How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
skipsul ·
March 19, 2012 at 7:11pm
With all of the talk these last few months of Charles Murray and his book (I'm a 45 by the way), I thought of a different experiment.
How much of the US have you actually seen? How many states have you visited (exluding layovers). I'm talking about states where you at least spent an overnight. I'll toss in Canadian provinces too for fun.
My sister has been to all 50, my wife just a few.
So, where do you go? How much of America have you really seen?
Here is the link: http://www.visitedstatesmap.com/.
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Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
That's really interesting--I didn't realize to what extent the charge that I ignored the flyover states was true. (I know we drove across the country when I was a kid, but I was too young to remember it, so it doesn't count.)
Jun '10
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
If Diane tries to go deep south, she's faking.
May '10
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Claire -- Could it possibly be true that you've never been to Massachusetts? Do you know there are more bookstores per capita in Cambridge than anywhere else on the planet? You need to get a speaking gig at Mount Holyoke!
Oct '10
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
No particular pattern to this—it's largely a matter of where conferences have been held which I've attended.
Shall we do countries as well? (Make your own.)
For me, this is dominated by the locations of solar eclipses (1999, 2001, 2008, and 2010).
Jun '10
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
If you can drive in England and know where to get good sushi in Istanbul, you get a free pass.
Edited on March 19, 2012 at 8:02pmRe: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
If I could claim every state I've visited, even for half a day, I'd name all but Hawaii and Louisiana, both of which I've sort of been saving. But I'm being a good boy, observing the you-must-have-spent-at-least-one-night-in-the-state-to-claim-it rule.
As for Canada--well, my apologies.
Mar '11
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
47. Getting to all 50 on my bucket list.
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
John Walker:
Shall we do countries as well? (Make your own.)
For me, this is dominated by the locations of solar eclipses (1999, 2001, 2008, and 2010). · 3 minutes ago
Wow. Traveling the world to see solar eclipses. Really cool.
Feb '12
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
A mere 30 if you can only count overnighters. How disappointing. Add five more if you count driving through them.
Edited on March 19, 2012 at 8:14pmMar '11
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
Hey, this world map one is cool! I don't look nearly so well travelled there though.
John Walker: No particular pattern to this—it's largely a matter of where conferences have been held which I've attended.
Shall we do countries as well? (Make your own.)
For me, this is dominated by the locations of solar eclipses (1999, 2001, 2008, and 2010). · 3 minutes ago
Feb '11
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
I recognize this is only states, but I am surprised they ignored the District of Columbia. As for Canada, even being from Alaska I never made it to a Canadian province.
Mar '11
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Have to agree - long-term world travel kind of skews the survey though.
tabula rasa
If you can drive in England and know where to get good sushi in Istanbul, you get a free pass. · 7 minutes ago
Edited 5 minutes ago
Aug '11
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
I'm like Troy in reverse:
Oh, I should probably include Ontario where I've been a few times.
Edited on March 19, 2012 at 8:12pmRe: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
Oops, I didn't see the rule about having had to spend a night. I never spent a night in Wyoming, Iowa, Indiana, or Ohio. Drove through them via I-80 on my way to New Hampshire from California. On the cross country drive, I spent the first night in Utah, the second night in Nebraska, and arrived the third night in New Hampshire.
Mar '12
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
49 - Number of states I've visited (never been to Maine)
56 - Number of Obama states I've visited (I'm assuming I've been to the additional seven)
9 - Number of states I've lived in (Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Florida, Washington, California, Hawaii)
3 - Number of Canadian provinces I've visited - need to work on this
33 - Number of countries visited
2 - Number of countries lived in (US, Bahrain)
7 - Number of times driven coast to coast
Edited on March 19, 2012 at 8:40pmApr '11
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
If I'm in Ohio this fall, I hope to visit Chicago, and will almost certainly spend a bunch of time seeing friends in Grand Rapids and Detroit. If I sneak in trips to see govs. Daniels and Walker speak, that'd clean up the most embarrassing white portion of the map nicely.
Feb '11
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
I can't believe I am the only one so far who has been in all of the lower 48. Where's Dave?
Edit: Same result using the overnight rule.
Edited on March 19, 2012 at 8:39pmJan '11
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
What a great idea for a post!
This is using an extremely rigid definition of the must-stay-one-night rule. Otherwise, I'd add Arkansas, Indiana, and Kansas.
I've also been to four Canadian provinces (BC, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick).
Edited on March 19, 2012 at 8:34pmApr '11
Re: How Big is Your Travel Bubble?
I've driven through 44 of the lower 48, but have "spent the day" in only these few.
Dec '10
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I've been to 47/50 - only missing Alaska, Hawaii & Vermont. But I've been stuck on that number for about 6 years now.
For Canadian provinces, I'm missing Newfoundland, Saskatchewan and the 3 territories. Grew up in British Columbia.