How many states have you been to?

[Kylehnat]

Simple question. How many U.S. states have you been to? Airport layovers count, but seeing it on TV does not. Canadian provinces are ineligible. Whoever has been to the most states wins, and receives nothing for a prize. Elaborate if you want--proof is not required, but will make you a more interesting person. I'm only posting this thread because I've added to my total in the last couple days (and I'm not too impressed with the midwest).

Here's my list:
-Washington: I live there.
-Oregon: Been there a million times.
-Idaho: I try not to go there.
-Montana: When I was a wee lad, we went to stay on my dad's cousin's ranch. Quite beautiful, though somewhat lacking in red-light districts.
-California: Been there a million times (mostly L.A./Orange County).
-Arizona: US Airways forces you to see this fine airport (Phoenix), no matter where you're going.
-Colorado: Apparently I was there as an infant, and spent the night sleeping in a drawer at my aunt's house (she's not the most keen on company).
-Minnesota: Where I am right now, on business.
-Iowa: Rental car + boredom = road trip.
-Wisconsin: see above.
-New York: I got stranded in NYC overnight when Delta cancelled my flight.
-Virginia: Job interview last summer. I still have not heard back from them...
-Georgia: Delta forces you to see this fine airport (Atlanta), no matter where you're going.
-Pennsylvania: Business trip (Philadelphia/Bristol).
-Delaware: 10 miles from the Philadelphia airport (see above).
-Maryland: Continuation of above road-trip.
-New Jersey: Across the river from Philly.
-Texas: Another business trip (Houston/Deer Park).

That's a total of 18 states. Washington is the best one, hands down.

 

[Sakiale]

At least 22.

I don't remember them all, but I just played an interactive map game to get them all and time just ran out so my records are gone, so I'll just say the ones I remember.

NY--used to live there
VT--skiing, aunt, cousin
Massachusetts--relatives...
CT--friends...
CA--now live there
Wyoming--Yellowstone Park
Colorado--got hit by some druggie biker (Doug?) there who kept harassing us after--had stopped in Denver to look around during cross-country drive moving from NY--LA.
New Mexico--Santa Fe, XC trip.
Arizona--XC trip
Kansas--XC trip. Boring as hell. We went to Manhattan.
Florida--trip to Florida
GA--during drive to FL
TN--went to that rock park thing.
Delaware--drive to FL
Missouri--XC
Illinois--XC, stopped in St. Louis
Ohio--XC, stopped in Cincinatti
Pennsylvania--Visited...
MD--drive to FL
NC, SC--drive to FL
Virginia, Wash. DC--relatives.
Oh yeah and Nevada LAS VEGAS BABY! And Grand Canyon..
So, 25

Actually I also stopped in Anchorage for a few hours going to Taiwan, and was in Hawaii once when I was a baby.

nvm I got them all

 

[HKS T51R]

i forgot how many so i will just list them
California
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
South Dakota
North Dakota
Arizona
Texas
Wyoming
Nebraska...just the upper left corner of it
so like...12

 

[Philly]

Well, here's my list of 16:

CA -> Born and lived there. Returned many times for vacations.
OR-> What Washingtonian doesn't wind up there at some point? Road trips.
WA -> Live there.
AK-> Cousins live there. Amazing place.
ID-> Family. Boring place.
NV-> Reno. Car museum.
UT-> From when we used to fly Delta. You have to go through SCL to get anywhere.
CO-> United has a habit of dragging me through Denver. Haven't been there in a while.
TX-> Dallas airport. Probably Delta.
MN-> Minneapolis airport. Northwest airlines coming back from Europe.
IL -> O'Hare. Can't avoid it if you fly United. Drove from there coming to Hope.
DC -> See Above. My trip to France.
FL -> Vacation to Disney World.
IN -> USGP 2005 and a college visit.
MI -> 4 visits and now I live in the place.
OH -> You REALLY can't avoid Cincinnati if you fly Delta. I hate the place.

Notably missing that I really want to visit: HI, NY, MA, PA.

Washington is the best one, hands down.

Amen x 5.

EDIT: Apparently the Cinci airport is in KY and the Dulles airport is in VA. That makes.... Still 16.

 

[Wolfe]

I guess my 29 nets me the number one spot so far.

