What is your favourite US state and why please?

[NatureOverNightclubs]

Looking for inspiration. Done New York, planning Chicago next then Boston. I absolutely love America and would honestly love to do every state except Florida...

Thank you!

Really helpful answer to the question “What is your favourite US state and why?”.

Unless you associate Canada as being a state of America?

agree with national parks. All I’ve been to have been utterly amazing- Yosemite, Zion, Death Valley etc. I’d say around Nevada and Utah if you want a road trip.

i would also recommend following alt. Parks if you aren’t over fond of the current administration. The resistance springs up in surprising places.

Loved a long holiday we had in Colorado (OMG 31 years ago) plenty to see and do with stunning scenery and some unusual places to stay.

Also Wyoming (30 years ago) we stayed on a working ranch outside Cody, fabulous time.

Been to many other places in the US, some I would not go back to, but sure those mentioned above have changed quite a bit.

Mississippi. Wonderful people.
[Waves to SIL in Jackson]

Completely agree. Michigan is my favourite place to visit. Absolutely beautiful.

Oregon is beautiful - high desert, fabulous coastline, rivers and gorges, volcanoes (dormant) and great weather. But you can’t really do much without a car.

The Grand Canyon South Rim (Arizona) has a railway station. Also, there’s a railway from LA up to Seattle with some stops well worth making.

North Carolina

Why not Florida @NatureOverNightclubs? Just curious

I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s my favourite state, but the most fascinating place I ever visited was Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, where the Amish community live. Such a juxtaposition between their lifestyle, trotting along in their traditional dress in a horse and buggy, just going about their daily lives, and the modern day tourists. This was many years ago now so things may have changed, but I loved visiting.

I went last year, it was a great experience (I did it the easy way, on a cruise ship) but I wouldn’t go again. It’s quite one dimensional.
I chose Hawaii as my favourite but lots of others are amazing. I loved Texas, lived there for a while in 2005. We were a white nuclear family though so I am aware not everyone’s experience is the same.
San Diego is awesome, life there really feels charmed. San Francisco is challenging these days though, such a shame.
I love New Orleans, Chicago, Seattle, New York, Miami they are all so different and wonderful in their own ways.

I once spent a day driving from the top of Pennsylvania to the bottom. Worst state ever 😃

@PersephoneSmithI remember driving through Pittsburgh and thinking what a shithole 😬 we didn’t stop!

Thank you @BigDecisionWorthIt, very detailed. What about the UKSubs being refused entry?

I wouldn't book anything at the moment. Colleagues said transiting recently was surprisingly scary and they travel a lot.

I think very fondly of the people I met in North Dakota and Wisconsin.

We started in Eerie, where we had spent a pleasant couple of nights, had coffee in Puxatawney (there were many groundhogs) then ended up in Hagerstown where we had another couple of nights, DH wanted to visit Antietam and Harpers Ferry

Another vote for Utah if you are outdoorsy. If you aren’t wowed by Bryce Canyon then I don’t know what. It is utterly spectacular and no photos do it justice. If you went to lean into amazing places also go to Arches, Canyonlands (dead horse point made famous by the last scene of Thelma and Louise), and Zion NPs. Get on the Colorado river. If you are into hiking and fearless consider Angels Landing walk at Zion (the path is less than 1 meter across and 1400ft high). Truly spectacular driving as well. If you really want to lean into red rocks, capital reef and monument valley (AZ, not Utah) nearish by, and of course the Grand Canyon (which is obviously worth seeing, but I didn’t find as impressive as Bryce or arches).

Incorrect visa.

Alvin even confirmed on SM that they stated he didn't have correct visa for entry. Tried to allude to and play the rhetoric that it was to do with comments etc.

But simply put, incorrect visa is all it needs to be. CBP cannot process visas on the fly and they can't just be taken to a local embassy to do an "emergency" non-immigrant visa.
I could waffle on a good chunk about the nvc portion of applications and how long it can take at each step.

is there a lot of leaning into things in Utah? 😂

not heard that phrase in this context before.

Oregon is stunning!

There’s a lot of ‘leaning into’ in the corporate world where I work. Sorry. Ghastly phase. ‘If you really want to focus on / surround yourself with / prioritise red rocks……’ [take your pick]

DH loves Oregon! We seriously contemplated moving there many moons ago when he was offered a job over there.

California. But I also love coastal eastern US.

I just get the impression it's very dangerous unless you're inside the theme parks, much more than other states. I could be wrong though and I'm not dead set against it, just isn't on the list.

i really don't think anyone's jealous.

FFs

My mother-in-law and that side of the family live on Florida’s west coast.
Leaving the absolute craziness of living directly in the path of hurricanes out of it….its not somewhere I’d ever want to live.
Great Cuban food and mojitos in Miami though 👀

I wonder if people were particularly nice to you because you're Canadian? I remember just after the brexit vote (still now really) I am overly nice to EU nationals because frankly I'm embarrassed by the UK and want people to know I didn't vote Leave. I wonder if the people you met are the same and just embarrassed by their country.