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What States Have You Been To? (Original Post) Doctor Jack Aug 2016 OP
I've been to every state except Hawaii and California. n/t FSogol Aug 2016 #1
That was fun. Laffy Kat Aug 2016 #2
All of them A HERETIC I AM Aug 2016 #3
5 left to go megahertz Aug 2016 #4
That was interesting. Stirred up those memory cells. Yonnie3 Aug 2016 #5
I lived in Saint Paul for 6 months and I hated every second of it Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #9
I was in St Paul 23 years and it was very nice Generic Brad Aug 2016 #19
I concur that in my experience that what party is in control doesn't determine how nice an area is. Yonnie3 Aug 2016 #25
True, I am a reasonably well off white guy Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #37
I did change planes in Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport coming back from Japan once. Yonnie3 Aug 2016 #24
Alaska has eluded me Brother Buzz Aug 2016 #6
I've not been to Hawaii n/t. greendog Aug 2016 #7
That was fun! Great find! MADem Aug 2016 #8
All but New England and the Dakotas. Aristus Aug 2016 #10
All of the lower 48, except for Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2016 #11
Does flying over them count? El Supremo Aug 2016 #12
Fun Chellee Aug 2016 #13
Not that many, really ailsagirl Aug 2016 #14
I need to travel some more! dawg Aug 2016 #15
All But the -Askas and North Dakota DarthDem Aug 2016 #16
Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico JonLP24 Aug 2016 #17
Not Hawaii, North Dakota, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky PufPuf23 Aug 2016 #18
Most of the lower 48 -- except WI (outside Milwaukee airport) and MN (outside MSP airport). eppur_se_muova Aug 2016 #20
Looks pretty close to Reagan's map in 1984 Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #41
Hey, I had nothing to do with that ! eppur_se_muova Aug 2016 #43
I joined the Air Force to see the world, and never got out of the U.S. Binkie The Clown Aug 2016 #21
Six left to go DFW Aug 2016 #22
I've been to a lot... a la izquierda Aug 2016 #23
All of them except Alaska, Hawaii, Alabama, and South Dakota. NNadir Aug 2016 #26
Not that many places Zing Zing Zingbah Aug 2016 #27
These ones plan on adding Arizona next year doc03 Aug 2016 #28
I have a lot more to go! femmocrat Aug 2016 #29
I've been to most mithnanthy Aug 2016 #30
That was really interesting! AwakeAtLast Aug 2016 #31
46/50 Mendocino Aug 2016 #32
every state but ME, SD, WV and NE nt steve2470 Aug 2016 #33
Here's my map: Initech Aug 2016 #34
I've been to all but 10............ mrmpa Aug 2016 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author GeorgeGist Aug 2016 #36
I just counted the ones I had eitehr lived in, or have traveled in for more than a few hours. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 #38
What do you have against the mid-west? Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #39
Didn't know anyone up there to drive to..... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 #44
could not get the image to come along with it but here is the link: yellowdogintexas Aug 2016 #40
Here you go Doctor Jack Aug 2016 #42
Not too many - mostly the Plains and the Midwest Midwestern Democrat Aug 2016 #45
Nearly all. Missed Alaska and North Dakota. pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #46
so pink! ...and paid to do it handmade34 Aug 2016 #47

Laffy Kat

(16,356 posts)
2. That was fun.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 07:36 PM
Aug 2016

I need to visit the Great Northwest, the extreme Northeast, and cross the Pacific. All on my bucket list.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,320 posts)
3. All of them
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 07:37 PM
Aug 2016

But I was a baby when we went through Alaska on our way to Saipan

ive driven either a car or an 18 wheeler in 47 of the 48 plus 2 Hawaiian islands

Vermont and Alaska are the only two I haven't driven in but have visited

Yonnie3

(17,376 posts)
5. That was interesting. Stirred up those memory cells.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 07:56 PM
Aug 2016

In the CONUS I'm missing a block of republican states. ID, MT, WY, ND, SD and NE. I'm also missing MN.

I'm missing those states not because of politics, but because my travel west of the Mississippi was for work and there were no vendors there for equipment we needed.

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
9. I lived in Saint Paul for 6 months and I hated every second of it
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 08:47 PM
Aug 2016

I've lived in 7 different states all over the country and one thing I have learned is that you can't assume a place is nice just because its liberal (or terrible because its hardcore republican) and you can't trust stereotypes about places. Saint Paul was probably the must backward, judgemental place I have lived and also felt pretty dangerous. And yet I have lived in Cleveland and Detroit, never had any issues walking around downtown late at night and I have lived in Salt Lake City and San Antonio, and yet the people are far more accepting than liberal haven Saint Paul/Minneapolis.

You learn a lot about people traveling around.

Generic Brad

(14,270 posts)
19. I was in St Paul 23 years and it was very nice
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:55 PM
Aug 2016

Sorry you had a bad experience.

Spoiler alert: i moved away from there today. It was a career move that caused it, not the people. As of tonight, i am in Kansas.

I have been to 27 states and all have been very nice. This is a great country.

Yonnie3

(17,376 posts)
25. I concur that in my experience that what party is in control doesn't determine how nice an area is.
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 08:35 AM
Aug 2016

I suspect that the non-liberal areas are tough if you are poor.

