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Looking at the election maps got me thinking about how little of America many of us over here have seen/experienced first hand. My list as follows,
New York
Washington
Delaware
Maryland
Tennesee
Georgia
California
Montana
Nevada
Minnesota
Illinois
Florida
Texas
Massachusetts
(Does DC count?)
Four.
About 36 at the last count. My Dad's been to all of them.
New York
California
Illinois
Oregon
Washington
Hawaii
Yes, DC counts. Technically I've been to Utah and Minnesota, but 7 or 8 hours in SLC and MSP aiports staring longinly at the surroundings doesn't really count.
Well, I've been to Hastings and I've been to Brighton
I've been to Eastbourne too....
Hmm not that many
New York (not sure if that counts as the US, see also London and the UK)
Colorado
Texas
Florida(ish) does catching a flight through Miami count?
None.
New York,
Florida,
California,
Nevada.
All the touristy ones.
Florida (for the rides), and I visited NY, Boston, San Fran and Washington (city) on a long holiday, before we swapped disposable income for children.
I assume that that's 5 states.
I'd love to see more, in case anyone's interested in sponsoring me. I was talking to a lady over lunch last week who took her children out of school for a year and travelled across the US. The went to each state except for Idaho and Hawaii in a big campervan. It made me very jealous.
But Lady have you ever been to me?Rubber_Buccaneer - Member
Well, I've been to Hastings and I've been to Brighton
I've been to Eastbourne too....
California
Arizona
New York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Georgia
Plus Illinois & Texas if you include flight transfers, technically I'd entered the USA to get an internal flight.
It's a big country
19 for me . ROAD TRIIIIIIP
California, Texas, Ohio, Mississippi, new Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky,Ohio, Pennsylvania, virginia, noth Carolina, utah, nevada
Drunken
Stupid
Sleepy
Ecstatic
Does that count?
Up to now (in order of visiting);
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Washington DC (if it counts?)
California
Nevada
Massachusetts
Alaska
Washington State
As of next week I'll be able to add;
Arizona
Texas
Just two for me, Florida and Massachusetts.
We've got friends who live in NYC and LA, But I've no plans to visit.
All of them bar Hawaii, Maine, Vermont and Rhode Island.
Not 100% sure about Tennessee but I think so. Spent 6 weeks delivering cars so it got a bit blurry.
California
Texas
Louisiana
North Carolina
New Jersey
Massachusetts
But they all look alike. They look like the inside of a taxi, or the inside of a hotel, or the inside of an office, or the realization of a life wasted.
Which is why I always now bring my bike.
Cali
Utah
Nevada
New Mexico
Colorado
I was in Pompey last night, that's in a bit of a state !
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But one of those is only because Kansas City Airport (and indeed most of Kansas City) is actually in Missouri, not Kansas.
Florida and Philly being the others.
Also been to 3 Canadian Provinces. And one South American overseas department of France.
New York, Arizona and California
Plus a flight transfer in Wisconsin (I think).
Just one. Illinois. More specifically, a little town near Chicago called Gurnee where a company I worked for had an outpost....
That's it. Bit rubbish.
Alaska
California
new York
Florida
None.
One less than most Americans.
Oregon
Alaska
California
Nevada
Arizona
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virgina
Florida
And if we're including just going through the airport:-
Illnois
Texas
Washington
Virginia
Illinois
Georgia
Colorado
California
Hawaii
Florida
I'd like to see more of it though, assuming there's anything left of it in a couple of year's time.
Nevada and Arizona
New York
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Kentucky
Illinois
Texas
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Michigan
DC
28
I've spent a lot of time with family in Wisconsin though which makes a huge difference compared to just visiting.
I've been to LAX! I looked out of the door though.
The US has never really interested me, dunno why really.....
I'm no fan of American-ness, however the scenery is undeniably amazing and it's all extremely accessible.
Might have a go for my own curiosity. Several road trips bump up my numbers to a reasonable 20. Seems to have missed the bit in the middle (like many I expect). Would like to visit Seattle.
California
Virginia
Washington D.C
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Illinois
Missouri
... and a change of flight at Boston (Massachusetts) which doesn't count.
California
Arizona
Nevada
Not many really
its getting easier to count the ones I haven't been to....Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, North Dokota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Misouri, Arkanas, Alabma, Maine, Vermont...
... off again tomorrow
North-east mostly - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey. Plus Florida.
Registered to vote in Connecticut too...
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NY, NJ, PA & DE
I lived in Florida from the age of 8mths to 18yrs.
Up near Lake Okeechobee in Fort Lauderdale, playing and sailing the creaks and waterways will be with me forever.
Spectacular place, fabulous people.
1...Texas, they're mad as hatters, but I had a great time!
States I've been to:
California
Utah
New York
Illinois
States I'd like to go:
Colorado (with bike)
Oregon
Vermont
Maine
You can keep the God and guns states...
new york
california
nevada
utah
arizona
florida
colorado
Azzz bin t Arkansa... and yes it lives up to all your expectations.
NY CA CO AZ AL NC FL GA WA DC OR IL WI MN MA ME VT NH MD VA UT NM TX DE
So 24 I think!
Chicago to L.A.
