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Which states have I been to? I've lived in New York, Nevada and California, and visited Pennsylvania and Hawaii once each. Texas I think doesn't count because I was only there for a few hours and never left the airport.

I defy anyone on my friends list to look me in the eye and tell me they're less traveled than that. Anyone who's been to fewer states than me I'll bet has at least been to a foreign country other than Mexico.

Date: 2004-01-14 09:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emmett-the-sane.livejournal.com
At the same age, I was far less travelled. I'd been to Hawaii once, lived only in California, and visited Nevada (as far as Reno), Oregon (drive-through only, as quickly as possible) and Washington. I hadn't been to any cities in Oregon or Washington, because my parents despise cities in general, and cultural ones especially.

The first I went to another state beyond that was a bus trip to New Orleans in 96. Then I flew to Florida in 98 (I also don't count airports as visiting a state). I visited Portland in May 2000, and Seattle in December 2000. Then, in Dec 2001/Jan 2002, Geri and I did our 26 States in 30 Days trip. :)

Oh, and my first trip ever to another country was to Vancouver in September of 2003.

Date: 2004-01-16 10:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cyan-blue.livejournal.com
Good point about the age difference... Let's see. At V's age, I'd been to these states:

NY, NJ, CT, PA, RI, MA, DE, MD, VA, DC, FL, IL, CA, OH, MI, IN, WV, GA

Of course, in the Northeast, where states are smaller, it's a lot easier to have been to a whole bunch. One 4-hour trip can take you through quite a handful.

I'd also been to these countries by V's age:

France, Belgium, China, Japan, Russia, Finland, Estonia.

All of those were during high school trips. Japan and Belgium and Finland were travel stopovers; I only got to see about a day's worth of each of them.

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Since then, I've added Canada and Mexico to the countries list, and over my lifetime I've been to all but 14 states. The ones I haven't been to are:

2) Alaska
3) Arkansas
11) Hawaii
16) Kansas
17) Kentucky
19) Maine
23) Minnesota
25) Missouri
29) New Hampshire
34) North Dakota
36) Oklahoma
41) South Dakota
42) Tennessee
49) Wisconsin

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Emmett mentions our 26 states in 30 days trip in 2001. New states added during that trip for me were Colorado (we took a wrong turn off the I-80), Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina (9 total). We got photos of all 26 "Welcome to [state]" signs.

Date: 2004-01-14 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sinboy.livejournal.com
Got me there.

Date: 2004-01-14 09:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capnkjb.livejournal.com
I think Will's been to fewer states than you, and not travelled out of the country, either.


As for me:
Lived: CA
Visited: NM, NV, CO, OR, MD, Wash.DC, VA, NJ
Layover: it was either IL or NY; I was young, and it was for a very short period
Countries: England, Italy, layovers in Amsterdam (for an hour or two)

You win so hard.

Date: 2004-01-14 10:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vvvexation.livejournal.com
*hollow "yay" (as in "they were forced to eat Robin's minstrels, and there was much rejoicing")*

Not-so-worldly

Date: 2004-01-15 02:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] willrabbit.livejournal.com
I have only lived in California.
I have been to Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Texas.
I have never been to a foreign country (including Mexico or Canada).

I hope to fix this in the next few years, but for now I think I CAN defy you that I am less traveled than you.

Hopefully that means I win a round trip to somewhere nice as a prize ;)

Re: Not-so-worldly

Date: 2004-01-15 01:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vvvexation.livejournal.com
Heh. You wanna go on a trip, ya gotta show up at the ticket office, know what I'm sayin'?

Date: 2004-01-15 10:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaidevis.livejournal.com
I've lived in California my whole life; visited Nevada (Reno) on a few occasions, Eugene Oregon once and just over the border a couple times. Visit to D.C. and Virginia for two weeks in 93. Never been out of the country. Is that less travelled? :-)

Date: 2004-01-15 10:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vvvexation.livejournal.com
Oh, wow. No wonder you feel like you've been living in a bubble.

Date: 2004-01-16 08:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaidevis.livejournal.com
Yeah, especially when most of the past twenty years was spent in the wine country. Talk about a weird sociocultural bubble. :-)

Well...

Date: 2004-01-21 04:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] duane-kc.livejournal.com
I've only lived in Kansas and Missouri, visited Iowa, Wisconsin, illinois, Oklahoma and Arkansas, and have never been outside the continental US. Does that count?

PS: Found you through [livejournal.com profile] wicked_wish's journal. You look like neat people, so I friended you. Hope that's OK...

Re: Well...

Date: 2004-01-21 05:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vvvexation.livejournal.com
Hmmm. We may be about even.

Date: 2004-03-09 04:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tentonnun.livejournal.com
I've lived in Hawaii and California and visited Arizona and Nevada. That's it. I love temperate weather.

Date: 2004-03-09 08:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vvvexation.livejournal.com
Okay, okay, I've been thoroughly smacked down.

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