Well, I was born and bred in Nevada. Still, I would say there are many things here that people come to see that I haven’t. I’ve never been to the Lehman caves, for example. On the whole, though, I think I’ve seen things that tourists would never see and most things they would. I would say I’ve seen a fair amount of the state. I know how to get from Las Vegas to Reno and how to drive between most other large destinations in the state. On the whole, I’d say I’m a close acquaintance with my state.
How about you? Do you feel like you know your native state (alternately, the state in which you spent the most time)?
This is the thread meant for me. As a second semester senior a lot of the time my friends and I wanted to go out during the school week, but our parents wouldn’t allow it because we had school the next day, even though most of the time we did very little during it. So we decided we’d have to do stuff before our parents came home, but there’s not much to do then. One of us got the great idea that we’d take road trips to various places in Connecticut (the furthest point from us is about a 1:15 drive with mid-afternoon traffic). We did just that, and saw some stuff we never knew existed. We were always back by dinner too. For such a small state, there’s a lot of things you’d never expect existed.
My native state. Would that be the state of undress? Or a state of mind? There’s the state of the union, but I’m single right now, so I guess that’s out.
I actually have been to the NE corner of California. The NW corner is much better.
Well I’ve probably seen about 75% of Hawaii. All of Oahu and Molokai. About 70% of Hawaii and Maui. About a 60% of Kauai. Just a small amount of Niihau, Lanai and Kahoolawe. And absolutely none of the islets NE of Kauai. Although even though those islets are spread over 1500 miles, they don’t add up to much.
I’ve seen most of the cool stuff there is to see in Arkansas (it doesn’t take to long ), and most of the uncool stuff. It’s not a bad place to live if you like nature.
Originally, I’m from Illinois. I’ve been all over Chicago, but have missed out on the rest state, except for the highways. I visited Springfield once by mistake (wrong exit). From what I could tell at one in the morning, it looked like an okay city.
I’ve seen just a smidge of Washington state. We live in Renton, and we regularly drive to Seattle. Occasionally, we head east to Redmond, Kirkland, and Bellevue (we were there today, in fact). We’ve only been up north as far as Whidbey Island/Mukilteo. Still, it’s not bad considering we’ve only been here two months. The “I have no idea where we are or where we’re going” feeling hasn’t struck in a nice long while.
As for Hawai’i, I’ve seen about 95% of Oahu-- I don’t think I’ve gone farther 'ewa than 'Ewa Beach or Kapolei. I’ve never seen Makaha or Waianae. Otherwise, I’ve set foot on pretty much every other part of the island, and I was quite comfortable giving directions.
WRT the other islands, I once drove from Kona to Hilo on Hawai’i, which is about half of it. I saw Kaua’i, but didn’t go very far outside of Lihue. Never visited Ni’ihau, Lana’i, Moloka’i, Mau’i, or Kaho’olawe. I just never had a chance to see those islands, though the latter has too many bombs going off for my taste.
IIRC, it’s possible to walk across those islets that Osiris mentioned in, like, a few minutes. Scary.
I’m from Texas, I don’t think you can see the whole state in one lifetime. However I’ve been all over North Texas. I grew up in Northeast Texas (in a small town 50 miles north of Tyler about 100 miles east of Dallas), went to college in Northwest Texas (Texas Tech, Lubbock), and now live in Dallas. I’ve also been to Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Camped at Big Bend.
I’m from New York state and have seen most of the regions except for southwest corner. Though it’s been years since I’ve been past Syracuse and I haven’t been to Rochester.
lionel, what town did you grow up in? I grew up in Hughes Springs, so you had to have been close.
I’ve been to Big Bend National Park, Guadalupe National Park, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, DFW (of course) and through various other towns and cities on my way to other places.
throatshot, I’m from the big town of Winnsboro, TX (pop. 2901 give or take). I think we may have played Hughes Springs in Football (and probably lost).
I live in Colorado and I’ve been to almost everything with the exception of the northern 4th and the eastern plains and some of the western slope. The farthest east I went was Limon, and that’s the only thing I’ve been to there. I’ve been to just about everything in middle of the state, the foothills, and the southern portion.
Not a state as such, but I’m from the province of Alberta. In my youth, I’ve seen probably about 90 percent of it as my dad was a bit of an adventurer and we spent alot of time on the back logging forestry roads. We generally camped wherever, fished wherever and just snooped our way around, it was pretty cool.
I have relatives in the three major cities, Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge and have partied at some point in the other two, Red Deer and Medicine Hat. I think I saw alot that probably most Albertans haven’t been lucky enough to see.
I am like the poster child for New York State tourism. I grew up in Buffalo, and I now live in NYC, and drive between the two about eight times a year. I like to vacation in NY state (it’s the Empire State, you know!) and we have enjoyed wonderful long weekend trips to Cooperstown, Saratoga, camping at Allegheny, and the Finger Lakes. I drag everyone to Niagara Falls. We have visited Lake Placid, but I have not spent nearly enough time in the Adironacks, and want to go back soon.
Two things that I have not done yet, and am eager to do:
Heck, I walked across Flat Island in all of 30 seconds. And that was taking my time. I’d love to go to Kure Atoll but ecotourism is really expensive. I wish I was not only a great sailor but that I had a boat. Man I’d spend a whole year exploring the chain. Fishing for dinner. Hoping I didn’t get murdered like did happen to that couple way back when. Good times.
I’ve seen a heck of a lot of California, particularly as I haven’t lived there since I was five. Most of the coast, alot of the Sierras, most of the larger cities and towns. Just never the southernmost bits (I missed my cousin’s San Diego wedding) and also missed the NE corner, but as I understand I’m not missing much.
As for my current state of imprisonment, er, residence, it’s fairly hit or miss. I’ve seen a lot of SW Ohio, been all along the river back to WVa/KY/OH junction, many times through the boring center to visit my bro in Pittsburgh. Been to Cleveland once on a lark, but that’s about it for the northern shores. Spent a lifetime in Lima one summer (gawd, what a boring place). Overall, I don’t see Ohio as a tourist destination, although the people are generally fairly nice and friendly, and it’s a decent place to raise a family.
I’ve seen a heck of a lot of California, particularly as I haven’t lived there since I was five. Most of the coast, alot of the Sierras, most of the larger cities and towns. Just never the southernmost bits (I missed my cousin’s San Diego wedding) and also missed the NE corner, but as I understand I’m not missing much.
As for my current state of imprisonment, er, residence, it’s fairly hit or miss. I’ve seen a lot of SW Ohio, been all along the river back to WVa/KY/OH junction, many times through the boring center to visit my bro in Pittsburgh. Been to Cleveland once on a lark, but that’s about it for the northern shores. Spent a lifetime in Lima one summer (gawd, what a boring place). Overall, I don’t see Ohio as a tourist destination, although the people are generally fairly nice and friendly, and it’s a decent place to raise a family.
), and most of the uncool stuff. It’s not a bad place to live if you like nature.