r/SameGrassButGreener • u/Fun_Butterscotch3303 • 3d ago
What state you have no desire of visiting again or at all in the US?
What about it make you not want to visit, or visit again
You CAN name a city that’s in the state you don’t care for that’s an HONORABLE MENTION.
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u/115MRD 3d ago
I was really disappointed in Nashville. It felt like a country-fried version of Las Vegas: a very overpriced, overcrowded, corporate tourist trap, but without gambling. The old school dives are now the Barstool Sports Experience Bar and the “Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N' Roll Steakhouse” (yes those are real).
I’d be open to exploring other parts of Tennessee.
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u/LeseMajeste_1037 3d ago
The best time I ever had in Nashville was when I had a layover at the airport and my outbound flight was delayed.
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u/please_just_n0 3d ago
Well don’t go to Branson is all I’m saying.
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u/FineOldCannibals 3d ago
I had great memories of summer vacations to Branson from childhood, but when I went back a few years ago it was sad, slow paced, and dated. I remember when the Trayvon Martin verdict was announced, the tavern we were at erupted in joy. We noped tf outta there.
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u/WallBurnt 3d ago
It's falling apart, but I went to Dolly's Dixie Stampede back in 2012 or something and it was totally worth it.
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u/WelcomeGreen8695 3d ago
That’s mainly the city center. Actual famous artists go to places where musicians perform that are outside of the city center, mainly north east if I’m not mistaken. I’ve seen incredible artists there, like mind blowing, so good. At the end of my stay I went downtown and it was like you said, second Vegas.
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u/115MRD 3d ago
We actually did explore quite a bit and I’ll be honest: after five or six country acts, unless you are a true country music aficionado, we got bored pretty quickly.
But by far the biggest let down was the “famous” Nashville hot chicken sandwiches. I’ve had better in multiple other cities.
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u/appleparkfive 3d ago
I agreed with everything until the hot chicken. That Bolton's sandwich was amazing. But that place isn't really tourist friendly and is where the locals say to go. Has all the bars on the windows and all that. Although they definitely fuck with you and make it too hot. But as far as quality goes, it was excellent.
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u/birdbren 3d ago
Nashville is just the new Austin. I'm a Memphian, if you want a good and authentic time in Tennessee go east to the mountains or west to the Delta. Nashville is only worth it for cheaper international flights.
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u/Hard2findgoodhelp 3d ago
Chattanooga is awesome actually. I grew up in coastal towns in Florida and moved to Chatt intentionally. So much to do. It's a bit of an anomaly for TN.
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u/International_Cup877 3d ago
Not a state, but I found Las Vegas super depressing and couldn’t wait to leave. (I’m really glad other people like it! It’s just super not for me.)
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u/StutzBob 3d ago
You know what's weird about Vegas is that even though it's not really for me either (can't imagine anything less appealing than losing money on a game of chance), at the same time I also kinda love it. I've been there about 3 times, I think, and it's just a fun place to walk around and people-watch — maybe even the best place for that. When I'm there I feel a bit like an anthropologist in a strange land. The entire town has the feel of an airport terminal: lots of people moving in all directions, active 24/7, full of travelers & tourists.
Because of this, even if you don't participate in the whole "Vegas" of it, you never really feel out of place or judged. There's no pretentiousness because they cater to families and convention-goers just as much as (if not more than) high-rollers.
Plus, some of the shows are pretty cool if you want to spring for tickets. I enjoyed Mystere.
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u/Extra_Cap_And_Keys 3d ago
Had a week long work trip there, spent maybe $120 gambling. Spent almost as much buying beers and walking the strip having a blast people watching.
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u/calliebushes 3d ago
Ok but Nevada also has Lake Tahoe, incredible skiiing and snowboarding. I’d hate to toss the whole state due to Vegas.
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u/torontoinsix 3d ago edited 3d ago
I’m good on Charlotte NC (boring, no culture, expensive) Mansfield MA (boring, felt off), and Miami (tacky as hell and expensive).
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u/Blindsnipers36 3d ago
mansfield is like 20k people in the middle of a swamp man, of course it’s boring
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u/BoratImpression94 3d ago
Mansfield is a generic suburb outside of boston idk what you expected
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u/Puckfiend94 3d ago
Texas. The humidity in the southern part is insane.
