Where do you go for your holidays if you live in the Mid west?

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finethanksandyou@reddit

“Up north” is popular and where exactly up north begins is a matter up for discussion

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ParryLimeade@reddit

In the twin cities, up north means anywhere outside of the suburbs north of here hah.

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T00luser@reddit

NO, if you live in Michigan you'll know that Jays Sporting goods is the one true arbiter of latitude.

Jays is in Clare so hwy 10 from Luddington to Clare then 61 east to Standish is the up north dividing line for the state.

its science.

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DigTheDunes@reddit

North of US 10 from Ludington to Midland really changes culturally.

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Idk about you Michiganders, but in Wisconsin I see US 10 as a central road. We usually say US 8 (north of all the MSP suburbs to Iron Mountain, MI). It separates the Northwoods from the central college towns

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PerspectiveCalm3532@reddit

Michigan here.

Varies greatly by income.

Michiganders typically go Up North or to the UP for more local summer vacations usually involving a lake or river. Chicago for a city vacation.

Higher income people will travel out west to Colorado for skiing, Florida is a huge spot during the winter for beaches. Out west for national parks is pretty common too.

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glowybutterfly@reddit

As someone who grew up in the west, hearing a modern person describe it as "out west" is honestly hilarious.

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SomeTwelveYearOld@reddit

I live in a coastal state and I drive (bc of dog) 1000mi two times a year to vacation Up North instead of the beach.

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Many_Inevitable_6803@reddit

What is the UP?

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ants_taste_great@reddit

Upper Penninsula of Michigan.

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omninode@reddit

Cedar Point.

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FutureThought1408@reddit

Up north to Macinac Island, The Soo Locks (between Michigan UP and Canada), Traverse City.

Outside of MI: Toronto, Chicago, Florida, Gettysburg, LA, San Fran, Vegas, Nashville

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m4ndybloom@reddit

Yesss, I’m also a Michigander and when I was a kid EVERYONE went to Florida for spring break

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Dubricna@reddit

Everyone at my school went to Myrtle Beach.

We went to Chicago to see the big city, or camping in Ontario somewhere.

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newhappyrainbow@reddit

Don’t forget Cedar Point!

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ThePermMustWait@reddit

Up north in summer (or maybe to ski for a weekend).

Florida is extremely popular no matter the income bracket it seems.

I agree, Chicago if you want a city (though Toronto is actually closer for me). I know quite a few people that go to Hilton Head but I think that’s probably for wealthier people that are wanting a break from Florida.

That’s the gist of it unless you have are upper middle class or more and prioritize vacations, then the world is your oyster.

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RandomPaw@reddit

I hate Florida. If I want a beach I go to Michigan or Wisconsin. The people I know who go to Hilton Head are doing it for the golf.

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mjc500@reddit

I’m on the coast and I go to northern Michigan for vacation… first time I took my wife she was blown away by how beautiful it is

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round_a_squared@reddit

In certain parts of the state, every vacation is going either Up North or Down South

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Eggsbennybb@reddit

I know we’re just simple farm folk out here, but we do have them air-o-planes them people on the coasts have

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PabloPicasshooole@reddit

I knew they fly over. They land, too?

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BrowBeat@reddit

They fly now?!?

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Lunakill@reddit

Yussir, we have an airport over yonder

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skucera@reddit

I reckon!

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Perplexio76@reddit

Why golly gee wilikers! Well, I'll be a blue-nosed gopher! You learn something new everyday!

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Outrageous-Proof4630@reddit

It’s also fun to ride a train for a trip

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makawakatakanaka@reddit

Did op imply midwesterners were country bumpkins or somthing?

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Discount_Plumber@reddit

I think it's more where in general do Midwesterners typically go on vacation. It's a fair question. Where you live can vary where people typically travel to. A large portion of people in the southwest probably don't go to Florida for vacation. Where as here in Michigan it's common destination. Though Gulf Shores has been getting popular here in the last couple years.

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shelwood46@reddit

I will say, growing up in Wisconsin, most people who didn't go Up Nort' would mostly stick to the east: Florida or New Orleans, the Caribbean. Very occasionally Mexico, or Vegas or California, very big deal if someone went to Hawaii. It's similar living in PA/NJ, it's cheaper and quicker to go to Europe than Hawaii.

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Then-Leadership9199@reddit

Also grew up in Wisconsin and my family usually went to the dells or 6 flags. The Wisconsin dells are still some of my best memories and I love taking my kids up there now

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shelwood46@reddit

My grandparents lived near the Dells, I have fond memories of the Tommy Bartlett Water Show, the Ducks, and of going to Circus World Museum. I grew up in Green Bay, so I mostly worked summers in Door County once I was a teen. And of course we went down to 6 Flags when we could.

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BlueFuzzyCrocs@reddit

Growing up in the part of Wisconsin that you city folk call Up Nort', we either stick to our favorite parts of Lake Superior where we have cold beaches or drive down to Texas or Florida for warm beaches.

Personally, my family stays pretty close to the lake for most vacations (it's called Superior for a reason) and occasionally make a big trip to a National Park we haven't seen yet.

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arcteryx17@reddit

That is a cold ass lake. Beautiful shorelines, but its cold water

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BlueFuzzyCrocs@reddit

Chequamegon bay has a few nice beaches that warm up a bit. They don't get hot by any means, but they are definitely good for swimming

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arcteryx17@reddit

Good to know

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BlueFuzzyCrocs@reddit

Chequamegon bay has a few nice beaches that warm up a bit. They don't get hot by any means, but they are definitely good for swimming

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Illustrious-Jump-398@reddit

Yes

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makawakatakanaka@reddit

How

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Eggsbennybb@reddit

Not sure about all that, my neighbor Jack does grow country pumpkins though

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subbychub@reddit

And my neighbor Pumpkin makes (grape)Jack!

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LABELyourPHOTOS@reddit

I think you are being a little privileged. I certainly never took an airplane ride with my family.

A lot of families drive to their vacations.

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Eggsbennybb@reddit

Sure am privileged to live in America’s heartland, thank you sir

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LABELyourPHOTOS@reddit

It's just pretty clear what the OP meant. Regions have vacation areas they drive to.

But I guess I didn't see your reddit name. Guess it adds up and lines up with my experience there.

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Eggsbennybb@reddit

Thank you friend, glad my love for eggs Benedict shines through in my comments. I do love them. Hope you had a good visit in eggsbennybb, sounds nice

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Soldier8_1981@reddit

It's like magic, you sit in a chair, have some peanuts and a Coke, and you're in a whole new land.

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Eggsbennybb@reddit

Them Wright fellas sure were something special huh

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Soldier8_1981@reddit

It's better than ridin' bikes!

