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Our 50 states (and provinces/territories)

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by I Should Coco, Mar 8, 2017.

  1. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Sorry Alabamans, it's Montgomery, as I remembered when I woke up this morning. Never been there, so subtract one.
     
  2. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Sacramento, Montpelier, Concord, Phoenix, Denver, Hartford, Indianapolis, Des Moines, Annapolis, Boston, Lincoln, Santa Fe, Albany, Columbus, Providence, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, D.C.
     
  3. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    You're supposed to tell us where you saw the concert.
     
  4. Airports: Maui, San Diego, Orange County, Long Beach, LAX, Burbank, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Portland, Sea-Tac, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Denver, Wichita, Kansas City, Grand Island (Neb.), Omaha, Minneapolis, Des Moines, St. Louis, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston Bush, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Melbourne, Orlando, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Knoxville, Cincinnati, Cleveland, O'Hare, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Detroit Metro, Detroit Wayne, Boston, JFK, Newark, BWI, Dulles, Washington National, Pittsburgh.

    Sex: Hawaii, California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Wisconsin
     
  5. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    One time I figured out states where I've driven a car, so here's that:
    Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Missouri, Hawaii.

    Capital cities:
    Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Texas, Utah, Hawaii. And DC.

    College campuses:
    Virginia (UVA, VT, Radford, VMI, Washington & Lee, Richmond, VCU, Virginia Union, Virginia State, Norfolk State, Hampton, JMU, William & Mary, Christopher Newport, Hollins, Roanoke, Hampden-Sydney, Longwood, ODU, George Mason, Mary Washington, Randolph-Macon, Liberty), Maryland (College Park), North Carolina (UNC, Duke, Wake, App State, UNCG), South Carolina (USC), Pennsylvania (Penn, Penn State), DC (American, GW, Georgetown), Florida (FSU), Georgia (UGA), Tennessee (UT), Texas (UT), New Jersey (Rutgers), New York (NYU)

    Also, I've had sex in Missouri, but can't edit that post anymore for some reason.
     
    Last edited: Mar 10, 2017
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  6. apeman33

    apeman33 Well-Known Member

    Attended a concert?
    Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Texas

    Eaten at Taco John's Tico?
    Kansas, Iowa.

    Attended an MLB game:
    Missouri, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado.

    State capitals:
    Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Idaho.

    College campuses:
    Kansas (all seven publics as well as Tabor, Bethany, Sterling, Friends, Ottawa, Baker, Newman and Kansas Wesleyan and the former campuses of St. Mary of the Plains and Marymount), Oklahoma (OU, OSU and Oral Roberts), Iowa (Iowa Wesleyan, Graceland), U. of Minnesota, Missouri (Missouri Southern, Missouri State, Northwest Missouri State, Truman State, Southwest Baptist, Central Missouri).
    If jucos count, add Illinois.
     
  7. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Attended an MLB game: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Arizona (spring training)

    State capitals: Massachusetts, Rhode Island*, Arkansas*, New Jersey, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arizona, Oklahoma, Iowa
    (*Interstate drive-by)

    College campuses: Louisiana (LSU, Grambling and Louisiana Tech), Mississippi (all but one of the four-year schools and a few community colleges), Tennessee (Vanderbilt and UT), Arkansas (UA), Alabama (UA), Arizona (Arizona State and yet another UA), Texas (UTEP), Nebraska (Wayne State), New Jersey (College of New Jersey)
     
  8. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    I have been to two territories - Guam and the CNMI.
    I have been to one freely associated state - Palau.
     
  9. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    Airports: San Diego, Orange County, LAX, Burbank, Ontario, Palm Springs, Oakland, Sacramento, Portland, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Reno, Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Dallas-Fort Worth, Love Field, Houston Bush, El Paso, Austin, Fort Smith, Ark, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Atlanta, Cleveland, Columbus, O'Hare, Hartford, JFK, Newark, Buffalo, Albany, BWI, Dulles, Washington National
     
  10. Donny in his element

    Donny in his element Well-Known Member

    I owe a follow-up on college campuses, but that's a long list...

    States in Which One Has Slept in a Parked Car or Otherwise Outside:
    • Florida
    • North Carolina
    • Tennessee

    States in Which Public Transit Has Been Used
    • California ... San Francisco Trolley; SF bus
    • Florida ... Jacksonville Skyway; TalTran (Tallahassee bus system); Space Coast Area Transit (Brevard County)
    • Illinois ... Chicago El
    • Missouri ... Kansas City Streetcar
    • New York ... NYC Subway
    • Texas ... Dallas electic trolley
    • Virginia/DC (Metro)
     
  11. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    I made a list of states in which I have spent 12 hours or more and a list of states in which I have been drunk.
    The lists matched.
     
  12. I Should Coco

    I Should Coco Well-Known Member

    The only one of these states where I've driven a car is Missouri.

    Guess I need to take an East Coast and/or SEC country road trip one of these days ... :)
     
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