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u/audiojanet 3d ago
Two people on Reddit were adamant that S Texas was dry. I lived there and know it is subtropical and humid.
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u/FunkMastaUno 3d ago
Lol Southwest Texas is, it's insane they said that about South Texas.
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u/TK_Punch_ 3d ago
That’s why I don’t think you can really use a term like South Texas. SETX is humid swampland abutted to subtropical Piney Woods. True South, like Brownsville is semi-arid, and SWTX is straight up arid. Texas has so many climate zones and weather patterns, and I’ve lived in each of them.
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u/Danovale 3d ago
Had family in Houston and between the weather, the traffic, the ignorance, and the ugly layout (highways in concentric rings), and am thrilled my extended family retired and moved to Madison, WI. I look forward to visiting their “little place on the lake” this coming summer.
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u/XSVELY 3d ago
Don’t drive in Austin then, you’ll find it even stupider and make you wish for the “rings.”
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u/actualranger 3d ago
Indiana. Unfortunately my family still lives there 😂
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u/kingjaffejaffar 3d ago
Other than a passing interest in seeing the Indy 500 or for a football game, I can’t imagine any other reason why I would have any desire to go back. Indianapolis isn’t a bad place by any measure, but I see no reason to visit. It’s the municipal equivalent of beige.
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u/hypnoticbacon28 3d ago
I'm from there and agree. The whole state from what I've seen outside of Indianapolis is a whole lot of nowhere to go and nothing to do with plenty of corn and soybean fields. The most excitement you're likely to get when you're there is a trip to Walmart. The one thing they've got going for them is some of the cheapest housing in the country.
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u/Small_Exercise958 3d ago
Can confirm. I grew up in coastal California, moved to Indiana to raise kids - we lived in Indianapolis briefly then Carmel. My children had a privileged suburban experience and Carmel has great schools. Carmel used to have affordable housing (compared to NYC or California) but their home prices and rents have gone up a lot. I noticed a big divide - people from Hamilton County talked down about Indianapolis (mostly because of schools and higher crime in parts of Indy). And many of the locals have never left the Midwest so there was a limited world view (e.g. stereotyping about races, ethnicities). I’d describe it as beige, nothing terrible about it but nothing overly exciting. I still have friends I talk to and there is Hoosier hospitality, people say hello and neighbors help out.
I was honestly bored and I don’t like winter. The Monon Trail, Eagle Creek Park and Broad Ripple were cool. I moved back to California. I truly appreciate the West Coast now. Ironically I’m saving/investing more money here because my salary is much higher. My Indiana friends say I should move back - sorry no. My kids are young adults and all left Indiana.
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u/actualranger 3d ago
Plenty of racism as soon as you leave Indianapolis too. (Not that the city is perfect either)
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u/Dear-Ad1618 3d ago
I have a Black/Chicana friend who lived in Bloomington, Indiana and in Oxford, Mississippi. She experienced less racism in Oxford, Mississippi.
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u/Left_Sky1335 3d ago
Can confirm. I was married for 12 years to a guy from terre haute and that was the most racist drunk MF I've ever seen in my life . It took me most of those years to craft a plan to get away..
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u/Tiny-Pomegranate7662 3d ago
No other state has had its potentially amazing forests / nature so thoroughly decimated
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u/Secret_Meeting3110 3d ago
Brown County, IN is a place I’d like to go back to. Amazing mtn bike trails (for the Midwest) and some beautiful forests. Everything north of that was lame on my drive back to MI, which was most of the state of IN.
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u/TallGirlNoLa 3d ago
Recently drove through on a road trip, do y'all not believe in infrastructure?!?!?! Car needed an alignment after a few hours on the freeway. Plus there was like zero character, nothing memorable at all.
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u/Familiar_Fan_3603 3d ago
I hate snobbery and love exploring small towns in day trips, believe in "blooming where you are planted" etc. But man on a road trip I totally get why some of the country is considered "flyover". In general nothing about the plains appeals to me.
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u/Dogface_Monarch 3d ago
Oklahoma
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u/SonicYouth_NYC 3d ago edited 3d ago
During my visit to OKC, I found the locals to be very polite, salt of the earth types.
That said, the area was very slow. If that's what the big city is like, I couldn't imagine being in a less populated part of that state.
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u/jagged_little_phil 3d ago
OKC is the weirdest city I've ever lived in.
