Hey, I don't make the rules around here.

Well, other than the one you disagree with.

The fascinating thing is that this poll has made a fundamental change as more people have responded to it. Early on, the leaders after Missouri were adjacent states to Missouri - Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Tennessee, etc.

But as more people have responded, the tourist states have suddenly jumped past the adjacent states. California, Florida, and Colorado have come on very strongly.

I'm not sure what Texas counts as, but it's made an enormous run. I suspect it's part tourism, and maybe mostly tourism, though I'm not sure what you do as a Texas tourist. Or maybe it's a big enough state that a lot of people have friends and relatives who move there.

I don't count airport stops (hence no Alabama, even though I've been to the airport in Huntsville), nor would I count a state where you drove through just a tiny part of it and never got out of the car (like the part of I-15 that goes through the northwestern tip of Arizona).

But big ass states like Nebraska or Pennsylvania that take many hours to cross, or piddling states that I've driven through many times, like Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey - sorry, I'm counting them. Been there, done that, stopped for gas, had meals, was generally bored out of my mind for long stretches.

I understand the point. I wonder if perhaps an amendment to the rule is that you spend more than eight consecutive hours in the state, or that you have more than one consecutive meal.

But then again, did you really visit the state, or did you just accidentally end up there?

If you've driven the length of Nebraska or Kansas, you've been there.

Same thing with Pennsylvania, which (other than two cities) is basically Nebraska with trees.

Yesterday I was in a state of euphoria for a while, followed by a state of contentment. When I awoke from a dream about peeing my pants and was unsure if I actually had for a minute last night, I was temporarily in a state of confusion. Once I figured out I hadn't and that I just needed to go really bad my state turned to relief. Then once I went potty the state of relief became so over-whelming that a state of joyus gratitude toward the muscles surrounding my bladder came over me. Then I went back to bed and fell into a deep state of slumber. Right now I'm in a state of calm acceptance that I have more work to do before going home. Later I'd like to be in a state of drunkeness.

All except Alaska and Montana. Lots of family in Montana, but still haven't been there.

Remove Georgia, Maryland and Minnesota because of Rainman's stupid rule.

Mrs. HemiEd is from Va. Beach and we took the tunnel to a wedding in Delware a few years ago. It was in a church from the 1700s.

I liked Deleware, and enjoyed it.

Just guessing: Was it Barratt's Chapel? That is a funky old place.

And to all of you who passed through upstate on I-95: We thank you for your toll money...

The Bay Bridge-Tunnel was cool. One of a handful of things I remember fondly about Norfolk.

Actually that may be it. Can't really think of anything else. :grr:

Oh wait, Williamsburg was cool. So there's two.

Yes it was, good call! I was raised in the Methodist Church, and that place really made an impression on me.

I spent a couple years there and had a great time. Loved the beaches, and the outdoors in general. Nagshead and some of the surrounding areas were great.

I'd defect if I could push the button that nuked Norfolk. **** that shithole. I'd love to see the Navy pull out of the area and leave all the scumbag civilians to starve to death.

I still don't understand this. Have you ever taken I-90 across South Dakota? What about I-70 across Kansas and eastern Colorado? Or I-76 to Denver? Those are all infinitely more vile and barren than I-80 through Nebraska. Hell I-80 through Iowa is nothing but cornfield after cornfield.

I think you just hate Nebraska.

Yes, I've taken all of them. And yes, they all suck, especially I-70 across Kansas, which outsucks them all.

But extreme southeastern Nebraska to extreme northwestern Nebraska - seriously, that's up there.