Rank US States (or regions in your country) based on natural beautyhttps://tiermaker.com/create/us-states-36606
>>2858679You definitely made some huge mistakes and betrayed your normie bias with that list.
>>2858679>Idaho in D Tier>Alaska not in Sanon's vision needs to be checked
in order within the tiers alsoPennsylvania image looking suspiciously like South Dakota >>2858682Idaho is also at the bottom of the western states for me, still better than pretty much anywhere else though. I like New York because Niagara Falls is cool as hell (though technically the best part of it is in Canada). the adirondacks and finger lakes area is good too though
>>2858694wait Ohio was meant to be in D. all the D and F are shit anyway
>>2858698michigan is not a fair pick because the UP and LP are completely different /out/ experiences.
>>2858679Based only on states I've been /out/>New england in the fall mogs anything I've ever seen, but southern new england is too small>Mountains of upstate ny and pa are beautiful, as is the UP in the winter>Wisco has great lakes (pun intended)>Fl and tx are unique but actually /out/ing is a miserable experience>Everyone else is fairly boring, pine barrens get a shout-outList will most likely change soon when I see the southwest and the rockies
>>2858795Wroclaw my hometown. It is a nice region with mountains and shit.
There are a lot of beautiful places in this country, and people who are not generous with their ratings have simply not explored enough. Driving across a state on the interstate doesn't count.
>>2858795Leave my Cuiavian-Pomerania alone you bastaaaaaaard.
>>2858682Idaho should have been C but a lot of the state is just strip-mined badlands. The pretty mountain lakes are a small portion of the country.Alaska is kind of one dimensional and is infested with mosquitoes. It is very pretty but mostly just swamp and tundra. Washington is basically the good parts of Alaska condensed.
>>2858774>Based only on states I've been /out/We don't do that here. We must give opinions on all 50 states even if we haven't left our home county.
>>2858680It's a climbing bias. Mountains are the only thing in nature that is beautiful to certain people. Nothing else exists.
>>2858679How is MN below New Jersey?
>>2859436Mosquitoes probably
>>2858679not just for out, but where I would like to live. I am from Germany. Some odd choices, I know.
>>2858679Criminally underrating Oklahoma
totally biased and only places i have visitedbasically everything not in f tier gets a passand i am pretty sure there's okay parts of all of three of them, i just didn't see them personally
Idaho, Nevada, Utah, California, Arizona would be top of my list. If you don't know what BLM land is don't reply
>>2858679Thank you for the honest rating, everyone please stay out of the upper Midwest for your own good. If you are a non-Germanic person I will zap you with my Aryan space laser
>>2859310>Idaho should have been C but a lot of the state is just strip-mined badlands. The pretty mountain lakes are a small portion of the countryHuh?
>>2858679Texas in C? What the fuck is there? Unless you like driving several hours out of any metroplex.
>>2861297Anyone who rates Texas higher than a D- is not being honest and likely baiting. Do not take OP's post as being candid in any way.
>>2858928>being this scared of water
>>2858679i tried to distribute them evenly to the ranks but in actuality half of states are worth visiting for a while and another half simply are not>>2858682while AK is beautiful it lacks variety, especially considering its sizehis S tier states have more variety than the A tier ones, excepting Hawaii and Utah
>>2858774>jersey mentioned>shouted out evenNew Jersey supremacy
>>2861297>>2861375Texas defender here. Big Bend is great, Guadalupe and Palo Duro Canyon are nice, some nice spots in Hill Country, Caddo Lake is pretty in a kind of mystical way, wild beaches on the barrier islands, lots of cool caves. The Rio Grande Valley has good birding, Aransas is the best place to see the endangered Whooping Crane, arguably the best state for birding in general. Also pretty good for other wildlife in places like Big Bend or along the coast, also has the largest bat colonies and bat flights which are really cool.>>2861399saying Alaska lacks variety is nuts. It has the largest temperate rainforest in the world and some of the largest dune fields in the country. Nevermind the mountains, coast, tundra, wetlands, volcanoes, icefields etc. Also the best state for wildlife by far.wildlife is imporant for me when it comes to "natural beauty" by the way
>>2858679waitasec floridas mid? there's worse than here?
>>2858679Ranking the states I've actually been to, and done some /out/ in:S: Arizona, Florida, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Tennessee A (these could be argued to be S tier, in my opinion): Utah, Louisiana, Oregon, ColoradoB: North Carolina CDF: OhioIf you live in Ohio you don't really have /out/, it's the only state in the union that just miserably fails at that.
