How many states have you called home?

[lizziegrace]

10, if you don't count repeats...


Alabama
North Carolina
Connecticut
Ohio
Texas
Tennessee
Illinois
back to Tennessee
South Carolina
Mississippi
back to North Carolina
back to Ohio
Missouri
back to Ohio

:)

Next??

[seemunkee]

1. 2

Illinois and Maryland. I lived in Mass for 6 months but it never felt like home.

[maveric]

2. Four. MA, FL, NH and CA.

I grew up on the NH-MA state line as a kid. Moved to Florida when I was 20, came to CA at 23 and have been here since.

[lizziegrace]

I've never been to MA or NH

New Englad is not a place I've had a chance to visit. When we lived in CT, I was about 4...

[Radio_Lady]

52. You might enjoy the White Mountains or the Green Mountains!

They are popular with tourists in summer and fall. And, of course, there is skiing in winter, if that's your thing!

[miss_american_pie]

3. Just one

How are you? :hi:

[lizziegrace]

4. As you can see from my list...

TIRED OF MOVING!!!

Otherwise, I'm okay. My daughter's out with her boyfriend and we communicate by text messages and notes left on the counter. :shrug:

How are you?

[miss_american_pie]

6. Pretty good

Kids in bed, husband at some sort of bachelor party shenanigans, quiet house and Ben & Jerry's.

Not seeing much of your daughter?

[lizziegrace]

9. Not really

She's leaving next weekend to spend a week with her father and his parents at the beach. Not sure when she'll actually be back from all that.

It's too quiet around here most nights.

[miss_american_pie]

10. Too quiet?

Oh come here for a visit. I'll cure you of that. ;)

[lizziegrace]

12. I'm sure you could!

I'd come right away if I thought my car would make the trip. Unfortunately, I don't think it will. I want to come plant some flowers on my grandmother's grave in Elizabeth. I haven't been back to the cemetary since her funeral. :(

[Robb]

5. Confusion, grace, bliss...

...and inebriation. Plus Californee, for a spell. :D

[lizziegrace]

7. so which state does

"dingbat" come from? :hi:

[Mutley]

8. Six.

Texas
New York
Georgia
Virginia
Florida
back to Virginia
Maryland


I feel like I'm missing something. :P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. Four -- New York, Mississippi, Texas, California.

I'm all over the place -- moving back to NY in a few months.

[lizziegrace]

14. Cool on the move to NY

Where in Mississippi?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

16. Gulfport.

:hi:

[lizziegrace]

Anyone you know hit by the hurricane? n/t

[Starbucks Anarchist]

33. No.

Although we moved away back in 1990 when I was 10 years old.

[Random_Australian]

13. 1 - New South Wales.

It is big enough, after all.

[lizziegrace]

15. That it is!

If someone were traveling there, what should they see? (be nice now...)

[Random_Australian]

31. Where in NSW?

But here is the general site:
http://www.visitnsw.com.au/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. How many states? A few......

Born in Wisconsin

Lived in Illinois till I was 8

Moved to Washington state next

Then on to California when I was 11-12......

Been here ever since!


Funny, it felt like more! :hi:

[YankeyMCC]

18. Four - Call it five giving half points to 2 honorary mentions

MA
MS
IL
VA

Honorary Mentions ME and NH - I spend so much time there and love the land there.

[lizziegrace]

20. Lots of people have lived in IL

We were there for grad school at U of IL

:)

[YankeyMCC]

22. Same here

well kinda...I was stationed at Scott AFB and got my MS at night at SIUE.

[txwhitedove]

19. 6 States so far...

Born in California
Oklahoma
Arizona
back to Oklahoma
Colorado
back to Oklahoma
Texas 
Mississippi
blown back home to Texas by H.Katrina

[RevCheesehead]

21. I've lived in 4, but only one has been "Home."

[lizziegrace]

24. Ya know Rev

I've lived all over and really don't have a "home". My parents live in a state I've never lived in and none of the furniture or other "stuff" that is in their home now was in our home when I was growing up. I feel like a man without a country. I've lived in Ohio longer than anywhere, so I guess it's home by default.

