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re: Cool, off-the-beaten-path towns within the SEC footprint

Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:22 pm to
Posted by Masterag
'Round Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
18854 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:22 pm to
Yall should definitely come to East TX. Take a steamboat tour through the bayous of caddo lake:

See the rose capital of the world, Tyler:

Hell, we even got old plantations you can visit to make yall feel more at home. We'll even throw in the confederate flags for the Missippippi folk!






Posted by DorchesterGamecock
Bristol, CT
Member since May 2014
793 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:23 pm to
Carolina Cup is still a wild time. It's like the entire university drives 40mins east to Camden and gets shitefaced now..
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
17028 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:33 pm to
Make a trip to my hometown of Muscle Shoals in July and head over to Florence for the Handy Festival, frickin great time.

Add a drive through Southwest Alabama to feel better about yourself.

Grove hill, Al
Jackson, Al
Camden, Al
Leroy, Al (home of the great Clint Mosely)
Monroe, Thomasville, Pine Hill, Linden, etc. all jewels of the south
Posted by Sparetime
Lookin down at La
Member since Sep 2014
909 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 11:14 pm to
For the Missouri OP, this is as Southern as it gets. All you 30A FL punks, Bama hippies, and LA Coonies(They won't because too many deer) stay out.

Natchez is the last place where you feel like you're still in the South..... Affluent rich folks and black good folk still living amongst each other.
Posted by MaroonNation
StarkVegas, Mississippi, Bitch!
Member since Nov 2010
21950 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 11:19 pm to
Satartia, Mississippi
Posted by UAFanFromNOLA
NOLA
Member since Dec 2011
4882 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 11:41 pm to
I second Mentone. Went there for a weekend getaway with friend and had a blast.
Posted by MetryTyger
Metro NOLA, LA
Member since Jan 2004
15609 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 12:38 am to
Hammond and Covington, La on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain are great for walking tours, festivals, art and craft and car shows and retro architecture.
South Baton Rouge area hosts US Hot Air Balloon competitions.
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
39829 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 5:22 am to
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This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 7:17 am
Posted by Themole
Palatka Florida
Member since Feb 2013
5557 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 5:24 am to
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Shut your pleasure provider.




Posted by arrakis
Member since Nov 2008
21168 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 7:43 am to
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9th Ward, New Orleans

....where the elite meet
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79515 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:24 am to
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Mother fricker. I will hunt you down. Delete this shite now!!!!!



CAPE SAN BLAS
Posted by Brosef Stalin17
Member since Sep 2014
1090 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:26 am to
dahlonega ga
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
41351 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:33 am to
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I live in Black Mountain, outside of Asheville.



No shite? We stayed there this Fall. Great pizza place there that we liked a lot. Neat little beer store in town with a friendly owner and an awesome breakfast place in an old house downtown.

Asheville, NC is awesome. More in the footprint would be: Chattanooga, TN, Florence, AL, Savanah, GA, and Mobile, AL.
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36703 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:35 am to
Cross Plains/Orlinda, Tenn
Posted by NCrawler
Sherwood
Member since Nov 2010
2152 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:38 am to
Pine Bluff, AR, home of CrowPie. A fine area. Hardly any crime there either...
Posted by scrooster
Resident Ethicist
Member since Jul 2012
38017 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:40 am to
Here are my suggestions, based on personal experience, for the OP.

Mt. Dora, Florida
Johnson City, Tennessee
Aiken, South Carolina
Huntsville, Alabama
Branson, Missouri
Pawley's Island, South Carolina

There are others, but those are a good start.
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
141531 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:42 am to
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Mt. Dora, Florida


For old people

quote:

Scrooster


Makes perfect sense.












Yeah, yeah, Mt. Dora is slightly cool but it's still for old folks. The inn is nice, I'll give your ball scratching self that.

Do you keep them in your socks these days?
Posted by Porky
Member since Aug 2008
19103 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:55 am to
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Eureka Springs is legit

Apalachicola, FL is another
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
141531 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:57 am to
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CAPE SAN BLAS


Mother fricker...I will cut you!!!!!
This post was edited on 2/17/15 at 8:58 am
Posted by LSU GrandDad
houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
21564 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 9:15 am to
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I've heard good things about the Upper 9th Ward/Bywater and Marigny area.


it's changing for the better. I still cab it in and out of the district buy enjoy the food and music a lot. currently, there is little to no jazz in the Quarter (and Preservation Hall is way too touristy with long lines). the Little Gem Saloon downtown is also outstanding.
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