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Jim_E_Rose@reddit

I assumed they meant, why would you leave

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Ahwtfohok@reddit

Ok, so where do y'all go?

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Adorable-Growth-6551@reddit

Everywhere you go. Like for vacation we go to the normal vacation spots, Disney or Cocoa Beach, California and one of their beaches. Or maybe Hawaii, pick a spot you have went, we can get there too because airlines exist

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Ahwtfohok@reddit

I don't typically go to those places. My vacations are usually spent camping here in Colorado or down in New Mexico. Sometimes I'll visit family in Texas for the holidays. I haven't gone to any of those places you mentioned so how tf would I know where you go. It wasn't a question of y'all having the availability to travel. They were asking where y'all like to go. Typical midwestern dumbass

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cans-of-swine@reddit

They go to all different places, everyone doesn't go to the same places.

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workmymagic@reddit

Why be purposefully obtuse? No one is asking if you have the physical capability to travel to certain destinations - they’re asking what is popular with locals where you are. It’s well known that certain regions in the US tend to gravitate towards specific areas for their summers and holidays.

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Adorable-Growth-6551@reddit

You are speaking about way to diverse of a population for something as specific as that. Maybe in New York you all vacation in the same areas. The whole of the Midwest does not do that.

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cormunculus@reddit

And yet if you read other replies to the OP, you’ll see that other people have somehow figured out the question and are offering interesting examples.

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Adorable-Growth-6551@reddit

Of the same places you and everyone else go to

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cormunculus@reddit

In other words, no, you didn’t actually read any of the more thoughtful responses here and would rather have a little tantrum over nonsense on the internet.

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throwfar9@reddit

We go up to the North Shore of Lake Superior ( from Twin Cities) if we’re driving. No kids at home, so things like the Wisconsin Dells don’t appeal. Sometimes we go up to Fargo to visit extended family and done graves, then keep going to Washington for grandkids. We have been on a cruise, but not recently. Lately our flights have been to support small grand children and overworked parents, but that phase is ending and I expect more for-us trips. Once gas is lower and Canadians hate us less we’ll be up there— Winnipeg for sure, then probably a road trip west. I don’t see Europe happening due to cost, age, snd flight times, snd a return to Australia is out of the list.

Mostly we’re happy with scenery, solid, basic local food, and being together. We don’t feel the need to bucket list locations anymore.

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ZenNihilism@reddit

They literally just answered you. Because we're centrally located, all of those places are common for people to vacation to. I can't think of any one outlier. Maybe Disney?

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OO_Ben@reddit

We go wherever lol it's gonna be different for everyone in the Midwest. My wife and I are from Kansas. We go to Vail every year in the summer. We go to Texas quite often to see family. We try to take at least one bigger trip either internationally or a cruise somewhere too. I've got buddies in Phoenix, California, and Washington, so I try to make it out that way too fairly often. Wichita is pretty easy to fly out of.

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zsveetness@reddit

For those who can afford it, Cancun and Cabo are really popular destinations for people in my area (Nebraska). Branson, KC, Black Hills for cheaper options.

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kc_cyclone@reddit

Iowan here. Colorado, Black Hills, Duluth (Superior is amazing), Chicago, Ozarks, weekend trips to Kansas City or Minneapolis for events. Oh and did you know we have airports?? I've been to about ~40 states and Colorado is probably the top of my list for week-long trips whether it be summer or winter.

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EatFishKatie@reddit

Hocking hills. I will rent the cheapest cornfield in Logan county for me and my kin to set up camp and hit up all the hiking trails the hocking hills has to offer. Amish buffet, flea markets and if we are feeling fancy we will go kayaking. It isn't much but it does wonders for the soul.

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Crying_in_99Ranch@reddit

Ohio --> Myrtle Beach for some reason

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fiestybox246@reddit

Ohio is OBX

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DrywallAnchor@reddit

I live on the Outer Banks and there are days during the Summer I see more Ohio plates than North Carolina plates.

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SeparateFly2361@reddit

Or Hilton Head

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Portland420informer@reddit

Alaska, Canada, Oregon, Japan, Mexico.

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ChickenNoodleSoup_4@reddit

Caribbean cruise

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itdoes_doesntit@reddit

Uhm, wherever I want. Europe, Caribbean, mountains, beach, resorts, cabins, etc.

If the question is what popular destinations are in …. That’s a different type of question.

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DragonZbals@reddit

Cant believe no one had said Myrtle Beach

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SkeeterDan92@reddit

Former Midwesterner... typical to drive down to florida or go to places like Wisconsin Dells, Williamsburg or DC

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OkDecision1612@reddit

Florida

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PhotosFromEarth@reddit

Devil's Lake State Park in Baraboo, WI. And I'll go there again.

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Eastern_End3520@reddit

We went to Florida mostly, Arizona & Denver area sometimes! Also, our family had a summer home on a lake in Northern Minnesota. We would take various trips to a lot of different places. The United States has so many vacation options. We have been to almost all the major cities. Best place to travel is to the national and state parks or quirky smaller towns. Most of my family are go and do things kind of people, beaches aren't our thing.

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dellajordan@reddit

Just like everywhere else it depends. When the kids were little and we had no money, a day trip to the zoo a couple of hours away. Kids are grown and more money we have been to Boston, NY, Connecticut, Virginia, NC (loved the Outer Banks), Florida, Kentucky, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Canada, Alaska, British Virgin Islands, Liberia, Guinea, Italy. Would love to see Britain, parts of Asia, Argentina or Uruguay.

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4Q69freak@reddit

Sometimes other Midwestern States, sometimes other regions totally. In the last 6 years we’ve been to da UP (‘20), Nashville 3 years in a row (‘21-‘23), in ‘24 we just did staycations at home doing a lot of nothing, last year we went to Missouri for my granddaughter’s HS graduation. This year we’re going back to Nashville in September to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary with my stepdaughter, her wife, and several of her friends that are almost like our children. When we lived in the UP we usually spent pair vacations at my brothers and Mrs4Q’s parent’s houses, and several years we went to Reelfoot Lake, TN to fish.

When I was a kid we went to MN to fish, a couple of years we went to FL, one year we went out west to Yellowstone,, Mt Rushmore, and to Frontier Days in Cheyenne, WY. We also went to Reelfoot a couple of years, and one year we went east to Washington DC, Gettysburg, PA, and Williamsburg, VA. We would also stay in IL and go camping and fishing for a week or so.

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arcteryx17@reddit

Wherever the hell I want.

Oh wait, I am supposed to be a redneck. Me and my kin done go to the pond, catch us some of dem here turtles and eats good. Best damn turtle you eva eats. I tells you dat.

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Aromatic_Buddy_9931@reddit

I used to live in the Midwest. What I missed about there are my friends. Go to place probably Nashville and stl. Or Chicago.