:(

[RevCheesehead]

34. I hear ya.

I guess what I like best about Wisconsin is that I know what to expect from people. New Jersey was too fast-paced and mean for me; California was way too laid-back; and North Carolina had too many people mis-using religion for their own purposes. Around here, it's pretty much a "live and let live" kind of place.

[lizziegrace]

35. I guess that's why I came back to Ohio

at least it was a known...

[Roon]

23. Three...colorado..iowa...and south dakota

but I always came back to colorado.

[lizziegrace]

28. I was offered a good job in SW CO

Didn't take it because it would have been a bad move for my daughter. Archuleta County doesn't have the best schools or opportunities for teenagers. But, I would have moved there in a second if I were single and childless...

[Roon]

39. I never heard of that county

but you are probably right! Public school sucks in a lot of places, what can you do?

[lizziegrace]

44. Pagosa Springs is the county seat n/t

Wolf Creek Ski Resort and Wolf Creek Pass...

[Roon]

59. Hmm!!

You would think that a ski resort that makes money would have quality schools in their district.

[lizziegrace]

60. The way to make a million in Pagosa Springs is to

come to Pagosa with two million. The people who work in the tourist industry cannot afford to even live in the town. Property is unbeliebably expensive. I found a log home to rent, but I'd never own property there.

[WCGreen]

79. My BIL lives there and loves it....

His Wife works in Colorado Springs and telacommutes.....

[lizziegrace]

80. That would work

Telecommuting is something I'd like to try. But I tend to be a recluse anyway, so I'd never leave the house. :shrug:

Pagosa is beautiful. I just loved the drive from Santa Fe in September.

[RebelOne]

25. Pennsylvania, Florida, Calfornia, New Jersey,

Alabama and now Georgia.

[Redstone]

26. I've lived in 7 states, and Connecticut for the longest, but

Vermont will always be home.

If you grew up there, you'd understand.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

29. Someday, someday

I *will* visit New England. I want to see Maine, Vermont and a few other states.

:)

[Redstone]

40. Vermont will capture you, and will live in your heart forever.

It really is that kind of place.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

46. It's becoming apparent

that things may not work out for me to stay here in Ohio. I'm looking at other places to live. Starting over, yet again. :(

[Redstone]

47. If you're looking at Vermont, start with Brattleboro.

It's a good place for the aimless to land.

Redstone

[lizziegrace]

49. That's me!

Aimless. :shrug:

I'll look into it.

Thanks Redstone.

[Radio_Lady]

50. LOL! Woodstock was a lot of fun. And White River Junction!

We loved traveling there in the fall, when the trees were in color.

[Radio_Lady]

48. My children lived with their father in Ludlow, Vermont, near Rutland.

That was during their teenage years. They are now in their thirties, each with two children.

I think the state is really beautiful. I love the snow, but my current husband hates cold weather. My ex-husband still lives near Lake Champlain, in South Hero, VT.

Unfortunately, he is struggling with lung and bladder cancer, and may succumb to them this year. I only wish him the best as he and his family struggle with this difficult care.

Here's a photo of my daughter who lives here in Oregon, and my ex-husband, her father, taken this spring near Lake Champlain.

[Redstone]

63. May he go easy.

Redstone

[Radio_Lady]

68. I hope so, for his sake and his family. I wish him no ill. I was shocked

to hear the news of his illness. I remember him so young and handsome and it's just hard to forget that we loved each other for almost nine years.

Thanks for your comments. It means a lot to me.

[Redstone]

77. You're welcome. I understand.

Redstone

[Sonora Nora]

27. states here & there

Lessee,
Idaho & California, Queensland & Northern Territory (Australia), Oregon, California again, Arizona, Colorado, Arizona again, Nevada, Arizona again, Texas, Arizona for the last again! We be movers, not shakers. :)

[lizziegrace]

30. Welcome to DU!!

Which state has been your favorite so far?