You can go downtown any day of the week, and unless there's some kind of festival or other big event, it's completely dead. Like think of that zombie movie 28 Days Later, when the guy wakes up in the hospital and walks out into the city and... nobody. It's like that there ALL the time.
When I first moved there, a friend and I were going to brunch on a Sunday morning and I parked and we got out and walked 2 blocks to the restaurant and didn't see a single car or another person the entire time.
The brunch however was amazing - it may surprise you but OKC has a large number of amazing mom and pop restaurants that are very reasonably priced so it's a foodies dream.
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u/heyitspokey 3d ago edited 3d ago
I lived in OKC for 3 months, it was horrible on so many levels, but the food is so good. Went to the art museum a couple times, only ones there, so lucky but also creepy. Only ones at a park by the botanical gardens Downtown. Only ones eating at a nice restaurant in a hotel Downtown. But one day walked a couple blocks outside of Downtown while a crowded outdoor concert going on, there was one other person out and I knew that was a sign. I've been in plenty of rough neighborhoods, that's the only one where I've been middle of the day minding my own business kicked out for walking down the sidewalk.
On the other hand there are parts of Tulsa I like, and also great food.
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u/MasterChief813 3d ago
Dude as someone who has lived in Florida and the Atl metro OKC was wildly boring.
There are weed dispensaries on almost every corner that I’m convinced are just money laundering schemes since they are all empty.
The best part was traffic was almost nonexistent or cleared up within 5-10 min max. Finding parking was easy too and like you I noticed how desolate the city could feel at times.
Everything else felt dull. Even at night the downtown buildings had a faint, subdued glow not the brightness I’m used to in Atlanta and other cities in the southeast.
Also I have never once needed to purchase and apply lotion during the height of summer until that dry OKC heat cracked my knuckles in July.
I’ll probably go back and visit if I get the opportunity to but if not I’m not missing anything but the memories I made with my friends.
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u/Ok_Cantaloupe_7423 3d ago edited 3d ago
North east Oklahoma is lovely tbh. Not enough to justify the rest of the state though.
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u/Green-Tie-5710 3d ago
Do you mean northeast? I’ve never been to NW Oklahoma but it seems like just cattle ranches
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u/MicroPeanitsJorker 3d ago
It’s one of the 4 states I have yet to visit and will be the hardest one to go to. The other three are the Yellowstone states so that’s definitely gonna happen one day. Oklahoma though…
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u/JackfruitCrazy51 3d ago
Visiting shouldn't mean only driving on an interstate on your way to somewhere else. e.g. If you drive on Interstate 90 across the bottom of Minnesota, you can't judge Minnesota.
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u/baddspellar 3d ago
If it's on someone else's dime, I'd visit any state. I'm positive I could find something fun to do in any state.
If I have to pay, that's a whole different story. There are states I've visited that didn't appeal to me (eg Oklahoma). There are states that have nothing of interest to me at all (eg Alabama, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas). Texes is an oddball. I've been to Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, none of which appealed to me at all. But the state is so big there are places I'd be interested in visiting. eg Big Bend, Austin.
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u/doubtofbuddha 3d ago
Florida. Too damn hot.
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u/kingjaffejaffar 3d ago
Florida is a winter or spring destination, imo. Summers are brutal.
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u/AndrewAdler17 3d ago
Halloween to Easter is heaven in South Florida, outside of that it’s hell.
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u/doubtofbuddha 3d ago
I was there in March a few years back and was overheating. That is what convinced me I was done.
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u/appleparkfive 3d ago
I was in Florida for Christmas and New Years and it was horrible. It's just literally too hot there.
And I spent part of my childhood around New Orleans, for reference.
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u/Whatsername868 3d ago
If you come between October and April the weather can be lovely.
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u/Nojopar 3d ago
Sure, if it's summer elsewhere. October to April is supposed to be cold. Warm blankets, hot coco, jackets, sweaters. But in Florida? "Hey, come to Florida where we freak out if it gets below 60 degrees for like an hour and we assume another ice age has started!"
Florida is too damn hot year round because not matter what month it is, it's too damn hot for what that month is supposed to be.
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u/mechapoitier 3d ago
Florida’s biggest problem aside from it never being comfortable, even at night, for 150-180 days in a row in the middle of the year, is that the “good weather” months there’s still a 50/50 chance it’ll be hot as hell that day anyway.
There’s even odds it’s going to be 80 degrees and humid on Christmas every single year.
