Are Americans a nomadic culture?

Where have you lived?

I have wondered if Americans are a nomadic culture, I am 58 years old and here is where I have lived {for more than 30 days}

New York State
Washington State
Ohio
Michigan
Oregon
California
Colorado
Florida
New jersey
Japan
Vietnam {south}
The Philippines

How about you? Remember the rules 30 days or more as a resident not a visitor
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Chicago, IL 1970-1993

another part of Chicago, IL 1993-2000

Champaign County, IL 2000-2005
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New York, although I have gotten close to thirty days as a visitor a few other places.
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Reply By: Eastern DiamondbackPosted: Thursday, April 21, 2005Chicago, IL 1970-1993another part of Chicago, IL 1993-2000Champaign County, IL 2000-2005


Reply By: Danny BassettePosted: Thursday, April 21, 2005New York, although I have gotten close to thirty days as a visitor a few other places


well there goes my nomad theory. lol
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California
New Mexico
United Kingdom
West Germany
Spain
Turkey
Italy
France
Tunisia
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Republic of Korea
Arizona
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I've only lived in Texas (Panhandle, West Texas, and Southeast Texas) and Hawaii.

Adrian's lived in Texas, Hawaii, South Carolina, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan.

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Reply By: Secret Squirrel(Anonymous User)Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005CaliforniaNew MexicoUnited KingdomWest GermanySpainTurkeyItalyFranceTunisiaIsraelSaudi ArabiaKuwaitRepublic of KoreaArizona


thats more like it!! what is your favorite place?
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Reply By: Texas WahinePosted: Thursday, April 21, 2005I've only lived in Texas (Panhandle, West Texas, and Southeast Texas) and Hawaii. Adrian's lived in Texas, Hawaii, South Carolina, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan.


just a few places in the great state of texas could be moving like crazy... uzbekistan? now that is intresting.
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I have only lived in MI.  My ancestors founded my home town in northern MI.  I never thought I would leave other than to go to college and come back.  I started school in central MI then transferred to southwestern MI and have lived in the Detroit area for about 10yrs.  I am certainly not nomadic.
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well there goes my nomad theory. lol


Keep in mind I'm only 35. I also see a move sometime in the next few years. Possibly back into the Chicago area, or to Indiana.
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New Jersey all my life. But, though it is a bit early to be thinking of this, college speculation may bring me to Pennsylvania, or Virginia.
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do military deployments count? more than 30 days right?

Michigan
Maryland
New York
North Carolina
Italy
Texas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Iowa

Deployments 30 days or longer
Haiti
Germany
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Reply By: JillUserPosted: Thursday, April 21, 2005I have only lived in MI. My ancestors founded my home town in northern MI. I never thought I would leave other than to go to college and come back. I started school in central MI then transferred to southwestern MI and have lived in the Detroit area for about 10yrs. I am certainly not nomadic.


looking not so good about my theory right now
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Reply By: imajinitPosted: Thursday, April 21, 2005do military deployments count? more than 30 days right?MichiganMarylandNew YorkNorth CarolinaItalyTexasOklahomaMinnesotaIowaDeployments 30 days or longerHaitiGermanyQatar


looks more and more balanced
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sadly only in New Hampshire, but my heart resides in California, does that count?( I left it there on last visit)
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I am married to the military. So I think that makes me nomadic whether I wanted to be or not. I am 33 and I have lived in Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, back to Ohio, Florida, back to Ohio again (I stayed with family while my husband was at bootcamp, A school and one deployment that's all the back to Ohio's) Maryland and now Texas. But I am the only one in my family that doesn't live in Ohio.

I am glad that I got to experience living in different places. My little sister has never lived anywhere but in our home town and that just seems so boring to me now. I guess there's good and bad to it. What kills me is the people who never even visit anywhere. I met a lady at the school that said she had never been out of Parker County and I really just don't know how that is possible. I mean at some point you have to have at least been to Fort Worth but she said she didn't need anything there - weird.
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Do moves back to a place or moves inside a state count? If so... Panama City, FL; Circleville,OH;Panama City,FL;Lynn Haven, FL; Drummoned(don't remember the spelling),FL;Lynn Haven,FL Circleville, OH; Columbus,OH. I haven't really been out of these two states but next year I will be going to Kentucky for college.

