How many states have you visited?

[Yavin4]

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Layovers and drive throughs do not count. You have to have spent a minimum of 4 consecutive hours in the state for it to count as a visit.

For me. I've visited 12 states.

NY, NJ, PA, DC, MD, VA, FLA, ILL, CA, OR, WA, and NV

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It's 12. I forgot PA.

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Seems like everyone has been to CA.

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Wow. DUers are well traveled.

[claudette]

1. Seven

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PA. FL. NJ. MD. KY. DE. NY

[gibraltar72]

2. 26 I believe.

[Yavin4]

4. Wow.

Were you Johnny Cash's inspiration?

[gibraltar72]

9. Lots of motorcycle trips in there

Actually made me remember great times with friends and family.

[pamdb]

3. how many states

Drove back from California. Went thru Nebraska. Felt like we spent a week going thru the state. It went on FOREVER!

[brush]

44. Never been to Alaska but drove thru Texas from...

Arizona to Louisiana...all the way from El Paso to Beaumont, we were in Texas for a whole day...24 hours. That is a huge state.

[Drum]

5. I used to be a performer, so on a bunch of tours...

…I got to all of them except for Montana and South Dakota. Briefly, in some cases, but still 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Boomerproud]

69. 27 states

Plus Canada, England, Scotland and the Bahamas. I miss traveling more than any other activity.

[Drum]

70. So do I!

[GP6971]

6. 46

Missing ND, OK, AR & WV

[mobeau69]

21. You're not missing much.

[LuckyCharms]

7. 19

NY
VT
NH
ME
MA
CT
RI
NJ
PA
MD
DE
OH
KY
VA
MI
CA
TX
FL
WV

19

[rsdsharp]

8. By those criteria, 16.

Vermont, New York, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, California.

[mitch96]

10. Drove thru 48+Alaska but only visited about half as many..nt

[momta]

11. Let's see...

TX, CA, CO, AZ, NM, TN, NY, FL, LA, MI, MS, AL, KS, SD, FL, NC, MD, HI, UT, AK, IL, VA, OK, WY, NV

25


I'm kind of assuming this is lived-in/visited

[BigMin28]

12. 14

NY VT PA NJ OH IL TN AR OK CO NM LA MS FL
Drove through AL VA MO.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. All 50.

[Demovictory9]

22. By design? Or work

[sinkingfeeling]

27. Started with my work, but then became a 'bucket list' item. Completed the last with

trip to Alaska in 2019. Another item was to be on all 7 continents and I accomplished that in 2022.

[Demovictory9]

53. Wow..congrats

[applegrove]

14. I've visited Florida, Boston, Washington and Cape Cod as a kid or young adult..

Driven through ten states on the East Coast from Canada. I think the train from Nova Scotia to central Canada goes through Maine. Did that once too.

[Better Days Ahoy]

15. 42

[mobeau69]

16. I forget

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. 31.

[Demovictory9]

19. CA WA OR NV NM CO AZ TX MO NY NJ OH KY MA WI IL FL

Alaska LA. UT And that tiny state

[Brother Buzz]

20. 49 - Alaska is the one state I missed

Curiously, I dove through Alabama, but never stepped foot in the state.

[Sedona]

23. 3I missing the Great Lakes and Northern Plaines and Alaska

ME NH MA RI CT NY PA NJ VA WV NC SC GA FL LA AR TN OK TX NM AZ CA MO OR WA MT WY UT NV KY HI

[patphil]

24. Quite a few.

I think my total is 24.

NY
VT
NH
ME
CT
MA
RI
NJ
PA
KY
OH
TN
FL
LA
CA
NM
WI
MI
WA
TX
AR
MD
DE
OK

[malaise]

25. Let me see- 10

New York, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, California, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Connecticut

[2naSalit]

26. I call for a Truck Drivers' Exception!

So I am going to claim some kind of special case here.

Replace a vacation or social stay with having driven across the state at least five times each way, that should count for we professional drivers!

And especially if you had to wait for freight for more than a day.

With that, it's probably easier to name those I haven't been to.

I'll just go with Hawaii and Alaska. I had spent time and driven through, at least five times each way and/or loaded/delivered freight and probably spent a night or two in all the other 48.



