How many States have you been to?

[ConcernedCanuk]

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I suspect I've been through/visited more States than most USA citizens.

Forget where I found this map years ago, which allowed me to clik on it and fill in the States I visited.

here it is anyhoo



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[handmade34]

1. pretty map...

work took me to all 48 contiguous states over the past 8 years... now I am unemployed and sitting tight in Vermont

[ConcernedCanuk]

10. I remember Vermont - a very pretty state.

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As a child, my father took us (mom, 4 kids and a dog) camping to the East Coast every summer by car from the mid 50's to the mid 60's. Even did PEI by ferry one year.

Sometimes we came through Canada to the East, others we came through the NorthEastern States.

In the early 70's I traveled down the East Coast to Florida - a wandering route.

In the late 70's - I planed to Vancouver, bussed down the West Coast to San Diego California, scooted through the deserts (they are hot!) - did a car trip to Vegas, even slipping into Mexico, then drove cross-country back to Canada in 1980.

Yeah, I wander . . .

no regrets.

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[hlthe2b]

2. All but Alaska, Michigan, North Dakota and West Virginia

I thought for sure I must have been to Michigan, but somehow, no...

[LeftofObama]

3. All but Alaska, Vermont, Maine, and Delaware.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

4. 7

1. Missouri
2. Arkansas
3. Kansas
4. Oklahoma
5. Texas
6. New Mexico
7. Arizona

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Twenty-eight, last count. Wasn't this an interactive map at one time?

You could click on the states you had visited and the color changed, as I recall.

[ConcernedCanuk]

7. Yes it was - interactive. I think I actually found it on DU

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But I have no idea when - it was a while back.

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. found it: 3/26/13

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018346229

[ConcernedCanuk]

13. Well done, but that date don't look right to me.

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I did check the link, and the info looks correct

but the dates - don't jive with my memory.

Thought it was years ago . . .

hmmm



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[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. time/memory warp drive tears a hole in the space time continuum

something like that

[ConcernedCanuk]

40. Figured it out, checked the date I saved that image on my 'puter.

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The time/date is correct.

A life changing event happened shortly before that. (a good one)

Went from living in a trailer for years with no hydro, no running water, minimal heat, etc., to being able to buy a home, rent a decent motel room in the interim and have all that stuff ( heat, hydro, running water, internets)

and pretty well partied on (yep - beer was involved)

so no mystery / timewarp (well - self-inflicted I suppose) or time continuum thingie going on.



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[SecularMotion]

6. 22

Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
California

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. All of them.....

but Alaska is with an asterisk.

My mom and dad told me the family traveled via plane through Alaska on the way to Saipan when I was but a babe in arms.

49 as a sentient individual and I have driven a motor vehicle in every one of those but Vermont.

Driven on two Hawaiian Islands.

[ConcernedCanuk]

16. Time to scoot up the East Coast then.

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Vermont is a beautiful State!

You won't regret it.

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[tavernier]

11. 15 more to see

before I can say I've been to them all. I love to travel so it's an excellent challenge.

[UrbScotty]

12. 21

[Earth_First]

14. I've been to several 'altered states' if that counts for anything...

[ConcernedCanuk]

17. re: " been to several 'altered states' "

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I see you spend a fair bit of time in GD

That'll do it!!



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[hrmjustin]

15. Around 40 of them.

[femmocrat]

18. I think 22, from looking at the map.

I have seen the entire east coast and a few in the west.

[Jeff R]

19. Not fair for me:

Was an over the road long haul driver for over 3 decades.
I have been to all of the lower 48 in addition to Mexico 3 times (over 900 miles below Laredo,Tx) about half way between Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Also been to the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Still places I would like to get to. The western Canadian provinces and Alaska.

However I do commend you on having been to as many state side as you have.

[ConcernedCanuk]

24. Found an interesting map of Canada

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Now I see why the USA is so interested in the thawing "NorthWest Passage"

It's within Canada's International Boundary.



I believe China sent an ice-cutter through there recently.

Truckers aren't just truckers for the $$ methinks - getting paid to travel all over the continent - well WOW! - Yup, there's the bullshit paperwork, the asshole drivers on the road, the fuzz - ya name it - it has it's downside

Gotta focus on the upside (most do) - ya get to see what most do not - especially sittin' high up in the seat of a big rig!

