me with you.

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Ahtnamas555@reddit

Be married to someone who has the necessary qualifications and skills to move here via job.

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FreeStateOfPortland@reddit

You can buy citizenship in New Zealand too

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nonother@reddit

Not really no, that takes a huge exception like Peter Thiel got. But you can buy residency.

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FreeStateOfPortland@reddit

So you’re saying you can buy residency. Residency can lead to citizenship, no? So indeed, you can buy citizenship.

And the huge exception, an absolute psycho like Thiel got tells me all I need to know about the potential for New Zealand. He was sworn in as a citizen in the United States.

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nonother@reddit

Residency can lead to citizenship if you spend most of each year there for 5 years in a row. But if you’re willing to do that and wealthy enough to buy residency, then you probably didn’t need to buy residency in the first place.

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FreeStateOfPortland@reddit

I really love how you’re twisting yourself into knots and ignoring the fact New Zealand lets billionaire psychos by their way into the country.

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nonother@reddit

There are no knots to be twisted. New Zealand readily lets billionaires, even centimillionaires, buy residency. I’m not attempting to dispute that at all. But very few of them are likely to ever become citizens.

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FreeStateOfPortland@reddit

They just get to build control over the country. Sounds like a great plan.

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Ahtnamas555@reddit

Many countries allow this, I'm not saying we should, but it isn't unique to NZ. USA, Canada, Italy, Portugal, Mexico all have some form of investment program and that's just naming a few - there are websites out there that have partnerships with these programs to facilitate buying residency/citizenship - and one I just looked at advertised 60 programs they were personally attached to.

I'm not saying NZ should be doing this, but getting mad at 1 country and saying "it tells me all I need to know about the potential of NZ" is incredibly narrow minded. NO country is perfect. We absolutely have our issues - but so does EVERY other country.

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FreeStateOfPortland@reddit

When did I say other countries don’t do it?

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Harbinger_Kyleran@reddit

Even then that's pretty rare yes? I knew a guy from US who married a woman from New Zealand. He was a telcom computer programmer and he had to work in the US for 6 months of the year then go to New Zealand to spend some time with her. (This was back in late 90s)

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edman007@reddit

I don't think it's difficult. I was over there in 2018. They really were pushing that if you have a STEM degree they'll fast track your citizenship. Definitely felt like it was pretty easy to move there if you wanted

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Ahtnamas555@reddit

The only visa I can think of that kind of works like that would be a type of holiday visa. But that would essentially be just holidaying here rather than working and living here. If you're married to a kiwi your pathway to entry should be much easier and shouldn't require going back to the states. (There's a lot of visas so don't quote me on this lol)

We're on accredited worker visa/partner of a worker visa (me) - it's good for 5 years and we are allowed to come and go as much as we want, my wife just has to maintain a job that qualifies in a sector the government has deemed short staffed. Work also has to be here in NZ. There's also a point system, so once we hit 2 years we should have enough points to apply for residency, then that cycle continues to permanent residency then citizenship.

We honestly got very lucky that my wife found a job looking for her very niche skillset.

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stevzon@reddit

Airplane most likely, second most likely a large boat, third most likely they have extremely long legs.

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Zoe_118@reddit

Pennsylvania to Oregon

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Prairie_Crab@reddit

I moved 500 miles south for a few years. I came screaming back north after that experience.

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GByteKnight@reddit

Boston to Sacramento. One coast to the other basically, it’s not quite the furthest someone can move in the continental United States but it’s reasonably close.

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Thefutureisbrightino@reddit

Troy NY to Huntington Beach CA.

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Emotional_Trash2283@reddit

From WA to FL.

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Cerulean_IsFancyBlue@reddit

NJ -> WA

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confan415@reddit

Washington - Wyoming - Washington - Hawaii - California

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General_Ad_6617@reddit

Vermont to California

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MacaroonSad8860@reddit

I live abroad now and that’s much farther but I moved from Boston to San Francisco. Doesn’t get much farther than that in the US.

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Wesmom2021@reddit

Cleveland- Seattle

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BriCheese96@reddit

As a kid I was born in Washington, lived in Texas and Arizona, did elementary school in Iowa then moved back to Washington state where I lived on the west side, and went to college on the east side (6 hour drive).

As an adult, after college I moved from Washington state to Georgia for 3 years, lived in Tennessee for a year, and currently living in Virginia for the past 4 years.

Tbh this is a hot take and a VERY personal opinion but I truly believe EVERYONE should move out of state, or at least a distance from their hometown at least once in their life. It’s easiest to do either for college, or after college in their early 20s. If they then want to return to their home area and settle down- so be it. But people who only experience the same one hour radius… yikes.

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Vyckerz@reddit

Furthest is when I moved from a suburb just outside Boston where I grew up to another suburb 28 miles north when I bought my first house with my wife, just inside the NH border.

Since then we have moved from northern Massachusetts > Southern NH. Exactly 11 miles, so not far at all!

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M1ndS0uP@reddit

I currently live 2000ft from the house i grew up in, and the furthest I've ever lived from there is about a mile and a half from where I live now.

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DavyDavisJr@reddit

Texas to Hawai'i. Just needed the humidity all the time.

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ShortRasp@reddit

My family and I did the RV life across the country for a couple years. We criss crossed both coast of the States and everything in between during that time. As an adult, I moved from Baltimore, MD (where I'm originally from) to Pensacola, FL. That was 17yrs ago now. Would love to move back to Baltimore though.

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borgib@reddit

Orlando, FL to St Pete, FL.

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Ok_Orchid1004@reddit

I’ve lived in 13 different states and my last move was Florida to Hawaii.

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LibrarianofBabel1127@reddit

NC --> MD, for graduate school. I have no intention of staying, though, and would much rather remain in world back home (I still have family there, so getting back isn't a big deal). In addition to my current roommate, one of my childhood friends moved from California to North Carolina.

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rademradem@reddit

I grew up in the Midwest. Moved to the West Coast when I became an adult. Moved to the East Coast. Moved back to the West Coast. Moved to a different state in the Midwest. Then finally moved to Florida where I live today.

