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re: What is better than the Texas hill country?
Posted on 8/10/25 at 4:24 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
Posted on 8/10/25 at 4:24 pm to Geaux Piggins Geaux
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I hear upper Michigan during the summertime is paradise.
Peter Santenello put out a new YouTube video yesterday about the Upper Peninsula and it looked gorgeous. I didn’t know about the Finnish influence up there, they seemed like salt of the earth type people.
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Posted on 8/10/25 at 4:27 pm to ELVIS U
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Not drowning in the middle of the night county is better
Posted on 8/10/25 at 4:33 pm to Epic Cajun
I went to geology field camp in Salida Colorado.
It's a great place to get away from humidity, and with the Arkansas River flowing by, (at least back then) water usage in town was unmetered.
There was still moly mining nearby back then, so some bars weren't welcoming of a whole lot of college students, but otherwise the locals were friendly and just plain nice people.
One woman I talked with was surprised I was from the East. She had been "east " one time and said she felt as if she were drowning in green, and preferred to see mountains with only a few trees.
Go early before the Angel of Shavano melts.
It's a great place to get away from humidity, and with the Arkansas River flowing by, (at least back then) water usage in town was unmetered.
There was still moly mining nearby back then, so some bars weren't welcoming of a whole lot of college students, but otherwise the locals were friendly and just plain nice people.
One woman I talked with was surprised I was from the East. She had been "east " one time and said she felt as if she were drowning in green, and preferred to see mountains with only a few trees.
Go early before the Angel of Shavano melts.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 4:34 pm to justaniceguy
quote:Napa Valley.
What is better than the Texas hill country?
Now , What do I win?
Posted on 8/10/25 at 4:34 pm to justaniceguy
north Arkansas
Posted on 8/10/25 at 4:35 pm to evil cockroach
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Napa Valley.
Now , What do I win?
Yeah and the wine is a little better
Posted on 8/10/25 at 4:38 pm to justaniceguy
Northern Arkansas is nice...
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:00 pm to farad
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Northern Arkansas
The only other place I would live is NWA. It’s beautiful, clean and prosperous. It is Deep South but unfortunately it’s still Arkansas
I love the honky tonks and live music in the Hill Country. There are plenty of golf courses, hiking, natural beauty and community events. I love having two major cities and so much rural area close. You can hit the coast in three hours if you want. You can get to DFW and Houston easily. The property crime in San Antonio sucks but Trump and ICE are correcting a big part of the problem
This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 6:44 am
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:01 pm to justaniceguy
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What is better than the Texas hill country?
The home of George Strait.
To answer the question though, the High Country of NC is pretty damn great. Beautiful scenery, the climate of Western PA/Eastern Ohio, and awesome people, great camping/hiking, and the highest average elevation east of the Mississippi
As well as SE Wyoming.
This post was edited on 8/10/25 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:03 pm to justaniceguy
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What is better than the Texas hill country?
Better is in the eye of the beholder, but with the below criteria.
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Nice rivers and lakes to swim, fishing, hiking, beautiful views, nice people, hunting, etc
Parts of Maine
Long Point
Molasses Pond
New York State,
Adirondacks,
Indian Lake
Finger lakes
Lake Skaneateles
Lake George.
Lake George
Great Smoky area of Tenn/NC
Fontana Lake
Southern Wyoming
Hog Park
Colorado west of the Front Range
Arapaho Bay
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:08 pm to Narax
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Hog Park Southern Wyoming
I just looked this up and it's in Encampment, WY. We've been there twice ('14 & '18) and never knew about it. We stayed in Saratoga both times. We are going back out there next July and are again staying in Saratoga. We will definitely check it out this go-around.
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Narax
Thanks for this.
This post was edited on 8/10/25 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:08 pm to justaniceguy
An underrated area is along the Ohio River in Southern Indiana. Rolling hills, low crime, very affordable real estate, and favorable demographics. There’s some good folks up that way.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:09 pm to doublecutter
The entire Kentuckiana area is that way.
Underrated.
Underrated.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:09 pm to IamNotaRobot
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Since Texas started accepting refugees from California everywhere has blown up around hill country.
Not just there, bought land in Gonzales in 03 for 1850/acre now just under 10x that amount.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:14 pm to justaniceguy
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What are some other parts of America that rival or are superior to the outdoors found here? Nice rivers and lakes to swim, fishing, hiking, beautiful views, nice people, hunting, etc.
This sounds like the entire Northeast outside of the cities.
I like the Hill Country in Texas but it seems some people may just be comparing it to geographic regions immediately around it which are the main parts of the US that don't fit that description, the Gulf Coastal Plains and southern Great Plains.
This post was edited on 8/10/25 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:17 pm to justaniceguy
Paradise Valley Montana
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:17 pm to justaniceguy
Southwest Colorado is better than any place I have been in the summer.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:18 pm to justaniceguy
Texas Hill country is beautiful, but Yosemite is next level and nothing even comes close to it
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:21 pm to justaniceguy
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What are some other parts of America that rival or are superior to the outdoors found here?
Well we can start with Whitefish, MT, and go from there.
Posted on 8/10/25 at 5:31 pm to justaniceguy
SW St George.
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