I'm a retired Automotive and Heavy Duty (truck and coach) mechanic. Have a few friends that are truckers on FB - post pics of their travels and rigs regularly.

so I get it.

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[Jeff R]

51. Map is cool

That is an awesome map.
Never seen one like it.
And the good, the bad, and you the ugly of life on the road. It is all there for sure.
Of course you saw it from a different side, can just imagine your take, like the rest of us on the engineers who design vehicles....cussed them a lot myself when trying to work on my own equipment.

[ConcernedCanuk]

53. Oh yeah, cussed many vehicle designers

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think they should all serve as mechanics before they ever design a vehicle.

I dodged the word "engineers" on purpose - most engineers have some semblance of wisdom.

Have to remember though, it's the management figuring out how to make the most profit on BUILDING the vehicle, so maintenance and repair is secondary.

I remember one vehicle, a Chevy Monza you had to unbolt the motor mounts and jack up the engine just to change the spark plugs!

And to this day - many oil drain plugs are located so they splash over another part of the underneath and make a mess - filters too.

Any of these so-called engineers ever done so much as an oil change??

Suspect not . . .

end of rant

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[Jeff R]

54. Oh yeah

[AsahinaKimi]

20. I would be easyier to mention How many I haven't been to.

Washington State
Texas
Alaska
Hawaii
Maine
North Dakota
South Dakota


Been pretty much everywhere else.

[livetohike]

21. I've been to all of them

Some of them just driving through though (OK and NE). Did not stop to hike or stay overnight, but I've vacationed in most of them, or stayed overnight at least.

[LWolf]

22. A dozen or so.

But not in the more recent decades.

[Major Nikon]

23. All of them

[rurallib]

25. 22 I count - mostly midwest and eaast

oops make that 23, forgot colorado.
Is Canada a state?

[ConcernedCanuk]

41. re: "Is Canada a state?"

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our Harper-dude is workin' on it



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[applegrove]

26. Been from Ottawa to Washington, Boston twice, and driven to Florida.

So the whole east coast. Nowhere else.

[ConcernedCanuk]

29. Nice highway down the West coast from Vancouver to San Diego.

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A trip I'll never forget

Beauty!

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[applegrove]

32. I know. I'd love to drive that sometime. But I don't drive and am afraid of driving and heights.

Last edited Wed Jun 12, 2013, 11:59 PM - Edit history (1)

I think the West Coast Highway has lots of 'high' parts no?

[ConcernedCanuk]

35. I did it by bus

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and yup, there are a few spots that look down on the Pacific from an elevated highway - but it's not scary, just a beautiful view.

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[applegrove]

36. By bus. That sounds like a plan.

[ConcernedCanuk]

47. Make it so!

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Not sure where you live, but if it's in Canada, and not in BC,

I would train to BC - then bus down.

I flew from Ontario to BC, missed all the provinces in between - I'll drive/train/bus next time - see part of the rest of my own country.

When I was down in San Diego, got my own vehicle and drove cross country back to Ontario.

That was another adventure I won't forget.

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[pipi_k]

27. Only

12 states and one Canadian province (Quebec)

[Aristus]

28. By my count: 38.

The Dakotas, West Virginia, North Carolina, and New England still to go.

[Ptah]

30. I've been to Alberta and Saskatchewan.

[ConcernedCanuk]

39. When did they become States?

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Arizona is a State

How did you get to Alberta and Saskatchewan?

unless you flew from AZ, you must have been through a few States, no?

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[Ptah]

62. Born and raised in Montana

[Danmel]

33. about half

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,.Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota,Missouri, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming. And Ontario & British Columbia.

[dmr]

34. 17, I think.

Michigan, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia.

Canada, Spain, Italy, United States.

[Populist_Prole]

37. A good amount. I only counted ones where I walked on terra firma

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[Behind the Aegis]

38. Quite a few, but still missing many, but I have lived in 12 states, 21 cities.

[olddots]

42. About 20

I want to eat my way thru America some day politically we're doomed but the food has improved .

[fizzgig]

43. i live in colorado, but figured i'd fill it in anyway

and i've only been to the detroit airport, but i figured i'd click on michigan for the hell of it.