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xeno_4_x86@reddit

Moved from the Seattle area to Pittsburgh. Got too expensive and my wage working in sanitation is about the same. What I wasn't expecting was how much I was missing out on human friendliness. I didn't realize it but there's something called the Seattle Freeze where the idea of hanging out sounds better than actually hanging out. It's been so nice making genuine friends here in Pittsburgh in comparison.

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Meshakhad@reddit

Boston > Seattle

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Reduxalicious@reddit

I've made major moves twice in my life.

When I was 6 North West Indiana -> Houston Area

Last year Houston Area -> Seattle Area

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Noble_Gas_7485@reddit

Ohio to Hawaii. Then Hawaii to Michigan.

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splorp_evilbastard@reddit

Suburb on the east side of Columbus, OH to southern California (halfway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara). - 2282 miles

Southern California to Austin, TX. - 1418 miles

Austin, TX to a different suburb on the east side of Columbus, OH. - 1251 miles

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EV9110@reddit

San Francisco to DC

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Yeahboyeah@reddit

Seattle to San Diego to Portland with the folks.

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foozballhead@reddit

1,500 miles was the most.

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dickhertzfromholdn@reddit

Alaska to Maine

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flautist96@reddit

CA > WA > DC

Joined the military after college.

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No-Past2605@reddit

Hawaii to Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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filkerdave@reddit

Long Island to Boston to Charlotte to Jackson Hole

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wieldymouse@reddit

From Florida to Washington.

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Torkin@reddit

Texas to Alaska (and then back to Texas. It was a summer move)

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Aprils-Fool@reddit

Florida to Connecticut to Washington (state), back to Connecticut, back to Florida.

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stellarduchess@reddit

1200 miles

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Magrue5185@reddit

1700 miles driving (1360 miles in a straight line). I was in my early 20's and tired of my then roommate. Some friends I'd made on world of warcraft were getting a place, I jokingly asked I'd I could move in, too, and they said yes. So I drove across the country to move in with people I'd never met, in a state I'd never been to, doing a job I'd never considered.

If the apartment building hadn't gotten condemned, I might still be there. We're all still friends, at any rate.

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WildlifePolicyChick@reddit

Texas to New Jersey; Southern California to Seattle; Seattle to DC. Those were the longest ones.

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AppropriateDark5189@reddit

I'd give myself 1000 mile radius for where I've actually lived. Lived in northeast, southern florida, midwest and a couple places in between.

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DonMn763@reddit

Houston to Anchorage. My dad was USAF.

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MainelyMe04@reddit

NJ->MD->ME

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Tommy_Wisseau_burner@reddit

North jersey to Austin or Austin to Tampa bay. I’m not sure of the mileage of each and too lazy to do it. I’m 99% sure north Jersey to Austin is rather tho

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cntodd@reddit

When I move, I move.

Duncan, OK to Boston, MA.

Boston, MA to San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA to Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD to Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City, OK to Cody, WY

Cody, WY to Oklahoma City, OK

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Maleficent_Button_58@reddit

I grew up in NY. Have lived in IL, FL, CA, NY again, KS, ME, CO, then back again in NY. So California to New York was the longest individual move.

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ScorchedByTheSun@reddit

Wow! Why so many states?

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Maleficent_Button_58@reddit

NY is where my family is. Went into the Navy after school. That was IL, FL, and CA. Got out, went back home. Got a job that relocated me to KS. Met someone and got serious. With them, ended up in ME then CO. We broke up after almost 10 years, and I came back home again.

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Schmancer@reddit

I’ve lived in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Kansas City. The only places I’ll never live are Florida and Arizona, otherwise I would probably follow a good job offer just about anywhere

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ScorchedByTheSun@reddit

"The only places I’ll never live are Florida and Arizona" Interesting. Why?

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

Ten miles. My MIL asked if I've ever lived outside of Cincinnati and I was like "yes, but Warren County makes me uneasy. We shall not speak of it again."

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xaraca@reddit

CA to NY and back.

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ScorchedByTheSun@reddit

Lol. I'm not surprised by the "and back" part.

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ScorchedByTheSun@reddit

Over 2,100 miles or 3,080 km from the Northeast to the Southwest.

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Nyerinchicago@reddit

I've moved nyc-->Dallas-->Slovakia -->Chicago

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epicenter69@reddit

Florida to New Mexico. Back to Florida. S. Korea back to New Mexico. New Mexico to California. Longest was from California back to Florida. Retired Military.

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BrilliantDishevelled@reddit

Florida to Maine. With 2 cats and a dog. By myself. Fun times.

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san_souci@reddit

Maryland->Hawai’i

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travelinmatt76@reddit

My master plan in high school was to move from Texas to just outside of Knoxville Tennessee. But I moved about 40 miles from my hometown

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Educational-Big-6609@reddit

NE Florida to Oregon

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Phoenix_Court@reddit

NY to TX.

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kartoffel_engr@reddit

Kodiak, AK to SW Oregon. Approximately 3,030 miles.

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ComprehensiveBad5548@reddit

I actually moved from Illinois to Massachusetts back to Illinois again.

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usnea_chord@reddit

I grew up in California and did the bio degree -> Midwest entry job shuffle. I found a lab assistant job in Nebraska that had a so much turn over youd think there were apples in it. Decided to go to grad school across the pond after almost a year in Lincoln. But Ill be moving back to California soon.

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gravitycheckfailed@reddit

Grew up in the South. Furthest I moved east was Massachusetts, furthest I moved west was Montana.

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PrimaryDry2017@reddit

For the last 62 years I was within about 20 miles of were I grew up, just moved 600 miles away.

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GingerCatCodes@reddit

Florida to Arizona. After Arizona we moved to Germany.

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FemboyEngineer@reddit

I once moved from San Jose, CA to Raleigh, NC. And since I didn't have enough material possessions to pay for a moving truck, I drove everything I owned 3,000 miles across I-40.

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Mister_Wednesday_@reddit

I have moved coast to coast a couple times. Single longest move however was Savannah Georgia to Fairbanks Alaska.

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captain_ohagen@reddit

northern Michigan to south Texas to Southern California

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museworm@reddit

New Hampshire to Texas

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dungeonsanddragrace@reddit

West coast to east coast to all over the south to 2 different countries and back to the south.

