Thrillist Definitive State Rankings: HAIL!
On point with Michigan and Ohio, what about the others??
(Sorry, but I can't spoil anyone the sheer enjoyment of scrolling from 50-1!)
http://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/ranking-the-united-states-of-ame…
Yea I'm not sure about this.... Kentucky? Fun read.
I reviewed Thrillist putting Kentucky at 3 and I agree with their reasons becasue bourbon is awesome.
I'm moving to Kentucky in a month (from Ann Arbor), so I need to believe it's a cool place to live.
I have lived in western Kentucky for about ten years and have really enjoyed it. You're almost forced to pick a side between UK and UofL though... Even when you say, well I'm a Michigan fan, they want you to align with one of the two state powers. The people seem to be a lot more kind and genuine than those that I grew up with. Be prepared for everyone to talk to you at length about anything and everything. That and bourbon. Bourbon is great...
I'll be living in Lexington, working in Richmond. Looks like I'll have to (pretend to) root for Kentucky.
Thanks for the helpful advice, and yes, I'm looking forward to all the bourbon!
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I would put FLorida in front of North Dakota.
Clearly, you've never been to or read or watched literally anything that has originated from Florida.
It's kind of like this:
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Not to mention the Keys and the great city of Miami. Fishing and diving is premium in Florida and they also have NASA's Kennedy Space Center...Simply put, Florida is awesome.
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........and it's a GREAT place to visit. But I wouldn't want to live there.
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Cities are for kids who are starting out their careers and are starstruck by the big tall buildings and masses of people aka culture.
Once you get older, wiser and take the red pill you'll realize that cities are actually run by vampires who steal your money to pad their pensions. You will also see the value in living in suburbia. Ah the peace and quiet. You cannot have a better quality life if, like me, you enjoy the constant peace, quiet and preservation of hard earned money.
What is Thrillist?
It's old school for "Trillest"
The ultimate authority on U.S. states, obviously.
New York should be top 5.
Illinois is jack shit without Chicago. The only place with visiting in Illinois outside Chicago is Galena. And while Chicago gets lots of love domestically, it really needs to get more love internationally. I travel the world on a monthly basis (insert humble brag comment) and from my discussions with foreigners, Chicago is like the 5th place internationals visit (behind NYC, LA, SF, and Vegas). And when they do eventually visit Chicago, they tell my they should have visited Chicago first. I just had a group of Peruvians visit Chicago (some who currently live in NYC) and they love it so much more than anywhere in the U.S. A couple of them are trying to move here as we speak.
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Maize beer!
What better with a little furry one.
Liked the entry for Kansas:
You don’t become the largest producer of sunflowers by sitting on your ass. Or do you? Agriculture seems complicated.
The knock on Maryland's accent was amusing too:
To really understand it you should either read James Michener’s epic novel Chesapeake, or just start putting Old Bay on everything and developing an uncomfortably strong attachment to Cal Ripken Jr.
That was the best revelation of my 10 years living in the state. But nothing could beat the location though. If I left work at 2PM on a Friday, I could be in Philly by 5PM, NYC by 7PM or get to the Atlantic shore in only 3.5 hours. Too bad my best memories are a seasoning and the ability to quickly get out of the state for somewhere fun.
Of course everyone loves the "scrappy little underdog" don't they?
Keep telling the Californians that it rains 300+ days a year in Oregon! Yes!
Well they did a good job with some of their Michigan UP restaurants. The Ambassador in Houghton has great food and if you're ever up there relaxing on vacation, their fishbowls are a must. They missed out on some of the other hidden gems in the Keeweenaw area like Gemignani's across the bridge in Hancock.
The biggest complaint is that it's like Indiana or Iowa if you take Chicago out of the equation (sounds a bit like New York, but I digress), but the two behind it are Alabama and Indiana and the two above are Wyoming and Iowa. Chicago literally counts for nothing?
There is almost nothing south of Chicago. It's like a completely different state.
Lived there for 19 years and visited anywhere south of Joliet probably less than ten times combined.
My point is that while the rest of the state might be Iowa or Indiana, Chicagoland should count for enough to avoid being ranked two spots away from Alabama and just ahead of Indiana. Ignoring Chicago when you're ranking Illinois is like ranking New York based only on upstate New York.
I actually think Indiana has more to do than Illinois. I don't know what they based their rankings on though. Chicago is one of my fave cities and you'd think it would be worth more than that. never been to Iowa, at least not that I remember.
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I loved my time in Bloomington but my only other real experience is Fort Wayne, which...yeah.
Not trying to hate on Indiana, I just think ignoring Chicago is a ridiculous oversight.
For a dozen plus years I was an active skydiver and GenAv dude who visited Ottawa twice per month de minimis. They have really good Chinese and Mexican food down there. And lots of aviation, both fun to watch and even more fun to engage. Suggest you visit Skydive Chicago, my home DZ: https://www.skydivechicago.com/. Close to Starved Rock SP, a worthwhile day visit. Not terrible by any stretch.
Michigan being no 1? Guess for someone who doesn't travel much and missed the Rocky Mountain states and the Pacific Northwest.