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Yeah, you kinda need to be on the coast to be considered coastal.
Coastal doesn't have to mean the Atlantic though. According to the U.S. Government, Pennsylvania is a coastal state participating in the 'Coastal Zone Management Program.' It is a technicality though (hence my "coastal enough").
This sort of poll reminds one that the eastern US there's not a whole lot to see outside of the coasts and cities. The Carolinas, Viriginia and Georgia etc. outside of Appalachia, what can you really see? Your in the woods the whole time. It'll be the same view for hundreds of miles. Anyone's who's driven I-95 knows what I'm talking about.
Coastal doesn't have to mean the Atlantic though. According to the U.S. Government, Pennsylvania is a coastal state participating in the 'Coastal Zone Management Program.' It is a technicality though (hence my "coastal enough").
“Zone” being the key word in “coastal zone management program”. There is ZERO coastline in the state of Pennsylvania.
*since the Great Lakes States are included in this program I guess we can count the sliver along Lake Erie for Pennsylvania. Still irrelevant for this thread
Between Outer Banks and Hickory in NC is just flat, with the historic towns quite sparse (Winston-Salem, Mount Airy, Chapel Hill).
That's just false...
The Piedmont of NC is rolling hills, not much different from Virginia's. You're making it seem like the non-coastal plain and non-mountainous areas of the two states are more drastically different than they actually are. The area bounded on one side by a line that runs roughly from Hickory through Roanoke to Charlottesville and on the other by 95 is pretty uniform. Looking at any topographic map alone is enough to confirm this.
It's true that the Piedmont and coastal plain cover a greater percentage of NC than VA and vice versa for mountains. So if you want to make the case that VA is more scenic on average, I ain't gonna fault you. But the highs of NC (and quite literally so) are higher, and more spectacular, than VA imo.
Even within the Piedmont, though-- does Virginia have something like Eno, Umstead, or Raven Rock state park?
It’s certainly not Florida. It’s not listed, but New York gets my vote.
Yeah, it's not listed and I guess I can see why given the coast isn't contiguous with much of the interior. But, it's very scenic almost throughout the entire state. Two Great Lakes, the St Lawrence River/thousands islands, and Lake Champlain form natural water boundaries. Most of the state is the Appalachian Plateau hill country with the mountains of the Catskills and Adirondacks providing more dramatic relief (by eastern standards). The Hudson Valley, Finger Lakes along with several other glacial lakes and rivers dot the interior of the state. The countryside is a mix of forest and rolling farmland to provide variety on drives. The only real flat area is along the 30 miles stretch of low lands south of lake Ontario. But, even then you have drumlin fields, kettle lakes, the Erie Canal, Lake Ontario with its bluffs and bays, and Niagara Falls and Gorge.
I love NC’s interior landscape so I voted for it. Maine is really nice too. GA also had some beautiful interior areas to the north once you go past Atlanta. VA also has a decent interior landscape. TX has a few highs but a lot of it is also plain too.
Coastal doesn't have to mean the Atlantic though. According to the U.S. Government, Pennsylvania is a coastal state participating in the 'Coastal Zone Management Program.' It is a technicality though (hence my "coastal enough").
Ah yes, the beautiful coastal state of Indiana lol.
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