In response to a Facebook meme:
The typical American has visited 8 states, many have never been outside of their home state, nor have been outside the country.
Countries I’ve been to: (and the first year I was there)
12 as of 2020-07
- USA: (born)
- Australia: 2001 (Melbourne/Sydney, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Tasmania, Tasmania)
- Canada: 2002ish (Toronto, Vancouver)
- England: 2004 (I don’t think I’ve been outside of London)
- Germany: 2004ish (just the Frankfurt airport)
- Ireland: 2006
- Italy: 2019 (technically 2010ish but it was Courmayeur. Does that count?)
- Scotland: 2002-ish
- Sweden: 2003? (once for a conference)
- Switzerland: 2007? (Zurich and nearby towns, plus a drive to Italy)
- The Netherlands: 2004 (Amsterdam, Gurgaon, Utrecht, and others)
- Turkey: 2012?
States/Territories I’ve Visited:
36 as of 2020-07-01
- Alabama:
- Alaska:
- Arizona: YES
- Arkansas:
- California: YES (many)
- Colorado: YES
- Connecticut: YES (born there)
- Delaware: YES
- Florida: YES
- Georgia: YES (first time in 1991 when I drove NJ to FL)
- Hawaii: YES (twice)
- Idaho: YES (once, for a 3-day planning meeting)
- Illinois: YES (many times)
- Indiana:
- Iowa:
- Kansas:
- Kentucky: YES
- Louisiana: YES
- Maine: YES
- Maryland: YES
- Massachusetts: YES
- Michigan: YES (once; 1990-ish?)
- Minnesota: YES (once in the 90s))
- Mississippi:
- Missouri:
- Montana:
- Nebraska:
- Nevada: YES (sat least 3 times)
- New Hampshire: YES
- New Jersey: YES (live there)
- New Mexico:
- New York: YES (I work there!)
- N Carolina: YES
- N Dakota:
- Ohio: YES (Ohio Linux Fest)
- Oklahoma:
- Oregon: YES (one of my fav. places to visit!)
- Pennsylvania: YES (too many times to count)
- Puerto Rico: YES (had a terrible time on a work trip)
- Rhode Island: YES (once as a destination; maybe driven through it too)
- S Carolina: YES (drove through without stopping)
- S Dakota:
- Tennessee: YES (a few conferences)
- Texas: YES (mostly for conferences)
- U.S. Virgin Islands:
- Utah: YES (first time in 1993-ish for work; a few conferences since)
- Vermont: YES
- Virginia: YES
- W Virginia: YES
- Washington D.C.: YES
- Washington: YES
- Wisconsin: YES
- Wyoming:
