How many states have you been to? Any all 50 folks? (2 Viewers)

[Spartans Rule]

Utah should be high on everyone's list. Pretty easy to get to and has unmatched landscape beauty

My brother lives in Vegas and has a rule about driving through Utah - any time you see a sign that says scenic overlook, stop there. Always worth it.

 

[Senor Schmutzig]

I'm at 42 out of 50. The ones I am missing are in two very distinct clusters.

Northeast - Maine and New Hampshire
Midwest/West - Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota

Everywhere else, I have stayed over at least one night.

Just checked the number of countries also. This probably should be a different thread but I am at 57 (or only 45 of 193 if you count only UN recognized countries). I am keeping pace with the "one country for every year I have been alive" personal target. Over half of those are probably Caribbean islands (25 out of the 35 countries in North America) and Europe (26 out of the 50). Haven't been to Africa (0/56) or much of Asia (3/51) yet so there are a bunch that you could knock off on one trip if you wanted.

 

[-OZ-]

missing South Dakota, North Dakota, South Carolina, North Carolina

You’re almost directionless.
I’d highly encourage visiting the Carolinas.

 

[Terpman22]

Oh haha I hear ya, just I remember distinctly being in Pensacola with my guy Kramer, who was from Wyoming and like "wow first time seeing the ocean" and had to tell him "Its not"

I would 100% consider the gulf the ocean

Whut

 

[the moops]

Oh haha I hear ya, just I remember distinctly being in Pensacola with my guy Kramer, who was from Wyoming and like "wow first time seeing the ocean" and had to tell him "Its not"

I would 100% consider the gulf the ocean

Whut

As far as "did I swim in the Atlantic Ocean?" yes I would consider that the ocean

 

[dgreen]

Because I know this is what everyone wants to read, here's my experience of each state.

Alabama – My parents had a conference they were attending in Huntsville when I was kid and I tagged along. As an adult, attended a friend’s wedding in Huntsville.

Arizona – My nephew had a wedding in Tucson several few years ago. We spent a night in Prescott, a few nights in Tucson (went to Saguaro), a couple nights in Flagstaff (went to Grand Canyon).

Arkansas – A couple years of college. A couple kids attending college in the state so have visited a few times recently.

California – A handful of business trips in the LA area, and had time to explore a little.

Colorado – Several personal trips to Denver. Daughter is about to move there, so anticipate more trips.

Connecticut – Hmm, it’s possible I’ve basically only driven through CT. I know on our way to Cape Cod for our honeymoon, we stopped at a pay phone (this was in 1999) to call the bed and breakfast to tell them we were running late because of traffic. The I-95 traffic was horrendous on that Summer Sunday afternoon leaving NYC.

Delaware – Been to the beaches a few times.

Florida – Visited relatives in Tampa once and drove down to Miami for the Orange Bowl one year and Gainesville for a Gator Bowl.

Georgia – I think I’ve only passed through Georgia on the way to Florida. Honestly not sure if I got out of the car. Kind of surprised I haven’t spent more time here. I'll have to find a reason to spend more time here.

Hawaii – Was here on a family vacation when I was 2 years old.

Illinois – Been to Chicago a few times, both personal and work.

Indiana – Spent quite a bit of time in Southern Indiana for work.

Kansas – Passed through on the way to Colorado as a teen on a family trip. I think we stayed in a hotel in Kansas.

Kentucky – Spent time in Louisville related to the work time in Southern Indiana. Once we were tired of our usual route through Tennessee to get back from Arkansas and we went through Kentucky instead, spending a night in Elizabethtown.

Maine – Stopped in Bar Harbor on a cruise and had a week long family vacation in Acadia/Bar Harbor for my wife’s 40th birthday. Brief stop in Portland on that birthday trip.

Maryland – I work in MD and live just across the river in VA so have done tons of stuff here.

Massachusetts – Honeymoon in Cape Cod. Went to both Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket on that trip. Several trips to Boston, both personal and work.

