The 50 State Point System

Fun concept. Can comfortably say I lived in bolivia in 2005. Held down a job for 3 months and traveled all around. Yet I've only really visited much of Canada despite living in vancouver since 2015

here is how i might define them: passed - been there on a journey but did not stop at any locations (stops for fuel or at a chain restaurant by the highway are still passing through) stopped - you stopped there on a journey 20m-1 day and went to somewhere in the place because you wanted to go there (beyond fuel, or food) but visited - you went there to see someone or something and spent most of a day there engaging with a local or in tourist activities at an urban area or natural feature. You were there for the sake of being there, not purely because it was a midpoint from A to B. stayed - spent at least 1 night there in a location close to something region specific (city, natural feature) and got a feel for the place outside of pure tourism. Maybe you were there for 2 days to 3 months lived - you spent most of your time there and the places you would visit in a day were in state or if you were at a border they were nearby and not a flight away. Strong overlap with staying but anything from a month to your whole life. It was your base of operations and you spent more time as a local than a tourist. I'm from the UK and might apply this to counties or european countries. I suppose there is less to do in a lot of north american cities without driving for over a mile or two from the centre so you are going to have less of a connection with a place by my definitions, i think i would use the same terms if i came to the americas as i would here.

I got 169, but largely bc I've stayed at least a night in most cities in the contiguous 48. I'd be interested to see where others have traveled in relation to where they live. Like, I imagine people in the NE and West Coast don't tour the Midwest nearly as much as someone from one of those states, etc.

Interesting concept, I've never thought about this before

If I consider where I've visited being where I physically put my body at, but wasn't born in: Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Washington, D.C. and Tennessee. If I consider where I've visited where I've come to know and love including where I was born: Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida.

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Here in Australia, I've lived in 4 States, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, but I've never even visited the others, I needa finish the job by moving to the rest lmao

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I have a score on that site of 124 which is quite good considering I don’t have a single 5! I mainly count passed as not getting out of the car (included New Jersey as we got gas but since you don’t pump your own never got out), stopped as stopping for gas rest break or quick food but didn’t really “experience” the place and visited as visiting places like museums and tourist areas to get a sense of the culture. For WV and ME, where we got out of the car after a quick detour just to take a picture at the welcome sign to claim the state I got that as a stopped since we were out of the car but in no way experienced the state. After a trip we’re planning in April it’ll be 143 (give or take a point depending exactly where we stop for the night) and in July it’ll be 145 as a trip I’m taking to Canada’s north involves a quick stopover in Hyder Alaska to cross that state off.

I think counties makes more sense. States can be too big, whereas counties kind of make more sense as a "location" you could visit that could be vastly different than another county in the same state.

I slept in South Carolina, but I was on a train the entire time. Does that count as a stay?

Off what I remember, 95, I'd have to ask my parents for some others as I have crossed the country 4 times by car. so my count is greater than or equal to 95 at the age of 14.

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