[NNadir]

32. Four: NY, CA, AR, NJ.

When I was living in Arkansas, a young Governor, Bill Clinton, was defeated by the Republican. That's all I'll say about my brief time there.

I was born and raised in New York.

I did about a decade in California, on and off, with New York in the off periods.

I'm 13 years in New Jersey. Today I consider myself a New Jersey fascist. I can't understand why anyone would live anywhere else.

[lizziegrace]

37. I've only seen one city in NJ

and it was not a nice place. I'll have to check out the better parts of your state someday.

:)

[NNadir]

62. Maybe it's better for us if you stick with your original impression.

It doesn't really bother all of us that New Jersey is the butt of so many jokes.

The fact is, the more that people know about New Jersey, the more that will want to move here. It's probably better for us in terms of overcrowding, and yes, we are the most densely populated state, that our better parts remain a secret.

Seriously, you're welcome to visit. Just don't say too many nice things too widely. It's probably better if you just think of us as a giant stretch of turnpike refineries.

[lizziegrace]

65. I spent time at a plant in

Totowa. Not a jewel...

[NNadir]

69. What kind of plant?

That area, the megalopolis including Totawa is the area that most people think about when they think "New Jersey."

I grew up on Long Island. New Jersey was close to me, but I never went there unless I was trying to drive somewhere. My experience was thus largely limited to the Turnpike, and I always tried to the maximum extent, to get through it at night.

When my wife agreed to live in New Jersey - we were leaving San Diego - she cried. I think that now she'd cry if we went back to San Diego. In fact, I know she would cry.

[lizziegrace]

74. Nasty chemicals

I had to do an inventory there. Polymers and adhesives. They watched the fire from the towers on 9/11 from the roof of the plant.

[NNadir]

83. I'm sorry that you saw the fire.

It was a tragic day. We wept all day, as I'm sure you did too.

What is more tragic, of course, is the further tragedy so blatantly excused in the name of that tragedy.

I would understand it totally if the negative associations of what you saw then forever stained your vision of New Jersey.

All that aside, this is a beautiful place.

[In_The_Wind]

36. 5

Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
New Jersey
New York

[ZombieNixon]

38. Three.

Maryland
New Mexico
Illinois

[Radio_Lady]

41. Let's see -- you've piqued my curiosity!

Pennsylvania (born there, in Pittsburgh)
Florida (raised there and went to public school and college)
Los Angeles, CA (short stint in a college)
Hartsdale, NY (short marriage)
Hendersonville, North Carolina (short residency of six months in the 1970s)
New York City, NY (seven years)
Boston, Massachusetts (job and remarriage)
Portland, Oregon (final resting place????)

I guess that's it for state residences. Not as many as I thought!

[lizziegrace]

43. Too funny!

My parents were both born just outside Pittsburgh...

[Radio_Lady]

54. Really! My parents were from Duquesne and McKeesport, PA

I guess my maternal grandmother lived in Squirrel Hill, a suburb of Pittsburgh along with other members of the family.

I still have two male cousins (brothers) in Philadelphia, PA (they both moved there fairly recently from Pittsburgh).

Another cousin is in Haworth, NJ (just saw her on our NYC trip).

We contacted still another cousin who is now living in South Carolina. He's a retired doctor, who just turned 73 on 06/05/06.

These are the last members of our family. We were three only children and just one aunt who did have two boys. Five of us on that side of the family.

[lizziegrace]

58. Wow...

Elizabeth and Burgettstown ...

My grandmother had to spend several weeks in a rehab facility in McKeesport when she fell (she was 83). I went to see her every weekend from Columbus.

[MissB]

42. Washington, Alaska, Oregon and California.

California only briefly, thank gawd.

