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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:51 PM
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How far do you now live from where you were born?
I live about 2-3 miles from where I was born.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:52 PM
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1. I've lived in 10 States, 2 countries, and been to 20 schools and I live
1.5 hours from where I was born.
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 08:30 AM
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59. About an hour and twenty minutes away.
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smtpgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 08:54 PM
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72. 50 miles
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:53 PM
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2. I live about three miles from the hospital where I was born.....
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:53 PM
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3. 10 miles or so away in the same town.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:57 PM
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4. 'bout 30 miles
But I lived in another state for the longest before I came back to Washington.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:59 PM
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5. 2 miles from the hospital.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 11:59 PM
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6. 864 miles
I only lived a couple months in the town where I was born in Illinois
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:00 AM
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7. I now live nearly 2000 miles from the hospital where I was born.....
Los Angeles to Ripon, Wisconsin, is a long ways away......

Both in time and space...but not in my heart, ever.....
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:02 AM
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8. approx. 1 deg longitude and 29 deg latitude.
Not too far as the snowbird flies.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:02 AM
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9. 2002.81 miles
According to mapquest.com at least.
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gkdmaths Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:06 AM
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11. dammit.
you beat me by 5 frickin seconds.

:)
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gkdmaths Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:04 AM
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10. 229.85 miles
according to mapquest.

Yelm to Goldendale, Wa (I was NOT born in Yelm!)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:07 AM
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12. About 1300 miles
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:11 AM
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13. 5,114 miles, as the crow flies. (nt)
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:09 AM
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14. 3500 km/2200 miles
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AussieDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:15 AM
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15. 8,155 miles (or 13,124 km) - in a straight line
Edited on Sat Jun-10-06 01:16 AM by AussieDave
San Antonio, Texas to Brisbane, Australia
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Dead_Parrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:22 AM
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16. 11,650 miles (give or take)
Hertfordshire, UK to the Wairarapa, NZ.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:26 AM
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17. Around 400 miles
Give or take.
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Rocinante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:27 AM
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18. Almost half a mile. n/t
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:33 AM
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19. 30 minutes
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:35 AM
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20. Too far away.
Born in SE England. Now in NC.

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retrospective66 Donating Member (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:43 AM
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21. About 500 miles
We go back and visit the relatives at least once a year. Pretty easy if you're not afraid of driving though NYC. I wouldn't do it but my sister doesn't care. It's like :boring: for her.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 07:08 AM
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22. About 350 miles.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 07:19 AM
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23. 971.77 miles
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Meshuga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 07:19 AM
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24. 4769 miles (7675 km)
Washington DC (home) - Rio de Janeiro (city of birth)
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 07:22 AM
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25. About 40 miles
right now; it used to be about 3000 miles.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 07:26 AM
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26. 2444.4 miles
:D
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 08:58 AM
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27. About 7 or 8 mile
Been here all my life.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:56 PM
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63. Beats me, Betts! Sheesh! I'm a whole 18 miles away!
Here's "Saline Sistah"
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 09:03 AM
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28. 750 miles n/t
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 09:06 AM
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29. About 8 miles
but I've been as far away as 5000 miles. So I'm quite capable of leaving and enjoying myself, then coming back. :-)
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 09:07 AM
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30. About 45 miles. n/t
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 09:11 AM
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31. Within ten miles of the hospital
About 25 or so from the house my parents owned at the time.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 09:14 AM
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32. About 4 km
From where the hospital used to stand. I've been all over the world, and now it looks like I've come full circle.
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cmf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 09:20 AM
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33. 2545.8 miles
I live about as far away as you can get from my hometown and still be in the continental US.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 11:43 AM
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34. Half a country away.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 11:44 AM
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35. about 350 miles and 2 states NE from where I live
that is TMI...
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XOKCowboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 11:57 AM
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36. 689 miles nt
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sbj405 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:12 PM
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37. 371 miles. nt
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BooScout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:14 PM
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38. 3782 Miles (look inside my post for a distance calculator)
Edited on Sat Jun-10-06 12:14 PM by BooScout
http://www.indo.com/distance/
I was born in St Joseph,MI, USA and now live in Cardiff, Wales, UK
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AccessGranted Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 12:24 PM
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39. Less than 1 Mile
Right up the street but in the next town....very close.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:14 PM
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40. 1500 miles
give or take...
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:18 PM
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41. As the crow flies (and here's a link to the page where you can find that):
2,322 miles.