>>2861472>it's the only state in the union that just miserably fails at that.you've obviously never been to missouri then.
>>2858679>MN >DI know im biased cuz I grew uo there but MN has great out- northwoods, great lake, lush river valleys, drifless area, prairies...and lakes- a bajillion lakes over almost all of it. BWCA is one of the premier out in the US. "D" is fake and gay
I've never been to the west coast because my family was poor and we always drove whenever we wanted to go somewhere so I'm excluding all of that. New York is just in f tier because I took the train from Philly directly into NYC and basically never saw a tree
>>2861470i could have phrased that betteralaska lacks variety compared to states like california and arizona but definitely beats places like kansas or louisianaalso our wildlife is cool but scarce due to its sizein alaska:boreal forest near water>drive five hoursboreal forest>drive five hoursboreal forest but wet>drive five hoursboreal forest but no trees>drive five hoursboreal forest but now siberia cold>drive five hourssoggy tundrathe mountains are cool but compare that experience to california
>>2858679I suffer in OhioDisclaimer: western PA only
>>2861899you have an unusual taste, anon
>>2858679>Alaska A>Hawaii S>Idaho D>Utah Agarbage thread
>>2861873best part of CA is driving hours just to see burnt down forests!
>>2861932we are comparing with alaska, which has it's own huge fire season and new charred forests every year.
The UP is a mystical land that I make a pilgrimage to every year
>>2858679>Desert shitholes at S tierYea no.
wow the same bullshit opinions from people who havent visited half the states they rank, marvelous :^I
>>2858679>https://tiermaker.com/create/us-states-36606
>>2859436Anyone have this type of map of Michigan?
>>2858772The UP is uniquely beautiful, but the Lake Michigan beaches on the LP are some of the best in the country IMO.
>>2858679Every single person has Indiana in F, what about the dunes and beaches? I think it should get a little bump, even if only a very small part of the state is really pretty.Would love a version with the Canadian provinces, since British Columbia and Alberta completely demolish all the S tier states IMO for natural beauty.
>>2866105Alberta and British Columbia are definitely S tier
>>2858679Sam Diego is tops specifically north county
>>2858679Only did the states I've actually visited. Tiers are ordered.
Here is Finland if someone even cares
>>2866105>>2866325I would imagine Nunavut is close to shit tier, and probably PEI too (is there even any place to go /out/ there?), but every other province and territory has so much unmolested space that even northern SK would drag that province pretty high up thereI've only been /out/ for any length in Alberta but it's probably like BC/AB/Yukon/Labrador tippity top tier, everywhere else at least bretty gud
if you do not consider Virginia S-tier or at least more beautiful than 90% of the West Coast, then you are a retard
>>2866444I've done some /out/ in Quebec, and I'd put it in a tier slightly below Vermont IMO.Haven't been to the Quebec Chic Chocs (picrel) yet, so that may change my mind.
>>2866377I care brotha
>>2858679>>2858682Idaho is an easy S for me despite not having ocean access. We have a great deal of variety here, we even have a rainforest and dunes.https://youtu.be/RGI0G9o01gM?si=q7qV01NJ0lwS4sAl
>>2866444Ontario and Manitoba go with the rest of the US Midwest in terms of /out/ in my opinion
>>2866531Idaho is nice and there's a lot of opportunity to recreate but it's just not as spectacular as other states. I wouldn't go out of my way to visit.There's a reason Idaho is the only western state without a proper National Park (besides the sliver of Yellowstone). That's probably a good thing for some people around here, but for whatever faults they have I do believe the National Parks generally encompass the most beautiful and spectacular areas in the region. Except Rocky Mountain, fuck Rocky MountainAnyway if this was an "/out/" ranking, whatever that really means, instead of a "natural beauty" ranking maybe Idaho can be S tier.
didn't bother ranking shit countries (almost every country has nice parts though). I've only been to 5 of these by the waysome justifications>UgandaI've been fascinated by the Rwenzori mountains forever, number one place I want to see. Also I rate wildlife and Uganda has most of the usual African fauna, and also gorillas and chimpanzees.>EcuadorThe Galapagos are like the holy grail for biogeography. Some of the best individual mountains in the Andes also.>France, UK, Denmarkoverseas territories included. not Antarctic claims though
>>2866570Just going to comment on countries I've been hiked/skied/climbed in and disagree with your ratings on:Chile is insanely overrated here.Peru should be way lower too.The best stretch of the Alps is through Austria and France. Easily A+.The UK, Portugal, & Germany should be garbage tier.New Zealand should be highest in the Southern Hemisphere.Go to Banff or Jasper and then tell me Canada isn't S tier.
