Comments on: Firty Nifty

By: Kenny Easwaran

Kenny Easwaran — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:53:00 +0000

I was shocked to read that that was Matt’s first visit to a red state – I figured a Harvard undergrad, journalist type would have traveled more. And then I realized that although I’ve been to 33 states, out of the 17 I haven’t been to, only Hawaii is unambiguously non-red, and New Mexico and Iowa are ambiguous at best. And when I’ve been to red states, it’s been to generally non-red parts – eg, Moab, UT; Terre Haute, IN; Orlando, FL; Myrtle Beach, SC. And I’ll continue that trend with my first trip to Texas in May, when I go to a conference in Austin.

The best explanation I can come up with is that city folk like to go to cities (I’d like to say that cities are the sorts of things that draw people in general, but I’ll restrict my claim to just blue-staters) and that blue states (and blue parts of red states) have most of the cities. But I guess that doesn’t explain my presence in Vermont, Maine, or New Hampshire.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:12:00 +0000

Cool. I haven't been to six states.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cool. I haven't been to six states.

By: Kenny Easwaran

Kenny Easwaran — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

By: the pilcrow press

the pilcrow press — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Grand tour

Following Will Wilkinson, here’s my run around the states. Granted, some of the states I’ve “been to” I’ve just driven through in a hurry (Ohio, Iowa, Oklahoma—but in Wyoming I did walk around a shrub-covered patch they called a “nature reserve…

By: Andrew Olmsted dot com

Andrew Olmsted dot com — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Where Have I Been?

Via Will Wilkinson, a quick hit of information about me that doesn’t really mean anything. (For the record, I only cited states as ‘lived in’ if I was actually stationed there, so trips to the NTC and Basic Training were…