# Nobody goes there anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396 "2008-01-29T01:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/1 "2008-01-29T01:38:25Z")
Tourists flock to New York, California, Nevada (Las Vegas), Colorado (Skiing), Hawaii. Just about any city or town on the East coast that has access to the ocean, These picks are easy. IYHO, what State comes in at number 50 in tourist visits . Name a State that nobody visits, for whatever reason. Or, for good reason. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/2 "2008-01-29T01:40:07Z")
North Dakota. There’s not really even any reason for the ‘anymore’. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/3 "2008-01-29T01:40:14Z")
[QUOTE=ltfire] Tourists flock to New York, California, Nevada (Las Vegas), Colorado (Skiing), Hawaii. Just about any city or town on the East coast that has access to the ocean, These picks are easy. IYHO, what State comes in at number 50 in tourist visits . Name a State that nobody visits, for whatever reason. Or, for good reason. [/QUOTE] Iowa What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/4 "2008-01-29T01:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=Orual] North Dakota. . [/QUOTE] I know people who go there to hunt pheasant, so that isn’t entirely correct. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/5 "2008-01-29T01:55:01Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Iowa What do I win? [/QUOTE] People go there to compete in RAGBRAI, oddly enough. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/6 "2008-01-29T01:57:23Z")
Kansas, being as it’s only there to keep Colorado and Missouri from crashing into each other. Or maybe Ohio. I once read some comment that said something like: “The reason you see so many Ohio licence plates on the road is that it’s so boring that two-thirds of the residents are out of state at any given time.” ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/7 "2008-01-29T02:03:10Z")
I know that the Dakotas get no respect. I rememberd a flap when Rand McNally omitted those two states from one of their atlases. A web search found this: [Rand-McNally World Atlas / Missing States](http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1989-10/1989-10-06-NBC-16.html) with this synopsis: > [@](#): > > NBC Evening News for Friday, Oct 06, 1989 > (Studio: Tom Brokaw) OK, North Dakota and South Dakota reported missing from new Rand-McNally “World Atlas”; details given, company spokesperson quoted. But I can’t remember the exact details. It was also mentioned in my local newspaper (the Los Angeles Times) at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/8 "2008-01-29T02:03:37Z")
> [@El Kabong](#): > > “The reason you see so many Ohio licence plates on the road is that it’s so boring that two-thirds of the residents are out of state at any given time.” Ah, but the thing about Ohio is that it’s boring in _so many different ways_. It’s a rich, diverse tapestry of meh, punctuated by the grim, the bleak, the tragicomic, and the just plain tragic. And then there’s _Cleveland!_ ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/9 "2008-01-29T02:05:49Z")
Idaho. I’ve never met one person who’s been to Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/10 "2008-01-29T02:11:18Z")
[QUOTE=MissGypsy] Idaho. I’ve never met one person who’s been to Idaho. [/QUOTE] For some reason, my Dad loves to go to Idaho…yeah, I don’t really get it either. I vote for Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/11 "2008-01-29T02:12:09Z")
[QUOTE=MissGypsy] Idaho. I’ve never met one person who’s been to Idaho. [/QUOTE] ::raises hand:: Craters of the Moon National Monument is within reasonable day-trip driving distance from Yellowstone. [Cool place.](http://www.nps.gov/crmo/) [QUOTE=Boscibo] I know people who go there [North Dakota] to hunt pheasant, so that isn’t entirely correct. [/QUOTE] Huh. Now I know. > [@](#): > > I vote for Wyoming. Not with Yellowstone and the Tetons. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/12 "2008-01-29T02:15:10Z")
Delaware, it’s so forgettable it usually doesn’t even come up in conversations about the most forgettable states. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/13 "2008-01-29T02:15:25Z")
Mississippi, and they’ve even got casinos and antebullum mansions! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/14 "2008-01-29T02:22:01Z")
[QUOTE=mmouse9799] I vote for Wyoming. [/QUOTE] Nope…my folks RV’d there one summer. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/15 "2008-01-29T02:23:45Z")
[QUOTE=MissGypsy] Idaho. I’ve never met one person who’s been to Idaho. [/QUOTE] My cousin Ingrid lives in Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/16 "2008-01-29T02:33:17Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] My cousin Ingrid lives in Idaho. [/QUOTE] But I haven’t met her. 😃 I’m surprised at how popular Idaho is. Now I know of, second- or third- or fourth-hand, people who have been there. I guess the state really does exist. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/17 "2008-01-29T02:43:20Z")
Wyoming is my favorite tourist destination in the U.S. – and I live in California! I love the Tetons (currently on my screensaver, wallpaper, wall calendar, mousepad, etc.), Jackson Hole, and Yellowstone. People go to Cleveland to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I’ll add a vote for North Dakota. My family used to go there on vacation to visit a Great Aunt, but now that she’s gone, there’s really not much to see. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/18 "2008-01-29T02:44:27Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Iowa What do I win? [/QUOTE] A date with the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/19 "2008-01-29T03:04:44Z")
[QUOTE=MissGypsy] Idaho. I’ve never met one person who’s been to Idaho. [/QUOTE] Hi. I’m Elizabeth. Nice to meet you. Now you have. I honeymooned in McCall, Idaho. It was a blast. I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396/20 "2008-01-29T03:12:54Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Mississippi, and they’ve even got casinos and antebellum mansions! [/QUOTE] Much of Mississippi is beautiful but they believed that floating large casino buildings were much more moral than stationary casinos because they technically floated on water and therefore were not really part of the state. That bitch Katrina sure knew how to toss them around a few miles inland though. One of my favorite places in the world is [Natchez, MS](http://www.visitnatchez.com/custom/webpage3.cfm?content=content&id=29). That place is really pretty and very rich. If you want to see the Old South, that is the place. We got invited to a Confederate Ball weekend there that must have cost millions in total. Nice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-goes-there-anymore/435396.md?page=2)