# States/Provinces/Territories Visited. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616 "2003-01-14T22:36:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/21 "2003-01-15T03:17:38Z")
Uh, isn’t Hawaii a state now? 😉 Me? I forget sometimes, but I’ve been to the vast majority of the US (including DC, my present home.) Other than that, it’s British Columbia and whatever province Tijuana (sp?) is in Mexico. I hope to travel to the Netherlands, Belgium, and France over spring break, but unfortunately, I have absolutely no idea how those countries are devided. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/22 "2003-01-15T03:27:01Z")
Well…I didn’t know we were talking about states and provinces in other countries. Those are minimal though: Canada: Quebec Honduras: Yoro Francisco Morazán Cortés And maybe one other, but I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/23 "2003-01-15T03:31:28Z")
I’ve been to every state except Hawaii and alaska. But, I’m old and lucky. My dad, as a union worker, got 4-5 weeks vacation. And he loved to go traveling. So, by the time I was 16, I had been to probably 40+ states. By the time I was 28 or so, I had been to the rest, just to see what’s there. MY biggest disappointment(in myself) is that I haven’t exposed my kids to the kind of travel that I had. But I haven’t the paid time nor the resources. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/24 "2003-01-15T04:56:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Uh, isn’t Hawaii a state now? Yeah, I listed it twice, because it was still a territory when first I lived there. ---
**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 15, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/25 "2003-01-15T05:15:45Z")
Canada: Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Manitoba (if you count landing at Winnipeg airport on the way back from BC and _not even getting out of the plane_.) USA: New York District of Columbia Massachusetts Rhode Island Maryland Virginia Connecticut New Jersey California Pennsylvania Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Indiana (but didn’t get off the train) Minnesota North Dakota Montana Also, for completeness, the provinces, states, counties, Lander, or whatever, of the following cities: Paris, France; Frankfurt-am-Main and Hannover, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; Stockholm and Malmo, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; London, England. ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/26 "2003-01-15T05:29:03Z")
Well, including just driving through… U.S. Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C., Virginia, Florida, California, Nevada, Arizona (just stepped over the state line at Hoover Dam…does that count?) Canada Toronto My wife has been to most of those places, plus: U.S South Carolina, Georgia Mexico San Luis, Tijuana PRC (she’s there now, actually) Hong Kong, Dongguan, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Wuxi Japan Tokyo, Niigata Taipei, Taiwan ---
**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:** [January 15, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/27 "2003-01-15T06:00:42Z")
ptr2void: You were in Toronto? Did you visit the city of Ontario? 😛 Very well: Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, (Saskatchewan), Manitoba\*\*, Ontario, Quebec\*\*, New Brunswick\*\*, Prince Edward Island\*, Nova Scotia\*. US states: California, (Washington), Oregon, Nevada, (Idaho), (Montana), (North Dakota), Minnesota, (Wisconsin), (Michigan), (Illinois), (Indiana), New York, Vermont, (New Hampshire), (Maine), (New Jersey), Pennsylvania, (Maryland), (Delaware), (Virginia), North Carolina, Washington DC. Spanish autonomous communities: Castilla y León, Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha, (La Rioja), (Aragón), Pais Vasco, Catalunya. French regions: Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France. Key: \* = only as a baby; \*\* = lived there, ( ) = drove through, ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/28 "2003-01-15T06:16:10Z")
STATES: California, Virginia, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Hawaii, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota, Iowa, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, and Nevada ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/29 "2003-01-15T06:38:58Z")
US: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, D.C., Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Kansas 33/51 Canada Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec 3/13 Australia New South Wales, ACT, Tasmania, Victoria, Northern Territory 5/8 India Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu 4/35 Vatican Vatican 1/1 Italy Lazio 1/20 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional, La Vega, Puerto Plata 3/30 (Actually, at least 3 more, but I don’t know the exact route we took.) > [@](#): > > **_Originally said by ptr2void_ > Canada > Toronto** Toronto is a city. The Province is Ontario. I am planning on adding as much of the UK as possible in a few years. And maybe parts of Japan a couple of years after that. Anyone wanting to check out the divisions of countries can probably find what you want [here](http://www.world-gazetteer.com/home.htm). ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/30 "2003-01-15T14:12:10Z")
NSW, SA and Victoria. You know it sounds really unimpressive next to those big US lists, but most of those places don’t even deserve to be called states. I could fit Rhode Island in my back yard. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/31 "2003-01-15T14:41:05Z")
Let’s take it easy on **ptr2void**. True, Toronto is the city and Ontario is the province it is in, but there was a time not long ago when Mayor Mel (Toronto’s mayor) thought it would be a great idea if Toronto split from Ontario and became its own province. Perhaps **ptr2void** is just reading old news. Okay, my lists: **Canada:** British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories. **United States:** Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, California, Hawaii, Washington. **Australia:** New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia. I’ve also been a number of places in Europe, but I’ll leave those out for now. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/32 "2003-01-15T15:05:04Z")
Canada: BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Northwest Territories (pre and post-split) US: Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Wyoming I think. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/33 "2003-01-15T15:19:15Z")
I’ve set foot in 34 states plus DC. If a visit includes spending time beyond driving thru and gassing up, I could probably eliminate 4 or 5 of those. I crossed into Mexico for an afternoon in Tiajuana and another afternoon in Cuided de Juarez. Never been to Canada. I’ve been to a few places in Europe - Paris, London, Cadiz, Sigonella and a few other towns in Sicily, Naples, Pisa, Pompeii, Rome. I think that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/34 "2003-01-15T15:49:28Z")
33 states (including all east of the Mississippi), plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/35 "2003-01-16T00:44:10Z")
U.S. states: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Colorado, Utah, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania (24 of 50) And while I was living in Italy, I visited the following regions: Lazio, Sardegna, Campania, Sicilia, Toscana, Liguria, Friuli-Venezia Guilia, Venuto, Lombardia (9 of 20) ---
**Author:** ![Quonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ed655f/32.png) [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/36 "2003-01-16T03:26:04Z")
U.S. Alabama California Colorado District of Columbia Florida Georgia Illinois Louisiana Mississippi Missouri New York North Carolina South Carolina Texas Virginia Washington Wyoming 17/51 (or 16/50) Bolivia Cochabamba La Paz Santa Cruz 3/9 ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/37 "2003-01-16T03:58:13Z")
I’m not nearly as well traveled as I’d like to be… US 1. California 2. Oregon 3. Nevada 4. Utah 5. Idaho 6. Montana 7. Wymoming 8. Colorado 9. Arizona 10. New Mexico 11. Nebraska 12. Texas 13. Iowa 14. Illinois 15. Indiana 16. Kentucky 17. Alabama 18. Michigan 19. Ohio 20. Georgia 21. Pennsylvania 22. New York 23. Connecticut 24. Rhode Island 25. Massachusetts Washington D.C. CANADA 1. British Columbia 2. Ontario MEXICO 1. Baja California ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/38 "2003-01-16T04:30:05Z")
Of the 50 US states, I haven’t been to Alaska, Hawaii, or Washington. My Mexican experience was a day in Tiajuana, my Canadian adventure was a day at Niagra Falls. I’d love to see more of Canada, and Australia, too, if only the plane ride wasn’t so damn long! ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/39 "2003-01-16T04:50:40Z")
Canada: BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick US: Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, New York, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Pennsylvania (just the Pittsburgh airport), Michigan (just the Detroit airport). ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616/40 "2003-01-16T05:13:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*NSW, SA and Victoria. > > You know it sounds really unimpressive next to those big US lists, but most of those places don’t even deserve to be called states. I could fit Rhode Island in my back yard. 😉 \*\* There are places in Texas and Alaska that could fit Rhode Island in their back yard. That just makes it more of a challenge. Anyone can get to NSW, but it takes some real _effort_ to find Rhode Island. 😃 I admit, there are places in NT and WA that could fit Texas into their backyards, but that is just because you need so much land there to support life. 😉 Lok [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-provinces-territories-visited/148616.md?page=3)