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Huntington, West Virginia has a boring skyline for a city its size, especially compared to Charleston WV. Also Huntington doesn't have the mountainous valley backdrop that its neighbor Charleston does.
Lexington, Kentucky also has a boring skyline for a city its size though the UK campus is nice.
Columbus has a very beautiful, pleasant cityscape and a lot of decent nightlife. It felt like an island of modernity and prosperity surrounded by Rust Belt neighbors. Charlotte is also a very pleasant city and close to the mountains too. Are we talking about the cities themselves or the overall surrounding environment too? Even Kansas City has a nice skyline and the grasslands have their own beauty.
Lafayette, Louisiana physically looks boring and run down, but there are beautiful bayous and woodlands not too far away including the Henderson Swamp and Bayou Teche. Some claim Lake Charles, Louisiana is boring but its close to the Creole Nature Trail and beautiful wetlands.
Some people claim Baton Rouge is bland just driving through on the Interstate but there are many historic areas and a lot of lush Southern vegetation like Spanish moss and live oaks once you get into the neighborhoods.
Amen! I spent 10 weeks during the summer in Slidell, Louisiana without a car. Didn't leave town too often, but still! Was never bored the entire time. So much Southern greenery, vegetation, and ambiance--it's a feast for the eyes. Everywhere looked like a scene out of Forrest Gump's hometown. The pine forests and bayous never got old; I couldn't get over how elegant and serene the pine trees seemed like.
Yeah, Louisiana is pancake-flat, but I'd take the lushness over there over dry brown hills in my home state of California any day!
Houston is hardly vanilla. Its one of the most diverse cities in the US and its one of the best food cities in the US. It is a corporate city, but most cities are.
It's not, just some of the attitudes there. But you can tell who's been, who hasn't, and who only stayed at their Aunt's in Sugar Land, lol!
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It makes up for it with the second longest coastline in the country behind Alaska. I find Miami, and the keys more visually appealing than anything in Texas! lol
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Florida is ALL about its coastal areas, save for some really interesting & serene landscape in the Everglades.
Oops, looks like I ruffled some feathers!
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Dallas and Houston are extremely boring. They have multiple skylines that look impressive from a distance. However, when you’re actually in the business districts, they’re dead outside of business hours and extremely underwhelming. Oklahoma City, Wichita, Omaha, and Des Moines all fit the bill for yawn inducing scenery.
Phoenix has varied topography in the city, including South Mountain Park, Camelback Mountain and Piestewa Peak. That feature alone removes the city from any list of boring landscapes.
Dallas and Houston are extremely boring. They have multiple skylines that look impressive from a distance. However, when you’re actually in the business districts, they’re dead outside of business hours and extremely underwhelming. Oklahoma City, Wichita, Omaha, and Des Moines all fit the bill for yawn inducing scenery.
Phoenix has varied topography in the city, including South Mountain Park, Camelback Mountain and Piestewa Peak. That feature alone removes the city from any list of boring landscapes.
Too bad Phoenix has the worst downtown of all these cities.
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Too bad Phoenix has the worst downtown of all these cities.
I would say that's debatable at best. I get that Phoenix's downtown leave's a lot to be desired for it's size, but to say that it's worse than even Wichita is hyperbole at it's finest.
Dallas and Houston are extremely boring. They have multiple skylines that look impressive from a distance. However, when you’re actually in the business districts, they’re dead outside of business hours and extremely underwhelming. Oklahoma City, Wichita, Omaha, and Des Moines all fit the bill for yawn inducing scenery.
Phoenix has varied topography in the city, including South Mountain Park, Camelback Mountain and Piestewa Peak. That feature alone removes the city from any list of boring landscapes.
I completely agree, even Phoenix with it's desert topography still has more going on than the major cities in Texas.
I was referring to Dallas and Houston as the previous poster referenced to. I've never really kown that El Paso was one of the major cities in Texas, or Big Bend. lol wouldn't be surprised though.
Phoenix and San Jose. Their skylines are tiny for their size and nearly nonexistent, respectively.
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