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An8thOfFeanor@reddit

Midwesterners have an unnaturally high tolerance for long drives to vacation. Our spot is Destin, it's only a 12 hour drive on average.

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velociraptorfarmer@reddit

I've driven from Minnesota to Orlando, Denver, Columbus, Sault Ste. Marie, Wichita, and Tucson in my lifetime.

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TheReal-Chris@reddit

I lived and worked at a nice resort near Destin. I loved it and want to do it again. But everyone was either from Alabama or the Midwest. Michigan, Ohio, and Nebraska stand out the most. Midwest has a good amount of direct flight for cheapish. But it’s funny how many people drove. And during our winter months when it’s very slow and in the mid 40s and water is freezing for Floridians you always can tell the ones jumping in the water. You go below 65 and Floridians will bust out their scarves and winter coats. Now I live somewhere that gets very cold. Want to move back somewhere warm. I’m tired of the snow. Mainly just ice and shoveling.

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VIDCAs17@reddit

I have family down in Ohio and visited them on a somewhat regular basis growing up. It's only an 8 hour drive, depending on how bad Chicago traffic is.

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Perplexio76@reddit

Depends on the holiday-- Memorial Day, the 4th of July, and Christmas-- My in-laws. They have an in ground pool so in the summer we spend a lot of time over there-- they only live about 20 mins. away and in the winter-- they have the biggest house so it makes sense for my wife, kids, and I and my sisters-in-law and their daughter to meet there.

Thanksgiving we usually have here.

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Emergency_Rich_8366@reddit

No where there's no beach, so nothing to do at all. Just give up.

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yyythoo@reddit

They go to Myrtle Beach South Carolina or down to Florida.

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John_Johnson259@reddit

Wisconsin Dells, Branson, and Pigeon Forge.

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lavasca@reddit

Can you describle those destinations, please? I’m wholly unfamiliar and you’ll probably be more interesting than Google.

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John_Johnson259@reddit

Wisconsin Dells, famous for the "Dells" some kind of rock formations along the river. You ride Duck boats (amphibious vehicles) through the streets and down the rivers. Noah's Ark, the largest Waterpark in the US is there. Tons of family attractions, Mount Olympus theme park has insane go kart tracks and wooden coasters. Haunted houses, those slingshot things that launch you 200 ft in the air.

Branson, billed to me as "Christian Las Vegas" in my youth. Another theme park city with more country, old timey feel. Silver Dollar City is the premier park. Lots of bluegrass music and wholesome stuff. I remember the nice river walk with a fountain show, restaurants, candy shops. It's in the Ozarks which is beautiful, a huge valley/lake. We'd rent pontoon boats and cruise the lake.

Pigeon Forge is Dolly Partons creation basically. Similar to Branson, heavily themed with country living, old time stuff. Dinner shows, Dollywood, Gatlinburg which is just more kitchy family attractions. Weird museums, lumberjack games, alpine Coasters. It's all great fun as a kid. Hokey and commercial, but good memories.

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beenoc@reddit

Don't forget the House on the Rock, the place that's so "this can only exist in America" that it was the spiritual nexus of the powers of the new gods in American Gods. Maybe not as popular an attraction for kids as all the theme parks, but definitely a Thing To See.

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lavasca@reddit

Thankyou

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hoodiegirl10@reddit

Yeah I did all of these growing up. Along with Holdiay World in Indiana, a trip to Mackinac Island/Sault St. Marie, and caves in Kentucky. Those are the ones I can quickly recall at least.

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KatFreedom@reddit

I love Holiday World! The rides are great, staff is polite, park is clean, and it's affordable. There's a little place to rent tiny cabins nearby (also a good value), and plenty of delicious restaurants.

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trinatr@reddit

How about Holland, MI? Indiana Dunes?

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473713@reddit

Indiana Dunes is a great vacation destination!

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hoodiegirl10@reddit

Never went to Holland and if I recall, we only hit the dunes on the way north to Mackinac lol Dad planned a day specifically to rent a buggy and ride them. I was old enough that I was a bratty teenager that wasn’t into it.

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BaconContestXBL@reddit

Holiday world is the shit

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spunkypunk@reddit

Exactly right lol. I was born in raised in Missouri so I have been to Branson for vacation several times in my life

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shelwood46@reddit

Door County.

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GovernorGeneralPraji@reddit

Branson is so much fun.

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John_Johnson259@reddit

I liked it a lot as a kid. Good memories of pontoon boats and Silver Dollar City!

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Bargle-Nawdle-Zouss@reddit

Does Gatlinburg count separately from Pigeon forge?

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John_Johnson259@reddit

I count them together

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kcoch5817@reddit

Not really. Gatlinburg is the same it’s just twice as much of a cluster fuck due to how small the town is.

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Yggdrasil-@reddit

The same places normal people fly for their vacations (Florida, Europe, Hawaii, Caribbean, etc.) Growing up in Michigan, we did a lot of camping trips at state parks and sightseeing road trips in the upper peninsula. Chicago was also a popular spot for weekend/shopping trips, although I just live here now lol

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Mysterious-One-3401@reddit

Sounds like your family was pretty well off. Most families do not go to Europe, Hawaii and the Carribean.

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Yggdrasil-@reddit

Ehh not particularly well-off I'd say. My mom was a special ed teacher and my dad was a mailman. They just saved like crazy and splurged on trips every few years.

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Murdy2020@reddit

Grew up in Illinois and Wisconsin. Traveled to about 40 states and 10 countries.

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stabbingrabbit@reddit

By holidays do you mean the weekend? Or for Christmas?

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MissFabulina@reddit

What is with these questions today? They all seem like insults.

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Mysterious-One-3401@reddit

How so?

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

From IL, we'd go wherever we wanted, in the winter, wherever was warmer in the summer, they sent us to whoever had kid duty that year, could be summer camp, could be a summer camping.

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CaptainAwesome06@reddit

I'm not from the Midwest but I like to travel abroad. This year, I went to El Salvador for work, but stayed longer to go sightseeing. I have a trip planned soon to go to Lisbon and Casablanca. Next year I'm going to Africa.

Around me, it seems like everyone else goes to the same place in Florida every, single year. I just don't get it.

I'm not trying to sound uppity or anything. I just don't understand the desire to go to the same place every time. That sounds so boring.

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amc365@reddit

Anywhere we want

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thesweetestberry@reddit

It depends year by year. Some years I visit family or friends (locally or in other states), including CA. Some years, I travel to avoid friends and family. On year I took a trip to Cuba for fun.

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t-poke@reddit

I went to Japan in January and I'm going to Switzerland in June.

We have airplanes too.

