Worst state is California.
Best is anywhere very rural and not on the east or west coast, like Wyoming or Idaho.
California is such a big state with a wide variety of places and types of terrain...why is it your worst state?
Worst state is California.
Best is anywhere very rural and not on the east or west coast, like Wyoming or Idaho.
Re Georgia's sub-optimal traits: gordonthemoron, I couldn't help wondering whether your lack of fondness for the state had anything to do with a certain novel and film. I'd reckon that the Georgia Tourist Board must hate James Dickey and John Boorman like poison...
Best parts of USA....none!
Worst parts...all of it.
Can't stand the place.
Yeah, same. The US is a diverse country, so it does seem to me a bit odd to hate it all.When people say that I'm always keen to hear why. What was your experience while you visited?
When people say that I'm always keen to hear why. What was your experience while you visited?
Good bits of the USA: The Scenery
The Bad bits: The people, the food, the 'culture' (aka guns, bible bashing, driving the most ridiculous cars etc)
Quite clear you haven't spent much time over there...
Oh I have, spent a month in total visiting various places, but I still come to the same conclusion - a nice place to go on holiday, but a **** place to live.
What is wrong with York?You are mixing up the US with York.
What is wrong with York?
Good bits of the USA: The Scenery
The Bad bits: The people, the food, the 'culture' (aka guns, bible bashing, driving the most ridiculous cars etc)
What is wrong with York?
Good bits of the USA: The Scenery
The Bad bits: The people, the food, the 'culture' (aka guns, bible bashing, driving the most ridiculous cars etc)
California is such a big state with a wide variety of places and types of terrain...why is it your worst state?
Can't agree with someone's pick of Nevada as worst. It has Death Valley which may well be my favourite place on earth.
I've never seen Deliverance, if that's what you're referring to
If you fancy some good train watching, Fullerton is quite close to Disneyland (about 5 miles north), with plenty of BNSF, Metrolink and Amtrak action. A cafe on the platform (plus other eating and drinking very nearby), palm trees and SoCal sunshine, what's not to like? (and you can get there by train from downtown LA on Metrolink and Amtrak).
A Friday evening there (many of the people sitting at the cafe tables are local railfans - it's a very popular place on Friday and Sat evenings):
P1260003 by ac6044cw, on Flickr
Fullerton - BNSF east 1 by ac6044cw, on Flickr
As swills says, if you have the time and a car, make a pilgrimage to Tehachapi Pass (my favourite) and/or Cajon Pass for the freight trains. But beware these are very hot, dry places in the summer, so take plenty to drink with you (and try and stay in the shade).
Have fun!