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Are Americans a nomadic culture?

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Are Americans a nomadic culture?

Where have you lived?

from JoeUser Forums
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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Reply #51 from JoeUser Forums Top
How did ya like okinawa?


to be honest, I don't remember it. I was born there and we left shortly before I turned two.
Reply #52 from JoeUser Forums Top
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Reply #53 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: Reverend David(Anonymous User)Posted: Friday, April 22, 2005"moving around, preaching the Gospell?"Not exactly that kind of Reverend. This could develop into a really long story, so let's just go with this - if you know the show Northern Exposure, and the character Chris Stevens, you have an idea what I mean."or just like to move around?"This could also easily slide into a really long story with possible flashbacks, flash-forwards and maybe even a flash-diagonal or two. I don't want to torture everyone, though. Suffice it to say, I developed a severe case of wanderlust at a very young age


oooooooooo I love life stories, if ya ever want to share just do it on your own blog, I for one will visit and read it. Yes I loved N.E. and the wandering dj. lol
Reply #54 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: xtinePosted: Friday, April 22, 2005How did ya like okinawa?to be honest, I don't remember it. I was born there and we left shortly before I turned two.


darn.... did yer folks take pics? I loved kyoto, the imperial gardens there are the most amazing garden I have ever seen.
Reply #55 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: PhilomedyPosted: Friday, April 22, 2005so yer pretty fluent in spanish then?Yeah, pretty completely, although I'll have moments when I can't remember a word for hours on end.


I grew up in a multi language household, and for the most partr have forgotten 90% of 3 languages maybe 98% what a shame.
Reply #56 from JoeUser Forums Top
Texas
Arkansas
another part of Arkansas
Missouri
California
Texas again
Arizona
Korea
Texas again (but not really, I don't consider Killeen part of my Texas. It sucks that much.
Reply #57 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: Spc Nobody SpecialPosted: Saturday, April 23, 2005TexasArkansasanother part of ArkansasMissouriCaliforniaTexas againArizonaKoreaTexas again (but not really, I don't consider Killeen part of my Texas. It sucks that much


I can understand that, I used to love NYC but where I grew up...sucks like that.
Reply #58 from JoeUser Forums Top
just a few places in the great state of texas could be moving like crazy... uzbekistan? now that is intresting.


Yeah, Texas is huge and the lifestyle and look of the land is so different from place to place. I've lived in the tiny little town (under 600 people)of Lefors, Midland, Amarillo, San Antonio (my favorite), and Houston for a short bit.

When Adrian deployed, he spent several months working in the prison facility in Bagram, Afghanistan (hahahha...the prisoners called him "doctor asshole"), and then the rest of the time working in a make-shift hospital in Uzbekistan. He didn't get to see much of Uzbekistan, but he said that the weather there was not great...and the culture is different because of the Russian influence. He liked working at Bagram, but Uzbekistan not so much.
Reply #59 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply By: Texas WahinePosted: Saturday, April 23, 2005just a few places in the great state of texas could be moving like crazy... uzbekistan? now that is intresting.Yeah, Texas is huge and the lifestyle and look of the land is so different from place to place. I've lived in the tiny little town (under 600 people)of Lefors, Midland, Amarillo, San Antonio (my favorite), and Houston for a short bit. When Adrian deployed, he spent several months working in the prison facility in Bagram, Afghanistan (hahahha...the prisoners called him "doctor asshole"), and then the rest of the time working in a make-shift hospital in Uzbekistan. He didn't get to see much of Uzbekistan, but he said that the weather there was not great...and the culture is different because of the Russian influence. He liked working at Bagram, but


I guess I have not been paying attention, is adrian a doc, ? medic? corpsman?
Reply #60 from JoeUser Forums Top
I guess I have not been paying attention, is adrian a doc, ? medic? corpsman?


Adrian's an Army medic...or "Health Care Specialist" if you want to get really fancy.
Reply #61 from JoeUser Forums Top
As a combat vet I have nothing but the highest reguard and respect for medics and corpsman,Please let him know I said that tex.
Reply #62 from JoeUser Forums Top
By this small poll I have to conclude in joeuser land there are many members of the "nomads":
Reply #63 from JoeUser Forums Top

In answer to your title question, yes and no.  An interesting Jeopardy statistic is that over 50% of the people in the US live within 50 miles of their birthplace.  That is not nomadic in any sense of the word.

However, that also means that almost 50% of the people dont live within 50 miles of their birthplace, so they are very nomadic.