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
37. True, I am a reasonably well off white guy
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 03:03 PM
Aug 2016

Although the republicans would say I am part of the the most discriminated group of people in the country...

Yonnie3

(17,376 posts)
24. I did change planes in Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport coming back from Japan once.
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:19 AM
Aug 2016

Does that count? All I remember is rushing from a gate at one end of the airport to one at the other end only to have the gate changed again.

Brother Buzz

(36,216 posts)
6. Alaska has eluded me
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 08:10 PM
Aug 2016

And Mississippi is kinda iffy; I drove straight through the state, but never took a step in the actual state.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
8. That was fun! Great find!
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 08:16 PM
Aug 2016

I'll be visiting three that I've not yet been to next month, which will fill out the map nicely...but I will still have a few to go after that!

If I count airports, I'd do much better but I figure I ought to at least have seen something in the state for it to count!

Chellee

(2,086 posts)
13. Fun
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 09:20 PM
Aug 2016
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I'm not sure that I should really count Colorado. I had a layover at the Denver airport. I've seen the inside of the airport and the tarmac.

ailsagirl

(22,837 posts)
14. Not that many, really
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 09:27 PM
Aug 2016

California, Oregon, Washington, DC, West Virginia, Virginia, Montana, Texas, Nevada, Michigan, Hawaii

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
17. Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 10:16 PM
Aug 2016

Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington and Missouri.

I also been to airports in Atlanta and Rockford, Illinois.

PufPuf23

(8,689 posts)
18. Not Hawaii, North Dakota, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:44 PM
Aug 2016

<a href="http://m.maploco.com/visited-states/mine.php?states=AK-AL-AR-AZ-CA-CO-CT-FL-GA-IA-ID-IL-KS-LA-MA-MD-ME-MI-MN-MO-MS-MT-NC-NE-NH-NJ-NM-NV-NY-OR-PA-RI-SC-SD-TN-TX-UT-VA-VT-WA-WI-WY"><img src="" border=0><br>Create Your Own Visited States Map</a>

oops I have been to Washington DC and didn't click on map (and Delaware too, those pesty little states.)

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
20. Most of the lower 48 -- except WI (outside Milwaukee airport) and MN (outside MSP airport).
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 12:09 AM
Aug 2016

And I'm not absolutely, 100% sure if I drove through RI or not -- that was nearly 40 years ago.

http://m.maploco.com/visited-states/mine.php?states=AL-AR-AZ-CA-CO-CT-DC-DE-FL-GA-IA-ID-IL-IN-KS-KY-LA-MA-MD-ME-MI-MO-MS-MT-NC-ND-NE-NH-NJ-NM-NV-NY-OH-OK-OR-PA-RI-SC-SD-TN-TX-UT-VA-VT-WA-WV-WY"><img src="" border=0><br>Create Your Own Visited States Map

Thanks to job interviews, relocations, and a very long on-the-road vacation at age 12, I've at least stayed overnight in 34 states, and visited (beyond just driving through) 3 more.

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
43. Hey, I had nothing to do with that !
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:42 PM
Aug 2016

Weirdly, though, that was the first year I could vote in a Presidential election ... not a pleasant introduction to the democratic process.

DFW

(54,055 posts)
22. Six left to go
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 03:43 AM
Aug 2016

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I wonder if I get pass for having been to at least 35 other countries (36 if you count having been in the former East Germany when it still was that) ?

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
35. I've been to all but 10............
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 01:40 PM
Aug 2016

Those I've not been to are California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Alaska, Montana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Nevada. I've driven to all these states, except for Louisiana which I flew into for a weekend visit to New Orleans.

Response to Doctor Jack (Original post)

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
38. I just counted the ones I had eitehr lived in, or have traveled in for more than a few hours.
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 06:59 PM
Aug 2016

Also have been to West Point, to visit a relative, so obviously crossed a few more states.


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Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)
39. What do you have against the mid-west?
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:36 PM
Aug 2016

I know its mostly just corn but you should at least cross into the borders a little bit.

yellowdogintexas

(22,119 posts)
40. could not get the image to come along with it but here is the link:
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:36 PM
Aug 2016
http://m.maploco.com/visited-states/mine.php?states=AL-AR-AZ-CO-CT-FL-GA-IL-IN-KS-KY-LA-MA-ME-MI-MO-MS-MT-ND-NE-NH-NJ-NM-NY-OH-OK-PA-RI-SD-TN-TX-VA-VT-WY

I have several more to go. I may have spent too much time roaming around Texas (still haven't seen all of it) instead of hitting other states

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
46. Nearly all. Missed Alaska and North Dakota.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 02:09 AM
Aug 2016

This thread got me thinking about all my cross-country drives. I thought it was fewer, but it's actually 8 or 9, including the two that were for nearly 3 months each--one racking up 9.500 miles and the other 7,500.

For our young ones here I heartily recommend motoring across the country at least once in your life.

handmade34

(22,755 posts)
47. so pink! ...and paid to do it
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 06:54 AM
Aug 2016

I am very fortunate indeed... my job has me traveling and has taken me to all contiguous states to not only visit but hang out and work...

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