I have gone to 7 different schools from K-12th grade. At the rate I was going at first, I thought it would be more but it wasn't. I haven't really been moving aimlessly. Ohio is where family is and Florida is where my mom likes living more. We couldn't decide where to stay, but now that my aunt lives in Ohio my mom doesn't think we'll be moving anymore.

Capt. over and out!
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Athens, GA (1982 - 1983)
State College, PA (1983 - 2004)
Hartford, CT (2004 - ???)

I'm not that pleased with New England so there is an excellent chance I'll be moving again soon.
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Reply By: GimpyonePosted: Friday, April 22, 2005sadly only in New Hampshire, but my heart resides in California, does that count?( I left it there on last visit)


sure it counts, ready to get out of cold and snow country yet?
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Reply By: LocamamaPosted: Friday, April 22, 2005I am married to the military. So I think that makes me nomadic whether I wanted to be or not. I am 33 and I have lived in Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, back to Ohio, Florida, back to Ohio again (I stayed with family while my husband was at bootcamp, A school and one deployment that's all the back to Ohio's) Maryland and now Texas. But I am the only one in my family that doesn't live in Ohio. I am glad that I got to experience living in different places. My little sister has never lived anywhere but in our home town and that just seems so boring to me now. I guess there's good and bad to it. What kills me is the people who never even visit anywhere. I met a lady at the school that said she had never been out of Parker County and I really just don't know how that is possible. I mean at some point you have to have at least been to Fort Worth but she said she didn't need anything there - weird.


when growing up in new york city I knew people that never left the boro they lived in, new york city is made up of 5 boros, manhatten, brooklyn, the bronx, staten island and queens, Imagine living in the bronx and never even been to manhatten?
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Reply By: CaptainCornbreadPosted: Friday, April 22, 2005Do moves back to a place or moves inside a state count? If so... Panama City, FL; Circleville,OH;Panama City,FL;Lynn Haven, FL; Drummoned(don't remember the spelling),FL;Lynn Haven,FL Circleville, OH; Columbus,OH. I haven't really been out of these two states but next year I will be going to Kentucky for college.


Good on you going to school, and moving counts as nomadic behavior even if it's the same state i think
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Virginia, Texas, California, Ohio, Germany, France, Washington St. and Maryland.

Favorite was California

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Jamaica, W.I. - birth to 22 years

New York, 1987 - 2002

Florida, 2002 - ?


I have no idea where we'll be in the future. We love to travel so in between living where we were we've visited a lot of places. And will continue to do so. I think I would definately be nomadic if I wasn't married with children!
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I've lived in (if you count college) 7 different cities, but they have all been in Michigan.  I started out fairly far up north (not the U.P., though) and now live almost as far south as you can go without being in Ohio.

Though Michigan kills my arthritic joints (changes weather and pressure constantly) I doubt that I will ever move.  Both my family and my husband's family live in Michigan.  I ended up moving down to this area to be closer to his family, and luckily, my parents (who had lived in the same town all their lives except for when my Dad was in the military) followed me.

I've been in my current home for over 5 years, and I doubt that I'll be moving anytime soon.  (Though, if I had a lot more money, I might think about it......but I don't so it doesn't matter )

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Reply By: Helix the IIPosted: Friday, April 22, 2005I'm a military brat, need I say more?Nevada,California,3x Alabama,Germany,Oklahoma,Arizona2x Illinois,in no particular order.The place I liked the best? In Alabama.. I plan on a move to northern GA sometime in the future, beautiful place. ^_^


my lovely wife was an airforce brat, now she has traveled like crazy, she was born in england.
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Reply By: JillUserPosted: Thursday, April 21, 2005I have only lived in MI. My ancestors founded my home town in northern MI. I never thought I would leave other than to go to college and come back. I started school in central MI then transferred to southwestern MI and have lived in the Detroit area for about 10yrs. I am certainly not nomadic.


nope karma you are not, but this post is to see if in general americans are nomadic, btw how many times have you moved? different homes count too