Our friend in Texas challenged us to a license plate game. Whoever gets to see all 50 states first wins. The rules are that you cannot go out of your way and make trips simply to see new license plates. It must be seen on your normal day to day routine. Also, U-haul vehicles, semis, and anything like that don't count. So, for the past month, we've been keeping track of the date we saw each new plate, the make and model of car, the color, and where we saw it.
The first few days we were playing were insane. It only took us 3 days to see 22 different plates, including Hawaii (16th state we saw). It's now been a month and we've seen 48 states (we're on pace to win). The only ones we need are Delaware and Kentucky. We were shocked to see Rhode Island this past weekend.
I had no idea that so many people drove to visit here or move here. In downtown alone on any given day, we usually see at least 5 different states other than Washington. The most common are Oregon, California, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas or Illinois. We see a lot of British Columbia plates too, probably as much as we see Oregon.
Here's a map showing when we saw a plate from each state:
We moved to Seattle in February 2008 and shared blog posts and photos during our first few years in Seattle.
- Troy & Lesley H
Friday, June 12, 2009
License plates in Seattle
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There do seem to be more out of state vehicles here than in Texas, which is interesting when you look at a map and see that we're in the far corner of the country.
That's impressive. We're up to 41, which is pretty good for DWF. I was expecting it to take both of us a lot longer, so that we'd make it to Austin and potentially have a slight edge (since there's such a big college there) but it looks like it could end any day now.
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