[ConcernedCanuk]

44. Link to interactive map

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http://www.visitedstatesmap.com/index.html

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[hobbit709]

45. At least 35, but I've been to at least that many countries on 4 continents too.

[ConcernedCanuk]

48. Beach Boys came to mind . . .

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http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beach+boys/i+get+around_20013911.html

"Get around round round I get around
I get around
Get around round round I get around
From town to town
Get around round round I get around
Im a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
Im makin real good bread

Im gettin bugged driving up and down the same old strip
I gotta finda new place where the kids are hip"

and so on . . .

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[RobinA]

46. 36

if you count changing planes at DFW. Otherwise 35.

[Flashmann]

49. How many States have you been to?

42...I think.I've been in all the lower 48 except Oregon and any above NY...Had a chance once to go either to Hawaii or the Bahamas and chose the Bahamas...Liked it enough I went back twice more and never regretted not visiting Hawaii...

[tabbycat31]

50. Would be easier with a fill in the map type

New York (born and raised there)
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Mass
CT
New Jersey (currently live there)
Pennsylvania (probably the first state I ever 'visited' as most of my family is there)
Delaware
Maryland
DC
Virginia (worked a campaign cycle there last year)
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee (ok I crossed State Street in Bristol and was able to check one more state off my list)
Kentucky (worked a campaign cycle there in 2010)
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin (worked a recall there)
Colorado
Texas
Arizona
California
Oregon
Washington
Hawaii

[ConcernedCanuk]

56. Post #44 it's there

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and here

http://www.visitedstatesmap.com/index.html

and ya end up with a pretty map for memory's sake!!

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[In_The_Wind]

52. 44

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=346274

[hunter]

55. I haven't been to Alaska or Florida.

Gasoline used to be cheap.

[ConcernedCanuk]

57. I would do Alaska before I ever did Florida again.

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Being surrounded by water so close to the Equator, Florida is quite humid - heck, even the laundromats had air conditioners just to make them bearable.

Plan a cross-Canada tour in a couple years - to the West. Always travelled to the East with my parents and family as a kid - time to go the other way methinks.

With any luck, (and enough gas money) - I'll make it to Alaska.

That would be great!

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

75. Florida's worth it to me!

Just let me know which parts you are looking to go.

Avoid the theme park tourist traps.

[RebelOne]

58. All the states in the South and up the east coast as far as New York.

A lot of states on a road trip from Florida to California and Colorado. I have seen more of other countries than of the U.S.

[Boomerproud]

59. 28 states, Canada, England, Scotland & the Bahamas.

Back when I had a life.

[Wait Wut]

60. 15. Kinda surprised.

[annabanana]

61. I am missing Mississippi, Alabama & Louisiana.

I expect to hit all three on my next major trip. . .Unless I feel the need for cooler climes. In which case I'm off to Nova Scotia.

[sakabatou]

63. 10, I think

[madinmaryland]

64. All but: N & S Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama and Hawaii.

[joeybee12]

65. All 50, since I was born in NY, that was the first, Wisconsin was #50...nt

[ConcernedCanuk]

67. should have a nic "busybee"!! - Alaska and Hawaii too?

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confused though

born in NY? - "Hometown: Connecticut" (from your profile)

Connecticut is a State if I recollect . . .



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[pink-o]

66. Shorter list is the ones I haven't been to

Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mississippi
Alabama
New Mexico

Out of all, I'd like to get to Vermont, New Hampshire and New Mexico. The others are not anywhere on my bucket list.

[Ilsa]

68. 25, I think.

Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
Arkansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Wyoming
Nevada
California
Washington

[lastlib]

69. six--Confusion, Chaos, Insanity, Shock, Panic, Denial

(seven if you count Drug-Induced Heightened Awareness..........)

. . .

[ConcernedCanuk]

71. what, - no happy, no sad, no fear, disappointment etc.,??

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[Arugula Latte]

70. I think 44 (including DC)

Can't remember if I've been to Indiana or not. If so, it was just driving through a corner. The ones I'm missing are the cold north-central ones (Nebraska, Dakotas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan). Oh, also Louisiana--I really want to go to New Orleans.

[dr.strangelove]

72. Depends on what you mean by "been to"

We had a debate about this when a friend and I wanted to hit all 50 states before we were 30 and I claimed I had only missed Hawaii. She said a visit must involve a meal or an overnight. For a few I literally drove over the state line, got out of the car, did a little dance, and got back in the car.

With her little rule on meals, I figured out which states I had "missed" and hot all of them with my job over the next few years. I still have not been to Hawaii, but my wife and I are planning a trip there next year.

[Chan790]

73. Me.

Colored states are states I've been to, Safety Orange states are states I've lived in.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

74. Not especially impressive, but here goes:

For the record, my personal ground rules on what constitutes a "visit":

To have physically "visited" a state, you must have actually set foot on the ground state itself, or on a fixed structure within that state.

Thus, layovers where you get off the plane and go into the airport count as a "visit" for me (that's how I count Texas). However, a layover where you remain on the plane does not count. (Why I don't count Alabama, where I stayed on the tarmac at the Birmingham airport). Also, driving through a state but not stopping and getting out of the car does not count as a "visit" to me.

I also don't count states that you were too young to remember visiting. My parents took us on a road trip to visit relatives in Kansas when I was 2, but since I don't remember any of it, I don't count any of those states that I "visited" on that trip.

[Brother Buzz]

76. Forty-nine states

The wonders of Alaska has eluded me. Oh, on a technicality Alabama might be iffy; I drove straight through it, but I never stepped foot in the state.

[ConcernedCanuk]

78. "been to" would include driving through one.

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Flying over it would not imo.

If I drove all across Canada - I wouldn't find it inaccurate to say I'd been to all the Provinces.

even if I didn't stop for a coffee or a whiz thru one of them.



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[mithnanthy]

77. I haven't been to Alaska or Texas

On purpose. One is too cold and the other has too many political negatives.

[ConcernedCanuk]

79. Alaska is not as cold as some think

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Right now it's hotter than northern Ontario.

As for Texas - - - -

yeah, ur right.

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[LibertyLover]

80. I've been to 49 states

all except Alaska, and I've flown over that one. I've been to countries on 4 continents, North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. I haven't been to South America, Australia or Antarctica. The last time I bothered to count countries I'd been to it was around 50 or so. It's been lots of fun.

[Blue_In_AK]

82. You owe it to yourself to come up here.

Really. You won't be sorry.

[LibertyLover]

87. I hope to get up to Alaska some day

I know that it's lovely and not everyone is enamoured of Caribou Barbie.

[Blue_In_AK]

89. Her name hardly ever comes up.

Her popularity here is probably less than the country as a whole. We don't like quitters.

[Blue_In_AK]

81. I think it was 30-some, the last I counted.

I've missed the northeast beyond Pennsylvania and the northern Midwest states, Idaho, Montana, Dakotas, Minnesota (other than the airport), Wisconsin. Other than that, I think I've been to all the rest. Oh, also not Hawaii.


Ed. I used the map ... 34.

[sinkingfeeling]

83. 49, still haven't gotten to Alaska.

[DFW]

84. 44

All except Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota

I think there are less European countries I haven't been to than states I haven't been to.

I need to get back more often.

[LNM]

85. All of them

I had planned on doing a "50 by 50" but had to change it to "50 in 50". I turned 51 in Hawaii, state number 50 for me.

[Libertas1776]

86. Hmm...

I've gotta get around some more, esp California,Oregon, Hawaii, and Alaska. Unfortunately, there are still too many states that just don't recognize me as a first class citizen rather than me not wanting to visit.


Canada, on the other hand, I guess I've seen a fair chunk!

[av8rdave]

88. I've missed out on South Dakota and Vermont, for some reason

Gotta get those done!

[RedCloud]

90. 36 US states, other states as well.

State of confusion not included, but should be.

[ConcernedCanuk]

94. There is no one on DU

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who has not been in a state of confusion.

Just my wee opinion . . .

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[greendog]

91. 30 in the last 5 weeks.

Been to all except Hawaii.

[Go Vols]

92. All but 5

[charlie and algernon]

93. Have only just barely crossed the Mississippi River

It's really sad that St. Louis and New Orleans are the farthest West I've made it out.

[h8okra]

95. All but..

Hawaii. Probably visited or worked in over 2000 cities. I may not have always enjoyed the people but all the states I visited had beautiful scenery and interesting architecture.

[Broken_Hero]

96. hmm, 27 nt