# How many states/provinces have you been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606 "2000-07-14T21:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/21 "2000-07-15T02:06:41Z")
They must have some that are all water. Those shouldn’t count until the zees and polders are pumped out. And I always wanted to go to the Frisians. Maybe next time. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/22 "2000-07-15T02:28:15Z")
live in Florida been to: georgia pennsylvania virginia tennessee ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/23 "2000-07-15T02:30:08Z")
I live in Mishawaka, Indiana. This is next to South Bend, home of the University of Notre Dame, for those who don’t know. I have never traveled much. I am currently 30 years old. I have only been to three other states. [li]I have been to Chicago, Illinois, three or four times, the most recent being circa 1993.[/li][li]I have been to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, twice. The most recent being circa 1985[/li][li]I have been to Mackinac, Michigan once and crossed the Mackinac Bridge, twice during that stay. circa 1980[/li] I have been to Indianapolis, more times than I care to recall, and have grown to despise the place. Nearly everytime I have gone there, something terribly unpleasant has happened. That’s all folks. I haven’t been anywhere, nor seen anything. Maybe one of these days I can make it to a Dopefest. I have always told myself, "If I ever attempt to see just one single thing before I die, I want to see/go inside the Statue of Liberty. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/24 "2000-07-15T02:48:22Z")
I have not yet been to Alaska, Arkansas, or Newfoundland or the three Territories. I’ve been to the rest, plus a smidgen of Mexico, PR and several Caribbean countries, and most of Western Europe. ---
**Author:** ![malden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@malden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malden)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/25 "2000-07-15T02:57:22Z")
I have driven the car I currently own in all of the “lower 48.”-- 45 of them I have driven through two or more times. I have also driven in 6 Canadian provinces two or more times: BC, AB, SK, MB(only once), ON, and PQ. I also keep a database of counties in which I have driven. My count currently stands at about 1,250 of the approximately 3,100 counties (and county equivalents auch as independent cities, DC, and Louisiana’s parishes)in the USA. I have driven through every county in twelve states: NH, VT, CT, RI, NY, MD, DE, NM, NV, UT, CO, and WY. I am almost through with MA, VA, PA, and AZ. My starting point is in the Washington, DC area. Does anyone else on the board share my insane obsession with counties? There is an organization that can help inspire you. Check out [http://www.emc.cjb.net](http://www.emc.cjb.net) , homepage of the Extra Milers Club. I joined three hours ago and just had dinner with the club president. It’s nice to be in a room full of people who don’t think you’re nuts. 🙂 malden ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/26 "2000-07-15T03:32:14Z")
Alabama, Arkansas, California , Colorado , Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia , Wisconsin, Quebec, and Ontario ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/27 "2000-07-15T14:08:26Z")
Places I’ve lived: Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick. Places I’ve visited: British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Oregon, California, Nevada, Minnesota, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, and North Carolina. Places I’ve gone through: Saskatchewan, Washington state, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, New York, New Hampshire, Maine, Maryland, and Virginia. Places I’ve been outside North America: Paris, Rouen, Dieppe, Honfleur, Giverny, and Chartres, France. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/28 "2000-07-15T14:40:12Z")
Lived in: Virginia and Massachusetts Visited: Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland North and South Carolina Georgia Florida Ohio Kentucky Louisiana Arkansas Tennessee Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Texas Nebraska Wyoming Utah Idaho Washington California Nevada ‘33’ Also: DC US Virgin Islands Puerto Rico New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Quebec Ontario Alberta British Columbia ---
**Author:** ![1\_2\_3\_4\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/41988e/32.png) [@1\_2\_3\_4\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1_2_3_4_me)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/29 "2000-07-15T14:48:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by malden \* > \*\*I also keep a database of counties in which I have driven. My count currently stands at about 1,250 of the approximately 3,100 counties (and county equivalents auch as independent cities, DC, and Louisiana’s parishes)in the USA. > Does anyone else on the board share my insane obsession with counties? \*\* I don’t do that, which does sound obsessive, but I used to do something with no value whatever. While you are seeing the state, I was at home in the basement calling every ham radio I could find. The game is to “connect” just long enough to get the call letters, then sign off. You mail a postcard to each other to prove you connected. I was sooo into it and now it seems totally stupid waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![beakerxf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/30 "2000-07-15T14:49:30Z")
I was born in Nevada. Lived in Hawaii, Utah, and Texas Visited Indiana, Florida, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Idaho, Arizona and California So I seriously need to get busier on my traveling. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/31 "2000-07-15T15:20:25Z")
**little\*bit** said: > [@](#): > > Michigan, Ohio, Philadelphia[…][underscoring added] I don’t know what they were claiming in Philly, little\*bit, but they aren’t the whole state–that would be Pennsylvania. (Though I myself would be happy to let New Jersey have it.) **MagicalSilverKey** said: > [@](#): > > I live in Mishawaka, Indiana. This is next to South Bend, home of the University of Notre Dame, for those who don’t know. Oddly enough, I’ve been to Mishawaka. Only place I’ve ever been in with a bank named after a Polish King. (Unless I’m thinking of Fort Wayne.) **Places I’ve lived:** Michigan (twice, including being born there) New York Ohio Pennsylvania **Places I’ve done more than just pass through:** California District of Columbia Indiana Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey **Places I’ve passed through, or spent a few hours or a night in:** Arizona Baja California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Iowa Maine Maryland Massachusetts Missouri Nebraska Ontario South Dakota Utah Virginia West Virginia Wyoming So including DC, and counting Baja California and Ontario to pad my numbers, I get 26. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/32 "2000-07-15T15:29:55Z")
Or, rather, I get 27 and an F in math. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/33 "2000-07-15T16:10:01Z")
I moved from Alaska to New Jersey via bus through all 49 states in three months. I was at a very low point in my life, so I just did it. Stopped in every state for at least a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/34 "2000-07-15T16:39:54Z")
I forgot Alaska (34 states). I also visited Spain - Madrid and Barcelona. I know they are in different provences or areas, but do not remember the names. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606/35 "2000-07-15T20:20:30Z")
I live in Oregon and I’ve been to California, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, and whatever province is next to B.C. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-provinces-have-you-been-to/25606.md?page=1)