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• chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve traveled the country full time in an RV for two years. Yes, there are more beautiful places in the US (Sequoia, Redwood Forests, Olympic National Park, etc), but I’m just saying that Texas isn’t all just some drab hole-in-the-wall. If you want that, go to Ohio or Indiana.

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  • Patquip@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Every state has some beauty. Ohio has Cuyahoga Valley and Indiana can see the Chicago skyline across Lake Michigan.

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    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I love that you say every sate has some beauty and then say that the best thing in Indiana is that you can see the next state over.

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      • aStonedSanta@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not only that but you look over to see man made beauty not natural like we were talking about lmao

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I loved the little dis, but for real the Great Lakes Region is one of the most beautiful parts of the country, I’d put it on par with our mountain ranges. Indiana only has a sliver of it, but northern Indiana is beautiful unlike the hellhole that is Fort Wayne. It’s like if a bunch of people decided to move to Lima for some unknown reason.

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      • JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Indiana actually has some very nice state parks, and the Hoosier National Forest is quite pleasant as well

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    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d put Turkey Run State Park near the top of the list for Indiana.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How did a state with the Appalachian mountains, major cities, a major tributary of the Mississippi, and a Great Lake make your bland list. You want to see nothing? Go to Iowa. The Great Plains are a magnificent ecosystem with immense value, but gods is it a boring one to look at. You glimpse at it and are just like “yep, it’s grass and farmland”.

    As a kid we drove from Dayton to Denver and yeah that chunk of Ohio is boring, as is that chunk of Indiana and Illinois, but once you pass the Mississippi holy fuck is there just nothing until mountains show up. It’s like being on the open ocean

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• RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m enjoying the hell out of just my commute, on a motorcycle in the rain. Rainier is unbelievable, the way it looms.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I moved away from Seattle (not to Texas), and while it’s gorgeous, it’s also kinda depressing. So I live in Utah, which is sunny, has gorgeous mountains, and lots of other natural beauty. I do try to make it back to the PNW periodically (planning to go this June).

  The only place I’ve been in Texas is San Antonio, which was pretty (esp. the river walk).

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  • Anamnesis@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    June is a great time to go back. I always dream of being a snow bird and just living in Seattle when the weather is great (June through Sept), then going somewhere warm and deserty for the winter.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve considered it, but honestly, I’m happy just being within driving distance of the PNW. I’m thinking of maybe moving to E. Washington or E. Oregon near the mountains to get a bit of the best of both worlds: lots of sun and only an hour out two drive from the green mountains.

      That doesn’t really solve the winter months, but it means I would only move south for 3-4 months of the year (December-March).

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