How many states have you visited?

30st?

I'm crossing Wisconsin off my list next month. After that, I'll have 20 left. And the majority of that was from traveling for my beat (back when I had one). I don't make trips on my own.

 

Why? You saw the state. I think driving through a state is more of a visit than flying in, sitting in someone's house for three days, then flying out.

 

Slept

19 - Not great but not terrible

Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Texas
California
Nevada
Wyoming
Utah
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Georgia
North Carolina
Arizona
Virginia
New York
Maryland
West Virginia

 

I'm 49 of 50. Not sure how I'll ever get to New Hampshire.

I'm 37 of 50 on seeing state capitol buildings in person.

 

29

Feels kind of lame, but I guess if you're posting on this thread, you probably have visited a lot of states. Twenty-nine would probably be pretty good for the general population. I'm really lacking in Great Plains states and New England.

California - Business and pleasure
Florida - Pleasure
Illinois - Business and pleasure
Kentucky - Business and pleasure
Massachusetts - Business
Missouri - Pleasure
North Carolina - Business
Wisconsin - Pleasure/family
Colorado - Business
Georgia - Business
Indiana - Live
Louisiana - Business
Michigan - Business, pleasure, live
Pennsylvania - Business
Tennessee - Family
Virginia - Pleasure
Arizona - Business
Hawaii - Business and pleasure
Iowa - Pleasure
Minnesota - Business and pleasure
Ohio - Pleasure
Texas - Business and pleasure
Washington - Business
Arkansas - Family
Maryland - Business and pleasure
Mississippi - Family
Nevada - Pleasure
New York - Pleasure (Cooperstown, but never NYC)
West Virginia - Drove through

 

Slept in: 32 states, one district. Lived in: bold

Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Florida
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Georgia
Massachusetts
Arizona
Nevada
Texas
New Mexico
North Carolina
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Wyoming
South Dakota
Alabama
Idaho
D.C.

If we're counting driven through, add Nebraska, Utah, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and South Carolina.

 

A mere 24. Obviously, I have a lot of traveling to do. Top is probably Washington as I'd love to see Seattle. Followed by Vegas.

 

I'm 35 of 50 if we count "drive-bys." Earlier in life, when I would be bored and take road trips, I'd occasionally drive a few extra miles (or in some cases an hour or two) just to cross the state line, step out of the car to physically set foot in the state, then turn around and head back.
Did that with California, New Hampshire, Kentucky, South Dakota and Maine.
The rest I've at least driven through, which is my standard for visiting a state. If you've seen more than the inside of an airport, you can say you've been there.

 

Where I'm really bad is countries: Canada and Germany. That's it. Airport layover in the Netherlands, but that doesn't really count. Two things intimidate me: Language barriers. Cost of travel.

 

Lived in — Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and (presently) Tennessee

Visited — Florida, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maine & Missouri

Countries visited — France & Italy

 

Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, Kentucky, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming (Those four were easy), Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Kansas, Iowa, Nevada, Washington, DC - however it counts...

In one trip after I graduated HS, myself and two friends went from Alabama->Tennessee->Kentucky->Ohio->Indiana->Illinois->Wisconsin->Minnesota->Iowa->Kansas->Missouri->Tennessee->Alabama

We saw 17 sports stadiums and watched 5 games. Took $250 on the trip spent my last $3 in Memphis on the way home.

 

Other than Alaska and Hawaii, what's been the toughest state for everyone to visit?
Mine was Kentucky. I went to every single state around it, but never seemed able to get closer than 50 miles from it. Was even supposed to go cover an SEC football game in Lexington once, but the trip got kiboshed at the last minute. It was like the fates were conspiring to keep me out of there, so it became sort of a mission to get there at least once.
Finally took a detour when I had some extra time on a trip to St. Louis and hit the extreme southwestern tip. Crossed the bridge where you can see the Mississippi and Ohio merge, which was cool. The rest of the 20 minutes I spent in the state? Meh.

Haven't been there yet, but I think Vermont is in the same boat. Way up in the corner, so you have to actually be going there to go there. Not like a lot of states where you can pass through on the way to somewhere else.