Must be conservative simple minded folks who grew up on reefer madness and D . A . R . E as their religion . <| sep |> Let ' s rephrase the question as What percentage of Americans have lived in the same apartment as I have ? and then poorly throw some rough figures out to answer that . According to m a n y t imestheaveragepersonmoves , the average American moves about every 6 years . Of course , rental apartments last much shorter than owned homes and condominiums , so things will depend a lot on what kind of places you have actually been living in . Let us just go for the average . You grew up in the 50 s . That means you are about 60 years old now . That is 10 apartments , including the one you ' re living in now . If these apartments have changed tenants every 6 years , then that is 9 families plus yours having lived in each of these places in the past 60 years . If the families have all been 4 person families , then that is 1094360 people . Not all these will still be living , but let ' s say 3 quarters , or 270 , are . This means that you have lived in the same apartment as 270 out of 318 million . That is a bit less than one in a million . Every person you meet have a 0 . 000084 % chance of having lived in the same apartment as you have at some point .