What state have you been closest to without actually going in it?

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Probably West Virginia (or, as WVRevy would say, West-by-God-Virginny ). I've been to every state surrounding it, but I've never been there.

I've driven through Delaware but never got out of the car, and I've changed planes in Phoenix, but didn't leave the airport. Don't know if those count.

 

[flaps]

What state have you been closest to without actually going in it?

Insanity.

No, wait...

 

[NeverlandClub23]

Indiana. I lived in Cincinnati for a year and a half which is only a few miles from Indiana. I never cared to go as I couldn't stand Cincinnati and pretty much locked myself inside when I got home from work.

There's no place like home!

 

[sulleyfan]

I went to college in Huntington, WV, which is just over the bridge from Ohio. Literally about 1/2 mile from my housing. Never went there in the year and a half I was there.

 

[delilah]

Iowa. I'm only about 90 minutes or so from the border, but I've just never felt any compelling reason to go there. I've been in all of the other surrounding states, but I've never headed West.

Me neither. When I was in 6th grade, my girl scout troop made a visit to Galena. I passed on the opportunity to step into Iowa, which was one of the "attractions" we visited in the area. I have been to, and loved, Wisconsin and parts of Missouri. I lived most of my life in Illinois. It's just Iowa, I see no rational purpose to going there, other than to say I did.