ETA: I have lived in eleven states and been a voter in seven of them.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

59. Truckers don't count!

Ev'body knows all you folks do is sing "Convoy", blow your horns, and yell, "Breaker, breaker!" on the radio.

You've been a voter in as many states as I've visited. I've changed tires on trucks from more states than I've visited. Put my wife through her last years in college that way. Truckers would come from far away because the boss insisted on every shiny wheel staying that way and every one of those Daytons running absolutely true -- chalk and oil can. ("If they want a squirmy seat they'll find a motel".)

[live love laugh]

28. 18

VA
WI
MO
DC
MD
MA
OH
TX
FL
IN
CO
CA
CT
WV
IA
OK
MI
NY

[Tikki]

29. CA, WA, AZ, HI, OR, NM, TX, LA, ID, NV, UT, CO, KS, MO, NY, NJ, MN, IA.

MEX and CAN and Catalina Island

Tikki

[ItsjustMe]

30. I live in California.

I have visited 12 states


Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee

[Polly Hennessey]

31. Easier to list the states I haven't been to.

Not been to:

Alaska
Vermont
Delaware
Rhode Island
Connecticut

All others I have spent more than four consecutive hours

I traveled lots for my government job

[Pobeka]

32. I spent a least a day (not driving) in 45 states.

2 more I have driven through without stepping foot out of the car.

10 or so were work related.

[spooky3]

33. Quite a few

It’s easier to count the ones I haven’t visited:

Alaska
ND
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Minnesota (would really like to visit)
Tennessee
Maine
Rhode Island
CT
VT
NH

Drove through

KS
NE
WV
OK

[Diamond_Dog]

34. We drove to San Francisco for our honeymoon

From Ohio. Stopped in CO, MO, WY, NV

So…. All in all it’s been …

IN, ILL, MO, KS, NB, WY, UT, NV, CA, CO, OK, PA, NY, NJ, MA, DEL, MD, WV, VA,NC, SC, GA, FLA, and Wash. DC

So …. 24. 25 if I include the state I live in.

Vacationed in U.S. Virgin Islands. 🙂

[ironflange]

35. Let's see. . .

CA, OR, WA, ID, NV, AR, UT, CO, WY, MT, SD, ND, NE, IA, IL, IN, MI, TX, FL, AK. Twenty, not bad for a Canadian.

[WestMichRad]

36. By my standard, I've visited if I've walked on paved ground.

So, that makes 30 states:
CA NM CO NE KS MN IL MO TN KY IN MI OH PA NY VT NH ME MA CT RI NJ WV MD VA NC SC GA FL OK
Those don’t include flyovers.

I regret that I’ve never gotten to AK. Probably won’t, at this stage of my life, especially since I’m covid paranoid.

Plus DC and PR, for what it’s worth.

[bahboo]

37. all but Alaska....

[brush]

40. Wow. You get around.

[bahboo]

42. I been almost everywhere, man....

[blueknight73]

65. Same here

All but Alaska, but we're going to do that this spring

[cksmithy]

38. 15

CA, NV, AZ, NM, WY, CO, MT, ID, UT, OR, WA, NY, NJ, PA, OH. Our family took 2 to 3 week tent camping trips to National Parks from the the time I was 10 years old. I stopped going with them when I was 20 and had a job. The east coast states involved visiting my husbands relatives, places where he grew up. My two daughters have traveled with us to almost all of the same states

[brush]

39. Here are mine...29 including DC. Drive throughs would've added a few more.

Some I don't care to go to. But at 29 I'm getting close to Constitutional amendment territory.

La, Tx, Az, Mo, Nev, Ca, Wa, Ut, Col, NMex, OK, Kn, Tn, Fl, Vi, SC, Ill, Oh, Penn, NY, Conn, Wi, Mn, DC, Hi, Ma, Del, NJ, Ga.

[Different Drummer]

41. Both of the Carolinas and Florida.

That's it.

[Celerity]

71. So, you must live in GA, I assume. Hopefully you have travelled a lot outside of the US.

I could not imagine such little travel if you have not.

We (wifey and I) have serious wanderlust, so have been all over the planet.

