FollowThe 5 ugliest states in the country
By Meg Nesterov via Gadling
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. San Francisco Examiner writer and occasional Gadling contributor Bob Ecker doesn’t behold much, at least for a few unlucky states. Ecker previously named the prettiest US states including coastalCalifornia, exotic Hawaii, diverse New York, historic Virginia, and verdant Washington. He’s now determined the unfortunate ugliest states, measured by landscape, not people:
- Connecticut: the Constitution State is called a “suburban hell”
- Delaware: small and boring
- Kansas: land-locked and a “throwback,” in a bad way
- Nevada: outside of Las Vegas, it’s a “desolate and forbidding wasteland” (what about Lake Tahoe, Bob?)
- Oklahoma: another flat, hot, and boring state (don’t tell Lonely Planet’s Robert Reid, an OK native)
Obviously the article is tongue in cheek — there are beautiful corners in every great state in this country — but Ecker’s skewering provides a good starting point for thinking about vacation destinations.
(Photo courtesy Flickr user Gage Skidmore)