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ThisOnesforYouMorph@reddit

Brown County, Indiana

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Oldachrome1107@reddit

I like Muncie. It’s where we spent our honeymoon.

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Crownhilldigger1@reddit

All hail the Chug!

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hoodiegirl10@reddit

Can’t say I love that place but that’s because I went to uni there lol

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Alternative-Pear9096@reddit

In grad school, we packed our camping gear in Central Illinois and drove to Brown County and almost wept when we finally saw "topography!" I've lived in the Rockies, the Sierra, and the ADK, so the fact that a freaking rise in the flatness almost made me wept says everything about the corn plains. But it does keep Brown County in a good place in my heart.

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hoodiegirl10@reddit

lol yesss

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BadgerOptimal3628@reddit

That's funny, that's where my mother lives. Living there is like being on vacation all year round.

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Awdayshus@reddit

My family likes going to different places on vacation. I have a sister who lives on one of the coasts. We will often plan vacations together when our kids are on summer break. We try to take turns with places so that one family flies and the other is close enough to drive.

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Kindergoat@reddit

I grew up in the Midwest. We used to go camping every year in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

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BUBBAH-BAYUTH@reddit

Not from the Midwest but as a native North Carolinian I’m pretty sure every single family in Ohio comes to one of the Carolina beaches

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Confetticandi@reddit

Growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, we consistently went to:

Florida (Orlando & Vero Beach)
Traverse City, Michigan
Michigan City, Indiana
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Breckenridge, Colorado
Wisconsin Dells
Branson, Missouri

And to visit our cousins in Kansas City and Chicago

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oneislandgirl@reddit

Florida in the spring or winter - not summer. For summer, maybe out west towards the mountains or up north to Michigan or nearly to a lake.

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SnoozuRN@reddit

We go wherever we want on an airplane.

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front_torch@reddit

You have to further explain your definition of holidays. For traditional holidays we go to our families houses for the night.

We don't get "Holiday"

I don't even get vacation time. I am also required to be expected to work every traditional holiday. However, I won't know until about two weeks prior.

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MidwestF1fanatic@reddit

Pretty much anywhere we want. In the past two years: Vegas, Northern California, Eastern California, Hawaii, Minnesota, Colorado, Indiana, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Southern Oregon, Chicago, Arizona, Ohio, etc.

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UpbeatPhilosophySJ@reddit

Grandma's house.

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BaroqueNRoller@reddit

Other places in the MidWest.

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1Negative_Person@reddit

I mean, I can travel to wherever I want, but if I’m doing a local trip for a long weekend, Door County, WI and Traverse City/Charlevoix/ Petoskey, MI are very nice.

Chicago is home, but I’d be visiting all of the time if it wasn’t.

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Majestic-Citron7578@reddit

Wherever you want to go. If you are talking under 12 hours it's just a drive. Longer than that you age going to want to fly-at least that's just me. Some of these crazy mofos will drive anywhere just because they can.

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Ok_Salamander6797@reddit

I live on a lake in a million dollar house, I have no need to go elsewhere l.

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

When it's cold I go somewhere hot like Florida or Louisiana. When it's hot, I go someplace cool like Michigan or Wisconsin.

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Necessary_Echo8740@reddit

Cedar point, or one of the Lake Erie islands. Pokagon state park or cuyahoga national park as well.

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Many_Inevitable_6803@reddit

I honestly didn’t know Lake Erie had islands!

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FLOHTX@reddit

Hocking Hills, Mohican

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Euphoric_Ease4554@reddit

Hocking Hills is in southern Ohio.

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FLOHTX@reddit

Yep.

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Necessary_Echo8740@reddit

Yesss gotta love some canoeing at Mohican

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silversurf1234567890@reddit

I love how slept on the Midwest Caribbean is!

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Any-Instruction-3373@reddit

We went to Turkey and Greece last year.

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QuitTalking81@reddit

The beauty of being and growing up in the Midwest is that every destination is drivable. Even if it takes a day to get somewhere, the drive there and back is planned into the trip. So we take out holidays anywhere we set our mind to.

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Many_Inevitable_6803@reddit

This is interesting you’re saying this bc I have cousins from Indiana who would drive 2 days to see us every other summer in Philly. And we absolutely loved seeing them but always thought they were crazy for driving all that way.

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yellowdaisycoffee@reddit

I have friends in Chicago who go to exotic destinations like Orlando, Florida.

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Dapper_dreams87@reddit

Go? Why would I go anywhere when home is the most comfortable?

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AdamOnFirst@reddit

The same place everyone else in northern climes does: warm places when it’s cold and lakes and woods in our region when it’s warm

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Aardet@reddit

I’m going to Malta this summer

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frog980@reddit

The closest Beach to me is Florida/Alabama 12 hrs away living in Il near St Louis. We either go there, or Branson if we want to leave in the morning and be there around noon. Did take a trip to Rapid City SD area a few years ago. It was probably the cheapest vacation in a while, we took 3 days to get there as we did some sight seeing on the way out and did 2 days on the way home. We stayed out there 5 days. There was some neat sights to see.

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ExtremePotatoFanatic@reddit

It depends. We go to Florida a lot because my brother in law lives down there. But we like to go Up North, we’ve gone to Vegas, Los Angeles, Houston, etc. It just depends on what we wanna do.

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wolferiver@reddit

There are fantastic sand beaches and sand dunes along the western shore of Michigan's lower peninsula. It's a great place to rent a cottage for a week.

There are clear water lakes in the chain-o'-lakes in east central Wisconsin, surrounded by beautiful wooded areas. Then there is Door County, WI, with tons of resorts and B&Bs, golf courses, and sailing.

Chicago has a hopping downtown, which offers theaters, blues clubs, Second City Improv, high end shopping, and miles of beatiful lakefront parks.

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YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO@reddit

The midwest haha. It's a really big deal of i leave the region.

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Coffeewithmyair@reddit

I’m from Michigan where you went “up north” the actual destination was different based on where you lived/your socioeconomic level, but that’s the answer.

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AffectionateSoup6965@reddit

Honestly just a different part of the midwest

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Puzzleheaded-Bee4698@reddit

Where do we go? To be with family.

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DontReportMe7565@reddit

Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio or Kings Island in Cincinnati.

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GBPack52@reddit

It's essentially a rite of passage to vacation to Door County if you live in northern Illinois.

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VIDCAs17@reddit

Considering the number of Illinois plates I see up there every summer, that definitely seems to be the case.

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Rdr1051@reddit

I live in Ohio. I go to the Smoky Mountains 2x a year. I’ve been to Europe once a year at least for the last dozen years. Also been to most of the big name national parks in the western US in that time.

I have a good job that I’ve been at for long enough to have plenty of paid vacation time and I have no kids.

