Finished all 50 states back in 2019. It was always a goal of mine, and through work/life I was able to get to 47.

Once I booked my first trip to Alaska, I decided that should be my 50th state, and booked trips to South Dakota and Oklahoma to do them before I arrived in Alaska.

During COVID I went back and revisited certain states that I had only been to a major city. Like Minnesota I had only bein the MSP metro area, so I took a 10 day road trip through MN and visited lots of smaller towns through out the state.

Of course, the way life works I ended up going to Oklahoma for work at this point, and I am just missing another trip to North Dakota and then I've been to all 50 more then once.

Also during COVID I worked on flying into/out of all 50 states and am only 3 states away from achieving that too. My only other state related side quest if you will was riding an Amtrak train in every state served by them. There I am just missing Michigan.

I don't think most US citizens are actively pursuing the goal. There are some amazing parts of the US, but also plenty of forgettable parts.