>>2866572well from photos and videos and stuff the most beautiful parts of the Alps seems like Switzerland to me, places like Lauterbrunnen and Zermatt, and then Italy with the Dolomites. Maybe they aren't the best experience because of all the tourists or the price or whatever but that's a bit different, not what I was ranking.I've visited Canada pretty extensively, it's great, probably some of the best mountains anywhere, certainly the best I've seen. But variety was a big factor for me for the highest tiers and Canada doesn't have the variety I think.Chile does however. The fjords and mountains of Patagonia are like New Zealand or Norway on steroids, just much harder to access and actually experience, but the ranking is about how beautiful/spectacular these places are. Look up Marc Adamus, he's a photographer who goes deeper than most into the Patagonia fjords, stunning stuff. And Chile has volcanoes, the high Andes, rainforest, and the Atacama is a top tier desert. For Peru, the Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash seem to me like the best part of the Andes outside of Patagonia. And it also has good variety.Portugal is carried by Madeira and the Azores, both look super pretty to me. The Algarve coast looks nice too.Scotland and Wales have some great spots, but also the UK has many overseas territories. South Georgia is a favorite of mine, it's pretty scenic but I'm more interested in it as a wildlife destination.
>>2866575I have literally been to Zermatt, and St. Anton is way way prettier IMOPlus like the actual skiing/hiking/climbing in France is way more fun and definitely gets rowdier than the rest of the AlpsLike the freeride in France is just *chef's kiss*, hit La Grave this year and had a blast
>>2866590well I'll have to see for myself, just hard for me to believe you can beat that iconic view of the Matterhorn. I've been to Mt Assiniboine and its the most beautiful mountain I've seen, but the Matterhorn seems even prettier from photos.
>>2866599I'm at Marmot Basin in Alberta right now for Spring skiing, and the views here are way better than the Matterhorn IMOHere's a pano I took from hiking Marmot 2 yesterday
lots of NC disrespect here
>>2866605Hearing about the awful state of snowpack south of the border this makes me feel a lot better. I was preparing mentally for a godawful smoky summer
>>2866605yeah I've been all around that area, Amethyst Lakes is probably the second most beautiful area I've backpacked in after Assiniboine. Also saw reindeer there which was cool.
I’ve lived all over the US and been to every state. Pure vibes based ranking.
>>2866572>Chile is overratedlol no
>>2866569Idaho doesn't have a National Park because the citizens here don't want one and have fought very hard to prevent one from being made. Idahoans don't want tourists.
>>2866654Is Iowa really as bad as Ohio and Indiana? I've always managed to drive around it. From an outsider it does seem like a direct downgrade from the surrounding states except Missouri
>>2858679
I’m not from there so I don’t have a dog in the fight, but southern New Jersey is pretty nice and surely should place the state above, at minimum, a lot/most of the Midwest
>>2866710There's nothing in NJ worth looking at you can't see a better version of by driving 45 minutes away. It has all the disadvantages of a small state with none of the benefits. The fact that it's a strictly worse version of Pennsylvania and Maryland I think should count for a low score. I'm not saying it's worse than Indiana but it's definitely not a huge improvement either.
>>2866701>w-we don't want one anywaythis is just what Idahoans say to cope about not having a National Park, fact of the matter is that nowhere in Idaho deserves the status
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All you gays putting Rhode Island in f can kiss my ass. We have a world class striper fishery it’s A if you aren’t a poor fag without a boat.
>>2866818RI is a fake state much like Delaware.
>>2866821Good don’t come here we are full anyway.
>>2861472>you live in Ohio you don't really have /out/, it's the only state in the union that just miserably fails at that.Doesn't it at least have extensive bike trails? Does iowa have /out/ that ohio doesn't?
>>2866823no kidding
>>2866377We care and we respectfully disagree, we also suspect that you are from Turku cause no way it is S tier
>>2866850More than half the “state” is highway and parking lots. It really should just be absorbed into MA.