Michigan – We had a family vacation near Traverse City during covid. Had a great time.

Minnesota – A trip to Minneapolis with my church and also a work trip to Minneapolis a few years ago.

Mississippi – My college roommate lived in Tupelo and I went to his house one weekend.

Missouri – One work trip to St. Louis and one personal road trip that included a quick stop in St. Louis.

Nevada – When we went to my nephew’s wedding in Tucson, we flew into LV. Stayed there one night, went hiking the next morning in Valley of Fire State Park (I think I have the FFA to thank for telling me about this park), and then drove down to AZ that afternoon with a quick stop at Hoover Dam. One work trip to LV.

New Hampshire – Passed through the corner going between Boston and Maine, but might not have actually gotten out of the car. Whenever I go to VT, I’ll have to make sure to go to NH and get out of the car.

New Jersey – Mostly just passed through NJ. One job I had in HS, we drove up to NJ for the day to pick up some furniture from one of our offices and then hit a pizza place for dinner before driving back to VA.

New Mexico – Business trip to Las Cruces. I was able to fit in White Sands on that trip, which was cool. Wife and I spent a couple nights in Santa Fe last year with a couple hour stop in Taos.

New York – Personal trips to NYC and Niagara Falls.

North Carolina – Several trips, whether for the beach, or visit relatives in Charlotte, or a volleyball tournament in Raleigh.

Ohio – Been to Canton a couple times for the HOF. Stopped in Hocking Hills State Park a few years ago on our way from a trip.

Pennsylvania – Many trips. Philadelphia a few times. Pittsburgh a couple times. Amish country a few times, including an elementary school field trip. Hershey Park. Volleyball tournaments. Probably some other stuff.

Rhode Island – Cruise stop in Newport. Business trip to Providence.

South Carolina – Visited relatives in Greenville once. Wife and I spent a night in Charleston once.

Tennessee – Tons of relatives in Nashville, so that was our Summer destination every year as a kid. Have made many stops here on our way back and forth between Virginia and Arkansas.

Texas – Dallas a few times, personal and business. Austin once for business. Flew in and out of El Paso when I went to Las Cruces and had dinner there.

Utah – Went to Moab/Arches on our Tucson trip. Salt Lake City on a work trip a few years ago.

Virginia – Lived here my whole life.

Washington – Business trip to Seattle. Meeting was Monday morning so I got to fly in Sunday and went to Mt. Rainier.

West Virginia – Living in VA, I’ve been here a lot, mostly for hiking and a little skiing. Harpers Ferry is probably the place in WV I’ve been to the most. My mom took us there as a kids a few times to swim in the river.

Wisconsin – Brief stop on the church trip to Minnesota.

 

[brun]

Looks like 27.
All of eastern seaboard.
IL - PA
VT
TN
TX
KS - CA
Either lived there, travel for work, travel to ski, travel for vacation.

 

[Shaft41]

CA,, NV, AZ, CO, NM, UT, TX, OK, KS, NE, MN, IA, MO, AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, IL, WI, MI, OH, WV, NY, PA, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, IN

So my 17 missed are all Northeast and North/Northwest (and Hawaii). Hope to knock out the rest in a few years once I retire.

 

[-OZ-]

Oh haha I hear ya, just I remember distinctly being in Pensacola with my guy Kramer, who was from Wyoming and like "wow first time seeing the ocean" and had to tell him "Its not"

I would 100% consider the gulf the ocean

Whut

As far as "did I swim in the Atlantic Ocean?" yes I would consider that the ocean

This is like saying I’ve been to Wisconsin because I spent time in the UP.

 

[titusbramble]

NY, NJ, PA, MA, IL, NV, CA. Not counting anything we might have driven through from NYC to Boston

 

[the moops]

We have taken a 2 week road trip nearly every summer since our kids were born. Take 5 days to get to a destination, so we travel slowly and enjoy camping at beautiful places along the way. Then mostly get an airbnb for 5 days and explore the destination and the surrounding area. Then go home a different route and again take 5 days to meander and explore.

