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When I was really little, yes. We lived in a few houses in Michigan before moving to South Carolina when I was around 3 or 4. We lived in an apartment at first and then moved into the house that my mom still lives in.

@BelugaBean: I'm from MI, what area did you live in?

@Bao: I believe I mostly lived in Rochester Hills, around Detroit. I'm not super familiar with the areas up there since I was so young but my brother has lived in multiple areas around Detroit (Farmington Hills, Livonia, etc) and I have family out near Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids I believe.

My mom grew up out near Kalamazoo in a small town. From what I remember, I was born in Wyandotte.

I moved 9 times by the time I graduated high school. (11 if you count the year long exchange to England that my family did when I was in grade 5)

My parents liked to build houses so we would live in a rental for a while, then move into the new house, then sell it and move into another rental while they built another house.

My parents have since moved a bunch more times, and so have I.

@BelugaBean: I partially grew up in Farmington hills!

We moved a few times and I think it helped me transition easily into college and be more independent.

My parents still live in the same house they moved to when I was 2. So that would be a no.

Yep. We moved from another country to the US before I was 2, across the US when I was 5, across the US again when I was 8, and across town when I was 11. After I graduated high school, my folks moved across the country again. I went to college across the country (in the opposite direction) and moved several times locally during that stretch, then moved cross-country again (but not close to my folks) for grad school (and moved 3 times locally before moving in to our house. When my husband completes his grad school, we'll likely move (across country) again..

I remember as a kid, I couldn't believe that most of my friends never lived anywhere else! And so 'weird' for them to have their grandparents or aunts/uncles in the same town. Turns out I was the weird one!

I think it made me more independent and eager for change and adventure. When people say they don't want to move to a new city because they're afraid, I never understand why - sure it's different, but hey. New experiences are.

We moved from a house in OKC to a duplex in the burbs then to another house that my parents still live in.

My parents moved into our house when my mom was in the hospital after my older sister was born (talk about bad timing!). They just sold that house 2 years ago and moved into their second house ever after almost 30 years.

Nope! My parents still live in the house I grew up in.

Yes, too much moving. I don't want my kids to have that same experience. I want them to feel like they have roots and have the ability to maintain friendships from early childhood.