How many of the 50 states have you visited or traveled through (not flown over)?

Australia has 50 states?

Six. Permit me to remind you that there are states that are NOT part of the US of A.

Of course there are, but so what? You don't need to assume the rest of us are that ignorant and get snarky about it. The question pertains to the 50 states, which means the US. If you want to ask about how many of the Australian states people have been to, then that's another question and be my guest. But you won't get many responses.

Good point.

Constitution established it as the seat of power for the government.  DC being a state would give it too much power and influence.  

They should have never allowed residential areas in DC. 

I have a friend that lives in D.C.. She grew up in Canada but works in the Pentagon building now,  so she has to live there and has dual citizenship. It’s handy for me having her live there Cos I always have a free place to stay when I travel there. 

Free is always good with a person you like of course.  

Don't tell that to people who own homes there and pay property taxes.

Should never have been allowed.  All residential areas established now should be returned to the neighboring states that donated their land for DC.   Then those people would have true representation in the House and Senate. 

Or bite the bullet and add four seats to the Senate - two for DC (which has a higher population than WY and MT combined) and two for the Territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, East Samoa etc) between them. Nobody gets disenfranchised.

No. That is not Constitutional.  DC is not to be a state....too much power if it were. It would require amending the Constitution and they will never have the votes for that on any subject.
PR does not want to be a state....I believe they have voted it down more than once. 
Others I do not think meet the requirements to be a state.  

Is it Constitutional to disenfranchise 5 million Americans?

Again. DC was not meant to be residential.  Should never have been allowed to exist.  But yes....the Constitution is clear DC is not to be a state. 

I agree wholeheartedly. What I'm about to write I'm sure you already know. So this is for those who may not know. America’s Founding Fathers decided, when they wrote the Constitution, that it was imperative that the center of government was not in a state. So they wrote in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution that “[The Congress shall have Power] To exercise exclusive Legislation…over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may…become the Seat of the Government of the United States.” 

  The article also stated that this 10-mile district would come from land ceded by the states so that the new seat of government would be independent of any state. The question here that needs to be asked: What will happen if Washington, D.C. becomes a state? The answer is, Washington, D.C. would gain a member of the House of Representatives and two new senators. (The fact that those senators would likely be Democratic is a big reason House and Senate Republicans oppose statehood.) 

  Taking into consideration the latest moves by the Democrats and Liberals to gain and to keep the power over the Republicans and power over the citizens of this country, I would say that making DC a state would not be in the best interests of the United States as a whole. As always, my opinion.

 

They would automatically gain the privilege of having the highest crime rate of any state.

I don't think they could out do Chicago or East St Louis.