What is your favorite state , how many states have you been in

Places I still have yet to visit which I'd like to -- Texas (just to see what all the shouting is about), Florida (likewise), Wales, Ireland, Vancouver and Vancouver Island, Alaska, Italy, Spain, Portugal, St. Petersburg, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand. I'd also love to go to Iran, but the political situation would have to rapidly improve first.

Can I play European Countries trumps instead? England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Belgium, Holland, Austria, Denmark and Italy, and I've seen Sweden and Spain from the other side of the border. Belgium is obviously coolest, followed by Switzerland and Italy.

And my favourite is still NY state. Though I think Oregon might be sneaking up on it, due to its having better mountains.

English counties, I'll let you know when I get back from tour. I really do think we're going to be hitting every single one, except maybe Cornwall.

US states: Florida, NY, Louisiana, California. Only saw urban souther california and it was horrible. infact I've only ever been to urban bits of the US.

Don't really register places very well, I'm afraid. I liked Florida, and Oxfordshire, and NY State. But couldn't really say much about them.

I would say perhaps Arizona, if no one lived there, it has the most amazing natural scenery, cluttered by crappy little towns and motels everywhere. No place I've been is more boring than Kansas, and no place has more Religious jibberish littering the landscape than Indiana.

Barcelona may be my favorite place. Wish I spoke Catalan, or even Spanish for that matter.

Uh, AP, by my count, that would make 9 provinces, maybe 8 1/2 if you want to be generous and count New Brunswick as half-french.

Richard: you might also think of the Totnes hippies - the Dartington Hall effect again, as so often.

OK then (depressingly badly-travelled): Greater London, Kent, Essex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Somerset, Surrey, Wiltshire, Devon, East and West Sussex, West and North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire (a county abolished in 1974, but I've definitely been to where it was - now absorbed into Cambridgeshire), Avon (as was), South Gloucestershire (is that where Bristol is now?), North East Somerset (I think that's where Bath is now), Strathclyde (Glasgow).

Birthplace: Greater London. Have lived there (very briefly), in Kent, and in Dorset.

Outside Britain: only France, I'm afraid.

I've never been to Illnois, Kerry, but I like your analogy, and I sort-of understand it. Have you been to the Dartford / Gravesend area of Kent?

Ned: I remember you only went to the inland parts of Devon. Sensible man.

My favorite state is happy. =)

Not been to any yet though.

New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona.

I had the best times in Wisconsin, with honourable mentions to Illinois, California, Louisiana, Oregon, New Jersey and New York.

Mainly because I've spent more time in those states than anything. (I lived in Wisconsin for 4 months.)

So: I've been up and down both coasts and made a few small excursions into the middle. I've been to ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL (still haven't hit Vermont); I've done WA, OR, CA, NV, UT, ID, WY, CO; I've spent some time in IL; and I've done the layover thing in TX, MO, MI, AZ, OH.

That makes 29; obviously I have huge stretches of the country to see (the Midwest, the deep South). Florida is by far my least favorite state I've been to; Oregon and New York are home; Utah and North Carolina were the most consistantly attractive to drive through, although certainly most states have their attractive areas.

I haven't left the country, and thus haven't been to any provinces, though I plan on finally getting up to BC this summer and touring through Saskatchewan and the rest of the prairies this fall. The truly foreign countries will probably have to wait another year (sigh).

So obviously 14 tattoos are in order.

Out of the country: Bermuda, Nova Scotia.

Whoopdee frickin doo.

TX, LA, AK, OK, MI, MO, AL, GA, SC, WV, VA, NY, NJ, MA, MI, WI, MN, IL, CA, AZ, NV, PA

22 - Those are the ones I've at least spent a day in but the majority of them were overnight or more. My favorite? Well, DUH! Other than TX I might say, hmmm, Louisana or California.

I've been to two provinces.

I've no idea how many counties or regions I've been to.

I had the most fun in wisconsin.