Cheers

Cel

[Different Drummer]

73. You are correct about me living in GA.

[Ohiya]

43. 31

OH
KY
TENN
GA
VA
NC
SC
FLA
NY
NJ
VT
PA
WV
RI
LA
TX
NM
ARI
CA
NEV
UT
COL
WY
NEB
MICH
MINN
ILL
IN
IDA
MONT
SD

[Mr.Bill]

45. At least 25,

but mostly just riding through them or an airplane stop. Mostly many years ago with my parents.

One thing that stands out to me is there have always been some nice people in every state I have been in.

[BluesRunTheGame]

46. 49

Slept overnight in all of them.

Hawaii is the only one I’ve not visited.

[marked50]

47. Been to 48 states with your criteria

The only two that are not on the list are:
Hawaii- but I spent over 6 hours in the airport once.
North Dakota-- never have set foot or driven in the state. Plan on it someday to round it all out.

[mercuryblues]

48. 28

ME CT Vt NH MA
RI NY NJ PA MD
DE VI WV NC SC
GA FL TX AZ WY
WI WA IL OH TN
KY NV IN

[Yavin4]

50. No CA?

Why not?

[mercuryblues]

63. Next up on my list

[Enter stage left]

49. All but: S. Carolina, N. Carolina Tenn, Virginia, W Virginia Maryland,Delaware & NJ....

and we've spent multiple days in everyone of the other states, in our motorhome.

We've also stayed from Vancouver Island in the west all the way across Canada to Prince Edward Island in the east for multiple days in each Province or Territory, and have driven our RV to Alaska twice.

We have dipped our fingers or toes in every one of the "Great Lakes".

We flew to Hawaii in 1998 for our 30th anniversary, I'd drive there in the RV, but Pete refuses to build us a highway.
Darn!!!

[jmowreader]

51. 29 of 50

I’m going to add two more requirements to this.

Requirement 1: you must have spent at least one night in the state.
Requirement 2: you must have gone there AFTER leaving home.

So…
Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts.

[Scrivener7]

52. 28

AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MA, MD, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC,TN,UT, VT, VA, WV.

[RockRaven]

54. 23 as destinations.

Another six I've spent at least one night in, but while passing through and not as an intended destination.

[yellowdogintexas]

55. it might be easier to list the ones I have not visited then subtract LOL

AL, MS, FL, GA, TN, KY, AR, MO, IL, IN, OH, MI, NJ, NY, MA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME,VA, LA, TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, MT, WY, CO, AZ, NM

[A HERETIC I AM]

56. All of them.

Two Hawaiian islands

I’ve driven a tractor trailer in 47 of the lower 48. Never had to go into Vermont. Drove my car there however. Spent 3 weeks in Alaska last July and again in November driving trucks for my company.

[Danmel]

57. 30

AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL,IL,IN,KS,LA, MA, MS, MO, NC, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OK, PA, RI,SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY

Counting airports add GA, MN, and TN

[IndianaDave]

58. Sixteen - I had never added them up before. It's a little surprising.

Make that 19. I forgot about Rhode Island, Maine and Massachusetts. Wow. I'm even more surprised!

[electric_blue68]

60. Seventeen + DC...

As a kid & adult: NJ, Massachusetts
As a kid/teen: FL, PA, Virginia, V, NH, RI, Maine, CN,

As an adult: Michigan, GA, NM, AZ, CA, CO, SD, DE.

Eighteen if I count my own NYS


Drive Throughs: OH, W. VA, IN, IL, Missouri, OK, TX, UT,
WY

[Niagara]

61. At least 13.

IN

IL

IA

MO

MI

OH

PA

KY

TN

LA

GA

FL

And I live in The Empire State (NY).

[NNadir]

62. All except South Dakota, Alabama, Alaska and Hawaii.

I've resided in four States, New York, California, (very briefly) Arkansas, and finally the best State in the Union, New Jersey.

[blueknight73]

66. Alabama

is probably the ugliest, most boring one I've been to

[Elessar Zappa]

67. I live in NM.

I’ve visited AZ, CA, ID, CO, UT, NV, MT, OR, WA, GA WY, TX, OK, AR, TN, LA, MS, VA, PA, NY, DE, NJ, MD. So 23 states.

[FSogol]

68. I got my last 2, (California and Hawaii) last summer. n/t

[Laffy Kat]

72. Forty-three.

Including Alaska. I still need to make Hawaii, though. I also need to venture into the extreme northeastern and northwestern states. It's on my bucket list to visit all the states.