I'd still like to travel. As for Michigan in particular, I'd love to see the upper peninsula.You don't think you can find a reason to drive the 4 hours to Michigan at any point for the rest of your life? Yikes.
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Yeah, that was kind of a loaded statement on my part. 4 hours gets you in the Toledo/Detroit corridor.
I go racing near Grand Haven and it's about 7 hours, but that's all the way to Lake Michigan.
I go racing near Grand Haven and it's about 7 hours, but that's all the way to Lake Michigan.
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States I've yet to visit: VT, TN, AL, AR, MS, OK, MO, KS, NE, WI, MN, ND, SD, NM, WA, OR, AK, HI
Could knock several off the list this year if we end up driving to Texas.
Could knock several off the list this year if we end up driving to Texas.
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My one drive from Arizona knocked a ton off of my list and connected my west-to-east-coast completion.
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I've driven out that way a few times, and have to say that's the first time I've ever heard the phrase "Toledo/Detroit corridor" used.Yeah, that was kind of a loaded statement on my part. 4 hours gets you in the Toledo/Detroit corridor.
I go racing near Grand Haven and it's about 7 hours, but that's all the way to Lake Michigan.
That area between Toledo and Detroit on I-75 is surprisingly rural given that it runs along the western shore of Lake Erie.
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AL, AL, AR, HI, IA, ID, KY, LA, MN, MI, MO, ND, NE, NM, OK, OR, UT, and WA left on my list. Honestly have no desire to visit at least half of those.
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RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, PA, OH, MI, WI, IL, IN, KY, TN, MS, AL, GA, FL, SC, NC, VA, AZ, NV, CA, MO, HI, WY
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In Ticket to Ride you'd be awarded 5 bonus pointsMy one drive from Arizona knocked a ton off of my list and connected my west-to-east-coast completion.
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Agree that layovers don’t count. You have to legit exit a secured area and at least experience something in that state.
I only got Alabama because I spent a week in Corinth, MS and one evening drove across the border, bought groceries at a Piggly Wiggly, then drove down the Natchez Trace back across the border to Tupelo, went past Elvis’ birthplace and then back up to Corinth. Really nice drive.
That was 19 years ago this week, the opening ceremony for the Salt Lake Olympics was the night before I flew home, 2/8/02.
I only got Alabama because I spent a week in Corinth, MS and one evening drove across the border, bought groceries at a Piggly Wiggly, then drove down the Natchez Trace back across the border to Tupelo, went past Elvis’ birthplace and then back up to Corinth. Really nice drive.
That was 19 years ago this week, the opening ceremony for the Salt Lake Olympics was the night before I flew home, 2/8/02.
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Legalized edibles and mackinac islandI'd still like to travel. As for Michigan in particular, I'd love to see the upper peninsula.You don't think you can find a reason to drive the 4 hours to Michigan at any point for the rest of your life? Yikes.
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Train travel should count. Seeing a state by train is not the same as flying over it.
Train and car travel are the same imo, in terms of the 'experience'. Therefore, train travel should not count.You have to legit exit a secured area and at least experience something in that state.
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What?
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PA, OH, WV, NJ, MD, DE, VA, IN, KY, NC, SC, GA, FL, CO, CA, and I think NY. Might've stopped in TN for gas once, and have had layovers in Dallas, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, and Chicago (but never left the airport).
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Visited: NY, RI, CT, NH, MA, ME, NJ, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, TX, KS, MO, WI, MN, CA, HI
Would consider visiting: CO, WY, NV, TN
Get ****: The rest
Would consider visiting: CO, WY, NV, TN
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Meh. Amtrak goes through some old towns that the highways bypass. And I didn't need to leave the station to know that I experienced all that Kansas had to offer.
By the way, and I know this isn't what you're saying, but the Southwest Chief offers a far more enjoyable and scenic route through Arizona/New Mexico than I-40.
By the way, and I know this isn't what you're saying, but the Southwest Chief offers a far more enjoyable and scenic route through Arizona/New Mexico than I-40.
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Meh. Amtrak goes through some old towns that the highways bypass. And I didn't need to leave the station to know that I experienced all that Kansas had to offer.Train travel should count. Seeing a state by train is not the same as flying over it.Train and car travel are the same imo, in terms of the 'experience'. Therefore, train travel should not count.You have to legit exit a secured area and at least experience something in that state.
By the way, and I know this isn't what you're saying, but the Southwest Chief offers a far more enjoyable and scenic route through Arizona/New Mexico than I-40.
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Not counting airports the only part of the country I have never been to are WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, UT and AZ, NM.
ME is the only other state.
ME is the only other state.
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anyone that counts not leaving an airport as visiting a state is an idiot and I hate them
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I definitely don't count a layover as 'visiting'.
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I agree layovers are not visiting a state. Spending hours driving through (or riding a train through it) does count though. This will be the hill on which I die.
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I don't think this is unreasonable.I agree layovers are not visiting a state. Spending hours driving through (or riding a train through it) does count though. This will be the hill on which I die.
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Yeah. Saying crossing a state on a train is the same as driving across it is just a really bad take.
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if you get out of the car to experience things in the state (other than gas stations) then I agreeI agree layovers are not visiting a state. Spending hours driving through (or riding a train through it) does count though. This will be the hill on which I die.
if you literally just drive through without stopping, I don't consider that visiting the state
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I only count "spent the night" as visiting a state.
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Now this is an extra bad take.I only count "spent the night" as visiting a state.
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