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moonmoonboog@reddit

We did Wisconsin dells every other year and my parents had a motorcycle rally in Illinois on the off years and we camped.

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emmnowa@reddit

I'm poor. I don't ❤️

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MaleficentMeaning594@reddit

Southern Indiana here. Tons of people go to Florida. It’s hot and humid here but we don’t have beaches. So we’re used to the weather but get better benefits. Gatlinburg is another popular one. In terms of big cities, lots of people go to Nashville or Chicago.

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Lexie_Acquara@reddit

Grew up in Omaha, Nebraska with a dad that liked to travel. You can go anywhere when you are so centrally located because nothing takes more than a couple of days driving or a pretty short flight flying. I’ve been to 49 States (still need to get to Alaska). Mostly becau se of driving for miles with my dad growing up. We’d go to Vale or Aspen, Colorado often when they were just little, cheap towns. The ozarks, Chicago, Disneyland and World, D.C. and New York, Montreal and Victoria Canada, even.

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Euphoric_Ease4554@reddit

I wish I’d grown up with your dad. 😁

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OkArmy7059@reddit

Lol'ing imagining Europeans' reaction to "centrally located so nothing takes more than a couple days driving"

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Alternative-Pear9096@reddit

Especially since this is essentially the point of the question.

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Lexie_Acquara@reddit

Well, in Midwest culture, you drive. That’s the mindset.Im not saying I agree because I don’t drive. But you can also get almost any Amtrak train in the country in Chicago on the same principal of central location. The time it takes is not thought of as that big of deal. it’s just expected.

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Alternative-Pear9096@reddit

yeah. no. I moved back to Illinois a few years ago when life in the Sierra became prohibitively expensive (and believe you me, we DROVE. All the time. Day trips every weekend, National and State parks all the time, and the length of the state several times a year. Driving is not a solely midwest thing)

I was really excited ot move from the Amtrak wasteland of the Western 40% of the country to a quick Amtrak ride from Chicago.

Every freaking place I have wanted to go since I moved back here started with an Amtrak search. You want to know how many places on my visit list I was able to Amtrak to from Chicago over the past 4 years? Not one fucking place. Florida, Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, nowhere. I was planning a month-long trip to Sacramento, and that one I could actually get to on Amtrak, but it doesn't allow cats on overnight trains. Amtrak is an enraging disappointment. That's why we Americans drive, for days.

Amtrak outside of Acela is a POS and I frankly am quite activist in how it either needs to serve the whole or country or be only funded by the NorthEast corridor. As far as I'm concerned, Amtrak is a misuse of my tax dollars

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benkatejackwin@reddit

I mean, you could have looked at Amtrak routes before you moved and just assumed it would go wherever you wanted it to.

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Final-Marzipan3184@reddit

We went to Florida or Puerto Rico. Lived in Michigan.

Now I go to Hawaii or an Asian beach.

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Euphoric_Ease4554@reddit

Florida, Outer Banks, Corpus Christi/Padre Island, Vaill, Breckenridge, Vegas, Hawaii, Europe, South Pacific, Caribbean.

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Jakaple@reddit

Work usually

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SiberianResident@reddit

Door county, WI
Six flags, IL

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Next_Ad_4165@reddit

As a kid, we went to the indiana dunes for a day trip, or we visited family and stayed with them.

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Jim_E_Rose@reddit

Rome, Jamaica, and the Philippines are my favorites.

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94plus3@reddit

Growing up lower middle class in Chicagoland, we went to the North Woods of Wisconsin, specifically Rhinelander, Minocqua, and Eagle River. People with slightly more money went elsewhere in Wisconsin, like Lake Geneva or Door County. The cool kids got to go to the waterparks in Wisconsin Dells.

And then the people with a LOT more money just booked a flight and went wherever the hell they wanted. A friend from the North Shore swears he had classmates deadass going to Antarctica during winter break.

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Fun_Machine7346@reddit

Nowhere sadly.

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kodex1717@reddit

Wisconsin Dells.

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purplemuskrats@reddit

Directly tied to income. I grew up in the Midwest and for springs break some of my friends families would go to Rome while others would go to Wisconsin Dells

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SavannahInChicago@reddit

I grew up in West Michigan. We used to go to Frankenmuth, a small German-like town that also has the largest Christmas store in the world. Detroit for baseball games or the museums. Traverse City, visit Sleeping Bear Dunes, hang around, then we went up to Mackinac City. Took the ferry to Mackinac Island, went up to Tahquamenon Falls and enjoyed the scenery. Sault Ste Marie to see the Soo Locks. And we would go down to Shipshewana in Indiana, which is surrounded by Amish and Mennonite businesses and farmland. In the summer they have a huge flea market where they sell things they make. We would also go to Cedar Point in Toledo, OH. IMO a much better amusement park than any Six Flags.

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DummyThiccDude@reddit

Depends how much money you have. We never really went on vacation when i was a kid, but the few times we did was generally going further North. Something like going to Duluth, MN.

As an adult with disposable income, i choose to drive somewhere within 10 hours of where i live and maybe stay for a night or two. Usually its a museum or state park with a handful of roadside attractions along the way.

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1Marmalade@reddit

France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, UK, Switzerland, Mexico.

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msbshow@reddit

Walmart

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Ananvil@reddit

I'm guessing a resort where the pools are filled with ranch dressing

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wrigh516@reddit

Just look at where Sun Country Airlines flys and there's your answer.

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No_Entertainment_748@reddit

Mainly Chicago if we want the big city experience. This weekend is the traditional start of up north season where I live(Minnesota) where people with cabins open it back up for the summer and runs through the 3rd weekend in October(state wide fall break) but theres tons of stuff that goes on in middle america. When you dont get that much time to be outside you tend to make it count

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YonderPricyCallipers@reddit

By "holidays", do you mean "vacations"? Or do you mean like, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter...?

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MamaMidgePidge@reddit

We used to go on road trips out west a lot. Yellowstone, Wall Drug.

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Historical_Tax6679@reddit

I love going to the East coast, especially Boston. The food is spectacular (ate my very first fresh lobster there!) and such a beautiful mix of the historic and the modern.

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TheSadMarketer@reddit

Nowhere, I stay home.

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Ok_Organization_7350@reddit

Gulf Shores, Alabama Destin, Florida Northern Michigan Niagara Falls

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ehenn12@reddit

For vacation: Gulf coast (Alabama or Florida), Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Branson.

We celebrate holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving with our family, usually at my parents house or my in-laws house.

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Physical-Incident553@reddit

Lots for local weekends, but places like Cancun, MX are only about a 4 hour plane ride away. Chicago O'Hare is a regional AND national hub. We can fly anywhere,.

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Ghost-of-Black-47@reddit

Drive to Michigan or Wisconsin if you want beaches and lakes. Hop on a plane to anywhere in world if you want something different.