This map shows our first 5 trips with our kids. I think it was 2012 (with a one year old), 2014 (with a 1 and 3 year old), then 2015, 2016, and 2017. Since then we have hit all the other states, mosty a few times.

https://imgur.com/a/kghtApv

 

[Instinctive]

I've got CONUS but never been to Alaska or Hawaii

 

[tjford]

Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Arizona, California, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Florida, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Utah.

19/50 but in fairness, I am not an American.

 

[gianmarco]

If driving through counts (which it should), I'm missing the following:

Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota

 

[waiver wire]

as a Canadian only 11 , most were when I was younger
Dont have much desire to visit there and that was my feeling pre trump
There are a few areas that I do want to see at some point : Chicago, New Orleans , Grand Canyon and some of the National and State Parks
For work , I will probably be there sooner than I expected to cruise

 

[Sand]

40. Only missing VT and MI in the east (I'm not counting the Detroit airport).

 

[Dennis Castro]

47 states / 1529 counties or county equivalents (out of 3141)

Yes, I keep track of counties. Going back to the one I was born in, and reconstructing every trip I can remember. And for the last 25 years or so, I have regularly planned excursions around just getting new counties.

Here is my current map:

https://imgur.com/a/wwgJ79J

 

[MAC_32]

While not at the top of the priority list Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, both Dakota's, Wyoming, and Utah are somewhere on there.

Utah should be high on everyone's list. Pretty easy to get to and has unmatched landscape beauty

Our kids are aged 9, 12, and 15 and each have wildly different interests. That's the sorta place I'd go when they're older - whether with them or without (probably once each).

 

[nirad3]

Thanks to a 45-day road trip right after college I knocked out a lot of them, plus plenty of work travel.

I'm only missing: Idaho (going there in a few weeks), Montana, Maine, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Alaska and Alabama.

 

[Terminalxylem]

32. Missing NE and Alaska.

Also missing most of NE - Maine, Vermont, NH, maybe Connecticut and RI (can’t recall, may have visited as a kid). And no WI or MN.

So 40 something.

My sister lives in NH, so that’s a good excuse to knock most of those out.

Lived in MI for a couple years, but can’t think of any reason to go back to the upper Midwest.

Seems like half the board is from WI. Aside from the Packers, what are tourist draws to that part of the world?

 

[Terminalxylem]

if we're only counting states where i actually stopped and did something...

AZ, CA, CO,CT,DE,DC (Obviously not really a state), FL,MD, MT, MN, MO,NC, NJ, NY,OH, PA,RI, SC, VA

I'm boring. There's a bunch of states I'd probably only go to if it meant i got to play an elite golf course

I hear ya. My only time in AL for instance was just driving thru the panhandle to get to Mardi Gras, But we did stop somewhere so it counts!

Do we have a thread on best things to do in different states?

good idea

 

[Don Quixote]

Looks like I’m at 35/50. I’m missing: Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Oregon.

I’m not counting Illinois even though I’ve been to O’Hare/Midway a bunch, and even had the quasi-Illinois experience of the person in line behind me give me his negative view of my condiment selection for my hot dog while there. But it has been on my list for awhile. Need to figure out a reason/time to go.

 

[Terminalxylem]

I'm actually pretty convinced that I could find at least one place in each state that I could happily live

Absolutely

Name a state, I can name a cool place to live

Iowa, MS, and Kansas are rough imo.

 

[the moops]

Oh haha I hear ya, just I remember distinctly being in Pensacola with my guy Kramer, who was from Wyoming and like "wow first time seeing the ocean" and had to tell him "Its not"

I would 100% consider the gulf the ocean

Whut

As far as "did I swim in the Atlantic Ocean?" yes I would consider that the ocean

This is like saying I’ve been to Wisconsin because I spent time in the UP.

