General Politics Discussion (IX) [ARCHIVED] • Page 95

If Trump still had a presence on social media I think there would be a better chance at something happening. His unhinged "official statements" just don't carry as much weight as the unhinged tweets in both the population and media

 

Still wouldn't be surprised if some other kind of attack happens in August. All these people need is a date and vague directions. Not being in power prevents him from hampering a defense, but anything could happen and a lot of these are very unwell.

 

@David87 burner showing up in the Sex thread

https://forum.chorus.fm/posts/4439517

 

I'm bored at work and my wife sent me one of those dumb how many states have you been to things, depending on the source, it varies GREATLY what the average is for Americans, ranging from 8 states to 25 lol. I've been to 22 states + DC, my parameters I gave myself for what doesn't count is a layover in a state where you never left the airport.

California
Colorado*
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York*
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia
Wyoming
Washington D.C.

* = lived

Going to cross off New Mexico later this year

 

Man I need to travel more, my list is not as robust as I was thinking. We are driving to Asheville next month so that will knock out North Carolina and maybe West Virginia depending on how we drive home. The lack of Northeast and West states is the big ones. Would like to do a Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine trip soon...mainly for beer and hiking.

California
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
Washington D.C.

 

New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Vermont
Louisiana
California
Minnesota
Florida
Virginia
Massachusetts
D.C.

Not counting states I've just driven through, like Connecticut, the Carolinas and Georgia. Also, Minnesota kind of barely counts because I only went once when I was like 2.

 

Let’s see:

Florida
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee

I need to travel more.

 

I've been to 10, maybe 11 on a technicality, and I can't imagine finding a reason to go to a lot of them

 

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan should count as another state. It's a damn near five hour drive to hit Lake Superior and 9 hours to get to Copper Harbor (the most northern city in the UP). Such an odd but beautiful part of this state that I got to explore last summer.

 

Wisconsin*
Iowa*
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota*
Missouri
N Dakota
S Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Washington*
Oregon
California
Kansas
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Main
Florida
Maryland

Gotta go South one of these days.

 

I think I'm at 28 + DC, if we're not counting airports or just driving through.

 

New Jersey*
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Connecticut
Massachusettes
Ohio
(Washington DC)

Would love to travel out west sometime in the near future. Planning to go down the Pensacola to visit my sister maybe later this month, so will probably be able to check off Alabama since it's so close to there. The goal is to eventually have gone to all 50 states. I'm young I've got plenty of time lol

 

does driving through the state count as being there in your book or having to actually sit down somewhere need to be in this?

If not, I’ve been in Maine (live there)
All states down the east coast to get to Florida (not looking at a map now)

and also

Nevada
California

 

Hoping to knock out Illinois and Washington next year as we have family there, probably Nevada too.

 

I counted driving through if you stopped somewhere in the state for food lol

 

damn, trying to remember what states I did actually eat in then lol. Definitely remember being a kid and being in like Virginia/South Carolina and stopped at a Cracker Barrel and they still had a smoking section sand thinking it smelt so bad lol. Pretty sure the one and only time I ate at Hardee’s/Carl’s jr was in Georgia I think?

 

also, triple post but cum back 2 Maine to see me

 

Ive been to all of New England, I've driven from NH to FL, and I've been to Colorado and Indiana.

My parents had a timeshare growing up and we just traded it for a new location every year. But we couldn't afford to fly, so we kept it within long drives along the east coast. I don't know how my parents dealt with screaming kids for 6+ hour rides lol

 

Living in or visiting the North East/New England area it's real easy to knock out quite a few states lol, we visited Summer '19 that's where we checked off most of those driving from Virginia north up to Maine

 

Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho*
Washington
Oregon
California
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
Oklahoma*
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi*
Alabama*
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina

*=Not sure if all of these count. We drove through the Oklahoma and Idaho pandhandles. Stayed a night in Oklahoma (in Boise City, Oklahoma actually), and stopped at a brewery in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. So not sure if that counts. Mississippi and Alabama we also just drove through their little mini panhandles and stopped to eat/drink at a brewery in each.

The goal is to get to all 50 and to also see as many, if not all, of the national parks we possibly can. We're up near 20 for that I think?

 

Not counting states I've just driven through:

Maine
Mass
RI
NH
Vermont
Connecticut
NY
NJ
Maryland
DC
South Carolina
Florida
Louisiana
California
Arizona
Oregon
Illinois
Colorado
I'll knock off PA with a wedding later this summer

 

PS Wyoming is definitely cool as hell and we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss that suggestion from a couple years ago of just getting like 150K libs to move there and tip the state blue lol.

It might actually be my favorite state in the union....though lack of a beach might make it not so

 

Dropping the libs into Wyoming like:

 

Hawaii
California
Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia

I have essentially been everywhere except for most of the south and then the Idaho/Montana/Wyoming area

 

I remember reading about how voters in Wyoming actually really care about conservation and environmental issues. Not surprising to me given the abundant landscapes and natural resources they have. I think you mentioned once in here about how you would like to see a dem candidate go there at least once during the election cycle to talk about their environmental policy, which isn't a bad idea.