Despite their proximity, few people vacation to Missouri, Indiana, Iowa or Ohio unless they’re following the Sox or Cubs to an away game.

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Blue_9320_@reddit

Same places anyone else goes. Not sure why living in the MW would change that?

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Cathode335@reddit

From Chicago - Southeast is a big destination if you want nice weather or beaches. I've been to Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Florida coasts more times than I can count. The flight is only ~2 hours and drive is 16-24 hrs depending on destination, which you can do in a day or two. As a Midwesterner, that is considered a very doable drive.

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JellyfishFit3871@reddit

Half of the license plates on Hilton Head, SC are Ohio plates.

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Gallahadion@reddit

Some examples within my own state: amusement parks (Cedar Point, Kings Island), various places in or along Lake Erie (Put-In-Bay, Kelleys Island, fishing and/or boating), parks like Hocking Hills.

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hobokobo1028@reddit

If it’s summer, Up North (Minocqua, WI)

If it’s winter, Up North

If it’s spring or fall, Up North or the Gulf of ~~America~~ Mexico

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Wind_Responsible@reddit

Most midwesterners stay home just like the folks on the coasts.

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ComprehensiveBad5548@reddit

Cape Cod, always have due to my grandparents living there. Florida has everyone else here in a chokehold.

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OkTop9308@reddit

I’m in Wisconsin. My typical driving vacation destinations are in Wisconsin. Door County, Elkhart Lake, Up North in Wisconsin or Chicago, in Illinois for a city getaway. Up North to me is St. Germaine, Minocqua, Eagle River or Hayward, Wisconsin.

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LinuxLinus@reddit

I went to Florida for spring training every year when I lived in Minnesota.

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anneofgraygardens@reddit

when I lived in Chicago people went to Wisconsin a lot, including me sometimes. In the winter I think Florida was a really popular destination. I usually went to California to visit my family in February, which I think most most Midwesterners will agree is the worst month of the year. After a week in California I was ready to a. get away from my parents and b. face the end of winter.

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justina081503@reddit

My grandparents are snowbirds so I go visit them for a few days in Florida every year around Christmas.

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No_Economics_7295@reddit

Saugatuck / Douglas etc the beaches are gorgeous here

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BizarroMax@reddit

Europe. Australia. Japan. Mexico. Florida. California. Hawaii. Alaska. Germany. Sweden. Turkey. Peru.

You book a flight and you go.

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lokland@reddit

A lot of places, but it varies by income, same as the rest of the country.

The Midwest is quite evenly spread, atleast the Great Lakes states. Which means that ‘entertainment’ destinations are fuckin’ everywhere.

Seriously, you barely have to drive to get to TONS of indoor water parks (famous examples include the Dells), roller coasters (6flags, cedar point, an enormous amount more I can’t cover) Casinos (casinos suck but I see them everywhere), and eclectic destinations like House on the Rock.

The major metros of Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, and the three C’s of Ohio also have their own offerings for city-vacations. Chicago being the only one drawing many international visitors.

I mean these are all different types of vacations a middle-class American would take. There’s skiing destinations and general outdoors activities, golf, snowmobiles, incredible hunting, and world class camping all across the Great Lakes and Plains states. Though I will 1000% admit that many of those draw a niche and older crowd.

Rich Midwesterners do the same destinations as East Coast people, largely. Caribbean, Florida, Mexico, etc.Tons of rich people cabins up in the lakes of Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois.

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HoyAIAG@reddit

Florida 🤮

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jessper17@reddit

Where ever we want to- most of the time, it depends on where we can get a cheap flight or hotel deal.

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AGuyNamedTracy@reddit

There are so many beautiful vacation spots within an 8-hour drive. Duluth and Minnesota’s Lake Superior shoreline, Wisconsin Dells, Door County in Wisconsin, the south shore of Lake Superior in Wisconsin, and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are all mini-vacations I have taken over the past few years.

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sahkoo@reddit

A lot of people I know used to go/do go to Disney World in Florida. A lot of people visit NYC. Tennessee. Kentucky. Those are the main places I hear people taking vacations.

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subbychub@reddit

To my uncle's house about a 10 minute drive away. Or my other uncle's house about a 10 minute drive away. Or maybe my brother's house about a 1-...eh you get the idea

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BttrcreamSilkVersace@reddit

People from Wisconsin and Michigan go to Chicago and people from Chicago to to Wisconsin and Michigan

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rockinaforest@reddit

Depends on season and which holiday. Something shorter, we go up to Lake Geneva or Devils Lake to hang out. If more time, the upper peninsula of Michigan. If it’s fall/winter, a mix of Florida, Arizona, or California. I live in Lake County, IL.

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Pernicious_Possum@reddit

Do you mean actual holidays, or holidays as in what we call vacation? Actual holidays we spend time with family. Vacations people all kinds of different stuff. Road trips are quite popular, and a lot of midwesterners seem to have an odd fixation with Florida. My wife and I try to pick somewhere different every year. Sometimes international, sometimes continental. In two weeks we’re going to NYC for the week, and in the fall we’re debating California to see family, or maybe Toronto

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beaveretr@reddit

I live in northern MN. People mostly save vacation time to go somewhere warm in the winter. Usually Florida, a Caribbean island, or Mexico. It’s paradise here in the summer, so nobody really goes anywhere far. Local(ish) camping trips, and maybe a weekend over on the north shore. A lot of people make a onetime family trip out west to the Rockies, but not as a regular vacation.

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Everblossom22@reddit

You go up north to the lake.

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No-Conversation1940@reddit

So many options for lakes as well, from enormous to small.

I just have to remember to wear my Badger hat and not my Cubs hat.

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Blade-of-Souls@reddit

There it is!

Same over in Minnesota. Everyone knows someone with a place at the lake.

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AZJHawk@reddit

We drove to Colorado most summers. We also did East Coast road trips, beach road trips to the Carolinas, and one massive road trip to New England that took three weeks.

So, road trips. The good thing about the Midwest is that it’s pretty centrally located.

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humsterdaddy@reddit

I live in Minneapolis. Sometimes we spend our holidays harassing ICE agents. Sometimes we go to Chicago. Sometimes we’re just too poor and we stay home and do housework and harass more ICE agents.

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No-Conversation1940@reddit

I grew up close enough to Branson that vacation meant going close to Branson, not Branson itself. What I mean is, hanging out by the lake or the river, maybe Kimberling City or Rockaway Beach.

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Key_Set_7249@reddit

Normally Florida,

Buts I've been all over the country

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SenseNo635@reddit

Which holiday?

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Nebraska_@reddit

Kansas City is very under-rated.

