Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in September 2006.

How many places have you lived in your life?

Lovely suggestive title, there. Anyway, I've moved 26 times in my life and lived in Virginia (5 places), Rancho Cordova, Germany, Nebraska, Missouri, Maryland (2 places), Brooklyn (2 places), Seattle (2 places), and San Francisco (6 places). Aside from a short stint in Seattle, I've been in SF for the past 7 years. The full list, omitting temporary military housing between various stops:

1. Boyd Tavern, VA
2. Earlysville, VA
3. Rancho Cordova, CA
   
4. Vogelweh, Germany
5. Bellevue, NE
6. Knob Noster, MO
7. Alexandria, VA
   
8. Alexandria, VA (2nd house)
9. Annapolis, MD (1st dorm room)
10. Annapolis, MD (2nd dorm room)
11. Alexandria, VA
    
12. Brooklyn, NY (Carrol Gardens)
13. Brooklyn, NY (Williamsburg)
    
14. Alexandria, VA
15. Alexandria, VA (Old Town)
16. San Francisco, CA (Mission)
17. San Francisco, CA (Western Addition)
18. Seattle, WA
19. Seattle, WA (2nd apartment)
20. San Francisco, CA (Hayes Valley)
21. San Francisco, CA (Potrero Hill)
22. San Francisco, CA (Dogpatch)
23. San Francisco, CA (SOMA)