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

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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 ?

FlexibleFriend Mon 24-May-21 11:57:36

Born in London, still live in London although about 10 miles from where I was born.

Jaxjacky Mon 24-May-21 12:25:37

Over 5,000 miles, born in Pakistan at RAF hospital, left when a year old.

Juno56 Mon 24-May-21 12:46:58

About 60 miles. Until I was in my late 50s I never lived more than 10 miles from my birthplace in Central London.

Susan56 Mon 24-May-21 13:01:22

About 70 miles.Liverpool to Shropshire via Cheshire and Lancashire.

NotSpaghetti Mon 24-May-21 13:17:46

For this self-selecting sample, mostly the 70% of people live within 30 miles of where they were born idea seems wrong.
I'm way over that!

NotSpaghetti Mon 24-May-21 13:20:01

Thinking about this, does this include the whole world or are we talking UK?

70% of WHICH people I wonder?

Mamie Mon 24-May-21 13:26:40

About 135 miles. But across the Channel in France. ?

Nansnet Mon 24-May-21 13:29:10

Over 6000 miles away from my birthplace in the UK.

JaneJudge Mon 24-May-21 13:29:18

According to google, 122 miles

sharon103 Mon 24-May-21 13:34:31

I live just around the corner and down a bit from the house I was born and lived in until I married.
I can see it from our back bedroom window.

3nanny6 Mon 24-May-21 13:35:10

I am 21 miles away from my birth place, and lived there until I
was nearly 6 years old. I remember the place well but sadly do not travel back there too often.

annodomini Mon 24-May-21 13:35:47

About 220 miles. That's the closest I've been since 1965.

grandMattie Mon 24-May-21 13:41:41

Some 6,100 miles! Born in Mauritius, ended up in E Kent.

nanna8 Mon 24-May-21 13:48:53

I assume because it said ‘miles’ rather than kms that it must be the uk but I might be wrong. Could be the US .

M0nica Mon 24-May-21 13:57:00

From South London to Oxfordshire/Berkshire via Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, Belgium, Germany, Newcastle, Carlisle, Yorkshire.

I am now living 5 miles from where I lived for 3 years in my early teens and in the same village that contains the premises my father worked in.

NotSpaghetti Mon 24-May-21 14:03:12

Just found this:

"Typical American lives 18miles from Mom"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html

Gagagran Mon 24-May-21 14:52:17

I live 250 miles away from where I was born but still gets yearnings to go back north, to my roots.

Biscuitmuncher Mon 24-May-21 15:28:39

I live about a mile from the house I was born in!

AGAA4 Mon 24-May-21 16:11:08

I have gone a bit further away from my home town each time I moved. Now about 60 miles away.

TerriBull Mon 24-May-21 16:11:10

Slightly less than 25 miles not that far!

Grannycool52 Mon 24-May-21 16:20:20

About 100 miles from where I was born & in a different jurisdiction. Lived in other countries when younger.

Soozikinzi Mon 24-May-21 16:29:20

17 miles , I’ve just googled it !

Daisend1 Mon 24-May-21 16:31:20

PippaZ
Five hundred miles from my birthplace what is that in km?

Blondiescot Mon 24-May-21 16:33:39

O miles - I still live in the same house I grew up in, never mind the same town!

CocoPops Mon 24-May-21 16:47:50

4665 miles as the crow flies.