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Chezp's "favourite state" thread got me wondering about this due to the posts that mentioned having visited various U.S. states.
I've been to every state but Alaska, North and South Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama.
Who can top that? Anybody been to every one of the fifty?
Edit to add: Okay, Da Rool is stopovers don't count, so include only states you've actually seen more of than an airport. Good point about that as I never felt I'd any sense of what Georgia and Tennessee are like until we drove to WDW last fall.
I'll cut Cheryl and other international PPers some slack, though, and let them include stopovers since I count standing on the Canadian side of the border at Niagara Falls as having "visited" Canada. It's a wee bit different when you're not a U.S. citizen and have less opportunity to visit areas of the U.S., I think.
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Last edited by Her Dotness; 04-29-2014 at 05:12 PM..
It depends what you mean by having visited. I don't tend to count stopping off on planes myself, but I know a lot of people do, so I will add in our stopovers:
1) Alaska
2) Arizona
3) California
4) Colorado
5) District of Columbia
6) Florida
7) Georgia
8) Hawaii
9) Illinois
10) Massachusetts
11) Montana
12) Nevada
13) New Jersey
14) New York
15) Pennsylvania
16) South Carolina
17) Texas
18) Utah
19) Washington
20) Wyoming
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Let's see:
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
Hawaii
New Jersey
Arizona
Kansas
Ohio
California
Rhode Island
Conneticut
Florida
Colorado
Massachusetts (forgot the state I live in...lol)
I do not count stop overs. to me, going through an airport really doesn't give you a flavor for a state.
I have been to
NH, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, RI, Connecticut, NY, NJ, PA, MD, Deleware, VA, W. VA, GA, TN, Alabama, Florida, Washington state (and DC), Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Utah.
I have also been to airports in Kansas, Denver, and North Carolina.
I would love to go to them all. It's funny, my middle son travels for work (field biologist) and had been to all but 4 I think.
ETA: I have been to all the Eastern Canadian Provinces. I would also like to get to all of them
I had to list them all to make sure I had them all. LOL
I have lived in:
California
Oregon
Washington
Illinois
Tennessee
Florida
Maine
Virginia
Texas
I have visited/driven through/set foot in outside of an airport:
Missouri (my in-laws are St. Louisans!)
Nevada
Arizona
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Iowa
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Washington DC
I have only been in the airport in Utah, Minnesota and Michigan. Other than the "airport" states, I have not been to are Vermont, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Alaska or Hawaii
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachussetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Ohio
Missouri
Florida
Lousiana
Nevada
Alaska
Washington DC
So, that's only 19.......I still have a lot to go!!!
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Some I don't remember because I was too young, but here they are in alphabetical order:
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California*, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland*, Massachusetts, Michigan*, Missouri*, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and D.C.* (*= places I've lived)
So, 33. Not a bad start, but I'd love to complete the list!
I have lived in:
Illinois
Alaska
Indiana
Ohio
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Michigan
Visited:
Hawaii
California
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Arizona
Nevada
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kentucky
Washington D.C (which technically doesn't count as a state)
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Arkansas
Wisconsin
That's all I can remember right now.
ETA: Utah and Florida. Duh!
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Missouri
Maryland
South Carolina
New Jersey
Michigan
Florida
California
Texas
Alabama
Georgia
Visited:
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Mississippi
Iowa
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Utah
Arizona
So 33 total.
I have been to just airports in Colorado, Nevada, and Minnesota.
I would really like to visit South Dakota and Montana.
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I have only lived in Texas. I have visited the 16 states directly north of and west of Texas, all southerns states (Missouri to Virginia down to Florida and back to Texas- 13 states) plus W. Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kansas, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. So I guess the total is 37.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
I've visited 29 of the 50, and now I realize that I need to visit New England and the Northwest.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
I've visited 29 of the 50, and now I realize that I need to visit New England and the Northwest.
Would be happy to show you around CT, especially Mystic
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