Life What states have you been to? - Page 6

**Rain Man** · 12-05-2011, 07:01 PM

Rules: In order to count it, you have to have slept in the state or eaten a meal while not in transit (e.g., not at an airport or while driving through).

This is probably a repost of an old thread, but we need to update our files every so often.

Edit: To clarify, "visited" or "been to" can also include "lived in".

**Rain Man** · 12-06-2011, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

I don't subscribe to your destination rule. For instance, I've never specially traveled anywhere in Nebraska (seriously, who has?), but I drove the length of that vile barren sonofabitch from the southeastern tip to the northwestern tip, and it was horrible and took hours, and by God I'm counting it.

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

Well, other than the one you disagree with.

**Rain Man** · 12-06-2011, 10:53 AM

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.

Frazod · 12-06-2011, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

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

Well, other than the one you disagree with.

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.

**Rain Man** · 12-06-2011, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

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?

Frazod · 12-06-2011, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

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.

Dr. Johnny Fever · 12-06-2011, 11:18 AM

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.

**HemiEd** · 12-06-2011, 11:20 AM

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

**Dartgod** · 12-06-2011, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dartgod

Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wyoming

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

**HemiEd** · 12-06-2011, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kc rush

Went to a wedding in VA took the Chesapeake Bay bridge through VA, spent the day in MD before camping in DE on our way up to Philly to see my sister-in-law.

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.

**chefsos** · 12-06-2011, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

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...

Frazod · 12-06-2011, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

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.

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.

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

**HemiEd** · 12-06-2011, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by chefsos

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...

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

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Originally Posted by frazod

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.

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

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.

Frazod · 12-06-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

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.

**Bugeater** · 12-06-2011, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

I don't subscribe to your destination rule. For instance, I've never specially traveled anywhere in Nebraska (seriously, who has?), but I drove the length of that vile barren sonofabitch from the southeastern tip to the northwestern tip, and it was horrible and took hours, and by God I'm counting it.

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.

Frazod · 12-06-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

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 though Nebraska. Hell I-80 through Iowa is nothing but cornfield after cornfield.

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.

View Poll Results: Per the rules below, I have visited (check all that apply):
Alaska	18	9.94%
Hawaii	48	26.52%
Washington	65	35.91%
Oregon	52	28.73%
California	136	75.14%
Idaho	48	26.52%
Montana	52	28.73%
Nevada	111	61.33%
Utah	82	45.30%
Arizona	105	58.01%
Wyoming	74	40.88%
Colorado	146	80.66%
New Mexico	88	48.62%
North Dakota	44	24.31%
South Dakota	79	43.65%
Nebraska	119	65.75%
Kansas	161	88.95%
Oklahoma	127	70.17%
Texas	149	82.32%
Minnesota	86	47.51%
Iowa	115	63.54%
Missouri	167	92.27%
Arkansas	124	68.51%
Louisiana	93	51.38%
Wisconsin	79	43.65%
Michigan	65	35.91%
Illinois	135	74.59%
Indiana	98	54.14%
Ohio	96	53.04%
Kentucky	96	53.04%
Tennessee	118	65.19%
Mississippi	78	43.09%
Alabama	83	45.86%
Florida	141	77.90%
Georgia	115	63.54%
South Carolina	76	41.99%
North Carolina	77	42.54%
Virginia	90	49.72%
West Virginia	56	30.94%
Maryland	82	45.30%
Delaware	43	23.76%
Pennsylvania	84	46.41%
New Jersey	68	37.57%
New York	101	55.80%
Connecticut	43	23.76%
Rhode Island	34	18.78%
Massachusetts	57	31.49%
Vermont	29	16.02%
New Hampshire	33	18.23%
Maine	28	15.47%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 181. You may not vote on this poll

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