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A long way from the start - how far away from your birth town do you live ?

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EllanVannin Mon 24-May-21 11:36:17

Appx 16 miles---or 40 minutes on a good day, so not far.

muse Mon 24-May-21 11:18:14

300 miles. - mid Derbyshire to mid Cornwall.
Love both counties.

In between: Cambridgeshire and Nottinghamshire

Redhead56 Mon 24-May-21 11:13:02

I was born inner city moved to outskirts 7. 8 miles away so I am probably the least adventurous.

Aldom Mon 24-May-21 11:07:06

150 miles, but in the past 360 and a different country.

Granny23 Mon 24-May-21 11:03:27

Never more than 3 miles away. Both DDs moved to (Glasgow, Newcastle, London) for Uni and work but came back to live locally when pregnant. I count myself lucky to have my entire family, including my sister and nephew and a few 'friends since childhood' within hiking or 10 minutes by car, distance.

I love to travel and spend time elsewhere, but this area will always be Home.

Witzend Mon 24-May-21 11:02:58

Only maybe 20 miles, but in between have lived both hundreds and thousands of miles from there.

At least 13 moves, assuming I’ve remembered them all.

Baggs Mon 24-May-21 11:00:35

About 250 miles now. The closest I've lived, since I left home to go to uni, to where I was born is about 40 miles, and that was for less than a year.

kittylester Mon 24-May-21 10:55:59

24 miles but with stops in North Wales, Coventry, Shropshire and Melbourne along the way.

LilyBlue Mon 24-May-21 10:55:34

About half a mile from the hospital where I was born and a stone’s throw from the house I lived in until I was two years old.

Ladyleftfieldlover Mon 24-May-21 10:54:06

I now live about 25 miles away from where I was born. I have also lived 6,000 miles away and 300 miles away.

Savvy Mon 24-May-21 10:52:38

At the moment about 220miles.

Cabbie21 Mon 24-May-21 10:50:30

About 120 miles from where I was born, but I left there when just a baby. I now live about 12 miles from where I grew up till I left home. In the mean time I have lived in various places, but now I feel as though I have come home again.

theworriedwell Mon 24-May-21 10:47:51

200 miles.

silverlining48 Mon 24-May-21 10:47:40

Place of Birth 700 miles (another country).

MaizieD Mon 24-May-21 10:47:13

Boringly, only about 250 miles.

I'd have fancied a bit of globetrotting when I was younger, but DP wasn't interested..

PippaZ Mon 24-May-21 10:43:25

Apparently 1,090.7 km (about 678 miles)

Why?

Coolgran65 Mon 24-May-21 10:42:01

12 miles from my birth home via homes in London, Brussels, Barcelona and Libya.

crazyH Mon 24-May-21 10:42:00

About 5000 miles away

Urmstongran Mon 24-May-21 10:40:20

From Hampshire to Lancashire. Dad was in the RNavy.

ginny Mon 24-May-21 10:39:59

About 60 miles away.

henetha Mon 24-May-21 10:38:32

Roughly 30 miles from where I was born.

Kate1949 Mon 24-May-21 10:36:50

I'm still where I was born. Same city, different area. All my family stayed here too. I don't know many who have moved away.

Blossoming Mon 24-May-21 10:35:32

I’m around 60 miles from mine, but I arrived here by a very circuitous route!

nanna8 Mon 24-May-21 10:32:55

I was reading on Facebook that approximately 70% of people live within 30 miles of where they were born when they become adults. I am not sure about this. I worked out that I live approximately 10,525 miles away. I don’t know that many here who stayed near their original hometowns.
What about you ?