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hinckleyhermit@reddit

Mojave California to Hudson valley New York. Hudson valley New York to the uk

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TheRealDudeMitch@reddit

Mokena, Illinois to Kankakee, Illinois. Like 30 miles or so

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ReferenceCreative510@reddit

Annapolis to Baltimore, then back to Annapolis after high school.

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hanap8127@reddit

Georgia to California.

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shammy_dammy@reddit

Um....my flair says it all. They are in order- New Mexico, Idaho, the UK, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Wisconsin and Mexico.

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Far-Potential-4899@reddit

Chicago to san franciso, San Francisco to Charleston south Carolina, south Carolina to Arizona, Arizona to Illinois. That's the military for you.

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Zenthane@reddit

About 14 miles.

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Beautiful-Willow5813@reddit

Moved from Virgina to Washington State, and then moved again 4 years later to Connecticut.

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FlyByPC@reddit

To South Florida from the DC area, for work -- and then back because it was even worse than I thought it would be.

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OkTrade4505@reddit

Detroit, MI to Colorado Springs, CO. But then I moved out of the US for 6 years

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CalmRip@reddit

North Carolina==>Monterey, Calif.

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TeamTurnus@reddit

Florida to Wisconsin which was a 1300 mile move.

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SabresBills69@reddit

I've lived in many places over the country.

Many do settle and live near where they were born (100 miles) sone of these ho out of town to college

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rancidgoat@reddit

600+ miles Columbus, OH to Augusta, GA.

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CanFickle4950@reddit

Just moved to Florida from Alaska. I don’t recommend it.

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screenaholic@reddit

Georgia to Hawaii, then to New York.

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IndividualGrocery984@reddit

Arizona to North Dakota, then ND to Virginia and then back to ND have been my longest moves!

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Bluemonogi@reddit

About 100 miles.

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norskie7@reddit

Arizona to Virginia, Virginia to Seattle, Seattle back to Virginia… it’s been a lot

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SlyHutchinson@reddit

DC > Monterey, CA

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wheresjim@reddit

I moved from Elliott City, Maryland to Ben Lomond, California

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gioraffe32@reddit

My family is originally from Chicago. So we moved from Chicago to Kansas City, MO over 30yrs ago. That's about 500mi. Many years later, I ended up going to college in Chicago and then moving back to KC.

At one point, my family did Kansas City to Salt Lake City. That's almost 1100mi. And then we did the reverse like 2yrs later.

And coming up on 2yrs ago, I moved from Kansas City to DC. Which is also like 1100mi.

So yeah, I've had some big moves in my life. Along with small ones. Smallest one was one of my apartment moves in Kansas City. 2.4mi move. Later, I moved about 5mi to another apartment.

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Optimistbott@reddit

I’ve lived in California, Massachusetts and Texas. I’ve driven all across the country multiple times

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Baggie_McBagerson@reddit

San Francisco to Los Angeles

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Common-weirdoHoc@reddit

Utah > New York

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Imperfectoctopus@reddit

San Francisco > DC area > back to San Francisco > back to DC area > WA > San Antonio > MO

I also did one across town move in the DC area, two in MO, and 4 in WA.

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chipperlew@reddit

STL>DC>Tucson>Breckenridge>Denver

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RoxoRoxo@reddit

california to brief stint in south carolina to arizona to hawaii to colordo

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Accomplished-Race335@reddit

Baltimore to California

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ChaucersDuchess@reddit

(West) Germany to Kentucky.

Yes, I was an Army Brat. ☺️

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SlightShare5210@reddit

South Carolina to Nevada.

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Moritasgus2@reddit

Pittsburgh to LA

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The_Menu_Guy@reddit

San Francisco to Boston

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pogidaga@reddit

CA > CO > overseas > OK > IN > AL > HI > CA > PA > CA > GA > CA > overseas > CA

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Drawn-Otterix@reddit

My top 3 distances in no particular order:

784 miles
359 miles
185 miles

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BayBridger20@reddit

Moved from Miami to Seattle! Turned it into a two-week roadtrip

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Faye5470@reddit

Las Vegas to Northern VA

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Plow_King@reddit

ny-la was the furthest, but have moved a lot.

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Disco99@reddit

Born in Alaska, moved to Oregon as a kid, moved to Utah after high school (and a stopover in Brazil), moved to NYC for work for a few years, back to Utah, then Oregon, then Utah again. And heading back to Oregon in a few years once kids are out of the house.

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V48runner@reddit

Flyover state to Florida. Then back.

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chtrace@reddit

Houston to Costa Mesa CA

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VixxenFoxx@reddit

Hartford county Connecticut to the mid Texas coast

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snarkguru@reddit

I've lived in NM, AZ CA, MA and WA. Longest move would be CA to MA or MA to WA

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Excellent_Squirrel86@reddit

New Jersey to Hawaii

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therealjerseytom@reddit

Do they have pork roll in Hawaii?

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sjg09@reddit

They have Spam.

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Native_Prairie_@reddit

Oddly enough, they probably have an equivalent.

It's Taylor ham BTW

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roastedandflipped@reddit

I know a coyple people moved from NY to Havaii

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patiencestill@reddit

Michigan to Pennsylvania to North Carolina. Combination academic scientist/military family, my husband is actually from California and has a much longer list.

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rosey830@reddit

Lived in three states before the age of 5 - Nevada, Arizona, California.

As an adult California to Pennsylvania and back. Within CA grew up in San Diego but went to college and currently living in Northern California

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NemeanMiniLion@reddit

30 minutes drive

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concrete_isnt_cement@reddit

St. Paul, MN to Sitka, Alaska. I went to college in St. Paul, then worked as a charter fishing guide in Southeast Alaska after I graduated. I eventually moved back to my hometown, Seattle, where I’d lived before going to Minnesota for school.

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Ok-Flight-1504@reddit

My longest move was 27 miles away when I left my mom's house at the age of 22 and got my own apartment.

I stayed in that apartment for 5 years then moved to my house, where I've been for the past 27 years. That move was about 1/4 of a mile.

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nauticalfiesta@reddit

Moved from one coast to the other.

