Thrillist Travel ranked all 50 states by their beauty. Obviously, no one on the panel ranking them knows anything about Indiana. If they did, the Hoosier state wouldn’t have ranked #47. The only uglier states were Illinois, Kansas, and Iowa. 🙄
Of course, I don’t agree…
Here’s the description they provided for Indiana:
At its top edge, Dunes National Lakeshore offers a crackling little playground and views of Lake Michigan. Near its southern border, Indiana’s hilly contours give towns like Bloomington an idyllic feel. In between, though? There’s not a lot to recommend, aside from summertime drives, and discovering the soothing, almost hypnotizing allure of watching corn flash past your window at 60mph.
Yes, we have corn. I wonder how beautiful they would think those crops are if they could no longer enjoy bread and beer.
Other interesting rankings to note — all said to be more beautiful than my home state:
#26 Nevada
#18 Florida
#3 Alaska
#2 Hawaii
#1 California
I’m not saying that any one of the 50 states isn’t beautiful — they all are!
TIL (Today I Learned): In 2008, the city of Chicago sold the rights to collect revenue from its 36,000 parking meters to a foreign-owned company based in the U.A.E, receiving a one-time lump sum of $1.2 billion against a 75 year lease. These parking meters generate about $200 million in revenue annually.