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axiom60@reddit

My vacation home deep in the middle of the Indianan Ocean surrounded by cornfields and soybeans as far as the eye can see

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Norseman103@reddit

Hawaii and Mexico are our favorite winter getaways. Minnesota winters never seem to end.

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JackStraw-Waukesha@reddit

Florida, Mexico, Northern Wisconsin, New Orleans, Arizona, Costa Rica. Currently planning a trip for next spring to Buenos Aires.

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Alternative-Pear9096@reddit

This is a truly bizarre question, starting with the fact that "the midwest" is larger than most of Europe, and then degenerating into all kinds of bizarre presumptions about what vacation means.

Maybe this is easiest: In Europe, a two hour drive is a REALLY LONG TIME. Is America, that's a daily commute in most of California and Chicago. Our entire culture is based on the realities of being AN ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SPACE.

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sitewolf@reddit

Where do you go if you don't? We have access to the same places......as well as indoor plumbing and electricity

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carmineragu@reddit

Mackinaw Island

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OkiBeachBum60@reddit

Somewhere warm. Mexico and the American SW.

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notanative@reddit

Lake of the Ozarks, Branson, St. Louis

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shammy_dammy@reddit

Personally? Let's see...we went to Central Mexico. Puerta Vallarta. New Orleans. Cancun. Vancouver. Smaller trips? Wisconsin Dells. Pendarvis. The Cave of the Mounds. Galena, IL. Governor Dodge. Chicago. Milwaukee.

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RandomPaw@reddit

If I don’t want to fly (I hate to fly) I do Chicago, Indy, St Louis or Kansas City for a few days to go to the theater, shopping, restaurants and museums, or I go to Door County, Indiana Dunes or the lake side of Michigan for beach, kayaking and different kind of restaurants. If I want a longer trip the Stratford Festival in Canada is great.

I used to do a week in NYC every year for the same city things (theater, shopping, restaurants, museums) but like I said, now I hate to fly.

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Patrizio_Argento@reddit

Where ever we want, gosh

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freedom781@reddit

More than half the country is within a days drive. So...anywhere.

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pikkdogs@reddit

Like for Christmas?

We usually don’t travel.

For vacations? Usually just to visit family.

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ClickClick_Boom@reddit

"holiday" is how the British say "vacation"

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wwhsd@reddit

“Garçon” means “boy”.

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sydni1210@reddit

The Midwest has beautiful lakes, but growing up, my family always made the summer drive down to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Commercial-Land-6806@reddit

Hah... most places I have worked for neither paid me enough to go on a vacation nor have they given me vacation time...

Anyway last vacation I had was a gift from my family for passing college and I went over to Europe for like 3 weeks.

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blipsman@reddit

Wisconsin, SW Michigan, or fly to Florida, Mexico

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CaptainGreyBeard72@reddit

The north shore of Lake Superior

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Ok-Growth4613@reddit

Indiana here. We drove everywhere. We went just about everywhere on the east coast. We only flew once or twice.

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OldRaj@reddit

Lake Beach

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Claxton916@reddit

We have a lot of cool regional Amusement parks:

Cedar Point in Northern Ohio, Kings Island in Southern Ohio, Six Flags Great America in Chicago, Wisconsin Dells in Central Wisconsin, ValleyFair! In South Minnesota to name a few

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ilobemygf@reddit

Florida? California? You know we have airports..

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silversurf1234567890@reddit

Same places as everyone else? Gulf coast, Carolina’s, lakes, mountains, grandma’s house, etc

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aWesterner014@reddit

From Illinois. So far...

New York City
Niagara Falls
Cape Cod
Hawaii (2x)
Disney World (3x)
Florida - non Disney
Atlanta
Hilton Head, South Carolina
Chicago
St Louis
Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minnesota - Cabin on a lake up north
Kansas City
Colorado - Denver
Colorado - Rocky Mountain National Park

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LivingGhost371@reddit

For major trips Florida is popular being home of Disney and beaches and relatively inexpensive to fly to.

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blixxic@reddit

I've got a regional airport a 15 minute drive from my house. There are several daily flights to Dallas and Chicago. You can get anywhere from Dallas or Chicago. I can be in California, Florida, NYC, etc. in about 5-6 hrs including layover time. Since the regional airport is so small, you didn't have to show up too early and everyone on the plane goes through security together in about 15 minutes.

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Tricky_Jellyfish9116@reddit

Grandma's house to visit family and have someone else share the responsibility for kids for a while.

Places with water--if not ocean, we have the Great Lakes and most states have at least one "Lakes" region with vacation resorts. Okoboji in Iowa, Ozarks in Missouri, everywhere in Minnesota.

Camping--lots of state and national parks have RV or tent camping, or rustic vacation cabins

Hunting/fishing if in season and you're into that.

Cities/populated region for history/arts/cultural venues.

Amusement parks.

Skiing--cross-country skiing perhaps, or downhill. Local ski hills exist, though skiers from places with real mountains tend to find them underwhelming.

Any of the above combined with a roadtrip--stopping at smaller, often kitschy local roadside attractions, like Wall Drug, the Corn Palace, SPAM Museum, historical markers, world's largest ball of twine, etc.

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tenehemia@reddit

Growing up in Minnesota and having frugal parents, all of our trips were road trips. Mostly to go camping in state forests in MInnesota, occasionally to visit the North shore of Lake Superior. One time we went to the badlands in South Dakota and as far as Devil's Tower in Wyoming. One time my grandparents wanted to go to Branson, Missouri so we drove down there as well as into the Ozarks of Arkansas a bit. The only family vacation that wasn't a road trip is when we visited Washington D.C. when I was 12.

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TheOnlyJimEver@reddit

The Midwest refers to a massive swath of the country. It really depends on what part of it you're in. Camping and outdoor recreation are big options. Lots of parts of the midwest have lake resorts and things like that.

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ZigaKrajnic@reddit

In the last 20 years.

Family Vacation Long Drives. I have been to the Texas Gulf Coast, Yellowstone and Grand Tetons, UP in Michigan, Colorado a few times, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Mexico, Kansas City, South Dakota, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Branson, St Louis, Iowa, Omaha. Big drives to the West Coast twice Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Yosemite.

Family vacation flights to New England and DC/Virginia/Outer Banks, Orlando.

Work trip flights all over the US

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pacifistpotatoes@reddit

We get on a plane and fly to the beach. Or drive if it's too pricey (close this year)

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JerrMondo@reddit

Europe, personally. You can get cheap flights from Chicago O’Hare to most major european cities (like $400-700) and it’s cheaper or the same price as a vacation on either US coast

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manderifffic@reddit

Wherever you want and can afford

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warrenjt@reddit

Usually somewhere outside the Midwest. Florida is popular.

That or Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in world famous Santa Claus, Indiana!

