What is summer like in your state? Is it unbearably hot and humid, or just hot? Are there wall-to-wall tourists, or do they avoid your state because it's boring? There's more to a pleasant summer than temperature, and Thrillist takes many factors into account when ranking where you might want to spend your summer vacation time. For example:
11. Kansas
It's kinda like Oklahoma, but with fewer onions on the burgers and a roughly equal number of tornado warnings.
10. South Carolina
Little-known fact: During the summer months, the South Carolina town of Mount Pleasant renames itself “Mount How Is It Possible That My Body Is Both Slippery and Sticky Right Now Don’t Touch Me I’m Gross It’s Even Too Hot to Enjoy a Plate of Mustard-Forward Barbecue Pass The Cheerwine As It Is My Only Refuge From This Unyielding Hazy Inferno.”
For real. They have to change the signs and everything.
Also, Myrtle Beach has one of America’s most impressive collections of dads in golf shorts.
And to think that there are nine states with more miserable summers than that! See how yours ranks in the list at Thrillist.
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FWIW, I moved to Santa Fe. NM is #9 on the list. I would much rather be in SF in summer than FL. The extra 2,000 feet elevation makes a big difference compared with Albuquerque.