More than 2000 miles all the way
St Louis, down to Missouri
Oklahoma City
Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona don't forget Winona
Kingsman, Barstaw, San Bernadino
None of those really!
MA, CA, NY, AZ & NV.
Florida
One too many!
Sat having a drink with some rather nice Americans sat behind us having a discussion, one man said.
"if any ni##er comes near my house, I would blow their brains out"
The others laughed and agreed
We left, wouldn't consider going back again.
Florida, Miami airport.
We left, wouldn't consider going back again.
You know not everyone's like that, don't you?
Sadly I won't ever get to visit any of them.
Bad once, bad for life. Apparently...
People in the U.K. say that kinda thing too, and we're not all like that.
#Brexiteers.
Just 5. But I've been to around 80 different countries last time we did a count in the office. Then I was accused of cheating as several were before the split of the USSR and they wanted the Caribbean to count as one place...
What do they teach instead of geography these days?
5 ...
new york
vermont
new hampshire
massachusetts
maine
I am not allowed in the USA so none for me. Bummer 'cos I'd love to visit but not worth the risk of lying to get in.
Edit..
Washington
Oregon
Florida
N Carolina
Virginia
DC
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
New York - both ends (NYC & Niagara)
@eddiebaby but if you visited the former Soviet republics whilst they were still part of the USSR then you just visited the USSR as that was the sovereign state at the time. Agree with the Caribbean though.
I was going to say none, but I stopped in Bangor to refuel on my way to Venezuela, so that might count. I have, of course, been to plenty of states, but they weren't "United".
5 .... lived in SoCal for 6 months
Good question but
I wonder how many your average American has been to ??
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California
Nevada
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Ohio
Chicago
California*+
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota*
Texas
Utah*
Virginia
Washington*+
Wyoming
DC
*These are the only ones that count as they are the only ones I've ridden in.
+ Live/Lived there.
I wonder how many your average American has been to ??
Far less, probably.
They don't tend to travel anything like as much as the middle class outdoor sportspeople of this forum. They also seem to have a very different relationship with the landscape.
Just California for work.
Whilst in San Francisco I did hire a bike (about 35Kg) and ride over the Golden Gate bridge to buy a huge macadamia ice-cream in Sausalito.
😀
I then rode it over the hills to Golden Gate Park with all that ice-cream sloshing around
😳
I agree with molgrips
You need to think of America on the scale Europe but without the variability between different parts. For most Americans there is little reason to go to many of the other US states especially in the mid-west.
Not so many Americans travel outside the US too. ~35% of Americans have a passport compared to ~76% of us Brits.
Actually I tell a lie - been through New Jersey as well (Newark airport) when visiting NYC
I wonder how many your average American has been to ??
Probably as varied as the number shown here. Some will have hardly been out of their own town/city whereas others will have been to many parts of the country. A useful comparison would be asking how many European countries you've been to outside the UK - 11 in my case.
You need to think of America on the scale Europe
Yes. Imagine if an Australian didn't want to go to Sweden after listening to Viktor Orban spouting off about refugees. You'd challenge that wouldn't you?
South Carolina
New York
California
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
The last 9 of those were undertaken in a 55 hour Greyhound ride from San Francisco to Milwaulkee.
San Francisco
Been there
Milwaulkee
Been there
I haven't been to Arkansas, Hawaii, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska or Oklahoma.
So 44 of em. Over 1.5 years in an RV with bikes. Amazing riding!!!!
Hard to get back to a normal existence after that!
But they all look alike. They look like the inside of a taxi, or the inside of a hotel, or the inside of an office, or the realization of a life wasted.Which is why I always now bring my bike.
^^^This. 10000x This^^^^
I started taking my commuter bike to places like Barcelona and Madrid as they're nice to get around. I now try, wherever possible to take a bike wherever I go. Reckon I'll be off to helsinki around christmas so the fatty will be accompanying me out there. Having a bike makes a huge difference to what you're able to see and do.
Illinois
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
DC
New Jersey
New
York
Massachusets
Rubber_Buccaneer - Member
Well, I've been to Hastings and I've been to Brighton
I've been to Eastbourne too....
So What?
(top quoting there R_B, top indeed)
But they all look alike. They look like the inside of a taxi, or the inside of a hotel, or the inside of an office, or the realization of a life wasted.Which is why I always now bring my bike.
Same here - always have to get out on foot or on bike, wherever I am. That's what I'm saying about the relationship with landscape.
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35. Vermont, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Delaware, New Jersey.
Mostly from 3 bike tours and 2 fly drives. A few more from coast to coast by train. A few by Greyhound and Vermont is from a ski trip in 1971.
Given I lived there for 3 years I feel I should have more than 20
NY
Conneticut
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Florida
North Carolina
Georgia
California
Washington State
Illinois
Ohio
Oregon
Louisana
Wyoming
Colorado
DC
A bit like Irc, I've crossed the most by bicycle.
Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and California.
Road trips, New York, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada and Arizona.
MTB-Idle - Member
So What?
🙂 I'd have quoted more if I didn't fear a ban
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Maryland
Washington DC
Florida
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
If you count just airports, I could also add North Dakota, Illinois, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Mostly holidays, some work. Planning to see the eclipse in 2017