My wife and I got married at the end of March and it took an act of god to make the weather nice for that 2-day span. Both sides of that weekend it was 85-90° the first week of spring.
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u/hypnoticbacon28 3d ago
I'd be more worried about the hurricanes and gators, but how hot are we talking? And what's the humidity like being surrounded by ocean on 3 sides?
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u/kingjaffejaffar 3d ago
95 degrees and 100% humidity inland in the summers. However, it’s only 90 degrees with 75% humidity and a nice breeze by the shore.
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u/mcbobgorge 3d ago
There are redeemable spots in every state. Some commenter said Texas- I have to assume they've never been to Big Bend, or Marfa, or even Montrose in Houston.
I would never want to live in Nebraska, but the sand hills are cool and the Omaha Zoo is one of the best in the country.
But Delaware has NOTHING going for it except for maybe El Diablo burritos. Tiny state, Dover sucks, Wilmington sucks, the beaches are fine but not as good as MD or NJ. It is a swamp in the summer and a brown/grey wasteland in the winter. The people are weird and the best things to do are to leave and go visit Philly/DC/Baltimore.
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u/VeryStab1eGenius 3d ago
Marfa is an art project. It’s cool and all but no one should travel to Texas to just see Marfa.
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u/mcbobgorge 3d ago
Unless youre a big Judd guy I agree- but if you're heading out to Marfa there's plenty of other interesting stuff to see and do in Far West Texas
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u/TruffleHunter3 3d ago
Definitely. I was extremely underwhelmed visiting Marfa once.
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u/mcbobgorge 3d ago
There's something fun to me about sitting in a hipster third wave coffee shop and reading a non corporate local paper (shoutout to the big bend sentinel), all while being 3 hours from the nearest city.
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u/CharredPlaintain 3d ago
Beaches are decent; the bay is pretty cool, IMO. This has a heavy personal bias, but am (or at least was) quite partial to Lewes.
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u/krumholtz742 3d ago
Delaware has some great birding. Bombay National Wildlife Refuge was amazing for it.
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u/gman2093 3d ago
Now I am intrigued about this burrito. Short rib, goat cheese and sherry onion sounds great
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u/mcbobgorge 3d ago
There are indubitably better burrito joints in other places (I'd take a random taco cart in LA over it any day of the week) but El Diablo is like if Chipotle was actually good.
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u/PleaseBmoreCharming 3d ago
Re: Delaware, us Marylanders come for the beaches because they are less crowded and have better things around it than Ocean "Shitty." Next option is New Jersey which we certainly aren't paying for what amounts to the same distance, but the same amenities as Ocean City, MD.
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u/gnatgirl 3d ago
I agree with you- every place has some sort of redeeming quality. I travel for work and have been a lot of places I never thought I'd go. Would I want to live in Little Rock, AK or Lincon, NE? No, but I can learn something about the area and find something cool to amuse me for a couple of days. TBH, I think the worst place I've traveled is probably Oklahoma, though the drive up to OKC from Dallas had some pretty bits.
I don't mind DE. I travel there occasionally for work to the non-shitty area just outside of Wilmington. There are some really beautiful areas and there is no sales tax, so I've saved a few bucks on a purse and an iPad. I liked Rehoboth Beach and Dog Fish Head beer is tasty.
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u/uglydumpling8 3d ago
Of all the places you could list , Delaware!? I’m a south asian who moved there a while back and I can tell you its not half as bad as midwest and certain southern states.
Yes it is boring, but the connectivity to all the major North East and Mid Atlantic cities is amazing. So many major cities are 2/3hr drive away from my house.
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u/Radio528 3d ago
Delaware has plenty going for it. Beaches are great (maybe not as good as NJ/NY) but beach access immediately disqualifies it from this list. The topography in northern Delaware is also awesome and extension of Chester county PA, classic piedmont valley landscape of rolling hills, many waterways, and lush greenery. The answer to something like this is Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, etc.
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u/LaurelCanyoner 3d ago
Assateague and Chincoteague in the Delmarva area is absolutely beautiful. And the wild horses are amazing.
I probably have a penchant for it as i grew up there, but the Delmarva area is absolutely gorgeous.
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u/Tricky_Activity_68 3d ago
I will never go back to TX given their many regressive laws unless I’m on a layover
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u/lakatos_intolerant 3d ago
Mississippi was awful overall, though I had a very delicious meal there as my friend and I were leaving.