If I go to Ft Myers, I go swim in the ocean. Don't care if it is technically the gulf, it's the ocean to me

 

[the moops]

I'm actually pretty convinced that I could find at least one place in each state that I could happily live

Absolutely

Name a state, I can name a cool place to live

Iowa, MS, and Kansas are rough imo.

Des Moines is actually a cool little city. Nice little art scene. And Ames is also a cool little college town.
Gulf coast of Mississippi is pretty rad
Kansas is rough though

 

[the moops]

47 states / 1529 counties or county equivalents (out of 3141)

Yes, I keep track of counties. Going back to the one I was born in, and reconstructing every trip I can remember. And for the last 25 years or so, I have regularly planned excursions around just getting new counties.

Here is my current map:

https://imgur.com/a/wwgJ79J

How did you create this county map?

 

[Terminalxylem]

While not at the top of the priority list Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, both Dakota's, Wyoming, and Utah are somewhere on there.

Utah should be high on everyone's list. Pretty easy to get to and has unmatched landscape beauty

Absolutely. AK, HI, and western WY are also super awesome outdoor places.

 

[Terminalxylem]

I'm actually pretty convinced that I could find at least one place in each state that I could happily live

Absolutely

Name a state, I can name a cool place to live

Iowa, MS, and Kansas are rough imo.

Des Moines is actually a cool little city. Nice little art scene. And Ames is also a cool little college town.
Gulf coast of Mississippi is pretty rad
Kansas is rough though

I got a ticket for 5 MPH “speeding” past Des Moines, so not sure I can return.

KS is huge, flat, and smells like a pasture.

I’m sure Biloxi is nice, but the stifling heat and humidity make it non livable imo. I guess the same can be said for other gulf states though.

 

[Dennis Castro]

@the moops

It actually began when I found a stack of poster-sized blank county maps stashed in my new office. I started coloring one in just for the hell of it. That was back in ‘99.

For this though, I used ArcGIS, but since my license ran out, I’ve been using QGIS, which is freeware to make updates. If you can figure out how to navigate the software, the county-level shapefiles (line work) are free on the US Census website.

 

[Mookie]

Grew up on the east coast, spent a few summers in Missouri, married a girl from Michigan, and now live out west. I've got 42.
Missing SD, ND, WI, MS, TX, OK, AL, LA.
Aside from a trip to New Orleans or Austin to see some music, and maybe a golf trip along the RTJ Golf trail, I have no interest in visiting those other states.

 

[-OZ-]

I'm actually pretty convinced that I could find at least one place in each state that I could happily live

Absolutely

Name a state, I can name a cool place to live

Iowa, MS, and Kansas are rough imo.

We enjoyed Wamego but the only thing cool about it was a low cost of living and the OZ museum. Lawrence and manhattan are your typical college towns if you’re into that.

 

[-OZ-]

KS is huge, flat, and smells like a pasture.

West of Topeka that’s certainly true.

 

[UncleZen]

47, only missing VT, HI, and AK. I do plan on doing an Alaskan cruise one day so I am pretty sure I will know that one out. I don't ever see going to HI.

 

[Terminalxylem]

I'm actually pretty convinced that I could find at least one place in each state that I could happily live

Absolutely

Name a state, I can name a cool place to live

Iowa, MS, and Kansas are rough imo.

We enjoyed Wamego but the only thing cool about it was a low cost of living and the OZ museum. Lawrence and manhattan are your typical college towns if you’re into that.

Depends what you mean. To me, “college town” = campus, many bars, plus a couple decent eateries that similarly sized small towns wouldn’t otherwise warrant.

 

[Frostillicus]

I am at 34, and with both Alaska and Hawaii already knocked out I'm hoping to do all 50 before I die.

 

[-OZ-]

I'm actually pretty convinced that I could find at least one place in each state that I could happily live

Absolutely

Name a state, I can name a cool place to live

Iowa, MS, and Kansas are rough imo.

We enjoyed Wamego but the only thing cool about it was a low cost of living and the OZ museum. Lawrence and manhattan are your typical college towns if you’re into that.

