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How far are you from your place of birth?

209 replies

SpecialSpaghetti · 07/04/2023 15:52

I'm 9579 km!

You?

OP posts:
Amotherlife · 07/04/2023 16:40

According to google, by road, 89 miles.

LaViajera · 07/04/2023 16:41

Also about 11,000 km

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 07/04/2023 16:43

About 200 miles.
London to Yorkshire.

SophiaLarsen · 07/04/2023 16:48

620 miles! Just looked it up! Almost the furthest I could be in the UK from it.

LibertyLily · 07/04/2023 16:50

333 km

DiddlySquat52 · 07/04/2023 16:50

Right this second, about 5 miles. 😁

Live about 25 miles from my birthplace.

Citygirlrurallife · 07/04/2023 16:50

29miles which is weird considering:

  • We moved 5,429miles away when I was a month old
  • I've spent the last 10 years living 5,435 miles away in the opposite direction
  • I only moved to this area 9months ago
  • I don’t have any family or friends who live where I was born so it’s sheer fluke I live so close now
Citygirlrurallife · 07/04/2023 16:52

Easterfunbun · 07/04/2023 16:26

Okay, I win. I was born at home and I’m sitting on my mothers sofa 😜. So approx 4 metres.

Brilliant!!

Marlena1 · 07/04/2023 16:52

25km

Xtraincome · 07/04/2023 16:56

About 70 miles

newtb · 07/04/2023 16:57

1299km - according to google maps.
1272km according to mappy

transformandriseup · 07/04/2023 16:58

About 23 miles to drive but less in a straight line

startrek90 · 07/04/2023 16:58

1362km or 846miles

Charmatt · 07/04/2023 16:58

0.2 miles

Seasidemumma77 · 07/04/2023 16:59

964km

MajorCarolDanvers · 07/04/2023 17:00

42 miles. But I only lived there till I was 2.

Forever42 · 07/04/2023 17:00

About 100 miles. I only lived there until I was three though, then moved to a completely different location where I grew up. That's about 75 miles from where I live now. Would like to be a bit closer as my family still live there but it didnt work out.

DustyLee123 · 07/04/2023 17:00

12 miles.

RandomUsernameHere · 07/04/2023 17:01

About 90 miles

Favouritefruits · 07/04/2023 17:11

280.8miles

Gothambutnotahamster · 07/04/2023 17:12

300 miles with the Irish Sea in between.

JimmyDurham · 07/04/2023 17:13

According to the AA, approx. 68 miles/100Km. Closer than I thought!

NannyGythaOgg · 07/04/2023 17:16

About 10 miles - but I live about 200m from the house my dad was born in.

IrishGothic · 07/04/2023 17:16

About 1000 miles until recently. Now I can actually see the hospital I was born in out the window of my study.

LeroyJenkinssss · 07/04/2023 17:16

7500 miles or 12000 km. so ages. Google maps tell me I could walk there in 99 days which seems optimistic and doesn’t seem to take into account sleeping.