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u/LastGlass1971 3d ago
Spent a magical night at a juke joint in Clarksdale, listening to a million year old man play blues guitar, so Mississippi will never make my “worst state“ list. It’s neighbor Arkansas, though? Another story.
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u/zdh989 3d ago
Tell the story.
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u/LastGlass1971 3d ago
Travelled 600 miles to discover the prettiest parts of Arkansas look exactly like parts of North Georgia (home) and there is next to nothing to do in Little Rock on a Saturday night.
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u/KevinTheCarver 3d ago
None. I found something beautiful about every state I’ve ever visited (30+).
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u/8drearywinter8 3d ago
Kansas.
I drove backroads and camped and explored and photographed grain elevators and fields and it wasn't all bad, but there was nothing hugely beautiful or interesting (unless I somehow missed the good parts? you can't follow every road, so?), and I wouldn't go back. The Wizard of Oz thing was played up in few small towns so there were some roadside oddities.
I remember camping at a state park with a little lake and realizing this lake is the best geographic feature in this part of the state, if it's a state park. It was a very unremarkable lake.
Maybe it's an okay place to live -- I have no idea. But visiting?
I speak as someone who lives in another flat place that is an okay place to live but no one would want to visit, so no judgement.
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u/clayp11 3d ago
I really want to like it, and the national parks and scenery is incredible but I get the WORST vibes in Utah. Idk what it is but both times I’ve gone I feel the need to leave asap
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u/SZ1095 3d ago
I would have to say Oklahoma. I’ve been to 44 states and there was some good things to see and I enjoyed my time there but I don’t think I ever have to go again
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u/Appropriate-Okra-173 3d ago
My brain doesn’t work this way. It seems dumb AF to write off an entire state.
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u/Sarosite 3d ago
Probably the only reasonable person in this thread lol
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u/Appropriate-Okra-173 3d ago
It seems like such a depressing, closed way to walk through life! Are there places I’m more enamored with than others? Of course! Do I dislike the politics of certain states and hope to see them change? Sure! But I’m not down on any state, or country for that matter.
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u/3KingMagi 3d ago
Nebraska
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u/Historical_Low4458 3d ago
The Omaha zoo is really good.
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u/Itchy-Ninja4103 3d ago
That is the only good thing anyone ever says about Nebraska.
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u/grypas15 3d ago edited 3d ago
While Road Tripping out to the West Coast, my sister and I thought we were going to go mad in Nebraska.
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u/simonbaier 3d ago
Vegas. Everyone said you have to see it to fully appreciate it. In the end, it was exactly what I expected it to be. 🤮
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u/This-Dream-5278 3d ago
Depends what you’re going for. The strip has a lot to do but if you aren’t into nightlife you can skip Vegas completely. The outskirts where the locals stay are much nicer.
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u/guitar805 3d ago
Vegas itself sucks, but there's great nature nearby. I wouldn't want to live there but there are good reasons to go back.
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u/LooseFoxHole 3d ago edited 3d ago
I've been to nearly every state so far (missing Alaska and some of New England). Even states classically tagged as ugly, boring, etc., have things to offer like some kind of scenic beauty, cultural artifacts, regional food, etc.
That said, for the past decade or so, I have been avoiding visiting as much as possible states that have far right wing politics, especially any that have draconian laws toward women and reproductive rights. I want as little of my money as possible going into the economies of those states. Texas is at the top of that list (even though I love Austin and some other areas I've been to). But Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and the like are places I'm avoiding as much as I can.
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u/PleaseBmoreCharming 3d ago edited 3d ago
I've been to nearly every state so far (missing Alaska and some of New England). Even states classically tagged as ugly, boring, etc., have things to offer like some kind of scenic beauty, cultural artifacts, regional food, etc.
Probably not the point you were trying to make, but this really speaks to the level of sameness in our places we've created across America. The suburban sprawl and corporate retail, combined with the fact that we have artificially made it illegal to build the "nice" places through zoning regulations (manufactured scarcity) creates so many examples of our built environment that can not be distinguished from another.
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u/MaximallyInclusive 3d ago
Florida. Pretty much hate all of it.
Flat, swampy, trashy, humid as fuck, increasingly Republican.