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dorv@reddit

Virginia > New Mexico New Mexico > Virginia

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Illustrious-Set-7907@reddit

Connecticut to Montana is the farthest in the US

But I moved from England to US as a kiddo and have lived in Texas, Arizona, Montana, Michigan, and Connecticut so long moves were kinda old hat by the time I did CT to MT

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andr_wr@reddit

Orange County California to near Boston in Mass. 2,900 miles with a stopover to visit my parents for a couple days in Colorado.

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loudasthesun@reddit

San Francisco > New York > Los Angeles, so basically coast to coast to coast

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ohgeezsendhelp@reddit

Literally yesterday I moved from Florida to Oregon. Took 5 days of driving.

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cometshoney@reddit

The Outer Banks of North Carolina to San Diego.

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Eff-Bee-Exx@reddit

Long Island, NY —> Fairbanks, AK; about 3300 miles if measured directly.

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Pernicious_Possum@reddit

About 6k miles from Puerto Rico to Hawaii

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vivaldi1206@reddit

I went 18 years LA —> 5 years Chicago (2 different locations) —> 3 years Bloomington, IN —> 3 years Austin —> 3 years Boulder —> 3 years Denver (2 locations so far)

My first move to Chicago was probably the longest distance. I’ve lived in all the time zones of the continental US! I’ve also been to at least 31 states and 30 countries.

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AffectionateFroyo892@reddit

Georgia to Minnesota

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pook_a_dook@reddit

San Francisco > LA > Atlanta > Seattle. I think we’re done moving now, Seattle is great.

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Particular_Bet_5466@reddit

1000 miles

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MundaneHuckleberry58@reddit

Northern New England (by Canada) to Nashville.

Nashville to Arizona.

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BabyComvista@reddit

Michigan > Florida (that's 1K miles)

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SmellsLikeFigs@reddit

Back and forth between DC area and Texas a couple of times.

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DumpsterDoggie@reddit

Colorado --> US Virgin Islands

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ninjanikki91@reddit

Metro Detroit Michigan to bumfuck nowhere Texas, then 2 hours away to another bumfuck nowhere Texas, now in Arkansas.

Oh there was also a 2 week period I 'lived' in Florida, but I barely count that. It was a long drive though.

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Venaalex@reddit

I mean I've moved a ton but the furthest moves have been IL > SC > WI (And then back and forth a few times) and then WI > OK

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JohnMichaels19@reddit

From Delaware to Fairbanks, Alaska

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HoodedNegro@reddit

Baltimore MD to Brunswick GA as a kid, Baltimore to OK/TX for the Army, and now likely Baltimore to Albuquerque for work with JB Hunt.

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malinagurek@reddit

I’m like you. I moved from Philadelphia to NYC, so a 95-mile radius?

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Inspi@reddit

Miami > Seattle > Miami

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racingfan_3@reddit

I moved 2 1/2 hours from NE to KS. 4+ years later I moved back.

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Jcamp9000@reddit

Chicago to Phoenix when I retired. No more snow!!!

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backlikeclap@reddit

Atlanta - NYC - Seattle. So I just need to move to LA and I'll have all 4 corners covered.

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anneofgraygardens@reddit

California > Michigan > Illinois > (Europe) > Michigan > California

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sean8877@reddit

Coast to coast like a lot of people are commenting here. Not that uncommon. I did it twice (once was my parents moving from SoCal to MA and the other was my wife and I moving to SoCal from the east coast).

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NiennaLaVaughn@reddit

Haha, stayed within the Midwest but IN to KS was 800 miles.

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Some_Director_6693@reddit

Baltimore to Dallas! Approx. 1300 miles/2000 km

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I_Weep_for_Willow@reddit

Basically coast to coast. It took some detours, but I got there.

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Notactuallyashark@reddit

St. Pete FL to Fairbanks AK. Pretty much as far as you can go!

Now settled in Colorado, it's a nice halfway point.

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Rudytootiefreshnfty@reddit

Virginia to Wyoming

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milbur5477@reddit

Wisconsin to New Mexico

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nowhereman136@reddit

Grew up in NJ. Moved to SoCal for a while before moving back.

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ontheleftcoast@reddit

San Diego > North Carolina > San Diego

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AdvancedInstruction@reddit

I moved from Durham, North Carolina to Portland, Oregon once.

Almost coast to coast.

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balthisar@reddit

I was born near Palos Verdes in California, but now live in Michigan. That was my parents that moved us, though, and I was a toddler.

I've had a lot of temporary relocations for the military and civilian careers, so do those count? The farthest ones are international locations, but domestically, the furthest move was probably from Texas back to Michigan.

The thing is, no move has ever been permanent or meant to be permanent, so strictly speaking, not counting those, I've always lived within 100 miles of where I grew up.

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stigE_moloch@reddit

VA -> WY -> NC

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Native_Prairie_@reddit

5 miles west for 20 years. Then back into the house in which I grew up.

Muh ancestors plopped down in Chicago, and that was that.

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CyndiLouWho89@reddit

Outside of going to college 3 hours away, I’m similar. First apartment was 10 miles from where I grew up. Since then I’ve lived within 1/2 mile of my parents’ house in the Chicago suburbs (was born in Chicago and moved to the suburbs age 5.)

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Native_Prairie_@reddit

I also went to EIU.

IYKYK

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CyndiLouWho89@reddit

UIUC but close

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Ian_Patrick_Freely@reddit

I-L-L!

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CyndiLouWho89@reddit

I-N-I

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CyndiLouWho89@reddit

Smart nerd 🤓

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Native_Prairie_@reddit

NERRRRRRRD!!!

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Grim_Dybbuk@reddit

In the US, WY to South TX.

Overall, WY to North Yorkshire, UK

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Nest1ng_Doll@reddit

Indiana to Colorado.

Colorado is basically filled with people who have moved here from all over the country. I have friends from Utah, Nebraska, Montana, Alaska, Illinois… I don’t think any of my Colorado friends were actually born in Colorado.

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Living_Molasses4719@reddit

Southwest Missouri to southwest Louisiana

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floydmulder@reddit

I’ve lived in the same 5-mile radius in central Ohio since i was 7. I’m 45 now, and lived in 3 different places since I moved out of my parents house.

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eac555@reddit

Have always lived in California. SF Bay Area, Central Valley, and foothills of the Sierras. Not that many miles between, but three very different areas.