Favorite is New Mexico: variety of landscapes, deserts meets mountains, beautiful clear deep blue skies, good climate (mean elevation is about 4K feet so it's usu not THAT hot), extreme desolation (Jornada del Muerto (sp?), ancient pueblos still lived in, quietness/wilderness, good food (even got some really good Chicago-style Pizza in Santa Fe), extremely friendly, laid-back people. Favorite part of New Mexico: Tularoosa Basin, in between Sacremento--almost sheer cliffs that vault 5000 feet above the valley--and San Andres mountains. White Sands is there, so you can be completely surrounded by bright white dunes in the desert and see snow capped mountains at the same time.

Least Favorite: Iowa

Canada: only been to Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, and some shit suburb of Toronto.

In Canada I still need to get to Nova Scotia and PEI. In Australia I still have Western Aus. to go.

only 1 canadian province (Quebec).

13 European countries: UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark.

Countries: UK (England, Soctland), Germany, France, Canada, Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan

22 Countries: The USA is my favorite but I live there otherwise I'd say Japan.

1 province: ON.

2 Aussie territories: VIC, NSW...

29 countries: USA, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, UK, Ireland, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Australia, Kyrgzstan [sort of]

i want to go to Iran too.. and finish the Central Asia trip.. and I want to go to Timbuktu. and Mexico. and Senegal. and Turkey. and Scandinavia.

Countries: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Netherlands. I've actually spent time in those, but I guess I've also set foot in Iceland and been on trains through a few others. The Reykjavik airport is terrifying.

Most favorite: Toss up between LA and CO
Least favorite: IA.... god I hate Iowa.

Countries: Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Germany

As of this date, I hate no state.

Countries: Spain, Mexico, Bahamas, Hong Kong (as part of the UK), Thailand, Canada (Ontario and British Columbia).

A couple weeks ago when I visited Jen Nstop and other ilx folk in Seattle, I crossed Washington off of the list of states I had not yet been in.

I've lived in Virginia (Charlottesville), Alaska (Homer), Arizona (Phoenix), Tennessee (Nashville), Pennsylvania (Bethlehem) and New York (NYC). Of those, New York is easily my favorite, though the city of Bethlehem has a special urban decay sort of charm that I really dig.

Faves: OR (sentimental favorite, grew up there, pretty, trees, etc.); TN (Memphis, baby); ID (Coeur D'Alene is the most beautiful place I've ever seen, shame about the white supremacists though); NY/NJ axis. Least faves: ND: yeesh.

Only been to BC & QB, and Mexico. Never left the continent. Losah.

Me too except for the trip I took to Paris a few months ago. But I got my first ever passport for that one...

Favorite state: Washington (practical), New Mexico & Arizona & Utah (natural beauty)

Canada: Visited British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec only. Want to do Trans-Canada one of these days... (though I might fly out to New Brunswick to see family some time..)

Favorite: B.C... though I want to visit all those eastern provinces.

British counties and regions I've visited: Lothian, Strathclyde, Central Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Grampian, Western Isles. Humberside, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire (all four bits), Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Essex, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Devon. Clywd, Powys, Gwynedd.

US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, The Netherlands, Yugoslavia (well, Serbia, Croatia, and a couple others now), Greece, Turkey

My favorite state? Probably Oregon or Washington, for the beauty of the lush landscape and the wildness of the mountains. But Nevada runs a close second - especially in the winter, when the desert is icy old and the air is dry and biting and the sky is a brilliant blue - perfect for clambering around old graveyards and such.

I've a soft spot in my heart for Northern California - that's for the land, not necessarily the people and so forth - just give me the mountains and running water and perfect trout streams in the high country and I am blissfully content.

Countries - Canada, Bahamas, Germany, France, Spain.

Can someone link to the recent poll thread for me? I can't find it.

Are you looking for the poll for worst state? That is here:

Worst U.S. State

more or less

also, British Columbia, New South Wales, Queensland, Sonora, and Veracruz

There was a recent poll for favorite state, but I can't find it. (Gareth?)

favo(u)rite US state

yeah so do you count drive-throughs & airports etc? like i feel like it would be cheating if your grand total is ten but fair game if you're up at forty.

I've been to all 50. My parents thought it was important for some reason so we drove to them all when I was a kid. Except of course we flew to Hawaii.

haven't been to hi or ak. will go prior to dying though. also have not been to maine or vt

california and montana are the best for the record

ny not so shabby either! !