Fun poll: How many cities have you lived in?

[arivecchi]

Poll coming. I'm referring to actual cities, not towns, although I know that is open for debate. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City#Distinction_between_cities_and_towns

[ilfaith]

I've lived in 5:
New York, NY (Manhattan & Queens)
Syracuse, NY
London, England
West Palm Beach, FL
Jacksonville, FL

I have also lived in one town (technically a township) Old Bridge, NJ.

[MelissaTC]

Darn it, I messed up your poll. I voted 6 but three are towns. I have lived in 3 cities- NYC, Yonkers NY and Syracuse NY.

[aa2mama]

What about a poll category for "no freaking clue"? I've lived in five different states and since the definition of town and city apparently varies by state I would have to research the definition for each one of those states.

ETA:
In two states I lived in cities by their definition.
In another state I lived in a village of a town that was a suburb of a city.
In two other states, I'm not sure whether I lived in cities or towns

[elektra]

I put 4
-Los Angeles, CA
- "Greater Los Angeles area" -I have lived in various cities (towns?) in Orange County, and in the South Bay, which I think would qualify as part of the greater Los Angeles area. but I feel they deseve a point here in the poll.
-Santa Barbara, CA
-Orlando, FL

[pastrygirl]

I think two officially... but have also lived in the greater DC area, though according to the Wiki, it's an "unincorporated area".

Oh wait, just thought of a third, also in the DC area. I live in the country now, and can't stand it. I'd prefer to be a city girl!!!

[YouAreTheFocus]

I've lived in 5 places that consider themselves cities, altho I'm not sure that I would have. (Boston & Medford, MA / Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, CA)

[mommylamb]

I voted 3.

Went to college in Boston and lived there for 2 years after that (though technically I lived in Waltham and then Sommerville, so does that count as 2 cities? I think they both are actual cities, not towns.)
Then went to grad school in London, England
Then moved to Washington DC, where I currently live (though now I live in the DC burbs. I used to live in the city itself though, so that counts)

I also went abroad while I was in college and lived outside of Melbourne, Australia then, but it was far enough outside that I can't really justify saying that I lived in Melbourne.

ETA: Oh, I messed up too. I should have counted Alexandria City (burb of DC, but technically a city). So, I guess I'm somewhere between 3-5 cities depending on how you count.

[mommylamb]

A, what about you? You didn't answer your own question.

[arivecchi]

I forgot to add my own. Duh.

7 cities

I think I now need to move to the West Coast. ;) I would love to live in Vancouver. Stunning city!

[o_mom]

I have no idea after reading that Wiki... what is the difference?

[arivecchi]

A, what about you? You didn't answer your own question. Just answered! :D

[mommylamb]

Ooohh... when did you live in Paris?

[Sweetum]

I've lived in 5 big cities back home, so I'm counting those, and then 3 or 4 here (that's where the ambiguity is :)) so, I voted 9 or more.

[mommylamb]

I have no idea after reading that Wiki... what is the difference?

I didn't read the wiki link, but somehow I thought that the actual definition of city required that the city have a cathedral, though maybe that's a British thing...

[mamicka]

I voted 3 but I only counted the for-sure cities & don't have time to look-up the status of the others.

Grand Rapids, MI
Prague, CZ
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[sste]

Well, 4 large cities and 4 small cities post high school (two of the small cities were for college and grad school, don't know if those count).

[lizzywednesday]

Based on the definition for my state, I've lived in one actual city - New Brunswick, NJ

Everything else has been towns/villages that count as suburbs of NYC.

Except currently, as my town is considered a suburb of Philly, which is a bit of a culture shock for me.

[kbud]

Ok, the definition of city confused me, but I consider all of these cities or in the metro area of a large city:

Dayton, OH
Dallas, TX
CO Springs, CO
Ft. Collins, CO
Denver, CO
Newark, NJ
Chicago, IL
Las Vegas, NV
Indianpolis, IN
Kansas City, MO
Orlando, FL

[lizzywednesday]

I didn't read the wiki link, but somehow I thought that the actual definition of city required that the city have a cathedral, though maybe that's a British thing...

No. The definition varies from state to state in the US.

IME, cathedrals can occur in places not considered cities, like Metuchen, NJ is the seat of the Metuchen Diocese, but the closest "city" is either New Brunswick or Elizabeth. (Metuchen considers itself a Borough.)

[mommylamb]

No. The definition varies from state to state in the US.

IME, cathedrals can occur in places not considered cities, like Metuchen, NJ is the seat of the Metuchen Diocese, but the closest "city" is either New Brunswick or Elizabeth. (Metuchen considers itself a Borough.)

As I thought, the cathedral thing is an old British definition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom

[lizzywednesday]

...
Newark, NJ
...

This is actually the largest city in NJ.

[kerridean]

Lorain, OH
Mt. Pleasant, MI
Bowling Green, OH
Minneapolis, MN
Ft. Wayne, IN
Columbus, OH
Dayton, OH
San Antonio, TX

6 cities, and 2 towns

[MontrealMum]

I voted 6, but I think I should have voted 7. I've lived in 3 cities in MI, as well as in London, Montpellier, and Montreal. I don't presently live *in* Montreal, but with all the mergers of Canadian cities I wasn't sure how to vote, which is where I got confused.

Allison, when did you live in GR?

[Melbel]

I considered the following to be cities:

West Palm Beach, FL
Orlando, FL
Oxford, England
Atlanta, GA
Jacksonville, FL

I consider this to be a smaller towns that I have lived in:
Gainesville, FL

[garnetgirl]

8 cities in 4 countries, happy finally to be settled!

[TwinFoxes]

I'm going with 8. Although I feel I'm forgetting one, and I'm not counting the DC suburb I live in now.