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carlsdad19@reddit

NC>CO (with a short stop in IA)

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BreezyConch@reddit

Rhode Island to Montana, Montana to Maryland, Maryland back to RI, now Virginia. Most people don’t leave Rhode Island, and I had always lived in roughly a 5 mile circle up until I was 22!! I do mean just the houses themselves in that radius, I had traveled a good bit before moving away.

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WhelanBeer@reddit

I’ve moved from Wisconsin > Dallas > Los Angeles > Bonn, DE > NYC > Manila > Guangzhou > Shanghai > Singapore > Berlin > NYC > Philadelphia. Just like to try new things.

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velociraptorfarmer@reddit

Wisconsin to Arizona

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cameronpark89@reddit

ohio to alaska. hubby was in the military.

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shrubrooster1@reddit

Grew up and stationed in VA. Got orders from Langley AFB to Travis AFB/ Fairfield, CA. Stayed out here and haven’t been back to my hometown in almost 15yrs.

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MeatyJeans5x@reddit

Rhode Island to South Carolina (and back) :)

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Southern-Usual4211@reddit

New Mexico> Oklahoma> Virginia> Tennessee when I was in the military

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xampl9@reddit

Military: Northern California to South Carolina.

Civilian: Central Texas to Central North Carolina.

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botulizard@reddit

I moved from Michigan (35 minutes west of Detroit) to Texas (90 minutes north of Houston) and back.

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NPHighview@reddit

We've moved cross-country three times. Missouri -> California, California -> Michigan, Michigan -> California. All for jobs, all with kids, all moves paid for by our new employers.

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machagogo@reddit

From NY to NJ, about 15 miles as the crow flies.

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ABelleWriter@reddit

When I was 13 we moved 535 miles down the east coast.

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OceanPoet87@reddit

SF Bay Area to Cannon Beach Oregon or Snohomish County WA to Lewiston, Idaho.

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MileHigh_FlyGuy@reddit

I'm from Detroit area, and I've met more people from the Midwest in Denver than I ever did back in Michigan

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UJMRider1961@reddit

My wife and I are both in our 60's and we have exactly opposite experiences with this.

Wife: Born in Denver, lived her entire life in Englewood (Denver Suburb) until she and I moved to another suburb a few miles away in 2017. You could draw a circle 5 miles in diameter and she lived her entire life inside that circle. Then in 2023 when I was getting ready to retire we moved to Pueblo, 115 miles to the South.

Understand, she traveled to quite a few places, but never LIVED anywhere except the Denver area until 2023.

Me: Born in Germany (military brat), lived there until age 2, then Oklahoma until age 5 then Virginia until age 10 and after that, Colorado. Joined the military myself and lived/been stationed in 5 different states all across the US and at least 20 foreign countries. Then College and law school in 3 different states.

I would say from talking to people that both experiences are actually common.

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SecurityAwkward7945@reddit

Chicago to orlando Orlando to Denver

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capterk@reddit

Massachusetts -> Ohio -> Indiana -> Southern California

Definitely at lease one more move (more likely 2-3) before we settle

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Reaganson@reddit

Twenty-one miles. I love my State.

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nichtclever@reddit

Texas to Utah back to Texas now to Washington State.

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Chicken_Wing@reddit

Moved from Massachusetts to Oregon.

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indicus23@reddit

I was conceived in Kentucky, born in New Jersey, and had my first birthday in Georgia. Then I went to college in central Illinois, lived in Chicago a couple years after that, then moved back to Georgia for a year, and then moved to Wisconsin, where I've been for over 20 years now. I've had all kinds of different reasons for moves; work, family, school, whim.

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dehydratedrain@reddit

I have always lived in my state, but my dream for retirement is to rent a furnished apartment for a year in every part of the country until I figure out where I want to settle down.

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AwkwarsLunchladyHugs@reddit

When I was a kid, we moved from eastern Nebraska to northeastern Arkansas. A year later, we moved from Arkansas to northeastern Colorado. I'm moving in a couple of months from Wyoming to Florida.

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MetroBS@reddit

See flair

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MsPennyP@reddit

NC to Colorado. About 1550 ish miles.

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makattacc451@reddit

Alaska to texas... driving.

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hellablunted@reddit

LA>DC

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Free-Sherbet2206@reddit

California to Texas

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CircqueDesReves@reddit

From New Jersey to California.

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Forsythia77@reddit

I moved from Michigan City, Indiana to Boston. Lived there for two long torturous years then moved to Chicago. Been here ever since. So technically the Boston to Chicago move was my longest move, but moving here was much more familiar than moving to Boston, since Chicago was always the city to me.

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Independent-Prince30@reddit

Rhode Island>Reno>Orlando

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ihaveananecdote4u@reddit

Ohio —> Alaska (by plane, sold all my stuff) —> Indiana (by car, took 9 days) —> Alaska (boyfriend by car, me by plane again) —> Missouri (left boyfriend and stuff, by plane)

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pennyandthejets@reddit

I moved from the Midwest to Florida, and then the west coast. And I can’t imagine living more than an hour from the ocean ever again.

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MageDA6@reddit

I moved from Joplin, Missouri to Buffalo New York. It’s roughly 1,000 miles apart.

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Rose_E_Rotten@reddit

I currently live 30 minutes from my home town, and soon I'll be moving 5 hours away. But still in the same state, going from the southeast to a northern place.

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kitchengardengal@reddit

I was born in Washington DC, and we moved early on to Los Angeles. Then Wichita, Kansas, back to San Pedro, California, then Columbus, Ohio by the time I was 10. At 19 years old I moved to the Chicago area, and 27 years later moved to West Georgia.

So to answer your question, thousands of miles.

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endogenix1@reddit

Portland to Seattle (well white center to be specific but nobody knows where that is and it touches Seattle)

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Rough-Excitement-325@reddit

Pennsylvania to Hawaii. It was quite the culture shock for six year old me and to this day the moment I stepped out of the airport is seared into my mind.

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corndogshuffle@reddit

CA to VA

My farthest move in general was Italy to CA

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claudiatiedemann@reddit

I’ve moved several times to places 500+ miles away. The longest was from SW Ohio to South Florida - about 1100 miles.

