This graph says more about population density than anything else. Here’s a map:

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Dec 16, 2024
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garyfan

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Currently 675 miles. I raise the average

Longseason

12/16/24 5:01am

1300 miles for me. I raise the mean for the Midwest region

The Dark Knight

12/16/24 5:24am

It's not showing the mean. It's showing the median

Greg4BYU

12/16/24 7:12am

I understand that, and my distance affects the median very little if at all.

The Dark Knight

12/16/24 7:56am

My mom is dead and I live 3,000 miles from her grave.

Sea Chicken

12/16/24 5:28am

0.4 miles.

tevye

12/16/24 5:37am

Based on the average Utah home, I assume you share a house

Longseason

12/16/24 5:41am

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reagan21

12/16/24 9:13am

I lived ~1000 miles from my mom at the time she died and for the 15 years previous.

cruiserhead

12/16/24 5:39am

Did you move closer to her after she died?

Yukon

12/16/24 6:18am

Well, further actually. By about 4000 miles (we moved to England shortly after she died). Came back after a few years.

cruiserhead

12/16/24 6:22am

Me too. 7,700 miles away.

HugoStiglitz

12/16/24 5:43am

~2100 Miles straight line. ~2600 to drive.

SWKTNative

12/16/24 5:44am

Most of CB would be higher than the average, I would assume it’s positively

Martin Van Nostrand

12/16/24 5:44am

Culture as well. Encouraged to leave.

Longseason

12/16/24 5:49am

Who is "encouraged to leave"? And by whom?

CommodoreCoug

12/16/24 7:00am

Serving a mission, for example. Or attending BYU, BYUI, BYUH.

dtownCoug

12/16/24 7:07am

It's not showing the average. It's showing the median

Greg4BYU

12/16/24 7:14am

I was responding to the OP. He said he’s raising the average.

Martin Van Nostrand

12/16/24 5:00pm

Those numbers seem too low

Covid-19

12/16/24 5:45am

Though my wife lives 15 from her's (I live 673 from mine)

Covid-19

12/16/24 5:57am

It's showing the median not the mean

Greg4BYU

12/16/24 7:29am

Simple. It's the 80 bazillion LDS guys who went away to dental school because there wasn't one in the red states at the

unctoothman

12/16/24 5:49am

1721 ish

ral1988

12/16/24 5:55am

This entire thread is a weird flex

machete

12/16/24 5:58am

I’ll put you down as still living with your mom 😉

Longseason

12/16/24 6:05am

Lot's of people with childhood trauma they haven't gotten past.

maYbe

12/16/24 6:16am

I think if you think anyone is flexing you are extra sensitive to living close to your mom

Baron

12/16/24 6:27am

Not at all. I live 50 miles from my parents and still wish I lived much closer

machete

12/16/24 10:31am

Most people live close to home. Areas with more population density have smaller distances.

Baron

12/16/24 6:00am

500 and it’s still too close

molodyets

12/16/24 6:03am

1,672 miles for me

MotorCityCoug

12/16/24 6:09am

What about your siblings?

Greg4BYU

12/16/24 7:51am

One is ~3000 miles away and the others are within 50miles of my mom

MotorCityCoug

12/16/24 8:17am

So the median is less than 50

Greg4BYU

12/16/24 10:34am

I clock in at 1,445

Texas Hammer

12/16/24 6:16am

75 miles

cedar cougar

12/16/24 6:16am

26 miles for me. A full marathon.

Yukon

12/16/24 6:21am

2870

El Careeb

12/16/24 6:29am

Contrary to the CB narrative that Utah folks are more likely to refuse to

fattycoug

12/16/24 6:30am

This doesn’t disprove that at all. The distance from Provo to SLC is 45 miles,

garyfan

12/16/24 6:59am

But the fact that other regions are closer points to those folks not leaving

fattycoug

12/16/24 7:05am

The narrative I've heard my whole life isnt that they wont move away, its that

LeonMarek

12/16/24 7:43am

Well, even if that's the case, this map suggests that people from other

fattycoug

12/16/24 7:44am

Not any of our kids live within 600 miles of us.

Blue Heart

12/16/24 6:43am

I need to know what the age cutoff is for which children count in this map. Is this counting all children or only the

SingleStrapBackpack

12/16/24 6:45am

Also, does the state correspond to where the mother lives or the child? There are going to be lots of people for whom

SingleStrapBackpack

12/16/24 7:27am

This graph says more about population density than anything else. Here’s a map:

garyfan

12/16/24 6:56am

825 miles for me, 5012 miles for my wife.

RedHeadedStranger

12/16/24 6:59am

About 30 yards

HimmerFredette

12/16/24 7:06am

When I ride my bike to her house with the kids it’s about 7.5 miles for me

Powerbait DPM

12/16/24 7:19am

In surprised Utah area is such a large number compared to other areas

Powerbait DPM

12/16/24 7:20am

By state would be more interesting.

WDaddy

12/16/24 7:56am

1300 mi away now, closest I've been since leaving home is 200mi

byujag

12/16/24 7:21am

15 miles, 24 by car

Colorado

12/16/24 7:23am

About 5,600 miles. Helps when parents are on a mission in Germany.

paulb

12/16/24 7:25am

I have 7 children. One 2000 miles away. One 80 miles away. One 60 miles away

Greg4BYU

12/16/24 7:26am

520,000 miles

Nikomedes

12/16/24 7:35am

how does your mom like living on the moon?

byujag

12/16/24 8:33am

Is this for women? I'd love to see one for MIL.

GfB

12/16/24 7:41am

Median vs Average. Would be a more interesting graph if average was used IMO.

SpudNut

12/16/24 7:41am

1.5 miles for me

RC Vikings

12/16/24 7:48am

My mom lives 4900 miles away from me

WDaddy

12/16/24 7:53am

Out of state members come to Utah to go to school and wind up staying here.

Spiff

12/16/24 7:56am

Is there one of these for mother-in-laws?

KCFan85

12/16/24 8:00am

I’m the closest I’ve been since high school, by far, and I’m 694 miles away.

Japan Coug

12/16/24 8:13am

Percentage of children in the population has a big impact

Underhill

12/16/24 8:16am

Chart comes from a 2015 NYT article

Underhill

12/16/24 8:22am

932 mi.

ninja math

12/16/24 8:57am

You probably don't raise it.

molodyets

12/16/24 9:02am

3.5 miles

reagan21

12/16/24 9:14am

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