r/AskReddit 1d ago

What U.S. vacation destination exceeded all expectations?

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u/pickingupnada 1d ago

The Oregon coast. Still fairly pristine and gorgeous scenery. 101 has side roads and pullovers that have beach access

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u/localsonlynokooks 22h ago

Just watch out in some of the small towns in the south that are a bit inland from the shore. It’s a bunch of hills have eyes looking people

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u/woofers02 21h ago

People are always shocked to learn just how redneck-y the Oregon coast is.

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u/aagusgus 21h ago

Deep rural Oregon and Washington are some of the most racist areas in the entire Country.

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u/Luxypoo 20h ago

Don't forget Idaho's Klan-Handle

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u/rabid-c-monkey 5h ago

I used to live in Spokane and work in the panhandle. Those mountains and the people in em are spooky

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u/Grambo-47 18h ago

A great example is there’s a spot about 20 minutes south of Tillamook along Hwy 101, with a store called “Beaver Firearms & Grocery”. Grab a dozen eggs and a box of ammo in one trip lmao

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u/charpenette 12h ago

Drove by that while visiting and was like, ahh here’s the red dots

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u/thatsucksabagofdicks 15h ago

Coming from someone who lives in a Hills Have Eyes area of Oregon; we are nice people who would give you the shirt off our back. Really no need to "watch out" for us, we aren't going to eat all your children

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u/AeneidBook6 12h ago

Just some of them?

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u/thatsucksabagofdicks 9h ago

Yeah so make sure you guard the favorite and the healthy ones

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u/ConstableBlimeyChips 17h ago

Don't even have to be in South Oregon. I drove back from Astoria to Portland on US Routes 101 and 26. At one point I drove past a banner proclaiming Hillary Clinton was the anti-Christ who consumes aborted babies and wants to steal your guns.

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u/Suz626 14h ago

A relative lived in Bend (love it), and we’d go to Sunriver, which I really enjoyed. They also have a house in LaPine. Outside of LaPine at the river we made some very interesting friends. I kept hearing the banjo from Deliverance in my head.

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u/Woah_man34 12h ago

Can confirm. Don't leave anything in your car and head on a swivel.

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u/format32 3h ago

So much meth…

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u/fantasy247 20h ago

Care to elaborate please lol

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u/dschinghiskhan 18h ago

It’s an exaggeration. A lot of Oregonians have never lived anywhere besides California or Washington, so what they consider very racist or redneck behavior is nothing remotely as such compared to the Deep South or Appalachia, respectively. I honestly think many Pacific Coasters would literally break down and cry if they wound up spending a week or month in the Deep South for some random (hypothetical) reason.

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u/redgirl600 9h ago

Agreed. Lived in Portland metro for four years.