Reply #64 from JoeUser Forums Top
gee doc confuse me more than I already am lol
Reply #65 from JoeUser Forums Top
Wow. I've moved a lot, but pretty much all within the same area. I've lived in Newport News and Hampton Virginia (which means, I've pretty much lived in Newport News lol), then last spring I moved to Indiana. Not that huge of a deal... no ocean though, which I dearly miss. I like moving from time to time. I end up broadening my horizions so much that it works out really well for me in the end. I know I'm going to be in Indiana for at least 5-7 years finishing up college and stuff. After that, who knows?
Reply #66 from JoeUser Forums Top
Let's see...
Baltimore, MD (born and raise)
San Jose, CA (Dad got a job assignment)
Baltimore, MD again (assignment ended, moved back)
Northfield, MN (went to college)
Baltimore, MD again (graduated, moved home)
Elsewhere in Baltimore, MD (moved out of my parents' house)
Minneapolis, MN (decided to really strike out "on my own"; moved in with some college friends)
Eagan, MN (got my own apartment)
Elsewhere in Minneapolis, MN (moved in with my woman)
Elsewhere again in Minneapolis, MN (we got a nicer apartment)
Eden Prairie, MN (woman left, moved in with a different college friend)
Elsewhere in Eden Prairie, MN (roommate bought a house, I moved with him)
Bloomington, MN (roommate got married, kicked me out; moved in with my girlfriend)
Elsewhere in Bloomington, MN (got married, bought a house).

12 different addresses in 39 years, but only in 3 major metropolitan areas. (Northfield is 40 miles south of Minneapolis, all the other MN cities are really suburbs of it.)
Reply #67 from JoeUser Forums Top
As a combat vet I have nothing but the highest reguard and respect for medics and corpsman,Please let him know I said that tex.


Thank you. I'll share that with him. And a thanks to you from me for all that you've done in service of our country.
Reply #69 from JoeUser Forums Top

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,

That was Jill's response, not mine.  Mine is response #24.  Of course, we both live in Michigan and started out up north, so I can see the confusion.  She lives in the Detroit area and I live on the West side of lower Michigan (Southwest of Ann Arbor) now.  I've only lived where I do now for about 5 years.  I will say that I like being in southern Michigan- the winters are a lot more mild.

Reply #70 from JoeUser Forums Top
I will say that I like being in southern Michigan- the winters are a lot more mild.


What, you only get 5 feet of snow instead of 10?
Reply #71 from JoeUser Forums Top
I did an article just like this a little while back.
Link
I've lived in South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska.


Reply #72 from JoeUser Forums Top
I guess I'm a latecomer into this role call of places lived, but here goes.

Non Military:
~Utah: Kaysville, Ogden
~Germany: Mertzalben (Bavaria)
~Florida: Palm Harbor, Tarpon Springs
~Ohio: Barberton, Boardman, Wooster, Alliance, Akron, Milan, Sandusky.
~Idaho: Preston(yeah Napolean Dynamite's Preston, Rexburg
~Georgia: Atlanta
~Wisconsin: Sheboygan

Military:
~Oklahoma: Ft. Sill
~S. Caronlina: Ft. Jackson
~Georgia: Ft. Gordon, Ft. Benning
~California: Presidio of Monterey, Pacific Grove
Virginia: Ft. Lee
~N. Carolina: Spring Lake, Ft. Bragg
~Saudi Arabia: Al Dammam (Black Jack Base), King Kaleet Military City (Log Base C), Middle of the desert: "Margaritaville".
~Iraq: "Middle of the desert" (Log Base R)
~Florida: Cutler Ridge

So does that make me a nomad?? ;~D
Reply #73 from JoeUser Forums Top
Just Ohio and The Big Apple...
Reply #74 from JoeUser Forums Top
#75 by alison watkins
Thursday, October 06, 2005


Just Ohio and The Big Apple


and get home kid.
Reply #75 from JoeUser Forums Top
#67 by MagickalBear
Sunday, April 24, 2005


Wow. I've moved a lot, but pretty much all within the same area. I've lived in Newport News and Hampton Virginia (which means, I've pretty much lived in Newport News lol), then last spring I moved to Indiana. Not that huge of a deal... no ocean though, which I dearly miss. I like moving from time to time. I end up broadening my horizions so much that it works out really well for me in the end. I know I'm going to be in Indiana for at least 5-7 years finishing up college and stuff. After that, who knows?


maybe nomad in training . heh