Examples:
1) I have stopped in Texas many times before (I used to fly to Florida from California a lot) so have I technically visited Texas?
2) One time I stopped in Utah on my way to somewhere else (I forgot where) so have I technically visited Utah?
Why am I asking? It's for the "Where I've been" application thing on Facebook and I'm not sure how I want to fill it out. It's not really important, I just want your opinions :]
2007-06-27 11:04:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Every time I stop in a new state, I always buy a keychain and I spend the wait looking out of the airport as far as I can. I mean I've visited Florida many times, but I usually just stay at my grandparents' apartment and the beach right behind it and that's basically it, so I haven't seen much of Florida but I've definitely been there.
I dunno....okie new-ish question, out of my examples, could I mark the first one as a place I've been?
2007-06-27 11:44:08 · update #1
If all you've seen of a state is an airport, you really haven't seen that state. Especially for the purposes of something like Facebook. If I see your profile there and see "Ah, that person's been to Utah!" and I ask you where you were or what you've seen, or I ask you your opinion of what's going on in Utah, can you answer?
There's a funny paradox where sometimes 100% true facts (you have been inside Utah and Texas) can be more deceptive than a lie. Saying "I've never been to Texas" is really more honest than saying "Yeah, I've been to Texas."
In general, remember that the intention of language is to communicate. Choose the answer that best communicates, not the answer that best reflects technicalities.
Good luck.
2007-06-27 11:12:12 · answer #1 · answered by Mantis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good enough for me. I have been in 48 of 50 states, only missing ND and SC. I was in about two miles of Alabama but it will have to do. I had only passed through WV on the Interstate at night, but came by later and saw it was very scenic. People count places they were to in their infancy so they could not have remembered much.
I have been lucky enough to have seen some really awesome places and often have seen people outside sleeping in the tour buses. I enjoy what I can and count what I can.
2007-06-27 18:16:00 · answer #2 · answered by Menehune 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really would not call it a visit, especially if you never left the plane, or airport. Might as well say that flying over it counts as visit too!
2007-06-27 18:23:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you have visited the airport.. you have not visited the town/ city
2007-06-27 18:07:57 · answer #4 · answered by puresatin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you buy something with the cities name on it, then you have visited it.
2007-06-27 18:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say no. You didn't visit anything but one of their airports.
2007-06-27 18:07:38 · answer #6 · answered by Deb S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i dont think you should ask us if you dont care but no. if your passing through your passing through! do you say you have been all over you city just because you caught the train from one end to the other?
2007-06-27 18:10:38 · answer #7 · answered by elmo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I visited Bermuda that way!
2007-06-27 18:08:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would not count that as visiting.
2007-06-27 19:58:57 · answer #9 · answered by frostbite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