Moving- how often, how much and why?

[Coronet]

States I've lived in (in 23 years):
Texas
Georgia
Arizona (two separate occassions)
Kansas
Japan
South Korea
Virginia
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Florida

I've lived in all the above states, but I've moved residences many times. In college alone I've moved houses at least 5-6 times and each state I've lived in a different place.

Military families for the win! I also voted 15, but I think it's been more than that.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Not military just a mover in college.

age 10 - moved homes
16 - college MO, moved 2x
17- college SD
18- summered at home
18- college SD
19- moved new dorm, summered new apartment
20- moved out of dorms
then the next 2 years I lived in 4 places, then moved again another 2x till 2005, then moved to NE, rented then moved again.

17 places I can easily recall, likely more. I voted 15+ places and we're not done moving, I forsee another 2-3 moves. Sigh.

It used to be my life would fit in a couple of suitcases. Not anymore.

[LaVicky]

0-16 Same house with parents
16-18 Parents moved across town to better area and closer to school
18-20 rented a room and then 2 yrs live in Nanny
20-25 Married, moved 6 times! Ack! rentals, married a man who was bad with $$
25-37 Same house I own (remarried and the bad husband is gone)

But Im ready to move now!

[disneysteve]

I answered earlier and said 8 but I reread the OP and saw that each change of address counted as a move. In that case, it is only 5 because my address didn't change for the 4 years of college even though I was in a different dorm room each year. So I voted 5 (hadn't voted before).

[MonkeyMama]

Every time I changed addresses I moved all my stuff, so that's one and the same for me. Though I can scratch house sitting as a real move, because I didn't move any furniture that one time. The second I moved out I no longer had a room at my parent's house - I took all my stuff with me.

[maat55]

Born in OKC. Moved to:
1) Texas, no idea why. Todler
2) Texas to Tulsa, dad to work for uncle. 1st grade
3) Tulsa to Texas, divorce. 2nd grade
4) duplex to apartment, mom got better job. 3rd grade
5) apartment to small house, second 3rd grade through 7th grade(yes I flunked 3 grade)
6) Moved to Tulsa(Mobile home), to live with dad 14.
7) Dad got married, moved to another mobile, 16
8) dad gets divorced, moved to Uncles 16
9) from uncles to motel, 16
10) to apartment, 17
11) to rent house, 18
12) to mobile I bought(newly married)
13) to uncles rent house (sold mobile, looking for house to buy)
14) to first house.
15) to second house, moved for schools.
16) sold house, moved to friends rental waiting for new house.(friend bought my house, I rented his till sold.
17) rent house sold, had to move to wifes sisters
18) from wifes sister(crazy drug addict)to my brothers, still waiting for house.
19) to here, finally. Voted 15

Moved three times in one summer, got real efficient at it.

[scfr]

24 is not on the list. Does that mean I have to check "live in my car"?

9 moves were in childhood, the rest in adulthood. Hired a mover only once. DH is on notice that movers will be hired for all future moves.

[Drac]

I moved two times when I was studding, from Barcelona (Catalonia) to Paris, and from Paris to England. Then I started working in Amarillo, TX (imagine the cultural shock!). Finally, for work, we move from Amarillo to Houston were we lived in three different houses. Now we have been for seven years in our current house. We may move to a larger house in a few years, but I don't feel like moving anymore. I am happy with my house and love were I live. I may be getting older too....

[elessar78]

11 Times.

1. House I was born in
2. Moved to a new house when I was 10
3. Immigrated to the US when I was 13
4. Mom bought first house in the US
5. Left for college (dorms)
6. Moved into the fraternity house
7. Moved into another house during college
8. Graduated and moved back home
9. Got my first apartment
10. Got married and got our first apt together
11. Moved into our current townhouse (rental).

Hopefully #12 will be our first home we own!

[zakity]

0 to 4 - My parents lived a few different places when I was a baby. I don't know where or how many. I only know of two.

4 to 7 - Parents bought house.
7 to 17 - Second house that the parents owned
17 to 18 - lived with Grandma
18 to 19 - first apartment
19 to 29 - second apartment
29 to present - house that we bought

The next move will be my moving to an apartment by myself. Well, I hope any way.