# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 178
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3542 "2024-09-24T22:05:09Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > but I can’t think of a time I was able to walk from one US state to another. I hiked a big chunk of the Appalachian Trail between Maine and New York. I’m sure I walked across many boundaries, including each state along the way. Other than that, I also can’t think of a time when I walked between states. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3543 "2024-09-24T22:06:55Z")
Living in two of the “[Four corners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners)” states for most of my life made the state line thing easier. It’s a tourist spot that is almost unavoidable if you live in said states long enough. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3544 "2024-09-24T22:26:09Z")
City: Too many to count County: I live within a mile of the county line, and it’s only a matter of crossing the street from one store to another. Too many times to count State: Four Corners gets me 4 states in 10 seconds International: US/Mexico (Tijuana), US/Canada (Niagara Falls), Belgium/Netherlands (Baarle-Nassau), Italy/Vatican City ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3545 "2024-09-24T22:28:36Z")
Yeah, i visited “four corners” as a kid, so I’ve stood in four states, and surely walked across some of the state lines. And i have frequently walked between towns. But i had to look at a map of counties to see if I’d crossed a county line on foot. Turns out the next town north is in another county, so yes. But if the line had been somewhere else i might not have. I don’t think I’ve crossed a national border on foot, unless you count entering an embassy. But i wouldn’t swear to it. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3546 "2024-09-24T22:44:17Z")
The boundary line between Los Angeles and Culver City ran down the middle of my elementary school playground. We used to straddle the imaginary line (where we guessed where it was) and say we were in both places at the same time. Impressive when you’re like six years old. But any border or political line I’ve crossed on foot has been arrived at first by vehicle (usually by car). I grew up on the Westside, so the two closest borders to me were 200+ miles away. The other two directions were close (five miles, i.e. the Pacific ocean) or three times as far (the Oregon border). Now, I live even closer (a quarter mile?) to the Pacific ocean. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3547 "2024-09-24T22:52:40Z")
I took a long trip around the USA back in the 1970’s. I was driving, but I also got out of the car and walked a lot. I can’t remember whether I walked across any state boundaries. Also my only major international trip was almost as long ago and while I don’t think I crossed any international boundaries on foot (as opposed to in airplanes, cars, and IIRC maybe a train), I’m not sure of that either. Didn’t vote. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3548 "2024-09-24T23:08:37Z")
Our eastern Germany relatives lived two blocks from the Polish border (the river Neisse) and my son and I walked back and forth across it several times just because we could. I also crossed into Poland on foot in Goerlitz/Zgorzelec. (beep boop accidentally posted this in the other thread, Discourse not happy with similar posts) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3549 "2024-09-24T23:13:01Z")
Forgot a couple. State: Cal-Nev Casino - Lake Tahoe, Ellis Island (NY/NJ) International: Depends on whether or not embassies count. If so: US/UK, US/Austria ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3550 "2024-09-24T23:43:09Z")
Cities: I’ve walked across the bridge over the Sacramento River between Sacramento and West Sacramento. There are probably others, but that’s the first that comes to mind. Counties: Same as above. When you cross the Sacramento River you also cross the line between Sacramento County and Yolo County. Also IIRC aren’t Brooklyn and Manhattan in separate counties? If so I’ve walked across the Brooklyn Bridge between them as well. States: The Carowinds amusement park is built on the North Carolina - South Carolina state line. I went there many times as a child. International: As described in the “international borders you’ve walked across” thread, when you cross from Kenya to Tanzania you get off the bus, go to the Kenyan exit checkpoint and get your passport stamped, then walk across the border to the Tanzanian entry checkpoint and get your stamp from them, then get back on the bus. ETA: Come to think of it I guess walking between boroughs in New York might count as an “other political boundary”, too, although I’m not sure if there’s any meaningful difference between a borough and a county within NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3551 "2024-09-25T00:16:25Z")
Our town line is just outside my neighborhood. I used to run along the road it’s on, but decided freaking nutters drove on that road and found a safer route. There was a joint up the road which had the county line right through it. They would sell their beer on the Davidson side of the line. Our county had very strict alcohol to food percentage laws. Davidson, with all the Honkey-tonks in Nashville does not. I’d hiked from Georgia to North Carolina with my scout troop one summer. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3552 "2024-09-25T00:51:02Z")
I am hard pressed to think of a state line I walked across. As for international, I ran (I assume that counts) across the U.S. / Canada border on the Ambassador Bridge. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3553 "2024-09-25T01:30:32Z")
I totally forgot about the Rainbow Bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3554 "2024-09-25T01:37:35Z")
Does the Greenwich meridian count as a political boundary? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3555 "2024-09-25T15:30:41Z")
Vacationing in Sint Maartin and Saint Martin we drive across their Dutch/French border many times a day, and we always stop at a border pull-off to hop back and forth. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3556 "2024-09-25T15:35:36Z")
Curiosity arguing with Exhaustion, I think. But I really don’t think anything on the list given is overall In Charge, though most or all of them have some impact. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3557 "2024-09-25T15:43:37Z")
My brain alternates between ennui and joy. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3558 "2024-09-25T15:46:48Z")
My state crossing was when I walked across the Hoover dam from Nevada to Arizona. And I guess technically you are changing counties at that same time. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3559 "2024-09-25T15:54:48Z")
My brain rarely rises to the level of Anger or Disgust. Annoyance is usually a better description. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3560 "2024-09-25T15:55:23Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Does the Greenwich meridian count as a political boundary? I’m going to say no. For purposes of the poll a political boundary is a border around some place that has a government of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3561 "2024-09-25T16:06:37Z")
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