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Maryland —> Omaha Omaha —> Columbus, GA Columbus —> Monterey, CA Monterey —> Schweinfurt, West Germany Schweinfurt —> Omaha Omaha —> DC

All small moves after that.

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undeniably_micki@reddit

Were you in Monterey for the military? I spent a year there 90-91.

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Yeah, specifically, 1/32 Inf 2nd Brigade, 7th ID (Light), Ft Ord I was there 1983-84.

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undeniably_micki@reddit

Nice! I was Navy at DLI.

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rbrancher2@reddit

Indiana to Japan. Then Japan to Turkey. Then Turkey to Maryland. Then Maryland to Hawaii.

I think Japan to Turkey was likely the longest. :).

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undeniably_micki@reddit

Hey i was an i brancher. Were you in sinop?

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rbrancher2@reddit

Yep mid 80s

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undeniably_micki@reddit

I was there towards the end. Great duty station.

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rbrancher2@reddit

Well I guess the one that best answers the question is Maryland to Hawaii

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kerutland@reddit

East Tennessee to New Mexico.

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Asparagus9000@reddit

Moved across the river in 3rd grade. Moved 2 blocks away when I got married.

I've been all over the place, but moving houses I don't tend to go very far.

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hoodiegirl10@reddit

Indiana to Washington. 2000+ miles

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ZaphodG@reddit

Other than college, 220 miles. I’ve lived in 4 of the 6 New England states. I bought a summer house in my home town and I’m retired there now. I own a condo at a Colorado ski resort but it’s not my legal address.

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john_hascall@reddit

You could draw a 30 mi radius circle around where I was born and it would include everywhere I've lived. I'm the homebody of my family, most of whom have made multiple big moves.

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gingernut76@reddit

NC to Mi to W Tx to Dallas To NOVA to Dallas to N Yorkshire England to Glocestershire England to Austin TX

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Big_Kokomo_5@reddit

Kokomo to Placentia!

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V-Right_In_2-V@reddit

Phoenix to Detroit. That was a fun road trip crossing the country with my car packed with all my shit, driving alone, moving out of state for the first time. Ended up living in the Midwest for almost a decade

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Candid-Math5098@reddit

New York City - Seattle - Florida

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Comfortable-Tell-323@reddit

I feel like it's more common with each generation. My parents live an hour at most from any of their siblings, my brother and I went to the opposite sides of the country from New England to the PNW for him and the Gulf Coast for me.

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MotherOf4Jedi1Sith@reddit

Massachusetts to Califonia

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Ok-Swing2982@reddit

Moved from AZ to NC.

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Lost-Peanut-1453@reddit

Northeast to southeast.

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Lost-Peanut-1453@reddit

More specifically CT to SC

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qu33nof5pad35@reddit

I’ve moved within my city.

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oriental_lasanya@reddit

I’ve lived in 8 states, 3 prefectures of Japan, 13 different towns and cities, 3 boroughs of New York, and 3 wards of Tokyo. Within the US, the furthest north and east that I’ve lived is New York City and the furthest south and west I’ve lived is La Grange, Texas.

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latx5@reddit

Across town.

But I live in Houston, so my friends would say they were “going out of town” when they would visit.

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heybud_letsparty@reddit

2000 miles. Right after I was 18 I left with $800 and somehow made it work.

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esk_209@reddit

4300 miles. Alaska to DC.

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ReignyRainyReign@reddit

Cleveland to KC

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minnick27@reddit

Lived the first 18 years of my life in one place when I moved I moved 2.9 miles away and stayed there for seven years. From there, I moved 3/4 of a mile away and stayed for 11 years. Then I moved 3.4 miles and I’ve been here for 10 years. My current home is 1500 feet from the place I grew up.

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bass679@reddit

From Utah to Colorado and then to Michigan. It’s now a 24 hr drive to my ma’s house.

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Pugilist12@reddit

Drove from LA to Pittsburgh once. 5 days I think

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like_shae_buttah@reddit

I’ve lived in states. From Hawaii to Florida, currently in Maryland.

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Avinson1275@reddit

Anchorage, Alaska to Columbus, Georgia. Columbus, Georgia to Vicenza, Italy. Italy to Clarksville, TN.

My Dad was in the Army.

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Rollinthunderclash@reddit

New York to Chicago.

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joseph_sith@reddit

I moved 1,700 miles away within the US. I lived further away for a summer, but I don’t know if that counts.

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RobinFarmwoman@reddit

Connecticut to New Mexico

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musing_codger@reddit

From just outside of Los Angeles, CA to just outside of New York City, NY.

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NunnyaDBusiness@reddit

I’ve lived in NY, both Carolinas, California twice and the Midwest. In certain fields (military, academia, some clergy) it is very common to do this sort of thing.

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ColumbiaWahoo@reddit

Maryland to Tennessee. Still nothing compared to my friends who moved to California.

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thatonebitchL@reddit

Tennessee > Florida > Georgia > Ohio > South Carolina > Ohio > St Louis

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Patient-Ad-7939@reddit

East Cost South to Hawaii

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allflanneleverything@reddit

MD to ME My siblings all moved from MD to CA though so they’ve got me beat

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Dudeus-Maximus@reddit

Staying in CONUS my longest move was probably San Francisco to eastern Maine.

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hideous_coffee@reddit

Upstate NY to San Diego

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bigcat7373@reddit

Hard to get further than that. Possible, but that’s up there.

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hideous_coffee@reddit

I knew a kid in elementary school whose family moved from there to Honolulu so he’s got me beat at least. They actually ended up moving right back to Albany like 5 years later.

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bigcat7373@reddit

I went to UAlbany for my undergrad. It’ll always have a special place in my heart.

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Outsideforever3388@reddit

Virginia to Wyoming. Best decision ever.

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Frequent-Spinach9357@reddit

I’ve moved from nh to Florida to Los Angeles to Maine and back to nh in the last 10 years. Driving coast to coast was about 5 days each time, and it was worth it, like I’d never live in Las Vegas or Utah or any place not on a coast but it was so fun! Texas and Utah were beautiful to drive through

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gloandi@reddit

Salt Lake to SW New Hampshire

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Eubank31@reddit

Idaho to Texas to Iowa to Texas to somewhere else in Texas to Ohio to Missouri to Alabama to Kansas

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TheBimpo@reddit

Cross country 4 times.