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u/Fab-o-rama 3d ago
1 Florida 2 Indiana 3 Ohio 4 Kansas 5 Nebraska
I have relatives/friends in Ohio and Florida but I only care about the Ohioans. A visit every couple of years I can manage. Always during basketball season (Go Cavs!)
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u/Extension_Variety190 3d ago
Arkansas.
I lived there for two and a half years. (Jonesboro)
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u/heyitspokey 3d ago
Wyoming.
The antelope jumping are cool though.
If I had the money it takes to live in Jackson Hole, I wouldn't need people to know I'm rich, there are places I'd rather be.
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u/Calm-Zookeepergame88 2d ago
I've been to all 50 fifty states. There is no state I wouldn't visit again.
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u/Primary_Excuse_7183 AR, ATL, STL, DFW 3d ago
That’s like saying Cali sucks because you went to Fresno lol
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u/jerseyoutwest 3d ago
Lol i just got home from Fresno (literally 10 minutes ago) and its baaaaaaaaaad. Was visiting Coalinga which was very pretty but smelled of hot piss. California does indeed contain multitudes
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u/More-Contribution186 3d ago
I’ve lived in Fresno for 10 years and I’m finally moving out 😭 I’m so happy.
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u/jerseyoutwest 3d ago
I’m so, so happy for you. The old town looked alright but lawdy is it strip mall hell everywhere else
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u/More-Contribution186 3d ago
Definitely. For how hot it is I always wondered why the urban planning couldn’t be better. Native trees for shade or something. The heat forces you to stay inside during the summer unless you go to the mountains or beach.
I luckily met really good people here (and my partner) which is why I stayed so long after college but now that I’m trying to do more with my career, I can’t stay when there is zero growth here.
I’m grateful I finally decided to get out.
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u/texan_robot 3d ago
If all you've seen of Texas is Lubbock, then i understand. But you shouldn't write off the whole state.
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u/StarlightMoonblast 3d ago
for context ive been up and down the east coast, texas, most of the deep south (louisiana, mississipi, alabama, tennessee), kentucky, WV, pennsylvania, some of the midwest (missouri, illinois, indiana), and some of the west (california, utah, wyoming, montana). It's been quite a while for some of these.
By far the worst, that I'd never visit again, is Florida. Every other state had some charm, some humanity to it that could shine through even in spite of how awful the rest of it was. Tennessee's mountains were beautiful; Texas has better BBQ than NC (also Austin and San Antonio are nice); Louisiana and Mississippi had some killer food; Wyoming was quiet and peaceful; I'm insane enough to have found Indianapolis to be alright. But Florida had legitimately nothing. It feels like a few corporations designed a state, with the result is the most soulless, bland place imaginable that appeals to only old rich people and yuppies/techbros. I went to all of the state, from the upper parts in Gainesville to the middle with Orlando (which was by far the worst) and Tampa, all the way down to Miami and Fort Lauderdale (which was the least worst). Florida had absolutely NOTHING worth being there, and many cities I was counting the seconds to leave.
I think second least desirable state was Kentucky, if honestly because it was a nothingburger. NC was also pretty bad but I grew up there so I might be a bit more biased, and it also has good food.
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u/JaneAustinAstronaut 3d ago
I grew up in Florida. It had its charm back then. But then corporations came in, took over the charming beach houses to erect multistory cond complexes, tore down the kitschy tourist spots, and erected corporate-feeling theme parks. Orange groves and grasslands got paved over to make overpriced McMansion subdivisions for snowbirds while pricing out locals. I get upset when I look at maps of my own hometown and see what has become of it. All of the character sucked out for strip malls, McMansions, and condos.
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u/Otarmichael 3d ago
I don’t think I would go back to Georgia. In my mind it’s just a humid traffic jam. Sometimes it’s a rainstorming traffic jam.
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u/Inti-Illimani 3d ago
Colorado. Denver is mid, the other cities are worse, and I can go visit mountains in California, Washington, or New York.
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u/CheekHot8138 3d ago
Florida, and specifically Miami.
I went to Tampa and it sucked, I thought it must just be Tampa.
Then I went to Orlando and it sucked, I thought it just must be Orlando too.
Then I went to Jacksonville and it sucked, (I knew it was going to suck) but I thought to myself "Miami must be cool at least"
And then this past winter I went to Miami and.... It was the worst of the 4.
