Which states have you spent the most time in? (home, college)

[a bag of it]

List the states that you have spent the most amount of time in, be as accurate as you can. Don't count times where you only spent a night passing through. Only count states that you spent at least a full day experiencing. Also don't count time spent outside the united states.

For me it's:
1. Massachusetts - 15.25 years
2. Maine - 3.25 years
3. Colorado - 2.5 years
4. New Hampshire ~ 25 days
5. Florida ~ 20 days
6. Hawaii - 14 days
7. California ~12 days
8. Vermont - 6 days
9. Rhode island - 5 days
10. Oregon - 4 days
11. Texas - 3 days
12. Nebraska - 1.5 days
13. Nevada - 1 day

Every other state I either haven't been to or only passed through.






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[Champ le monstre du lac]

40 states so far....

States I've resided in
Massachusetts - 29 years
Washington - 5 years
New Mexico - 1.5 years
New Hampshire - 1 year

Have spent at least a month or longer in
Colorado - been several times all over the state.
California - spent 2 weeks going all over the state, been back again to visit SF, SD, and LA.
Alaska - have an aunt that lives in Anchorage, been up there three times.
North Carolina - my mother lives in Wilmington, sister lives in Cary, been several times.
Maine - been to almost every angle of this state, been going up there since I was a young kid.
Connecticut - been all over it (and stuck in traffic in it more than I care to remember).
Oregon - been to Portland countless times and all over the coast, and I really dig the Bend area.

A few weeks
Vermont - been going there up since I was a kid, wouldn't mind living there if it had any lucrative work for me.
Rhode Island - several dinner nights on Federal Hill in Providence, love Block Island, Newport many times.
New York - NYC a lot when I was younger, Adirondacks are my favorite, Ithaca is cool, Albany several times.
Pennsylvania - one family vacation to Hershey/Lancaster/Gettysburg, several visits to Philly and Bucks County.
Arizona - been all around this beautiful state. I really enjoy Tucson and Sedona a lot.
Hawaii - been to Maui and the Big Island. My favorite place in the whole world, can't wait to visit my next island.

Several days to a week
Illinois - been to Chicago a few times, one of my favorite cities.
New Jersey - passed through several times, been around Secaucus, Hoboken, Toms River, Seaside Heights.
Maryland - been to Ocean City, and stopped in Baltimore a few times and also Western MD hills(<-Pretty).
Virginia - been a number of times, particularly NoVa and Virginia Beach.
South Carolina - driven through a few times and spent some time in Charleston.
Georgia - been to Atlanta for a few days and passed through on I-95.
Florida - got an auntie and uncle in Venice, been around Orlando, Tampa Bay, St. Augustine, and South Florida.
Texas - been a few times, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas/Fort Worth, and El Paso a few times.
Idaho - been around Northern ID and Priest Lake a few times, love that area.
Nevada - been to Vegas 3 times.
Missouri - spent a week in St. Louis, I like it there.

Brief visits but at least an overnight
Delaware - Rehoboth Beach and that brief 20 minute stretch of I-95 many times
Kentucky - Lexington
Nebraska - Omaha
Utah - been to Salt Lake City and Monument Valley

Stopped to visit for a day or so
Wyoming - drove up from Denver to hang out in Cheyenne and had lunch.
Montana - drove in for the day to Missoula and went river tubing.
Ohio - driven through, stopped for half a day in Cleveland, walked around, had lunch at West Side Market.
Iowa - driven through, stopped in Amana Colonies and enjoyed the bucolic farmland and small towns, very pretty!
Tennessee - Had a 9 hour layover in Nashville, rented a car and explored the city, would love to go back again!
West Virginia - driven through, got off the interstate onto back roads, went for a swim at a beautiful lake.

Have only passed through it
Indiana -got stopped for speeding, friendly cop let me go with a warning.
Kansas -stopped for lunch, that's about it.

[lammius]

States I've resided in:
Virginia 20 years
New Jersey 9 years
North Carolina <1 year

States I've spent A LOT of time in (months in sum, if not more)
New York - I work in NY, have traveled all over the state for business or weekend getaways
Pennsylvania - Have family here, have visited for days/week at a time since I was born
Maryland - Countless visits my whole life to see friends near DC, overnight trips to Baltimore
DC - Countless visits my whole life
New Hampshire - Extended family live here, many visits since childhood
Massachusetts - A few childhood trips to Boston, tons of business trips to Boston as an adult
Vermont - Annual ski trips for a week each, occasional summer and fall visits

