How Many US States Have You Been To?

[lang rabbie]

Connecticut
Massachusetts
Illinois
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
DC

plus driving/train through inbetween states

 

[Pie 1]

* Alabama
* Arizona
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* District of Columbia
* Florida
* Georgia
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* South Carolina
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wyoming

 

[JimW]

Who said it was more impressive?

I'm not in the least bit impressed, surely impressiveness is in the eye of the beholder so to speak!

I was just being a dick becuase I'm envious, what with never having been to America.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

To be honest I've so far found china a not very impressive place to travel in. You go to Hainan and Haikou just looks like everywhere else in china albeit a bit cleaner, the beaches aren't a patch on Thailand, and so many cities around the country all look the same, all endless factories and smoke stacks and so on.

When you go to places outside 'China proper', out of Han territory, it gets a bit more interesting, but you have to go pretty far just to see stuff that you can see considerably more easily elsewhere in Asia.

 

[JimW]

To be honest I've so far found china a not very impressive place to travel in. You go to Hainan and Haikou just looks like everywhere else in china albeit a bit cleaner, the beaches aren't a patch on Thailand, and so many cities around the country all look the same, all endless factories and smoke stacks and so on.

When you go to places outside 'China proper', out of Han territory, it gets a bit more interesting, but you have to go pretty far just to see stuff that you can see considerably more easily elsewhere in Asia.

Never been much one for just seeing places, what's interesting is the people you meet. All sorts of amazing stories and lives as big history shakes everything up. Used to travel a lot looking at various development projects and interviewing the people in all sorts of backwaters.
There's plenty of good mountains and forgotten mediaeval towns, though it's true the really spectacular scenery I've seen was mostly out West.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Following on from Derf's "Where Have You Been?" thread... how many of the United States and Territories have you visited? Airport transfers and non-stop drive-throughs not counted--you must have at least eaten a meal in each. Here are mine:

Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennesssee
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Utah
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
Hawaii
D.C.
Puerto Rico

Makes 32. Beat that?

all xept PR & Hawaii

alos done the NW lot - wash/ oregon. ND etc. too lazy to count

DC isnt a state innit ?

 

[rennie]

DC isnt a state innit ?

No it isn't, which is why almost every driver has licence plates that read: Taxation without representation.

 

[phildwyer]

all xept PR & Hawaii

alos done the NW lot - wash/ oregon. ND etc. too lazy to count

Why would you need to count if you know you've done them all but two?

Mind you, a lot of people think there's 52 states, including some Americans. Probably because there are 52 cards in a deck and 52 weeks in the year I should imagine.

 

[spanglechick]

New York
Maryland
California
Nevada
Texas

that's by the criteria in the OP. We stopped a couple of times for drinks driving back and forth from NYC to Baltimore (yeah, that's how I roll - I was in B-more way back in Summer of 2001) - but I don't remember if we ate anything. I think maybe we did - but I'm not sure which state we were in?

edit - this is me (no, really - it is) about to hit the bars around the Baltimore Harbour area with some mates.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Why would you need to count if you know you've done them all but two?

Mind you, a lot of people think there's 52 states, including some Americans. Probably because there are 52 cards in a deck and 52 weeks in the year I should imagine.

nah not all, was off the top of my head - If I said all, then it was all on the list, but I dont recall Nebraska for example - then again I suppose not many do - Just going through the list, mentally ticked them off and couldnt be arsed to do my own

all overland as well - best way to see the place

The politics and whatever aside, its probebly one of the best countries to wind your way around if you have the time & inclantion

 

[not-bono-ever]

New York
Maryland
California
Nevada
Texas

that's by the criteria in the OP. We stopped a couple of times for drinks driving back and forth from NYC to Baltimore (yeah, that's how I roll - I was in B-more way back in Summer of 2001) - but I don't remember if we ate anything. I think maybe we did - but I'm not sure which state we were in?

edit - this is me (no, really - it is) about to hit the bars around the Baltimore Harbour area with some mates.

!

 

[berniedicters]

edit - this is me (no, really - it is) about to hit the bars around the Baltimore Harbour area with some mates.

Gosh. Did they know what had hit them?

 

[sleaterkinney]

None, never found a good reason to visit the US.

 

[spanglechick]

Gosh. Did they know what had hit them?

heh - i must find the photo album and hook up the scanner - there's one of me arms round a couple of B'more firefighters/EMTs... if you squint i bet they could look like Po-leece. But tbh, it's a bit depressing seeing how thin i was, so best i don't go there.

 

[doddles]

Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Florida
Vermont
Maryland
New Jersey
California
Nevada
Utah
Iowa
Georgia
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
D.C.
Arizona
New York
Connecticut
Pennsylvania

20 I think

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

New York
Maryland
California
Nevada
Texas

that's by the criteria in the OP. We stopped a couple of times for drinks driving back and forth from NYC to Baltimore (yeah, that's how I roll - I was in B-more way back in Summer of 2001) - but I don't remember if we ate anything. I think maybe we did - but I'm not sure which state we were in?

edit - this is me (no, really - it is) about to hit the bars around the Baltimore Harbour area with some mates.

Jesus.

 

[phildwyer]

* Alabama
* Arizona...

........* Wyoming

That's 40 altogether, the winner so far. But I can't believe there isn't someone who's done them all.

 

[Fledgling]

Well sooner or later I suppose.


Hmm (counts)

7 (New York, Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, California, Montana, North Dakota)

+ DC + 2 in transit + 1 in transit by mistake (Wyoming, supposed to stop before we got there, never got out the car).

 

[A. Spies]

bin to vermont, rhode island, N. hampshire, conneticut, ny, maryland, dc, ohio, utah, nevada, arizona, california. Would love to go to south dakota, colerado, oregon n washington. N somewhere in the deep south.

 

[nic0le]

well--i travelled through a few of them...but i lived in one before bein adopted

 

[weltweit]

California
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
South Carolina
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
(the one that is below kentucky)
Florida

And probably a couple more that I have forgotten about.

I enjoyed my travels in the USA. They make it easy to travel interstate, easy to get a hotel room, easy to find somewhere to eat etc ..

 

[ChrisFilter]

6. NY and 5 in the South West.

 

[pinkmonkey]

Hmmmm
California
Nevada
New York
New Jersey
Arizona
Colorado

I think....

 

[davesgcr]

California , New Mexico , Texas (last 2 stopovers) , Maine , Virginia , Pennsylvania , Maryland , NJ , NH , NY , Delaware , Connecticut ....

(like to do more of course !)

 

[kyser_soze]

Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Caroline
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
W. Virginia
Washington DC
Washington State

Plus however NYC is divided up. Despite having been there 5 times I'm still hazy on exactly where it is @self

If I wasn't going to be heading off to Oz in 3 years, I'd retire to Montana. It's a dead heat on Amazing Natural Beauty with the Sunshine Coast in Qld. Amazing country.

 

[not-bono-ever]

about 40 or so, mebbes more but cant be arsed to list them.

 

[free spirit]

california, nevada, arizona, oregan, New York, New Jersey (but only to get to the airport).

so 6, but 5 really.

 

[1927]

New York
New Jersey
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado
California
Michigan
Illinois
Tennessee
Mississipi
Arkansas

 

[live_jayeola]

New York
* Dalston and Peckham as all of the kids dress and talk like Yanks

 

[The Octagon]

3 (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana), all in the same trip (based in Cinci).

I plan on more.