Hey, why not create a thread about US states and use maps. I'm looking for states that, as an adult (18 or older), you have:
- Lived in
- Visited
- Plan to visit in 2015
Here is mine:
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Black - Where I have lived
Green - States that I've visited
Gold - States I plan on visiting
Yup, I plan on fixing that the next few years. :)
You can find the master image here (http://www.bamboobats.net/images/600px-Blank_US_map_borders.svg.png).
How do you get a "clickable" map like that one?
I've been in 18 states and Washington DC lifetime. I'm a Connecticut native and have lived in Maine twice. Since turning 18 on February 24, 1989, my visits included:
ME (2015)
NH (2015)
VT (2012)
MA (2015)
RI (2015)
NY (2015)
NJ (2015)
PA (2015)
DE (2014)
MD (2014)
DC (2004)
VA (2004)
NC (2010)
FL (2010)
TN (2010)
OH (2010)
IN (2010)
IL (2010)
The base map (before you start coloring in) doesn't show in any way Washington D.C. While not a "state", it is a lower-48 U.S. place, not part of any state, where some of us live or have lived.
My own map would be really simple: lived in CA, CT, VA, MN (only as a child), NC (only as a child), and DC; visited MN, NC, and every other state as an adult.
Quote from: cjk374 on April 03, 2015, 10:57:36 PM
How do you get a "clickable" map like that one?
I downloaded the master image, filled in the spots with Paint.Net (http://markholtz.info/paintnet), uploaded the image to a web server, and linked to it.
Or, you can use this site (http://m.maploco.com/visited-states/). Of course, it doesn't include Washington DC.
I'm not an adult, but here's all of the states I've visited so far:
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None, I turned 18 last October, and haven't left the province, never mind the country since.
But, I have been to Michigan (when I was 14), Florida (12), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, DC, and maybe Delaware when I was 15.
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The only states I've visited as a non-adult are Florida (born in Orlando), Georgia, South/North Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Delaware. The southern states are all only from I-95 moving up here.
States by year last visited:
2015: CT
2014: MA, RI, LA, MS, FL, MD
2013: NY
2010: NJ, PA, DE, VA, WV
2003: VT
2001: ME, NH
1998: DC
1988: HI, MO
1987: GA
1982: NC, SC
Will add IN and maybe IL in 2015.
It's probably easier if I do this in the inverse. Here's a map of all the states I haven't visited as an adult:
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As an adult? Missing Alaska, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Florida, Hawaii.
Add Maryland, Hawaii, and Florida back lifetime.
I plan to visit Maryland and (clinch the state highway system in) Delaware in a month.
Following a similar theme to the OP:
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As an adult that really crimps my list a bit! ;)
MN, WI, IN, IA, IL, MI, OH, PA, MD, NJ, VA, DE, NY
Only 13 of 31 have come since I turned 18.
I visited every state I have visited (FL (also aged 11), MI (airport only), AZ, NV, CA) aged 17.
I visited CA and NV again aged 21, so I have two.
Countries: I lose France (several times up to age 15) and Germany (14) (and Scotland, as I was 16)
I have Malta (19), Italy (19, 20), Spain (21), Indonesia (21), Thailand (21).
Goodness me, I've not left England since I was 22 (Wales), nearly 7 years ago.
As an adult, my list would be:
AL CA (CO) CT DE FL {GA} ME {MD} MA NH NJ NY NC PA RI SC TN (TX) VT VA WV DC
(airports only)
{lived in state}
Just one state is dropped from my list by the age restriction: Ohio.
Mine's easy to summarize - I've lived in NY, MA, and part time for a year in NM. I've been to every state as an adult, longest ago was Alaska in 2001, been to 36+DC in the last 5 years. This year, I expect to visit about 25 states on a summer trip, maybe a couple more if other travel opportunities come up. I know it's not this thread, but I hope to bump up my county count by 25 or 30 on the summer trip, hopefully passing the 1750 mark.
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The only states I've visited as a non-adult are Florida (born in Orlando), Georgia, South/North Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Delaware. The southern states are all only from I-95 moving up here.
One of those orange-colored "states" is a body of water, not a state...
Been to all but Alaska since age 18. Lived in as an adult AL, CA, DE, FL and NC.
I've traveled around far more as an adult on my own than with my family growing up. There are very few counties I've been to as a minor but not an adult; states... there are none. I've been to 39 of them and been behind the wheel as a post-college adult in all of them. In a couple months' time that number will increase to 48.
My trip around the Denver meet will for the first time get me to NE, SD, WY, OR, ID, WA, MT, ND, and MN. It will also involve revisiting NJ, PA, MD, WV, OH, KY, IL, MO, OK, TX, NM, KS, CO, UT, and NV.
Quote from: 1 on April 04, 2015, 09:44:35 AM
Quote from: Zeffy on April 04, 2015, 12:15:57 AM
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The only states I've visited as a non-adult are Florida (born in Orlando), Georgia, South/North Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Delaware. The southern states are all only from I-95 moving up here.
One of those orange-colored "states" is a body of water, not a state...
