re: My last off season thread. SEC states visited:

I have at least driven through or visited all of them except for Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia.

My observations that nobody will give a frick about:

Eastern Tennessee is beautiful, I would live out there if I could find a decent job/convince the woman to move there. Nashville is awesome. However, the western corner of the state, Memphis in particular, is horrible.

I've driven across Kentucky going from Chicago to Raleigh, most of it was lovely, though I haven't spent any significant time in its major cities.

I've only been to Charleston and Myrtle Beach in SC. Charleston is very charming; enjoyed my trip.

I hate Florida, well most of it. Destin is ok. Rosemary Beach is ok. But the state as a whole is comprised of awful tourist trap towns, trashy mansions that are owned by old New Jersey transplants, retirement communities, crime-ridden dumps, and gator-infested swamps with 150% humidity. I've never been to Gainesville though, so I can't speak to that, UF fans.

As far as Mississippi, I've only been to Oxford for a day during a trip to Memphis. It's a nice little town. I can see why people love going to school there. I haven't seen a whole lot of the rest of the state.

Most of Arkansas is backwards and terrible. It's like driving through all of the worst parts of the 1950s. But NW Arkansas is quite pretty, and Fayetteville benefits greatly from being nestled in the Ozarks. Getting there is kind of a pain in the arse, though.

As far as Texas, I've only been to Houston. I hated Houston. It's hot, there is no zoning, horrible traffic, very little to do other than millions of shopping malls and chain restaurants. No thanks. The area by Rice's campus was enjoyable I guess.