>>2866702The Loess Hills, the Driftless Area, and isolated parks near the big rivers are enough to bring it out of F tier, but it's still 97% private land with a big chunk of that being monocrop farmland. Basically anything that wasn't flat enough to farm on is either a city or owned by your co-workers uncle.>t. A 30-year Iowan
>>2861489>you've obviously never been to missouri thenyou've obviously never been to the ozarks
>>2858679Here's mine. Im unbiased and you all are wrong
>>2867232>posts flat as a board, fenced off private pasture land that looks identical to anywhere else in the midwest
>>2866850Rhode Island is a dumb state which is trying to turn itself into a sprawling slum. The state government is building low income house everywhere and there are laws that make sure every town has to build it but the border between eastern ct and western ri is the nicest place in southern New England before you hit the lakes region in nh.
>>2867262Its not just low income housing. A lot of rural areas and farmland are being flattened for mcmansions because making less than 200k is poor in the coastal cities
>>2867233cool memelist
Nebraska has the best grasslands, an under-appreciated landscapeToo bad it's almost all private though. But driving around the sandhills in summer when it's lush is nice, super pretty.Some other nice areas too, please don't bully Nebraska
>>2867262high density low income housing is better than suburbs
>>2858679What makes SD two tiers higher than ND?I don't know, genuinely asking.
>>2867298Wrong. Low income housing brings low income people and welfare warriors which shit up the town. No want wants an influx of poor retards in rural areas with low population density who immediately will outnumber the original residents and change the character of the area. Plus they are building low income condo developments where only a small percentage are “low income” which means it’s just a sweetheart deal for developer cronies and their politician butt buddies to open up land for development that would otherwise be unavailability due to zoning laws. But because it’s low income they can avoid zoning laws that would prevent condo construction in rural towns.
>>2867320lol
>>2867298as long as it it is in the city center area, and away from people. >t. ruralite who dreads having to see poors or browns, ever.
>>2867302Badlands and Black Hills
I love my area of Appalachia. As I type this the windows to my home are wide open and I am awash in the scent of the honeysuckle that grows along the fence in my back yard. I bought 10 acres with a 2,000 sq foot house at a very reasonable price. My property is in an area that is mostly national forest and for that reason is very lightly populated. A 200 acre state wildlife sanctuary borders my western property line. Appalachia has a moderate climate, lush vegetation, abundant sunshine and rainfall. We have strong storms that bring heavy rain that quickly pass leading to sunny days. These strong passing storms provide us ample rain while allowing a high percentage of sun during the day. Portions of Appalachia are designated as temperate rain forest.Appalachia has a tremendous amount of freshwater streams and rivers enabling an abundance of fish and wildlife, including large game such as white tail deer, feral pigs and black bears.Appalachia also has a rugged, independent, even rebellious population. Appalachia's rugged terrain, moderate climate, abundant fresh water and game make it a perfect area for the guerrilla war fighter.There are many reasons that US Army Green Berets and Rangers retire to Appalachia. It is a place that calls people steeped in guerrilla warfare home.Picrel is my horse grazing in a sunlit pasture next to an Appalachian mountain lake 900 feet from his barn.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo
>>2858679Michigan gets higher marks due to the likelihood youll see a dogman in those creepy woods
>>2861873S central AK has rainforest (literally 200 inches+ annual precipitation), boreal forest/taiga (dry and wet and Siberia tier), tundra, glaciers, boglands (flesh fly hell), volcanoes, unlimited rivers and streams, the ocean, bigass forested islands with no humans on it, beer, hunting and fishing etc all right in pic related.Unfortunately, Alaska is terminally full and terrible.
>>2859862OP summed up:>durr, there no mountains!The Atchafalaya Basin is the largest swamp in the US and absolutely breathtaking, but there’s no hiking and no elevation gain so coasties can’t even comprehend how to enjoy it.