[bumblebee1]

45. four

Pennsylvania
Maryland
South Carolina
California

[bertha katzenengel]

51. California & Maryland.

[helderheid]

53. Hey fellow gypsy!

Utah
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Florida
New Hampshire

I've moved back and fourth these states and gone to 20 schools - I also lived in Holland for 2 years :)

[lizziegrace]

55. I don't know if being a gypsy is good or bad

it's all I know. Know what I mean? :hi:

[Radio_Lady]

56. Lizzie, I'm descended from Hungarian gypsies on my mother's side.

I think it's good, as long as you don't move around because you're a criminal or involved in some nefarious activities!

With a smile in my heart,

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[helderheid]

57. As you probably guessed, I DO know what you mean!! :)

:hi:

I have been living in the same home now for OVER 3 YEARS and it feels SO WEIRD!! Everytime I see a U-Haul I check to see if I'm the one driving it. :)

[Radio_Lady]

67. The U-Haul comment? It cracked me up!

Are you familiar with this song?

"Joey, Joey, Joey" was written by Frank Loesser for his musical, "The Most Happy Fella." You've probably never heard of that play, but it contains another fairly famous song he wrote called "Standing on the Corner (Watching all the Girls Go By)". It opened on Broadway in 1956. I first heard pure stereo in 1966. ... Music won't ever get any better than this.

Like a perfumed woman,
The wind blows in the bunkhouse.
Like a perfumed woman
Smellin' of where she's been.

Like Oregon cherries
Or maybe Texas avocados,
Arizona desert
Or Oregon pine.
She blows in and she sings to me
'Cuz I'm one of her own.
She sings:

Joey, Joey, Joey.
Joey, Joey, Joe.
You've been too long
In one town.
Now it's time to go, Time to go-o-o-o-o-o.
Joey, Joey, Joey.
Joey, travel on.

You've been too long
In one little town.
Now the harvest time's come and gone.
That's what the wind sings to me.

When the bunk I've been bunkin' in
Gets to feelin' too soft and cozy.
When the grub they've been givin' me
Gets to tastin' too good.
When I've seen all I want
Of the ladies in the neighborhood,
Then she sings to me.

Joey, Joey, Joey.
Joey, Joey, Joe.
You've been too long
In the same place.
Now it's time to go, time to go.
Joey, time to go.

[helderheid]

70. Never heard of it but LOVE it. I will forward that on to my movin' clan...

Have you heard of "Wanderin' Star" from the musical "Paint Your Wagon" (the only movie you'll see Clint Eastwood break into tune!)? That has ALWAYS been my theme song!

I was born under a wanderin' star.
I was born under a wanderin' star.

Wheels are made for rollin', mules are made to pack.
I've never seen a site that didn't look better lookin' back.

I was born under a wanderin' star.

Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can bake you dry.
Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
Home is made for comin' from, for dreams of goin' to.
Which with any luck will never come true.

I was born under a wanderin' star.
I was born under a wanderin' star.

Do I know where hell is, hell is in hell-o.
Heaven is good-bye forever it's time for me to go.

I was born under a wanderin' star, a wanderin', wanderin' star.

Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can bake you dry.
Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
Home is made for comin' from, for dreams of goin' to.
Which with any luck will never come true.

I was born under a wanderin' star.
I was born under a wanderin' star.

When I get to heaven tie me to a tree.
Or I'll begin to roam and soon you'll know where I will be.

I was born under a wanderin' star.
A wanderin', wanderin' star

[City Lights]

61. One - IL. Lived in two, but AZ was never home to me. n/t

[dysfunctional press]

64. just 4: Illinois, mighigan, maryland, hawaii

and i'm back where i started.

[tulip]

66. OH, MI, GA, OK, TX, UT, IN

& several moves between Ohio and Indiana

[helderheid]

72. gainin on me Tulip! Only 3 more to go :)

[retrospective66]

71. 2

But many moves suck when you're a kid, even if it's within the same State :-(

[Omphaloskepsis]

73. OR, WA, CA, NV, UT, TX, PA, NY..

[helderheid]

75. I wonder if we were neighbors in the first 5 you listed!

:hi:

[NJ Democrats]

76. One

NJ
Two soon (moving to NC)

[lizziegrace]

81. I have family in NC

Beautiful state. Asheville is my favorite city. But the beaches are nice too.