Wisconsin -- Lived here my whole life.
Michigan -- Visiting relatives, family trips to the UP.
Minnesota -- Camping just beyond the Wisconsin-Minnesota border.
Illinois -- Visits to Chicago, otherwise just passing through to get elsewhere. Part of BABE Rally route.
Iowa -- Just passing through.
South Dakota -- Family trip, Mount Rushmore and all that.
Wyoming -- Family trip, Devil's Tower.
Nebraska -- Family trip, my dad lived there for a while.
Kansas -- Just passing through.
Missouri -- St. Louis arch, otherwise just passing through. Part of BABE Rally route.
Arkansas -- Part of BABE Rally route.
Louisiana -- Destination of BABE Rally.
Mississippi -- Part of BABE Rally route.
Alabama -- Part of BABE Rally route.
Georgia -- Family trip to a seaside rental house.
Florida -- Two High School band trips to Orlando.
Tennessee -- One of the stops for a family trip. Part of BABE Rally route.
Kentucky -- Passing through several times. Indiana relatives have a summer house there.
Indiana -- My dad's family lives there. Part of BABE Rally route.
Ohio -- One of my great aunts lived there. Part of BABE Rally route.
West Virginia -- My mom's parents lived there.
Pennsylvania -- Passed through on a family trip. Part of BABE Rally route.
New York -- Passed through on a family trip to Niagara Falls. Starting point of BABE Rally.
New Jersey -- Part of BABE Rally route.
Delaware -- Part of BABE Rally route.
Maryland -- Passed through on family trip. Part of BABE Rally route.
Virginia -- Passed through on family trip. Part of BABE Rally route.
North Carolina -- Passed through on family trip. Part of BABE Rally route.
South Carolina -- Passed through on family trip.

 

[Azuremen]

You people that live on the east side have it easy. Can spit from one state to the next

I've been to basically everything from Montana counterclockwise to Florida, plus some interior states for random things. Almost 20 in all, I think... too lazy to figure which interior ones from a car trip to Louisiana.

 

[Sakiale]

Ah! I'm being beat! Off to Washington and Oregon and all the other states!

 

[ferrari_chris]

Zero.

Even the closest one to me is thousands of miles away.

 

[BobK]

I thought I might challenge Wolfe here but I come up a bit short, at 23:

NJ - used to live there
PA - various reasons
NY - various
OH - transit to Chicago
IN - transit to Chicago
IL - school, got married there
MD - various
DE - various
VA - was in Norfolk while in USN
NC - transit to Florida
SC - transit to Florida
GA - transit fo Florida
FL - visited relatives
WI - transit to Minnesota
MN - stayed with friends for a bit
CT - various reasons
RI - live there now
MA - worked there
NH - various
TX - work related business
AK - stopover on way to Hong Kong
CA - school
SD - visiting friends

Plus another half dozen or dozen I flew over en route to CA and TX, I don't think they'd count though.

 

[Barracuda]

New Hampshire - used to live there
Maine - beach
Massachusetts - relatives, Gillette stadium (Revolution games)
Vermont - Soccer tourneys
Connecticut - pass through state on drives down to Florida
Rhode Island - " "
New York - " "
New Jersey - " "
Pennsylvania - " " and Hershey park
Delaware - " "
Maryland - " "
West Virginia - " "
Virginia - " "
North Carolina - " "
South Carolina - " "
Georgia - " "
Florida - Disney world, I am forced to live here now
Texas - Stop over state on a flight to California (if that counts)
California - Had to fly out for an aunts wedding.
Tennessee - Took a different route to get back to NH from FL (no idea why)
Kentucky - " " I bet it was to get to Hershey park in PA easier or something

 

[kikie]

I don't which states and how many I've been to. I travelled by train from Illinois (chicago) to California (LA) via the nothern part of the US and back via the south part of the US. I don't know how many states I've been to exactly. I guess between 2-10.

 

[Touring Mars]

Just two - Virginia and Colorado. Was only in Virginia as a result of being at Washington Dulles airport, and went to a conference near Aspen in Colorado. However, in a few weeks time I will happily be making it atleast three by adding California to the list, and might make it out of the state during my 10 day trip...

49: I'll be in my cold grave before I recognize Missourah!

 

[Blake]

I voted Death to America, but then I realised that I was in Hawaii when I was very young.

 

[McLaren]

Oahu & Maui, Hawaii.
Florida
Illinois
Michigan
Nevada
California
Oklahoma
New York

I'm pretty sure that's all I've ever been to.

 

[Mr. Hilter]

FL - live here
GA - layovers and been there through road trip to TN
SC - road trip on way to TN
TN - vacationed there for about a week
LA - en route to move to FL
MS - same as LA
TX - layovers at San Antonio, and Hobby (Houston), plus en route to FL
NM - vacationed there for a week
CA - layover to the Philippines
AL - went there for a weekend
NC - road trip to TN

 

[Kylehnat]

OH -> You REALLY can't avoid Cincinnati if you fly Delta. I hate the place.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Cincinnati airport is actually in Kentucky. I guess Ohio ran out of space?