States I've spent a few weeks in sum:
California - Four or five visits of serveral days to a week each
Florida - 3 visits, each a week long
Maine - Many visits for several days each, a few business trips too
Connecticut - Mostly day trips, but lots of them
Georgia - One childhood visit for several days, plus about 8 business trips
Louisiana - 4 business trips of several days, a couple of them extended into long weekends
South Carolina - Have extended family retired near Hilton Head
Ohio - One weeklong childhood trip, several multi-day work trips

States I've spent 1-2 weeks (at once or in sum)
Rhode Island - Close to a dozen day trips
Delaware - Close to a dozen day trips
Tennessee - 2 multi-day business trips, one week-long vacation
Arizona - One visit for a week

States I've spent a day or two
Illinois - Spent 3 days in Chicago
Michigan - Spent one day in Detroit
Mississippi - Spent two days in Biloxi and Gulfport

States I've driven through but didn't stay
Kentucky - Drove through on I-75 on my way from Cincinnati to Knoxville

States where I've only seen the inside of an airport
Texas - Houston airport 3 times for connecting flights. Haven't yet set foot on Texas soil.

[Chicago60614]

Interesting. From the ones I've visited most:

Iowa: 22 years
Illinois: 12 years
California: 4 weeks
Florida: 4 weeks
New York: 3 weeks

44 other states: Anywhere from 1 night to 2 weeks

Alaska: Never visited

[Vegabern]

Ohio: 20 years
Montana: 9 years

Considerable time:
Michigan
West Virginia
Indiana

Decent amount of time:
Wyoming
South Dakota
Virginia
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Kentucky

From 1-7 days:
Washington
Idaho
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Alabama
Delaware
Maryland
Texas
California
Hawaii
Illinois

I'll be passing through North Dakota in a few weeks which I've never been to but if all goes right, I won't be spending the night there. I will be stopping a few times on my drive to stretch my legs.

[NARFALICIOUS]

Copied caphillsea77's format






States I've resided in
Illinois - ~ 25 Years (Chitown + cdale)
Tennessee - 4 months and counting (Murfreesboro)

Have spent at least a month or longer in

A few weeks
Kentucky - 20-30 days all on separate trips (my GF's home state)

Several days to a week
Florida - 10-15 days on 3 separate trips
Wisconsin - Went to Dells twice for short 2-3 day vacations and have also been around the Milwaukee suburbs for work, and once or twice to the drag strip near the WI/IL border, and also bought a car in I think Racine
Nevada - 5+ days (went to Vegas when I was 5)
New York - 3-4 days (went to NYC for one visit)

Brief visits but at least an overnight

Maryland - went once for I don't remember what
Indiana - from Chicago when I was younger for Indiana Beach, have also went there from the Kentucky side to hang out
Missouri - Went to STL twice. First visit was a bad experience with a chick. Second was with my GF for New Years. Why STL? I don't know.
Ohio - went to Cedar point. Also pass through a few times from NY

Stopped to visit for a day or so
Penn - 2 days (my car broke down in central PA on my way back from above mentioned visit to NYC. Took the bus back to Chicago and the bus back to PA to pick her up

Have only passed through it
Michigan (straddled the border on the way to Cedar Point in OH
Georgia (stopped off in ATL for lunch I think and drove around)
New Jersey
Also, not sure which states we went through to Nevada, since I was 5

[pch1013]

California - 10.5 years (on 2 occasions)
District of Columbia - 10 years
Washington - 4 years
Oregon - 3 years
Hawaii - 3.5 years (on 2 occasions)
Vermont - 3 years (college)
Massachusetts - 2.5 years
Maryland - 4 years? (childhood)
Virginia - ~1 year (infancy)
Illinois - 1 year (childhood)
New Hampshire - a few months during & after college (my mom lived there)
Plus about 4.5 years in Europe and a random month or two elsewhere.

[FlyMIA]

Florida: most of 24 years,
Not a state but District of Columbia. College for 4 years.
Here is where it gets difficult. I have spent 1 month in California and have spent at least 6-8 more weeks visiting there. I think that beats out the actual amount of time I have spent in Virginia while living in D.C.

So 3. California
4. Virginia
5. New York
6. North Carolina
7. Illinois
8. Maryland

The rest are 10 days or under.

[Newsboy]

Obviously, the state(s) you've spent the most time in is the state(s) where you live. The rest can simply be answered as "what states have you visited."

But the fact that any of you can actually count the days (and hours!) you've spent in a place is really disturbing ... why not just ENJOY life and quit obsessing about this stuff?

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I will add the states that I have spent a year or more in: Florida, California, Illinois, and New York.