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Not_an_okama@reddit

I moved 500 miles from Michigan to Michigan. Detroit metro to Houghton in the keeweenaw. This is not quite the furthest you could pull a move in MI, you could probably get to 600 going from monroe to copper harbor.

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acenkt@reddit

I moved from nyc to istanbul, then istanbul to philadelphia.

Within the US, my best friend moved from nova to sf, sf to philly, now they are moving back to sf. Honestly what they are doing feels more insane to me than me moving to turkey and move back.

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Hungry_Objective2344@reddit

I moved from CA to AL as a kid. Then when I graduated college, I moved back to the west coast in WA to work in big tech. Then covid happened, soooo I moved back to AL. In other words, I have done 3 different moves between the west coast and the southeast lol

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Apocalyptic0n3@reddit

I moved from Detroit to Phoenix

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ToughFriendly9763@reddit

moved from Massachusetts to Ohio

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atheologist@reddit

I moved from Massachusetts to Southern California for college, from there to Tennessee, then back to Massachusetts, and finally to New York.

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No-Pickle-8200@reddit

I grew up in Massachusetts but have lived in Seattle, LA, Virginia, Las Vegas… I’m now back in Massachusetts but it’s not that unusual to move across the country for work opportunities.

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emich208@reddit

Philadelphia to Alaska

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Tav17-17@reddit

1,200 miles. Connecticut to Florida.

But for the past 25 years I’ve lived with the same 100 mile radius and don’t plan on ever moving again.

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Fun-Dragonfly-4166@reddit

i moved from fairbanks, ak to washington, dc

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sneezhousing@reddit

Virgin islands to GA then GA to OH

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mdp300@reddit

About 15 miles fron NJ to NYC. And then back.

I like it here.

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Ok_Concentrate4461@reddit

I live 23 miles from the house I was born in (literally), though I used to live two miles farther out. So, yeah. Not far lol.

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No-Conversation1940@reddit

Springfield, MO to Madison, WI

The distance wasn't the difficult part, the drastic cultural change was. Two Midwest metro areas of somewhat similar size with political leanings as different as can be.

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jw8815@reddit

21 year Army vet who served only in the Continental US other than a couple business trips to the Middle East and Africa. Iowa to Missouri to Arizona to Louisiana to Iowa to Georgia to Virginia to New York to Virginia to Kansas to California to Virginia to Tennessee to Illinois and now we are done moving for a very long time.

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charcoal_kestrel@reddit

I have moved from Los Angeles to the east cost or vice versa five times and will be moving back to LA soon. Los Angeles to NJ, NJ to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Boston, Boston to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Baltimore, and pending move back to LA. Most of those moves were by car, but the Baltimore round-trip is by plane.

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odubbin@reddit

I’ve moved from IL to KS to IN between the ages of 2-4.

My family moved from TX to OH back to TX to IL to KS to IN.

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jackfaire@reddit

I went to Missouri for Basic and AIT from Washington then lived in Texas before moving back to WA.

I'm currently a 12 hour drive from where I was born.

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TheGabyDali@reddit

Within the US I moved from Florida to Colorado. Outside the US I moved from Florida to Korea.

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AaronQ94@reddit

Rhode Island to NC.

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PghSubie@reddit

I'm within 5 hours of every place I've lived in my life. But, my extended family has spread across the country. Farthest would probably be grandparents, aunts, uncles, who lived to the Southwest. But, I also have aunts, uncles, cousins, across the Southeast, including Carolinas, FL, GA, LA, TX, and a smattering across New England too.

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Penguin_Life_Now@reddit

For me its been about 500 miles, but if I look at my extended family and my wife's extended family (siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins) which have mostly started out in Louisiana, and Texas they have spread out all across the US. Ranging from Washington state in the west to North Carolina in the east, maybe even further as I may be forgetting about someone.

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kirst77@reddit

I moved from Illinois to California and then the Pennsylvania

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arcteryx17@reddit

San Antonio to Philadelphia

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TK1129@reddit

Not much. New York City to suburban New York as a kid. I live 4 miles from the house my parents have been in since I was 10. I went to college up in Albany NY and that was about 130 miles from where I grew up. Came right home a few days after graduating.

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MartyMcShitigan@reddit

1038 miles

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OrganizationSouth481@reddit

We just moved from PA to TN a few years ago. 12 hours about 950 miles. Tennessee picked to be closer to my parents but I also really like Nashville so hoping it’s the final move

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bloopidupe@reddit

Washington state to New York when I was a kid

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WormLivesMatter@reddit

You should really do a cross country road trip

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Express_Leading_4840@reddit

New Jersey to Wyoming

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Turd_Fergusons_@reddit

Ohio to California 3600 Km, 33 hours of actually driving time.

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Acceptable_Tea3608@reddit

I know someone who's done the reverse.

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jjack0310@reddit

Grew up in Florida and now live in pnw

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hotpossum@reddit

I moved nearly 1200 miles (\~1900km), multiple times, between Alabama and Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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Cromasters@reddit

As a kid...

Maryland to Michigan to Maryland to Alabama to North Carolina to Maryland to North Carolina.

I've stayed in eastern NC as an adult. Moved enough as a kid I guess haha

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RikkiLostMyNumber@reddit

I live 12 miles from my childhood home. I hope to never leave this part of the world. I feel very fortunate.

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SavannahInChicago@reddit

Grand Rapids, MI to Chicago. It’s 3 hours away.

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No_Ant131@reddit

California to North Carolina. But I’ve moved almost the full length of the Mississippi River: Chicago to New Orleans.

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evanexcursions@reddit

In the US: DC -> Honolulu

All time: Japan -> England

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donuttrackme@reddit

East Coast to West Coast.

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GoAvsGo666@reddit

In the US from Denver to Portland. Currently, from Denver in Tokyo.

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throwfar9@reddit

SC to Hawaii.

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mst3k_42@reddit

Nevada to North Carolina. Driving a Honda Civic with three *very* unhappy cats in the back.

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Sufficient-Wolf-1818@reddit

West coast, east coast, UK, mountain states.

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crafty_j4@reddit

Massachusetts to Southern California

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TheOnlyJimEver@reddit

I've moved from California to Connecticut as a kid. As an adult, Connecticut to Iowa.

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undeniably_micki@reddit

I lived in CT from 78-90. New London area.

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Quirky-Invite7664@reddit

Maryland to Hawaii

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Harbinger_Kyleran@reddit

Moved from Erie PA to Tampa FL when I was 22. Moved again 8 years later to Harrisburg PA (wife got transferred) and back to Florida again 2 years later (another transfer) where we have stayed since 1990.

Told her the only way I'd ever move out of state again was in a pine box. 😉

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HumanReporter2024@reddit

Los Angeles > North Dakota > Oklahoma > Kansas > Baltimore

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undeniably_micki@reddit

Hello fellow Baltimorean!

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Apprehensive_Run6642@reddit

Maryland > England > Turkye > Maryland > California > Kentucky

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stevzon@reddit

See tag above ^^

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captaindomer@reddit

Wow, I've never moved anywhere short distance. The shortest move I've made was New London, Connecticut to Cape May, New Jersey. That's military life I suppose

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undeniably_micki@reddit

California to Massachusetts. Then Florida to California. Texas to Turkey. Turkey to Maryland. These are my 4 farthest moves. I have many many more.

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littleredbee93@reddit

Washington to Florida :(

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_Smedette_@reddit

From Oregon, went to college in Massachusetts. Moved back to Oregon. Got a job in the Czech Republic. Later moved to North Carolina for husband’s job. Back to Oregon. Now in Australia.

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Eric848448@reddit

In one to? Chicago to Seattle in 2012. And Seattle to Chicago just a few days ago.

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thebiglerm@reddit

Chicago to Seattle

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Mumchkin@reddit

Went from Connecticut to Texas (approx 1600 miles [2575 kl] for about 9 - 10 months) then back. Though I live in Michigan now, that's about 600-700 miles (966-1127 kl).

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madogvelkor@reddit

Within the US, from Arizona to Florida.

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whosacoolredditer@reddit

I moved from ATL to China. I know that's breaking the rules of your question.

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mmbg78@reddit

I moved to Shekou China in 1990! From SF.

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Jugghead58@reddit

South Carolina > California > Hawaii > Texas

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KJHagen@reddit

Not counting the military, it was California to Florida (and back a year later). For my wife it was Europe to California.

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Astronaut6735@reddit

Seattle -> Denver -> Baltimore

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mmbg78@reddit

Philly to San Francisco 1987..met my future husband at an Eagles game, he was SF

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CoffeeCheeseYoga@reddit

Grew up in the Midwest moved to Portugal. Plenty of people do it

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I-am-me-86@reddit

Northern Utah to S Tx

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angrypuggle@reddit

I am on my 4th continent.

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Bmheneghan@reddit

Missouri to Colorado

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Oktodayithink@reddit

Connecticut to Missouri, then Alabama, then Pennsylvania.

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North_Artichoke_6721@reddit

Within the US, I’ve moved from Oklahoma to Texas and then to Massachusetts.

Internationally, I’ve lived in Norway, Australia, China, and Turkey.

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dustyg013@reddit

Orlando to Seattle. I was 2.

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Ok_Truck_5092@reddit

VA to CA

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pinecone-party@reddit

Tennessee to Oregon. I’ve moved 4 other times but not as far.

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BreenieTon@reddit

As a fellow Midwesterner, I had big dreams to move to the coast, but only made it 100 miles away from my hometown and that’s where I’ll be for the foreseeable future 😅

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lithuaniac@reddit

Alaska->New York->Wisconsin

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IceTech59@reddit

Uhh.. like the Johnny Cash song, "I been everywhere".

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nope-its@reddit

1600 miles (2574 km)

90% of my friends here also left home and moved far away.

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Bananas_are_theworst@reddit

I’ve lived in five time zones and 7 different states within the US

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ThoughtMinimum2016@reddit

WA to MA. & back. Twice lol

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bearsnchairs@reddit

California to Georgia and then back.

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YerbaPanda@reddit

I moved into the house next door.

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crunchyfoliage@reddit

I went to college about 400 miles away from home, but stayed in the same state. I then moved about 1100 miles away to a different state.

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holymacaroley@reddit

Within the United States, within a 100 mile radius. But I moved to the UK for several years and then moved back. I've lived in one state, but 2 countries.

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Alarmed_Drop7162@reddit

441 miles

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trikakeep@reddit

16 miles in 60 years. But 3000 miles to get to the US with my parents when I was young.

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HottestestestMess@reddit

NYC to Oakland, CA. I’ve also lived in LA, Miami Beach, and Key West. But now I live a couple miles from where I was born, in the Midwest.

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GeneralOrgana1@reddit

My college was a two-hour drive from the house I grew up in. I currently live about forty minutes from where I grew up.

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OriginalCause@reddit

My longest move was from Central Florida, all the way to Astoria, Oregon, so from the lower right to the upper left, just about as far as you can go in the contiguous US.

And not that I'll ever move back to the states, but if I did it'd be somewhere in that area. The PNW really is gorgeous country.

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Antitenant@reddit

In the US? My own state. Outside the US? Australia

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omnipresent_sailfish@reddit

Tacoma, WA to Charlottesville, VA

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Scrappy_The_Crow@reddit

In a single move, ~2,500 miles (Atlanta to Sacramento).

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out_ofher_head@reddit

NorthernEast coast to Mid-Atlantic east coast to desert back to west coast to southern heartland to west coast to eastern gulf coast to Mid-Atlantic coast.

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flyingsqueak@reddit

Temporary move: Las Vegas to Virginia

Long term move: Las Vegas to Milwaukee

All moves for longer than three months: Born overseas->Ohio->Chicago->Las Vegas->Germany->Las Vegas->Virginia->Las Vegas->Milwaukee

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agravain@reddit

1500ish miles so far.

New England down to Florida, before that it was all in the same state.

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dwintaylor@reddit

MA to TX, TX to OH

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LilacOn_Green57934@reddit

I live 3000 miles away from where I was born. My closest immediate family live 400 miles away. Moving is completely normal- marriage, education, job transfers…

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