Depends what you mean. To me, “college town” = campus, many bars, plus a couple decent eateries that similarly sized small towns wouldn’t otherwise warrant.

I guess Lawrence is a bit more than that but not much. I grew up with Ann Arbor being my idea of a college town, so I might be a bit jaded.

 

[loser]

I have been to the following:

• California (born and raised and still live here)
• Hawaii (Maui and O'ahu - Going to big Island at the end of July)
• Alaska (cruise and stopped in Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchican. Also been to Fairbanks to Delta Junction)
• Nevada (Vegas of course)
• Utah (St George and passed through going to Colorado)
• Colorado (son goes to school in Colorado Springs - driven from Grand Junction to Co Springs a few times)
• Oklahoma (visited wifes' family)
• Utah (same road trip to Oklahoma to visit in-laws)
• Arizona (baseball tournaments - Cardinal game)
• New Mexico (same road trip to visit in-laws - long time in a van)
• Texas (work - San Antonio, Midland, Odessa)
• Nebraska (Omaha for College World Series)
• Idaho (bought a lot for retirement in Hayden)
• Washington (recruiting trip for my son in Spokane - also to Seattle for some Mariner games)
• Oregon (softball tourney for my daughter)
• Wisconsin (flew into Milwaukee to go to Chicago - hate O'Hare)
• Illinois (visit family)
• Minnesota (going to Vikings games)
• Missouri (going to Royals games)
• Louisiana (New Orleans for a work conference)
• Alabama (daughter lives there now)
• Tennessee (visited Nashville on one of the times visiting my daughter)
• Florida (tagged along for a wife work trip, also spent time in St Augustine)
• Pennsylvania (went to Pittsburgh for a Vikes/Steelers game)
• New York (flew into Syracuse and went to Watertown for work)
• Wyoming (there for work visiting gas plants in places in the middle of nowhere)
• South Carolina (went to Savannah for a wedding)
• Georgia (drove through on the way from Savannah to St Augustine, FL)

Shocked I got over half. I guess I need to go to the East Coast and do a trip up and down the coast and get all those little states in the fold.

Savannah is in Georgia guy.

 

[Parrothead]

37.. unless airport layovers count, then it would be 38

 

[TripItUp]

states I haven't been to

North Dakota
South Dakota
Maine
Rhode Island
West Virginia

 

[dgreen]

I'm actually pretty convinced that I could find at least one place in each state that I could happily live

Absolutely

Name a state, I can name a cool place to live

Iowa, MS, and Kansas are rough imo.

We enjoyed Wamego but the only thing cool about it was a low cost of living and the OZ museum. Lawrence and manhattan are your typical college towns if you’re into that.

Depends what you mean. To me, “college town” = campus, many bars, plus a couple decent eateries that similarly sized small towns wouldn’t otherwise warrant.

I guess Lawrence is a bit more than that but not much. I grew up with Ann Arbor being my idea of a college town, so I might be a bit jaded.

Kansas is the state that I think I’d have the hardest time, but I just assume one of the college towns has to be good enough for me to be able to live a happy life. Or there’s always Kansas City, KS, where you have easy access to everything the real KC has to offer.

 

[Atomic Punk]

Another Canadian here and would love to see the whole USA eventually. I’ve been to 19 states so far counting only those that I have stayed overnight. I’d have to add a couple more if including those I drove through, but I really don’t think those should count. Mrs. Punk and I have done trips to the US most years starting when we got married in Vegas. It will likely be a few years before we continue knocking more off the list.

As an aside, I have also been to all 10 Canadian provinces and 2 of our territories, only missing Yukon.

 

[Terminalxylem]

KS is huge, flat, and smells like a pasture.

West of Topeka that’s certainly true.

So what is the sliver of Kansas east of Topeka like?

 

[Terminalxylem]

I'm actually pretty convinced that I could find at least one place in each state that I could happily live

Absolutely

Name a state, I can name a cool place to live

Iowa, MS, and Kansas are rough imo.