Maybe he really wants to use one of the ferries. :poke:
It was late at night and I was tired. It's not really that big of a deal.
I'm not going to be able to edit a map this weekend, but here's a list. I'm interpreting "as an adult" to mean "since turning 18."
Lived in since turning 18: Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama (three months for a job between second and third years of law school)
Worked in: DC
Visited: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut (driven through en route to and from Nova Scotia without getting out of the car), New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Plan to visit later this year: New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. (I have previously connected between flights in Salt Lake City, but we were on the ground for maybe 20 minutes scrambling through the terminal, so I don't yet count Utah as a state I've visited.)
Visited when I was growing up (old enough to remember) but younger than 18: Michigan, Vermont, Rhode Island (plus some of the ones visited as an adult, of course)
Visited only when I was one year old (don't remember): Arkansas (en route from Texas to Virginia when we moved)
Yet to visit, aside from the three planned for later this year: Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington
Canadian provinces: As an adult, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia. Growing up: The foregoing except BC, plus Newfoundland, PEI, and New Brunswick.
Not an adult YET, but in my 18th birthday I'm going to do a road trip with friends. In order we're going to Arizona (first time as an adult), New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona. Then it ends in CA.
Here is an interactive map
http://www.amcharts.com/visited_states/
I've been to all states except RI, VT, MT, ND, AK, and HI
Quote from: oscar on April 03, 2015, 11:15:31 PM
The base map (before you start coloring in) doesn't show in any way Washington D.C. While not a "state", it is a lower-48 U.S. place, not part of any state, where some of us live or have lived.
My own map would be really simple: lived in CA, CT, VA, MN (only as a child), NC (only as a child), and DC; visited MN, NC, and every other state as an adult.
I posted a link to an interactive map that does have D.C. as an option
I lived in NJ (from a child) and FL.
I visited PA, NY, and DE because they are neighbors of small state New Jersey.
MD, WV, OH, IN, IL, IA, WI, MI, SD, WY, CO, UT, NM, AZ, NV, CA, TX, AR, OK, KS, NE, MO, LA, MS, AL, GA, SC, TN, NC, VA, MD, CT, MA, VT, NH, KY
As an adult? I turned 18 in NC, and since then I've traveled to IA, MI, and IN, and passed through TN, KY, and IL.
If I add all the places I've been before I turned 18, the list is quite a bit longer. I've hit WI, MO, OK, TX, MS, LA, OH, PA, WV, GA, FL, MD, and DC.
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As an adult, I've lived in Arizona and New Mexico. Visited California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Texas(missed Oklahoma by about 20 miles)... I'd like to see all 50, but the ones I'd really like to visit in the foreseeable future are colored in gold.
Between the military and truck driving I've been to 43 of 50 states
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California (lived)
Florida
Georgia (lived)
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
Ohio
South Carolina
Texas
Wisconsin
Since I turned 18 (waay back in 1971 :-D) I've visited 48 states :clap:(missing AK & HI). I was an AF brat & drove a truck 20 yrs so I've been around.
Since 18 I've lived & worked in 3. DE, NV, FL.
Prior to 18 I lived in MA (birthplace), MI, SC, Guam, OH, AK, DE, NC & IL.
Quote from: allniter89 on April 05, 2015, 01:02:02 AM
I've visited 48 states (missing AK & HA)
HA HA HA HA...
(No, it's HI.)
Here are the states I've been drunk in. :)
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States lived in as an adult: SC and VA
States + DC visited as an adult: 45 - all but AK, HI, MI (never been); CA, NV, OK (were in these at age 14)
I've been to nearly all of the 45 multiple times as an adult and have been to all of them by car since 2010 except RI (2005) and SD (2000)
Canadian provinces as an adult - BC, AB, SK, ON, PQ
Countries - US, CA, UK (England and Scotland)
2015 travel plans will not add to any of these. Outside chance 2016 will get me Germany and Norway. Fair chance I finally get to Michigan.
Mapmikey
Get to cross one more state off of my not visited list. Vermont. Gotta deliver there tomorrow.
The only state that I have visited when I was not an adult is Florida. I was there twice as a youngster (once on a family vacation, once on a high school band trip). Every other state I've been in (43 total out of 50) I have visited as an adult.
Only visited MD and NC, and passed through DC, in 11 years as an adult.
Since the age of 18 & not counting airport connections:
MA
RI
NH
ME
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
VA
TX
FL
OR
WA
OH
MI
WV
TN
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42, 40 excluding airport-only visits (Utah), and a ten-minute nighttime visit to Wyoming. Lived in FL and AL.
3 Canadian provinces: AB, BC, and ON (airport only). Plus two additional countries.
I lose Delaware, which I'd last visited in 1982; not sure when I'll find myself there again. Travel plans do change frequently...
In 2011 I visited the US, namely New Jersey and New York. I've also visited these states previously at 17 along with Pennsylvania.
I have been to every state I've ever been in since I became an adult. I went to New Mexico and Colorado when I was 16 or 17 but I drove part of the way and I was close enough in age to an adult.
