States you've visited as an adult (2015 edition)

[ZLoth]

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:

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.

[cjk374]

How do you get a "clickable" map like that one?

[KEVIN_224]

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)

[oscar]

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.

[ZLoth]

How do you get a "clickable" map like that one?

I downloaded the master image, filled in the spots with Paint.Net, uploaded the image to a web server, and linked to it.

Or, you can use this site. Of course, it doesn't include Washington DC.

[freebrickproductions]

I'm not an adult, but here's all of the states I've visited so far:

[SignGeek101]

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.

[Zeffy]

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.

[jp the roadgeek]

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.

[empirestate]

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:

[corco]

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.

[Crazy Volvo Guy]

Following a similar theme to the OP:

[TheHighwayMan3561]

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.

[english si]

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.

[Eth]

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.

[Jim]

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.

[hotdogPi]

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...

[Alex]

Been to all but Alaska since age 18. Lived in as an adult AL, CA, DE, FL and NC.

[Duke87]

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.

[Molandfreak]

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.

[Zeffy]

It was late at night and I was tired. It's not really that big of a deal.

[1995hoo]

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.

[KG909]

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.

[robbones]

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

[robbones]

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