http://www.escapeartist.com/travel/howfar.htm
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 01:21 PM
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42. Cool Link Bertha! Here Are My Numbers...
Distance between Stuttgart, Germany and Washington, District of Columbia, United States, as the crow flies:

4129 miles (6645 km) (3588 nautical miles)
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 02:37 PM
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43. 2hrs from where I was born, 3 1/2 hrs from where I grew up
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 02:37 PM
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44. I think it's about 5 miles. Maybe 10.
:D
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 02:39 PM
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45. Less than 10 mi from where I was born
but about 45 mins from where I spent most of my childhood.

And that's after spending the first few years after college 1000 miles or so away.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 02:41 PM
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46. 118 miles
still in the same state and only a few miles from the house/neighborhood i grew up in
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 02:42 PM
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47. About a half mile
The hospital I was born in is just down the road from here.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 02:50 PM
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48. about 100 miles...
north.

RL
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Iniquitous Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 02:55 PM
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49. 1357.3 miles
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 03:07 PM
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50. Between 100 -150 miles. About 75 miles from where I grew up,
but that is from another direction.

I read somewhere that most people end up within 50 miles of where they grew up.
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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 03:09 PM
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51. About 400 miles.
But if you'd asked me that a year ago, it would've been about 5000. :D And this is the CLOSEST I will ever live to there. Ever again.
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bumblebee1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:43 AM
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52. About 70 miles
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:52 AM
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53. 3000 or so miles.
Born Methuen MA. Now live in San Diego CA.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 01:52 AM
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54. About 3,000 miles.
Born in Brooklyn, live in Los Angeles, but will be moving to Queens in a few months, so then the distance will be a lot smaller.
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MikeH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 02:17 AM
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55. About 3000 miles
Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, and now living in San Diego, CA.

I spent most of my early childhood in and around Schenectady, New York, and my later childhood through early college in suburban Chicago. I have been living in San Diego for almost my entire adulthood.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 08:28 AM
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56. About a thousand miles n/t
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 08:29 AM
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57. 25 miles
nt
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 08:29 AM
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58. 400 miles...
:hi:
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 12:14 PM
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60. Maybe 10 miles
But I grew up about 550 miles from where I was born.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 12:15 PM
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61. About 115 miles and I couldn't be happier
I LOATH Springfield Illinois....repuke town that it is.

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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 12:30 PM
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62. About 250 miles.
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 02:02 PM
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64. 2,802 miles according to Google maps. So. Fla to So. Calif.
Basically, go north on I-95 from Miami til you get to I-10 in Jacksonville, stay on it til it ends in Santa Monica, then take PCH to Malibu & a little beyond. :D

It's also the only two places I have ever lived in my 44 years.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 05:23 PM
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65. About 1500 miles.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 05:25 PM
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66. Less than 2 miles.
Maybe 1. I lived in six other cities before coming back though.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 05:27 PM
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67. Almost 1400 miles.
Plymouth (born), Tampa (now live).
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 07:21 PM
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68. 3 light years
I come from .... another place.
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blockhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 07:38 PM
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69. about 4 or 5 blocks
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txwhitedove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 07:42 PM
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70. Total Est. Distance: 1557.54 miles from Houston home to 
Santa Monica, CA, pretty much a straight shot on I-10 until
LA.
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lumberingbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 07:48 PM
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71. 1000 miles
I'm in Florida. Was born in Indiana.
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-11-06 09:34 PM
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73. 45 minutes about
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