We enjoyed Wamego but the only thing cool about it was a low cost of living and the OZ museum. Lawrence and manhattan are your typical college towns if you’re into that.

Depends what you mean. To me, “college town” = campus, many bars, plus a couple decent eateries that similarly sized small towns wouldn’t otherwise warrant.

I guess Lawrence is a bit more than that but not much. I grew up with Ann Arbor being my idea of a college town, so I might be a bit jaded.

I've spent time in 4 college towns, and they're fairly similar. My ranking:

State College, PA
Athens, GA
Chapel Hill
Ann Arbor

State College was clearly the worst, though the other 3 are fairly similar, squarely in the "meh" range of places to visit.

 

[Terminalxylem]

I have been to the following:

• California (born and raised and still live here)
• Hawaii (Maui and O'ahu - Going to big Island at the end of July)
• Alaska (cruise and stopped in Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchican. Also been to Fairbanks to Delta Junction)
• Nevada (Vegas of course)
• Utah (St George and passed through going to Colorado)
• Colorado (son goes to school in Colorado Springs - driven from Grand Junction to Co Springs a few times)
• Oklahoma (visited wifes' family)
• Utah (same road trip to Oklahoma to visit in-laws)
• Arizona (baseball tournaments - Cardinal game)
• New Mexico (same road trip to visit in-laws - long time in a van)
• Texas (work - San Antonio, Midland, Odessa)
• Nebraska (Omaha for College World Series)
• Idaho (bought a lot for retirement in Hayden)
• Washington (recruiting trip for my son in Spokane - also to Seattle for some Mariner games)
• Oregon (softball tourney for my daughter)
• Wisconsin (flew into Milwaukee to go to Chicago - hate O'Hare)
• Illinois (visit family)
• Minnesota (going to Vikings games)
• Missouri (going to Royals games)
• Louisiana (New Orleans for a work conference)
• Alabama (daughter lives there now)
• Tennessee (visited Nashville on one of the times visiting my daughter)
• Florida (tagged along for a wife work trip, also spent time in St Augustine)
• Pennsylvania (went to Pittsburgh for a Vikes/Steelers game)
• New York (flew into Syracuse and went to Watertown for work)
• Wyoming (there for work visiting gas plants in places in the middle of nowhere)
• South Carolina (went to Savannah for a wedding)
• Georgia (drove through on the way from Savannah to St Augustine, FL)

Shocked I got over half. I guess I need to go to the East Coast and do a trip up and down the coast and get all those little states in the fold.

Savannah is in Georgia guy.

Charleston is basically the same town.

 

[-OZ-]

KS is huge, flat, and smells like a pasture.

West of Topeka that’s certainly true.

So what is the sliver of Kansas east of Topeka like?

hillier, didn’t stink.

https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/1937-Kansas-Relief-Map-3D-digitally-rendered-by-ThinkAboutMaps/69568957.6Q0TX

 

[Terminalxylem]

KS is huge, flat, and smells like a pasture.

West of Topeka that’s certainly true.

So what is the sliver of Kansas east of Topeka like?

hillier, didn’t stink.

https://www.redbubble.com/i/photographic-print/1937-Kansas-Relief-Map-3D-digitally-rendered-by-ThinkAboutMaps/69568957.6Q0TX

Fair enough. Also of note:

The highest point in Kansas is Mount Sunflower, which stands at 4,039 feet (1,231 meters) above sea level. It is located in Wallace County, near the Colorado border.

 

[waiver wire]

Another Canadian here and would love to see the whole USA eventually. I’ve been to 19 states so far counting only those that I have stayed overnight. I’d have to add a couple more if including those I drove through, but I really don’t think those should count. Mrs. Punk and I have done trips to the US most years starting when we got married in Vegas. It will likely be a few years before we continue knocking more off the list.

As an aside, I have also been to all 10 Canadian provinces and 2 of our territories, only missing Yukon.