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I have been to and driven in all except Alaska which I will do this summer. I have also road tripped to all provinces except Newfoundland and the 3 territories.
This summer I will be riding my made in Marysville, Ohio 2007 Honda VTX 1300R motorcycle with Alaska making 49 states and at least 8 provinces/territories I have ridden it to.
The reason for the at least is I may go to Newfoundland early in the summer and Alaska later in the summer. Therefore, it will add 4 more provinces to its record before Alaska.
I have been to HI but unfortunately my motorcycle will not make it there, unless someone pays to ship it.
As an adult I've visited (most numerous times) the following:
PA, OH, IN, IL, TN, GA, FL, LA, NC, SC, VA, MD, DE, WV, NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME, NV, AZ
If you add my childhood, I've been to MI, IA, NE, WY, MT, and SD as well.
As an adult: OH, KY, IN, IL, MO, CA, FL, NC, SC, GA, NY, NJ, MA, CT, RI, PA, WV and VA as far as states. I have also visited 3 other countries: Mexico, Grand Cayman and the Bahamas.
I lose MD and DC as these were in 2002 when I was 16. I also lose the Canadian province of Ontario for the same reason.
I will be heading back to Massachusetts in 2015 for sure. Other travel plans are unlikely.
I had 48 states under my belt by the time I turned 15.
Though when it comes to the topic's question of ones I've been to since turning 18, it's this:
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25 states
MA (home state since birth)
NH, ME, VT,NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, TN, CA, TX, MT, WY, SD, MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH
Quote from: KG909 on April 04, 2015, 12:13:57 PM
Not an adult YET, but in my 18th birthday I'm going to do a road trip with friends. In order we're going to Arizona (first time as an adult), New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona. Then it ends in CA.
Sounds like one hell of a day.
Lived in Maryland.
Visited (all as an adult):
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California
Oregon
Texas
And the District of Columbia.
Canadian provinces:
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Lived in California, New Mexico, Minnesota, Colorado.
Visited all states except Alaska. My "visit" to Delaware is a little weak, having ridden through on a bus. I've driven in all the others.
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on May 11, 2015, 06:18:02 PM
Lived in California, New Mexico, Minnesota, Colorado.
Visited all states except Alaska. My "visit" to Delaware is a little weak, having ridden through on a bus. I've driven in all the others.
Even if you drove, if you did it on I-95 or I-95/I-495 or I-95/I-295, it does not take long to cross the First State by any of those (the I-95/I-295 route being the shortest and fastest).
Since the thread was about states visited during our adult years I had to go back and look at my counties visited map: http://www.mob-rule.com/user-gifs/slorydn1.gif (http://www.mob-rule.com/user-gifs/slorydn1.gif)
I turned 18 in 1987 so I was concentrating on the orange and yellow blocks and although I can't say I have been to every one of those counties since turning 18 I can say that I have been to every one of those states again since then.
Since turning 18 I have lived in:
1) FL
2) IL
3) NC
I have visited:
4) DC
5) DE
6) GA
7) IA
8) IL
9) IN
10) KY
11) MD
13) MI
14) MO
15) NJ
16) NM
17) NY
18) OH
19) OK
20) PA
21) SC
22) TN
23) TX
24) VA
25) WI
The green spots in MI (Ottawa County and Kalamazoo County) and NY (Suffolk County) were places I lived as a child so as an adult I had only visited those areas.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on May 11, 2015, 10:11:07 AM
Quote from: KG909 on April 04, 2015, 12:13:57 PM
Not an adult YET, but in my 18th birthday I'm going to do a road trip with friends. In order we're going to Arizona (first time as an adult), New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona. Then it ends in CA.
Sounds like one hell of a day.
Ikr, driving 500 mph will be fun
38 on my list:
MI (home state all my life), WA, CA, AZ, NV, WY, CO, SD, NE, KS, OK, TX, MN, IA, MO, AR, WI, IL, IN, OH, KY, TN, MS, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV, MD, PA, NJ, NY, CT, MA, NH, VE, ME.
For extra credit, the District of Columbia and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
I'm gonna push back that 18 to around 16-17, because I can.
Excuse my terrible Paint skills.
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If we push it back to my entire life, you can make WA blue, and make British Columbia (not pictured) green. If you make it 18, take away MT, WY, NV and NY.
Not an adult, but here are the states my family visited (after 2004, when I was born)
North Carolina
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
D.C. (does it count for this topic)
South Carolina
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Washington (state) (my dad went here)
West Virginia (technically)
Since I turned 18 I visited.
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
D.C.(Does this Count???)
I've visited NV, UT, AZ, NM, CO (Denver int'l Airport), north part of TX, OK and adjacent parts of KS, MO and AR. Internationally, I been to France twice, Belgium, the Netherlands border and across the English channel to a part of England (County Kent). Mainly they were family-related trips, while my visit to Mexico (Pto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo) in summer 2008 cruise trip was for pleasure. Also I been to Mexicali on the US-Mexican border.
Since I only just turned 18, I can only say one:
Washington
No near-term plans to visit any other state since they're so far away.