Most overrated region of the u.s. (best, state, places)

[cdw1084]

I'm originally from Michigan and I haved live in all regions of this country. My husband was stationed in CT and we would ride to NYC, Philly and Boston many times. I thought NYC was a nice city but I wasn't too fund of Boston and Philadelphia. We moved to the south and I visited Atlanta and Charlotte. I liked Atlanta because of the building structure and the eight lanes highways, but Charlotte seemed to be more laid back and kinda boring IMO. I have visited Chicago and St. Louis and I think Chicago is one of the best cities in the world and St. Louis was ok too. On the west coast I have been to several cities: LA, Seattle, San Diego and SF. LA is a very nice city but it's spreaded out. Seattle and San Diego had a beautiful downtown and SF seemed like the busiest city out west.

I want to know which region of the country is the most overrated, meaning it gets too much respect or the people in these places overrate the region. From my personal experience I feel that the Midwest and South is very underrated because people look at the south and judge it on the "old south" ways and the Midwest is the least talked about region and it has some hidden gems like St. Louis and Dallas(which could also be considered southern)

I think the most overrated region of the country is the north IMO. I love NYC and the entertainment, but many people tend to think that the "real city are in the Northeastern part of the country. Philadelphia has a cool downtown but once outside of downtown certain parts of Philly looks ruined and Boston has nice history but it's not my type of place to visit.

I'm curious to hear what other think.

PLZ share!

[city_data91]

I agree that the North is overrated.

[Hoarfrost]

The North is overrated only because the US lacks a wide variety of true palatable urban options.

[lrfox]

This thread is the most overrated region in the U.S.


counting down the minutes until this goes the way of all of the other flaming threads of this ilk and gets locked.

[krudmonk]

Northeast/Mid-Atlantic

[NYC1DAY]

The north is not overated

It has Philly, Boston, NYC and DC

Name another region that has four cities that can compete with that?

The four major cities in the south are fine to live...... Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and Miami

There is no way in hell that I would enjoy living anywhere else in the south

Also, let me add that it's ok to split the north into two regions (northeast and midwest), but the south is one

[ifeeldope]

^True, nothing i really dont think the north is that overated. We have everything at our convenience, whats overated about that??...plus four season and cities that are fairly close unlike other regions where u have to drive hours to get to the next form of civilization....i love it up here..

[DailyJournalist]

The South, especially Florida.

[grmasterb]

The four options are too broad and ill-defined by the OP. Dallas in the Midwest?? And most, if not all, Midwestern states are considered part of the "the north" as they lie north of the M-D line.

[TANaples]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

The South, especially Florida.

It seems you either love Florida and think it is heaven on earth, or you hate it and think it is hell on earth.

There doesn't seem to be much middle ground with this state.