The farthest east I have been is Quebec City and that didnt happen until 2021. It is cheaper to fly to Europe than the Atlantic provinces. Havent made it up north yet either but want to do a road trip for that

 

[B Maverick]

We have taken a 2 week road trip nearly every summer since our kids were born. Take 5 days to get to a destination, so we travel slowly and enjoy camping at beautiful places along the way. Then mostly get an airbnb for 5 days and explore the destination and the surrounding area. Then go home a different route and again take 5 days to meander and explore.

This map shows our first 5 trips with our kids. I think it was 2012 (with a one year old), 2014 (with a 1 and 3 year old), then 2015, 2016, and 2017. Since then we have hit all the other states, mosty a few times.

https://imgur.com/a/kghtApv

That's awesome. When I was a kid we took a 6 week trip one summer and a 4 week trip the next. Couple days of camping, then a hotel for a shower and bed. Then back to camping. Saw most of the western US and so many great spots and National Parks. Great memories.

If driving through counts (which it should)

Driving through counts of course.

unless airport layovers count,

Airport stops or layovers should not.
(Would add one more state to mine if it did. But it doesn't)

 

[Gally]

I have been to the following:

• California (born and raised and still live here)
• Hawaii (Maui and O'ahu - Going to big Island at the end of July)
• Alaska (cruise and stopped in Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchican. Also been to Fairbanks to Delta Junction)
• Nevada (Vegas of course)
• Utah (St George and passed through going to Colorado)
• Colorado (son goes to school in Colorado Springs - driven from Grand Junction to Co Springs a few times)
• Oklahoma (visited wifes' family)
• Utah (same road trip to Oklahoma to visit in-laws)
• Arizona (baseball tournaments - Cardinal game)
• New Mexico (same road trip to visit in-laws - long time in a van)
• Texas (work - San Antonio, Midland, Odessa)
• Nebraska (Omaha for College World Series)
• Idaho (bought a lot for retirement in Hayden)
• Washington (recruiting trip for my son in Spokane - also to Seattle for some Mariner games)
• Oregon (softball tourney for my daughter)
• Wisconsin (flew into Milwaukee to go to Chicago - hate O'Hare)
• Illinois (visit family)
• Minnesota (going to Vikings games)
• Missouri (going to Royals games)
• Louisiana (New Orleans for a work conference)
• Alabama (daughter lives there now)
• Tennessee (visited Nashville on one of the times visiting my daughter)
• Florida (tagged along for a wife work trip, also spent time in St Augustine)
• Pennsylvania (went to Pittsburgh for a Vikes/Steelers game)
• New York (flew into Syracuse and went to Watertown for work)
• Wyoming (there for work visiting gas plants in places in the middle of nowhere)
• South Carolina (went to Savannah for a wedding)
• Georgia (drove through on the way from Savannah to St Augustine, FL)

Shocked I got over half. I guess I need to go to the East Coast and do a trip up and down the coast and get all those little states in the fold.

Savannah is in Georgia guy.

I knew that. Oops. Not sure why I put South Carolina.

 

[Dennis Castro]

I'm actually pretty convinced that I could find at least one place in each state that I could happily live

Absolutely

Name a state, I can name a cool place to live

Iowa, MS, and Kansas are rough imo.

We enjoyed Wamego but the only thing cool about it was a low cost of living and the OZ museum. Lawrence and manhattan are your typical college towns if you’re into that.

Depends what you mean. To me, “college town” = campus, many bars, plus a couple decent eateries that similarly sized small towns wouldn’t otherwise warrant.

I guess Lawrence is a bit more than that but not much. I grew up with Ann Arbor being my idea of a college town, so I might be a bit jaded.

I've spent time in 4 college towns, and they're fairly similar. My ranking:

State College, PA
Athens, GA
Chapel Hill
Ann Arbor

State College was clearly the worst, though the other 3 are fairly similar, squarely in the "meh" range of places to visit.

I lived in State College for fifteen years, both as a student, and as a professional. I loved it, and I wish I could go back.