:hi:

[WCGreen]

78. Several.....

Confusion...

Denial...

Unconsiousness....

And I once visited Nirvana, but I was so drunk....

Etc....

[Joey Liberal]

82. Where Joey Liberal has lived

Rhode Island
New Jersey
Virginia
Oklahoma
Alabama
Tennessee
Maryland

[fishwax]

84. Eight and a Half

Wisconsin
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Iowa
Missouri
(Utah)
Oklahoma
Illinois

I guess I'd only count Utah as a half, as my dad moved there while I was in high school, and though I spent part of a summer and a few other vacations there, I never considered that state "home" to the same degree as other states where he lived ...

[helderheid]

85. have you noticed how many have mentioned Utah? I'm there again now.

[fishwax]

86. it's kind of unexpected, but it does show up a lot on this thread

Whereabouts in Utah? My dad lives in Cedar City. It's beautiful country down there, but it's been a while since I've been down to visit ...

[trackfan]

87. 1

[liberaltrucker]

88. Three

Alabama, Colorado, and, :puke: Texas.

[Broken_Hero]

89. okay

here we go...

Alaska, born and raised, spent lots of vacations and time in seattle...and then went to Kansas for school, and then later in my life lived in Sacramento for a while, and after some more traveling, and going back to school in kansas, and getting married, i currently find myself in SW Missouri, but I don't consider Missouri to be my home, never....so,

1. Alaska
2. Washington State/Oregon
3. Lawrence, Kansas
4. Sacramento, Ca
5. Missouri(misery)

[ncrainbowgrrl]

90. 2- NY and NC

Grew up in NYC, moved to NC for college... still here almost 4 years after graduation.

[u4ic]

91. None

2 provinces...

[clyrc]

92. I was a military brat, so I never really had a real home

but I've lived in Oklahoma, California, North Dakota, South Carolina, Hawaii, Virginia, Texas and Florida. Oklahoma is where my family is from, and I have a fondness for the state in spite of the politics. Hawaii will always be special to me, because I lived there from when I was 16 to 20 years old. A great time to live there! But I know that if I went back, it wouldn't be the same becauseI am no longer a cute slim teenager.
I've lived in the United Arab Emirates for three years now, and honestly it's gotten to feel as much like home as any other place.

[Monk06]

95. Former military brat. I here you talkin brother or sister. Let's start an

army brat nostalgia thread. I was living on
a SAC DEW line base during the Cuban Missle
crisis and the Kennedy assasination.

"Snap to dat"

[njdemocrat106]

93. Only one: New Jersey

I live at the Jersey Shore, and have never been to thrilled about it. Too many Republicans here.

[Monk06]

94. None but I spent three days in a motel in Bemiji Minnesota riding

out a blizzard and passed the Paul Bunyan statue
will listening to Bobby Bare singing "Saginaw Michigan"
on my way to Las Paz for Christmas in 1963.

What do I win??????

[riona]

96. Eleven

[Iniquitous Bunny]

97. Two.

I suppose officially it's 3, but one I lived in for just a few months as a toddler, so I don't.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

98. 1. Maine.

:P

[Flying Dream Blues]

99. Tennessee, Texas, New York, Texas

In that order. Total years: 8 in TN, 3 in NY and 37 in Texas.

[RetroLounge]

100. 2

Illinois and now Wisconsin...

RL

[flamingyouth]

101. Just one - Washington

[havocmom]

102. Three - California, Montana, Arizona... no, wait, five.

Forgot confusion and despair.

[spacelady]

103. Nebraska, Arkansas, Alabama. Am I progressing or regressing?

I love where I'm living right now - Just north of Mobile.
Why? because we know how to get along.