# How many states have you visited? (poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148 "2010-03-11T19:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/1 "2010-03-11T19:52:05Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555506). You have to have had a foot on the ground in the state, and that ground has to have not been an airport. Riding through a state without getting out of the car, bus, or train does not count. If you picked ‘other’ please explain what sort of strange scenario I had not envisioned you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/2 "2010-03-11T20:01:19Z")
Six. New Mexico Arizona California Texas Idaho Pennsylvania EDIT: If everything goes according to plan, Ohio will be added to the list in early August. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/3 "2010-03-11T20:07:35Z")
I’ve been to all of them, save Alaska and Hawaii. My dad used to be an interstate trucker, and I spent a good bit of time riding with him, especially before I started school. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/4 "2010-03-11T20:07:49Z")
12 Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Utah. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/5 "2010-03-11T20:10:43Z")
Damn. I didn’t even get to spend ten minutes as the person who’d visited the most. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/6 "2010-03-11T20:13:15Z")
1. The deep south, the badlands are the mid-atlantic coast are largely the areas I haven’t gotten to yet. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/7 "2010-03-11T20:19:02Z")
I had to write it down to remember. New York Pennsylvania Tennessee Rhode Island Mass Vermont New Jersey Michigan Illinois Colorado California Virginia West Virginia Ohio Florida Indiana Kentucky I think that’s it. I’m still not convinced Delaware exists. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/8 "2010-03-11T20:21:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I had to write it down to remember. I did too. And I needed a map. [Hey - a map would be a useful link in this thread, no?](http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/county-map/) ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/9 "2010-03-11T20:22:30Z")
I voted other, mainly just because I could. 😉 The story is not so great though. Whenever “how many states” comes up, I usually diligently start rattling off states and counting them, but then someone (Mom, sibling, husband, etc.) will invariably start adding to _my_ list saying that I was in whatever state for whatever reason, or on whatever trip that I have completely forgotten about. It’s much easier for me to list states that I remember having been to and/or having lived in (not counting airport stops or drive-throughs which would bring my list pretty darn close to 50) which are in no particular order: (1) Maryland (2) South Carolina (3) Georgia (4) Tennessee (5) Virginia (6) Ohio (7) Illinois (6) Missouri (7) Kansas (8) Nebraska (9) Arkansas (10) Oklahoma (11) Texas (12) Colorado (13) California (14) Arizona (15) New Mexico (16) Nevada (17) Utah (18) Kentucky (19) Guam (territories count as states, right?) (20) Hawaii (21) North Carolina (22) Indiana (23)Alabama (24) Iowa ETA already…(25) Louisiana whew…I think that’s all, but someone will probably be along to remind me about a wild weekend I spent someplace that I have blocked from my mind. 😉 And as I said, if I got to count airport stops or just driving through places my list would be much more complete. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/10 "2010-03-11T20:22:46Z")
I think it’s 21, because we normally drive through the US, and we get out and use the bathroom and stop for gas and food. There might be one or two that we just drove through. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/11 "2010-03-11T20:23:10Z")
Wow. Half of them. Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York Maryland Virginia North Carolina Georgia Florida Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Minnesota Missouri Kansas Utah New Mexico Idaho Washington California ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/12 "2010-03-11T20:29:15Z")
I voted “41-45” but I miscounted. It’s actually **46**. I work for a Federal agency that has a regulatory presence in 49 states, and I travel quite a bit for work. Plus, from my personal history–it adds up to just about all of them. The ones I haven’t been to are: Hawaii Maine New Hampshire Vermont ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/13 "2010-03-11T20:30:27Z")
There have been a few days when I was in MA, then RI, then MA, then RI, then MA, then RI, then MA, then RI, then MA, all in a few hours. The road to someone’s house crosses the state line a couple of times. I had to ask the owner of the house what state we were in. When he said MA, I asked where the state line was. He said “You see that house across the street? It runs through his living room.” ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/14 "2010-03-11T20:30:33Z")
Editing time has passed, but hubby just reminded me (as I said he would…) that we spent a weekend in (26) Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/15 "2010-03-11T20:31:05Z")
Think I’ve been to all states except Maine, California, Hawaii, and Alaska. I’ve also either caught fish, gone fishing, or at least gone camping in most states. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/16 "2010-03-11T20:33:54Z")
36, although 2 of those I just drove through. (The other 34 I had actual destinations where I spent time). Also, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. –Cliffy ---
**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:** [March 11, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/17 "2010-03-11T20:35:58Z")
Every one but Florida, Mississippi and of all places Hawai’i. :o ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/18 "2010-03-11T20:37:35Z")
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Minnesota, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas. That’s 25. Kansas is in the “doesn’t count because I was in the hotel shuttle on the way to the airport” category. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/19 "2010-03-11T20:49:27Z")
15: Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148/20 "2010-03-11T20:53:17Z")
32: California, oregon,washington, idaho,colorado, utah, arizona,new mexico,texas, florida, south carolina, georgia, north carolina, virginia, maryland, west virginia, tennesee, pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, new york, connecticut, massachusetts, vermont, new hampshire, maine, rhode island, illinois, ohio, indiana, kansas, arkansas [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-visited-poll/532148.md?page=2)