California and Washington are S tierFlorida is A tierOther things don’t mattered
I just did the states I've been /out/ in.>AKNo explanation needed; nothing even comes close.>COCarried hard by the mountains but luckily there are a shitload of them. The plains are third-rate, sadly.>MT, OR, WAGud mountains in the west (plus coast for OR and WA) and the east has fascinating geology. The Palouse is very underrated.>WYGorgeous mountains and better-than-average plains, especially the karst areas.>IDThe geological features are incredible and the wilderness is top-shelf.>CASure as shit wouldn't want to live there but man there's a lot of pretty scenery in the state, for all tastes. Deep desert, rainforests, coastal cliffs, lava flows, mountains...>MEOutstanding coast, outstanding fishing, ancient and fascinating mountains, excellent hardwood forests and nice pines.>NHLike Maine but not as good.>HICompletely overrun with people but I've been lucky enough to visit some of the parts with almost no people and it's beautiful. I think it holds up better than Samoa or Fiji and is about as pretty as New Caledonia though in a different way.>UT, NVEndless high-altitude arid lands and desert. Decent mountains and the Red Rocks country is unique but overall I'm left with a half-chub at best.>ARIt's okay. Beautiful in the fall and I like the rocks but nothing about it really stands out to me for better or worse.>AZDebated moving it up just because of the GC, but eh. Good deserts, decent mountains, very photogenic rocks all over the place.>KS, OKFlat and brown. Not offensive but man they're bland. inb4 "muh ozarks".>TXFurnace in the west, sauna in the east, 98% private and generally not that interesting to me. Big Bend is neat and the scenery isn't horrible but overall I don't have much to say.>NMHonestly I hate New Mexico (GOTT STRAFE PÑON) aside from the little dingleberry of the Sangres that hangs down into the north but I can recognize that a lot of it is pretty photogenic so I had to set my feelings aside.
>>2858679I've been to all the states, so I can post this with an educated opinion. S Tier is for states with truly unique natural beauty that stands out from the other states. F tier is for the shitholes that are more city than nature. I don't give a fuck if a state has nice parks or one or two tourist destinations if they're exceptionally difficult to reach or enjoy. I fucking hated my time in California and couldn't enjoy one goddamn place I went to. Meanwhile, every methed out ghost town in Arkansas is surrounded by the most beautiful pine forests in the world.
>>2868046A man of culture emerges. Huge agree on AR, MT & ME. California, besides quite literally the very northern part, is a hellscape punctuated by soul-crushing and depression inducing towns.
Seeing Florida in the mid tier in a lot of these lists makes me feel a palpable sense of scorn for everyone responsible for the destruction of the state's wildlife. There is geneuine beauty to be found in the natural beaches and the varying ecoregions but by God I cannot stand people moving into that state and buying up the land. I CURSE EVERYONE FOR DESTROYING MY BEAUTIFUL HOME
>>2866377I yearn to visit finland and interact with the autistic alcoholics known as finnish people
>>2859861>Iowa>Oklahoma >South Dakota>S-tier for want to live inMein Gott...
>>2859861Germans are so fucking stupid god dammit lol
>>2867885south central is nice in a way most people don't enjoy. anchorage and the valley have very nice weather with defined seasons but it's always shittier in whittier. girdwood is cool only if you like like skiing or prune fingers, the kenai peninsula is just lame for half of it's area and valdez is whittier except with more oil. there is a unique charm but it just disappears with more exposurei'm not saying alaska is bad, i'm making the point that people glorify it to S tier when there are states that are simply better for /out/ings almost anywhere within their borders while alaska is halfway just shitty swamps where it gets cold in winter, hot and bug infested in summer, and you can't physically walk through them at any time of year
>>2858679Wisconsin F Anon what the fuck. Go north of hwy10 and the whole state is absolutely beautiful. Also the driftless zone in the south.You dont know shit.Your thread is shit.All the states except iowa and IL are S rated.
>>2868277It's fairly obvious that OP hasn't been to half of the states he rated so I wouldn't get too worked up over it.
>>2868277>Wisconsin FI'm not complaining keeps the normies and grey hordes out of our state, while the true residents can enjoy the state. Also keeps property values from exploding if they don't know about it.
>>2868309>>2868277>>2868316Wisconsin is a fucking ugly shithole with horrible weather cope harder losers lol
>>2866570France should be A+ and south America is a bit overrated I think
>>2868339oh and Taiwan is an easy A+ but I've spent 5 years there so idk I might be biased
>>2868277>zero mountains>zero unique animals>zero unique plants>zero landmarks>zero old growth forestWow sounds fucking awesomeMidwesterners should be banned from /out/ and I am not even kidding you people are so fucking stupid lol
>>2868319>>2868359wisconsin has gnomes which makes it S+ tier for /out/. Wouldn't expect a westlet to understand.
>>2858679didn't put the overseas territories because I've never been and don't know them well enough to rank them. They probably all go to S or A+ though.>>2868339>France should be A+if you go by diversity it's hard to put mainland France above A, including overseas territories I'd move it up yeah. Italy B+ is criminal though
>>2868339>>2868340>>2868381just different standards? every country on that list is beautiful, even most of the ones I didn't even rank still have beautiful areas. If this were my states >>2858694 tier list and Italy were a state it would be S tier, Taiwan A