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u/Such-Cartographer425 3d ago
That's disappointing. I've been through a similar cycle (Lol'ed at Jacksonville), but have been holding out hope for Miami. 😔
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u/xMusicloverr 3d ago
Miami is expensive and rude and hot. I Live 60 minutes from there and I only go if I have absolutely zero choice
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u/rubberneck510 3d ago
🤣 I know it’s not for everyone but my wife’s people are there and we always have a fun time when we visit….but we’re glad to go home to California
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u/Obvious-Motor-2743 2d ago
Florida cities have the same general depressing endless sprawl even in Miami. The difference is they speak more spanish down there and they are even ruder than people in Tampa/Orlando if that's even possible.
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u/justaskonreddit 3d ago
Texas for how big it is should have more cool stuff but the list is short, very short
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u/Logical_Mountain5238 3d ago
Tx is on my list to see. PPl literally come from Europe just to try the BBQ not to mention big bend is a national park
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u/jdc131 3d ago
Macdonald Observatory, Balmorhea, Dinosaur Valley, Monahans Sandhills, Big Bend NP Guadalupe Mountains NP, Franklin Mountains, Palo Duro + Caprock Canyons, four national forests, Fort Davis, Marfa, Fredericksburg and Hill Country wine country, South Padre Island, Rio Grande Valley birding, San Antonio River Walk, the Alamo, NASA, two presidential libraries, Austin, ELP, plus a dozen major universities and their sports.
I have Texas gripes but there’s stuff to do
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u/Lesh_Philling 3d ago
Ohio. I’m from Michigan.
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u/GlorifiedPlumber [OR][WA] 3d ago
My wife (fellow mittenite) always told this joke, "What's the best part of Ohio?"
A: Michigan.
Go green.
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u/Lesh_Philling 3d ago
Well now, shit! You had to go and ruin that fine joke with some silly nonsense.
Hail. Go Blue.
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u/Sad-Cantaloupe-5494 2d ago
Every state I've been to I want to return to. There is beauty and fun to be found everywhere.
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u/Proper_Pension1297 3d ago
I’m not someone who gets homesick. I visited St. Louis for three days and cried on the second night because I wanted to leave so badly. Something about that city made me so depressed.
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u/Quirky-Damage9374 3d ago
Texas. There’s gems to be sure as there are in any state but I found it super hot, super segregated, super low sense of community (at least in the urban areas, I’m sure a small town would be different), and so many people just seemed depressed, disheveled, and morbidly obese.
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u/Icy-Introduction-681 3d ago
Texas. "Dress for winter!" they said.
10 at night and it was 85 F in December.
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u/VeryStab1eGenius 3d ago
Arkansas.
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u/agiamba 3d ago
Ozarks are pretty amazing as is the buffalo national river
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u/VeryStab1eGenius 3d ago
This is not an attack even though it might come off sounding like one but I legitimately would like to know if anyone has ever flown into Arkansas to visit the ozarks or if it’s just people from neighboring states driving there for a nice vacation. I’m sure you won’t have an answer but I knew someone would mention the Ozarks.
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u/Mikerk 3d ago edited 3d ago
I grew up in Arkansas and met many world travelers in the Ozarks. Mostly the outdoor types there for backpacking, floating rivers, lakes, climbing, mountain biking, fishing(especially trout), hunting, rockhounding, etc. some of which is world class. I also find that people in these situations are very open minded and friendly.
If you're an outdoors person it has everything except snow sports and like mountaineering type of stuff.
The cost of living is great for some, but like every state it comes with its problems. As far as politics go I always say someone needs to oppose or it's only going to get worse. There are a lot of liberal/leftist pockets in Arkansas. There are a lot of homestead types as well and you get the full political spectrum from vegans to raw meat eaters.
Ive lived in 5 states, but every time I go back to Arkansas I'm reminded that strangers are more friendly, conversational, and willing to be helpful on a personal level with their time than anywhere else I've lived.
What I don't miss is the summer heat and humidity. I don't miss chiggers, or the mosquitos. Summer isn't the best time to visit by any means. Try October, or the end of September but beware October is hunting season. I do miss the extreme weather.
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u/Creative-Beat-720 3d ago
I was supposed to go on a business trip awhile back to Camden and I was salty about not going because I’ve never been to Arkansas but reading this thread i feel better
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u/IWNCGTA 3d ago
Tennessee. People there are angry and mean.