 

[High-Test]

Arkansas - Fishing Trip on the White River
Arizona - been there several times, Senior year trip with friends. Hiking in Sedona = awesome
Colorado - been there a million times
Florida - Been to Orlando and Miami a few times
Georgia - went to Savannah, airport stops in Atlanta
Iowa - driven through it several times.
Indiana - went to 85th Indy 500
Illinois - been to Chicago twice
Kansas - my home state
Kentucky - airport
Maryland - stayed there when I went to DC. hotels slightly cheaper.
Minnesota - three miles away from Fargo.
Missouri - Been a million times. A couple miles from Overland Park, KS
Nevada - been to Lost Wages with my dad
New Jersey - went to the beach a long time ago
New York - High School choir sang at Carnegie Hall
North Carolina - Been a few times to Raleigh
North Dakota - At NDSU for College
Oklahoma - been to Tulsa
Ohio - Airport layover
Pennsylvania - been to philly
South Carolina - I've been to Charleston
South Dakota - I-29... boring.
Tejas - been to Dallas and Padre Island
Virginia - I went to Williamsburg with my Dad.

Does the District of Columbia count?

25 states.

 

[Boundary Layer]

North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin (for about 5 minutes - we crossed the bridge from Duluth to Superior just to say we'd been in Wisconsin... bragging rights and whatnot )
Montana
Washington State
Maine (although I was too young to remember it)


Should do another trip next summer. I'm sure the Canadian Dollar will have overtaken the US Dollar by then - have to go on a shopping spree down in Grand Forks or Fargo.

 

[livemusic]

Zero, I've never left my country. I would like to meet a few US states though.

But hey, I guess no one here went to more Brazilian states than me.

 

[UnoMOTO]

I count 38 for sure. A few more that I might have passed through but can't remember.

It looks Like anything northeast of New York needs some attention from me.

 

[High-Test]

I'm sure the Canadian Dollar will have overtaken the US Dollar by then - have to go on a shopping spree down in Grand Forks or Fargo.

You know something's wrong when you go to Fargo for a shopping trip... Where would you go? West Acres? It's a one story mall.

 

[Danoff]

I realized that it would be easier to count the states I haven't been to - 13. I guess that makes me a hobo.

I love the 49 response. Cracked me up.

 

[Philly]

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Cincinnati airport is actually in Kentucky. I guess Ohio ran out of space?

Meh, same difference. Like how the Dulles airport isn't actually in DC.

 

[Boundary Layer]

You know something's wrong when you go to Fargo for a shopping trip... Where would you go? West Acres? It's a one story mall.

lol, ya, or Moorhead

And there's always Menards. Can walk around there all day.

 

[ceiling_fan]

My dad has been to 49 states. He hasn't been to one of the Dakota's, he's not sure which one.

Me:

California - live
Oregon - camping
Washington - Guitar Workshop
Nevada - Vegas, over 10 times
Texas - Airport
Utah - High School, lived there 3 years
Idaho - Airport
Arizona - Friends (this Filipino guy on his cell phone called Phoenix airport "penis airport"
Alaska - Family, my grandma runs and bed & breakfast there
Illinois - Airport
Florida - I almost drowned in the humidity
New York - Family
New Hampshire - Family
Vermont - Family
Massachusetts - Passing through
Maine - Went there with family
Connecticut- Passing through
Maryland- Passing through
DC - museums, family trip
Wyoming - Can't remember why I was here
New Mexico - next month

21 it seems. Pretty good for a 17 year old.

 

[Stevisiov]

I will recite these in chronological order:

1: Hawaii
2: Illinios
3: California
4: Nevada
5: Arizona

5 in total, not much really, but not bad for a 17 year old foreigner...

 

[Roo]

None. But hopefully, eventually, all of them, by car.

Yes, I know Hawaii might be tricky.

 

[wfooshee]

Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachussetts
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia

That's 29 states plus D.C.

 

[Philly]

A little observation: I know that people are more likely to stay closeish than go on a big trip, but it seems that people from the Midwest and East generally keep between those places. They don't seem to go out west a lot, except California. Yet the West Coast guys go to all parts of the country.

 

[YSSMAN]

I'm going to count flying over states so here it goes:

- MI: I live here
- OH: Cedar Point, duh
- IN: I hate this state. Its too long and too boring...
- IL: Probably my third favorite State for Chicago alone
- WI: I crossed the border, once, for no apparent reason
- KY: Lovely state, a pleasure to drive through
- TN: I liked this State so much I nearly went to University of Tennessee for college
- NC: I crossed the border once while on a trip through a national park
- GA: Yes, Atlanta rocks!
- AL: Yep
- MS: Yep, its down South
- FL: My favorite State besides my own, Florida rocks!