Replying to a message of Dane Beko to Steven Horn:

 SH>> Incidentally, I have now visited Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
 SH>> Vermont, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the District of
 SH>> Columbia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon,
 SH>> California, Montana and (of course) Alaska.  I can now say I've been
 SH>> to the United States. Take care,

 DB> You've probably seen a lot more of the US than the folks who live
 DB> here, I'd hazard a guess.

You'd probably be correct.  When I lived in Plattsmouth, NE, my next door
neighbor to the west rarely travelled out of town (the town is approximately
20 blocks square) and had *never* been any farther away than Lincoln, NE -
about 50 miles - and that only once.  He was four years older than I, and
I'm 62.  My next door neighbor to the east also rarely travelled out of town,
but she was 99 when she passed on in 2000.

OTOH, I've been in every state west of the Mississippi except Arizona, Montana
and North Dakota, plus Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Massachusetts.

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