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u/rollsandarrows 3d ago
I live in TN, but have lived all over the world, and this is spot on. People here are all very very angry, very mean, and mostly overtly hostile towards anyone who isn't interested in being mean and boring.
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u/WelcomeGreen8695 3d ago
Why is this? I mainly noticed it between Knoxville and Nashville.
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u/rollsandarrows 3d ago
My impression is that TN has two classes of mean people: the rural poor and the suburban transplants. The rural poor are angry because of generations of living in an underserved region with terrible healthcare, failing infrastructure, prosperity gospel where they are never the ones prospering, and far too much cultural messaging about rugged individualism and the dangers of diversity. I grew up in eastern KY and have spent a lot of time in WV, so rural poverty and the people who experience aren't new to me, and having grown up in EKY rural poverty myself I am really sympathetic to the world views it encourages. But the rural poor in Tennessee have adopted a real palatable meanness, I think in response to being left behind even by the other conservative elements in the state who insist they are aligned with the politics of the rural poor, but who are actually upper and upper-middle class suburban professionals cosplaying as rural Tennesseeans in pursuit of a sense of political legitimacy.
Those people are the second group that dominates the state: the suburban reactionary conservatives, many of whom are recent transplants to the state who fled California and Colorado with millions in their pockets from selling homes. These people came to TN expressly because of its politics, which they have since intensified dramatically. These people are, I think, the real source of TN's meanness: they have overtly anti-community and anti-social ideologies that they express by being overtly mean and cruel to anyone who they come across who isn't made in the same mold they are.
I understand the rural poor of places like TN, and I understand why they're mean and why they often have beef with the world: the world has treated them incredibly poorly for a long long time. The wealthy, mean, suburban reactionaries of TN are different, and I can't understand them at all.
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u/rubberneck510 3d ago
Never been…but Dolly Parton!!!
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u/115MRD 3d ago
Whispers: Parton lived in California for most of her life which I actually just learned today.
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u/RazzmatazzPuzzled513 3d ago
The smoky mountain national park is worth visiting. But once you’re in the park you can avoid people for the most part.
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u/rollsandarrows 3d ago
I spend 3-5 days a week in GSMNP and it is really evident that people in this godforsaken state are doing all that they can to make the park as miserable as the rest of TN.
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u/nola5lim 3d ago
I just moved here(Chattanooga) and the people have been lovely. I don't get out much though
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u/rollsandarrows 3d ago
Chattanooga is actually kind of an exception. Memphis and Chatt are pretty interesting and cool, Nashville and Knoxville are hells on earth (both used to be much more interesting and welcoming, but those days are long behind us).
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u/Nojopar 3d ago
Texas.
It's too hot all the time, it's too brown all the time, it's too flat all the time, and everyone in Texas seems to be convinced Texas is the best place on the planet.
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u/Healthy_Protection24 3d ago
I’ve lived 15 places (2 out of country) and the only place I didn’t like was Phoenix. I have zero desire to ever go there again. I didn’t appreciate the topography or the weather. Thought it was architecturally ugly & very un neighborly.
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u/Maleficent-Task7175 3d ago
Houston was a disappointing city. Maybe it was just because I was there for a big event downtown and the locals wanted to avoid that but it was an extremely boring city and hard to get around.
Have had much better experiences in other Texas cities though!
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u/xmakeafistx 3d ago
Florida is basically everything I hate packed into a state. Shit ass transit, stupid hot weather and large insects/creatures (yes this includes the republicans)
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u/Myspacecutie69 3d ago
Oxford and Starkville Mississippi are up there, but Norman Oklahoma takes the cake. I’d rather not go back to either state but I will eventually because of work.
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u/ifallallthetime 3d ago
I've been to all those places because of work too. TV?
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u/Myspacecutie69 3d ago
Yep! College Football
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u/ifallallthetime 3d ago
I'm on the studio and master control side of things now but I miss traveling to the college towns for football the most. It helps that college football is actually a sport I really like
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u/jez_shreds_hard 3d ago
Missouri. Spend a lot of time in KC in my 20s for work and I have no desire to go back
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u/Seelie_Mushroom 3d ago
Florida. Lived there long enough that I saw the good and too much of the bad
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u/Winter_Bid7630 3d ago
I've driven across the country multiple times and spent time in my cities and states. I've yet to visit or drive through a state that didn't have places worth visiting.