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109 replies

AlpacaYourBags · 03/01/2026 13:29

currently living from your childhood home?

98 miles for me, and have to drive through three different counties.
(On our way there now!)

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Whattheduck · 03/01/2026 13:47

12 miles
Most of my family live in that area and the villages surrounding it and generations gone by have lived there
We grew up in my great great grandparents old house
There’s even a road named after my family on my mums side

Natsku · 03/01/2026 13:48

2000km as the crow flies, if the crow had the fancy to fly this way. Bit over 3000km if you tried to drive it (you'd need to take a couple of ferries)

mellongoose · 03/01/2026 13:50

413 miles.

landlordhell · 03/01/2026 13:50

80 miles and 5 miles

CremeEggsForBreakfast · 03/01/2026 13:52

341 miles according to Google Maps!

ReignOfError · 03/01/2026 13:55

Only 65 miles, the closest I’ve lived in 40 years. The furthest was 5.000 miles. I’m not planning to stay this close for much longer.

chellewillnotbebeaten · 03/01/2026 13:56

40miles - never left Yorkshire 🤣 (to live that is, I have branched further afield for trips and holidays haha)

Cunningcub · 03/01/2026 13:57

About ten miles.

IndigoIsMyFavouriteColour · 03/01/2026 14:00

10 miles

JamesClyman · 03/01/2026 14:00

66 miles according to the AA. Seems further.

DappledThings · 03/01/2026 14:01

We moved a fair bit. Had various childhood homes.
From 0-3 years old - 85 miles
From 3-8 years old - 25 miles
From 8-10 years old - 275 miles
From 10-university - 150 miles
From where my parents live now - 190 miles

Photodrinktv123 · 03/01/2026 14:03

12 miles just moved over to the next town. Have lived slightly further but not left the county.

deltapanda · 03/01/2026 14:04

I’m back in it - it’s mine now.

GeorgeMichaelsCat · 03/01/2026 14:06

About 15 miles

FlatWhiteExtraHot · 03/01/2026 14:08

I’d had 10 “childhood homes” by the time I was 16 (army kid) so I’m not sure really! 😂

My nan’s house was the one constant, so 180 miles.

Dontcallmescarface · 03/01/2026 14:08

16,700km from my 1st, a 2 minute walk away from my 2nd.

TrobadoraBeatrice · 03/01/2026 14:11

180 miles from one and 190 miles from the other, in the opposite direction. Only c. 30 miles from where my parents moved us when I was in my mid teens though - they are still there and it's about an hour's drive from where I am now. Wouldn't call it my childhood home as such though.

Sameshitedifferentday · 03/01/2026 14:12

About 50 miles, moved from a large city to a market town 5 years ago, best move ever.

MadisonAvenue · 03/01/2026 14:16

About 30 miles. We’ve recently moved from the town where I lived for my whole life.

Namechangefor2026 · 03/01/2026 14:25

12 miles

jjeoreo · 03/01/2026 14:26

106 miles. Miss it but can't afford it

Diamondsbutnoknickers · 03/01/2026 14:26

Another country. On purpose.

Tomatocutwithazigzagedge · 03/01/2026 14:27

750 miles.

tinyspiny · 03/01/2026 14:29

About 30 miles from the house I was born in and 15 miles from where I spent the majority of my childhood years .

Eukanuba · 03/01/2026 14:30

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