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My Geographic 'Center of Gravity' Is Pulling Me to a Nebraska Cemetery

That's the last time I use this weird mapping tool, which determines your "midpoint" based on all the places you've ever lived.

Here's a strange thought experiment: Say you've lived in a decent number of places all over the United States. If you suddenly decamped for the geographic midpoint among these various addresses, where might you be standing right this moment?

No need to whip out the calculator and Vivarin – Geo Midpoint has got you covered. As Google Maps Mania recently noted, the cartographic tool lets you enter all the 'hoods where you've ever resided and then spits out your "personal center of gravity," defined as the geographical average of your lifetime of residences. The site offers this metaphor for understanding the concept: