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Hmmm.... favorite states in order..... Oregon, Arizona, Montana, Washington. But a favorite to visit is different than living there.
Picking the best place I have ever visited is like comparing apples and oranges. Sometimes one seems better than the other, but the next day one craves a kiwi.
How many states have you visited? Roughly 40, including bus transit on my teen tour.
The only states I have not been in are Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii, so that makes 39 I've been to, counting DC. I've been to Canadian provinces Quebec, Ontario and Alberta.
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What's the best place you've ever lived? New York; I love New York there is no place like it
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What's the best place you've ever visited? Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
That visit was a surprise. We were planning on spending a lot of time in Toronto but the heat made us shift the trip north. Algonquin is heaven.
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What place surprised you the most? (for better or worse) Boston
I went to law school there. I started out loving it, but it wore thin rather quickly.
How many states have you lived in? Two. My former one I grew up in and got married, worked and had my child grow up in, and current one that I have retired to.
How many states have you visited? Over 13 as I had the magnets from them all. Now giving them away as I find residents of my community who come from a state I have a magnet for. Continual downsizing, ya know.
What's your favorite state? The one I chose to retire in.
What's the best place you've ever lived? Where I live now, where I retired to.
What's the best place you've ever visited? California. As a kid I devoured the "rag mags" and knew about every celebrity and their lifestyles.
What place would you most like to live? I am living there now, in my retirement.
What place would you most like to visit? Israel.
What place surprised you the most? (for better or worse) N/A
Ever traveled south of the equator? (which country / countries?) I have only been to 2 other countries, Canada and England.
What's the most unusual way you've traveled? (e.g., riding on a camel) N/A
How many states have you lived in? Two. California and New York.
How many states have you visited? 11, not counting states I've only passed through on the way to other places.
What's your favorite state? California.
What's the best place you've ever lived? San Francisco.
What's the best place you've ever visited? Hawaii.
What place would you most like to live? Right where I am now.
What place would you most like to visit? England and France.
What place surprised you the most? (for better or worse) Brooklyn. I thought it was a small neighborhood like Greenwich Village, but it's actually bigger than many cities.
Ever traveled south of the equator? (which country / countries?) No, I haven't.
What's the most unusual way you've traveled? (e.g., riding on a camel) Bareback on a horse.
How many states have you lived in? One. Although for work I did get to live in Alabama for a month, Chicago for a month, Philadelphia for a month, Long Island for a month--all very fun.
How many states have you visited? 47
What's your favorite state? To live--I am good with Maryland. Favorite state to visit--no favorites.
What's the best place you've ever lived? We rented a house on a farm between the ages of 13-18. 110 year old house with 14 rooms, two staircases, a scary dirt floor basement and a huge attic. The people that owned it breed race horses. It was a marvelous place to live.
What's the best place you've ever visited? Every where I have been has been educational. No "best" places.
What place would you most like to live? I like living in my quiet little town. It is really the perfect place, Population ~6000, quiet, quaint. Yet we are only an hour away from Washington D.C. and 35 minutes from Baltimore. Good access to cities.
What place would you most like to visit? Tibet, but I doubt I will ever get there.
What place surprised you the most? (for better or worse) Grand Canyon. It was never on my Bucket List--it should have been. It was amazing. Along with the Grand Canyon, the star gazing at night.
Ever traveled south of the equator? (which country / countries?) No
What's the most unusual way you've traveled? (e.g., riding on a camel)
Riding a camel around the Great Pyramids at sunset. Surreal...
Like children, I can't pick a favorite. This is such a big, beautiful country and our states have vastly different topography, industry, history, people, customs, festivals, food. We embark on a cross-country road trip every 2 years, choosing a different area of focus. Feet on the ground is the only way to really appreciate our great nation. Different states appeal to me on different levels.
What's the best place you've ever lived?
Edinburgh, Scotland - still there.
What's the best place you've ever visited?
Malta. The best kept secret in the Mediterranean. Sssssh! Let's keep it that way.
What place would you most like to live?
Right where I am.
What place would you most like to visit?
There are so many places on my list. Life is short and The world is big.
What place surprised you the most? (for better or worse)
Prague. I don't know what I expected (cold war gloomy?) but I didn't expect to become totally enchanted by the city.
Ever traveled south of the equator? (which country / countries?)
Never, but I will.
What's the most unusual way you've traveled? (e.g., riding on a camel)
Helicopter, Trans-Atlantic crossing on an ocean liner.
Thanks for the great questions. I'm enjoying reading everyone's responses.
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AZ, UT or NM.