In order:

San Diego
Berkeley
Oakland
London, England
San Francisco
Washington DC
Beverly Hills
Los Angeles

And no, I'm not a fugitive from justice. ;)

[mrshalco]

I picked 5 that are considered cities:

Melrose, MA
Boston, MA
Medford, MA
San Franscico, CA
Woburn, MA


YouAreTheFocus - wonder if we lived in boston and medford at the same time?!?!

[citymama]

My number is 5. But I've never lived anywhere that is isn't a city - ergo my moniker, citymama! Largest was a city with 14 million people and smallest was 125,000 people.

[AnnieW625]

I voted for 1 city, but I guess I should've voted for six. I interpreted this as being a large multicultural city with a population of more then 500,000.

1. Lafayette, CA (pop. less than 50,000)
2. Woodland, CA (pop. right around 50,000 now)
3. San Diego, CA (largest city I've lived in w/1,000,000+ people)
4. Davis, CA (pop. right around 60,000)
5. Huntington Beach, CA (pop. >100,000 but <200,000)
6. Lakewood, CA (pop. 82,000)

[cvanbrunt]

I didn't look up the definition but I'm sure these count. In order:
Honolulu
Halifax
a couple of different towns
Indianapolis
Memphis
Omaha
back to Memphis
back to Indy

[elliput]

12 cities, 1 town and 2 Air Force Bases. The largest city I have lived in has a population of 1.7 million and the town has a population of 900.

[mamicka]

I voted 6, but I think I should have voted 7. I've lived in 3 cities in MI, as well as in London, Montpellier, and Montreal. I don't presently live *in* Montreal, but with all the mergers of Canadian cities I wasn't sure how to vote, which is where I got confused.

Allison, when did you live in GR?

May of 1996 - Jan of 2000

You lived there too at one time, right? Are you from there? I know you've mentioned it but I can't remember.

[smilequeen]

I am going to say 4. One of them I'm not sure if it meets the definition, but I'll put it anyway.

St. Louis (city and suburbs, but I'm not going to count separate suburbs)
Omaha
Chicago
Springfield, MO (not sure it it even counts, but it considers itself a city anyway :))

I lived in a small town for about 2 years when I was a toddler too.

[Fairy]

A, does college count? Does temporary internship count? Or are you talking, moved there, set down there? Also, do I could everything Chicago Metro as just one, or all the suburbs I've lived in within Chicago count?

[MontrealMum]

May of 1996 - Jan of 2000

You lived there too at one time, right? Are you from there? I know you've mentioned it but I can't remember.

Yes, that's where I'm from, but you were there just slightly after I left. I still have lots of friends and family back there. How funny it would have been if we knew each other from there but didn't *know* it.

[rlu]

Dang, I answered before seeing the differentiation between city and town. It was definitely a small town that we lived in Texas (less than 1000 people, no retail, no churches, only home-based businesses, town hall was a doublewide in the parking lot of the volunteer fire dept). So, I put 4 cities, but really only 3.

[gordo]

1 - Chicago
2 - St. Louis
3 - Clayton, MO (a city according to MO)
4 - Galway, Ireland

[StantonHyde]

4 cities:
Pittsburgh, San Antonio, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, oops--forgot Medford, MA!

9 towns, 1 country, 9 states

[citymama]

Does anyone find it weird how many of us have lived in Medford, MA at some time in our lives? I didn't include it in my calculations coz I was thinking of that whole period as "the Boston years." I'm counting at least 5 so far.

[lchang25000]

NYC, NY (born there and lived there for 5 years)
Taipei, Taiwan (almost 2 years)
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (almost 18 years)
Los Angeles, CA (almost 5 years)
Orem, UT (since 7/2008)

[elliput]

A, does college count? Does temporary internship count? Or are you talking, moved there, set down there? Also, do I could everything Chicago Metro as just one, or all the suburbs I've lived in within Chicago count?

I figured if I received mail there, I lived there.

[georgiegirl]

1) Los Angeles suburb
2) Williamsburg, VA
3) Florence Italy
4) NYC
5) Ithaca, NY
6) Venice Italy
7) Philadelphia
8) Pittsburgh
9) Des Moines

I didn't count the other LA suburb I lived in when I was a baby.

[maestramommy]

I've lived in Hong Kong, Memphis TN, Chicago, and L.A. Or Torrance, if you want to get exact. But I think it qualifies as a city:p

I think the town I live in now is the first town I've ever lived in.

[arivecchi]

A, does college count? Does temporary internship count? Or are you talking, moved there, set down there? Also, do I could everything Chicago Metro as just one, or all the suburbs I've lived in within Chicago count? Sure, college counts! Temporary internship, if you lived there for a while, sure, why not? The suburb question is tougher IMO. I guess it depends how far from the city center one is, but where do you draw the line? I have no idea!

[arivecchi]

Does anyone find it weird how many of us have lived in Medford, MA at some time in our lives? I didn't include it in my calculations coz I was thinking of that whole period as "the Boston years." I'm counting at least 5 so far.
LOL. Medford, the center of the college universe.

[daisymommy]

Former military kid here, lived in 13 places by the time I got married, then lived in 3 more since then!

[bubbaray]

7 cities in 2 countries, 1 state, 2 provinces.

[DietCokeLover]

I'm a little confused by the whole city vs town thing, but I said 4.

Columbia, SC
Jackson, MS
Lisbon, Portugal
Jacksonville, FL

[liamsmom]

I voted for three.

Albany, NY
Seattle
Vienna, Austria

I went to college in the Hudson Valley and now live in the suburbs of Albany. I miss the city.

[Neatfreak]

My tally is four cities in Canada, and two in Asia.

[tmahanes]

2 little towns in VA
Statesboro, GA
Savannah, GA
Knoxville, TN
back to one of the little towns in VA