Worst State to Hitch Through?

[JeHops]

Florida. Hot, and the drivers suck

 

[Deleted member 29173]

Bad luck with cops for me in Idaho. Had 3 cops, including a sergeant, tell me its 100 percent illegal to hitchhike in the state of Idaho. However, you can walk on the interstate so that's cool!

Central Massachusetts had the most unfriendly people and long waits in my experience. Western Mass might as well be a whole nother state though. One guy told me "Yeah, Western Mass is basically Vermont."

 

[AJBird]

You might have more luck near the panhandle but SF is a dead end. people are cold and the streets are scalding hot. cops arent too keen on scruffy looking travelers either as they wouldn't want you scaring off the tourists :/

 

[dtlight]

Went through WV to the U.P. a short while ago, and parts of Ohio were definitely some of the worst experiences I've had yet.

 

[eyeballstoentrails]

Arizona. I lived there for a while as a younger teen and I have friends who've had to hitchhike through there. It's ridiculously hot, even sometimes in winter, and people hardly ever pick you up. I've seen a lot of people get stuck for days or weeks at a time.

Though, this was in the Phoenix area, so maybe different cities are better. I wouldn't personally risk it.

 

[thejword]

i agree with those saying utah. also, i get hassled everytime i go through new jersey.

 

[julianface]

I've had the worst time on the busier roads or trying to get out of big cities. Copenhagen was the worst. The more obscure the road the better cause people feel more personal responsibility to help rather than thinking someone else will help you out

 

[stove]

The cops around Albany, NY are the most consistently shitty, but for overall state I'd say Ohio- You can see it in the driver's faces, nobody wants to be there.

 

[Tony G]

Definitely true! I’ve hiked from Georgia to Maine & from Mexico to Canada twice via the Pacific Crest & Rockies...no State was as difficult as Florida when it came to hitchhiking.

99% of folks don’t even know about the Florida Trail & they think anyone hitch hiking is a tweaker or a criminal. You add in all the transplants and tourists, they will never help you. The only people who would give me hitches, were younger workers who sympathized with my plight & happened to be on the way home from work.

Florida sucks but Tennessee was the worst miles of road with nothing on it and nobody wanted to stop luckily for me i know how to hop trains

 

[knifemellow]

Washington

 

[Tony G]

Washington

Washington isnt that bad but if your in the boons your basically stranded

 

[The Hiker]

Eastern oregon sucked

 

[Warboy]

I'mma say your bible thumping southern states will give ya the most hate. stay safe

 

[BillyOtea]

I'm genuinely surprised by how much I see Utah in this thread. I regularly hitch through there when weather permits, but most def stay the fuck away from the entire Salt Lake metro area. The bottom 2/3rds of the state are legit. You will get rides from the police though and occasionally there's a somewhat dickhead sheriff, nothing like the douchebags in Ohio though.

 

[AlexKnoch]

My longest wait ever was in Lincoln, Nebraska. I waited for 3 days before I got a ride. Everywhere else has been pretty quick.

In Iowa, I was able to get a few rides from police officers who would bring me to the next town over and get me another ride with those officers. The last officer that gave me a ride also picked up another hitchhiker and she even bought us a hotel room for the night.

 

[Abelincoln4president2024]

Longest wait time was Winnemucca,NV. 8 hours. Carry a guitar and never wait long. Safe travels frens

 

[Zachswonderland]

So my experiences in long distance hitching with strangers isnt that long yet (but my how thats rapidly changing). Either or ive been told kansas is one of the hardest places to get through and its almost worth going north to nebraska. Any input advice stories or side effects are welcome. I think this should be a good thread to add to the bunch.

Alabama for sure

 

[Zippy Blamo]

Connecticut was pretty rough on my go-through, was hitching the east coast around 2003-2004

 

[wesleywilliam]

florida's the worst ive had, but ive only done the east coast yet

How bad was it ? Where did you go? I’m going to be hitching in Florida pretty soon

I’m in New Orleans right now and tonight I’m getting a ride to mobile Alabama, after which I will be hitch hike down to Orlando.

 

[wesleywilliam]

Iowa ain't too bad as long as you stick to the highways. the interstates in iowa suck but if hitch from a good Exit you can get a ride the whole way across. Iowa is shitty but i don't believe it's the shittiest.
Texas sucks ass to hitch through, but i've only done that once and i was with 2 other guys... it was slow going.
my least favorite state to hitch through would be Alabama

How bad was Alabama? I’m going to start hitch hiking from mobile to Orlando tomorrow. Some one I know here in Nola told me the south is pretty much the worst spot