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paisley-pear@reddit

The Lake of the Ozarks.

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PghSubie@reddit

For holidays, many people drive to Grandma's house for dinner. For big vacations, many people get on an airplane to fly someplace warmer. For summer vacations, there are plenty of Great Lakes destinations that are readily drivable and plenty of coastal destinations that are easily reachable with several hours on a plane. I know it's a very strange video y for a Brit to consider flying on a plane for several hours and still being in the same country

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Opposite-Peak5020@reddit

Anywhere we want, since we have access to mass transportation and vehicles just like folks outside of the Midwest :)

But if I'm going somewhere within driving distance, I'm heading to Chicago, Traverse City MI, or St. Louis.

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midwest-libertine@reddit

Driving (destinations given and a bunch of stops in between ):
Up North: Northwoods/lakes in MN and WI; Door County, WI; Dunes or Upper Peninsula, MI.

Out west: Badlands, Black Hills, SD; Yellowstone National Park; Glacier National Park (maybe), Rockies (Colorado)

Down South: Branson, Nashville, possibly Destin

Out East: DC, NYC, Northeast US.

Flying: Florida (Disney World), California (Disneyland, Yosemite, etc.), PNW, Hawaii, Vegas, Grand Canyon

If you’re in the western Midwest, you probably fly out east, though my family drove it from Minnesota.

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DoublePostedBroski@reddit

In Ohio the big place was Myrtle Beach. Or the Lake Erie islands.

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Weird-Grape-5884@reddit

Growing up in Michigan, definitely “Up North” or “Down South,” but also:
- Cedar Point
- Niagara Falls
- Toronto
- Chicago
- Wisconsin Dells
- Grand Haven
- South Haven
- Kings Island
- Washington, DC
- Gatlinburg, TN
- Amelia Island, Fl

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UnoriginalInnovation@reddit

Up north

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Machinebuzz@reddit

The Caribbean.

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StillyMcDaniels@reddit

If you’re from Ohio, the answer is Myrtle Beach for some reason even though it’s not nearby.

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SenorMcGibblets@reddit

The Great Smoky Mountains national park is the most visited in the country by a large margin. It’s probably the most common national park visited by midwesterners because it’s an easy drive from most of the Midwest, there are tons of cabins in the mountains for rent, and it’s surrounded by a couple tourist trap towns that are white trash heaven. It’s an absolutely beautiful park, but a lot of people that visit don’t even go for the park itself.

From Chicagoland, Wisconsin Dells and southwest Michigan are very common weekend getaways.

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SuperannuatedAuntie@reddit

To the cottage on a lake.

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SquirrelCone83@reddit

Anywhere within 8 hours is generally drivable for a 3 or 4 day weekend trip for the average, if you're like me and take a friday and monday off from work.

but there are always airports that can take you anywhere in the lower 48 states so kind of anywhere is open game for a vacation.

Like I live in Nebraska and will often go to Denver CO, Kansas City MO, Chicago, IL.

Granted the price of gas is making travel less affordable. Thanks to our loser in chief.

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Ok-Walk-8040@reddit

Cedar Point or Florida

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WorkerAmbitious2072@reddit

I grew up Midwest

Before I was out of high school we went on holiday to

Rocky Mountain national park
Yellowstone national park
Marco island Florida
Florida keys
Washington DC
Minnesota boundary waters
Disney World
Many state parks

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TheOwlMarble@reddit

To visit family. Where else would you go?

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ClearLog2014@reddit

We can fly anywhere we'd like, but for shorter driving trips we usually go to Door County, Wisconsin. Lots of shops, restaurants, plays, concerts, wineries, hiking, boating, and swimming.

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uhbkodazbg@reddit

To the back yard to play cornhole.

Most vacations involve going to O’Hare and catching a flight.

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TheBimpo@reddit

For the weekend we might go "Up North", Chicago, Toronto, Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Detroit, etc.

Driving to the Outer Banks, Florida, Gulf Shores, Smoky Mountains, etc is pretty common.

Or we you know, fly wherever.

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throwaway1975764@reddit

Do mid-westerners have a specific place they go? Because certainly folks on the coast don't - everyone is individual and different families do different things based on interests, budget, schedule, and opportunity.

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YoungBeef03@reddit

Whenever my family went on vacation, we’d usually go to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, Yellowstone National Park, or down to the Gulf of Mexico.

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WithLoveFrom414@reddit

Wisconsin Dells; Door County, WI; Michigan’s West Coast; Upper Michigan; Apostle Islands, WI; Duluth & Minnesotas North Shore

This is as a Wisconsinite

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TheDadThatGrills@reddit

Lake Michigan beaches

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Emergency-Economy654@reddit

The world is our oyster! Anywhere from a local lake to another continent.

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Msktb@reddit

I'm in Oklahoma and spent my honeymoon on a budget in NW Arkansas. There's some really cool stuff if you know where to look.

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Spooky_Betz@reddit

There seems to be a lot of Midwesterns when I visit the Tampa area, whereas you naturally tend to see more east coasters of the Atlantic shore. The Gulf Coast in general I'd imagine is pretty popular, based on flight distance.

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Comprehensive-Tea-69@reddit

Holidays or vacations?

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Zestyclose-Cover1351@reddit

My observation having lived in the Midwest and on the coast is that midwesterners travel a lot more and to more varied destinations. Being more in the middle of the country the Rockies, the gulf, the east coast are considered driving distance. They also have airports. There are also excellent destinations within the Midwest like Door County, much of Michigan and northern Minnesota (boundary waters, north shore).

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DuelJ@reddit

Some attractions include Wiscons Dells, The House on the Rock, and drive in movie theaters.

As far as vacations go, I'll say Alaska and Arizona are nice.

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ThingFuture9079@reddit

Visit family who are in the next county over.

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MargaretSparkle82@reddit

Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota

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thatgirlsthings@reddit

Wisconsin Dells every summer for a long weekend as a kid.

Florida, Space Coast + Disney World to visit family for Easter one year.

Now as a married adult; we typically do our "big" vacation to Disney World, and smaller driving trips within or just outside the Midwest. To note, smaller driving trips mean to somewhere within 5-8 hours driving from Madison.

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Wild_Replacement5880@reddit

The lake

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IKnowAllSeven@reddit

Im assuming you mean holidays as in vacation, not “whose house do you eat Christmas dinner at” type holiday.

I’m in Michigan.

For summers, Lake Michigan on the west side is popular, so is the upper peninsula. So are other in-state places with big lakes or water, such as Traverse City and Muskegon.

People go to amusement parks like Cedar Point and Michigan Adventure.

In the winter, for vacations, a lot of people go to Florida. Direct flights and plentiful and cheap.

People also do cruises, Vegas, NYC, New Orleans and for those with more vacation funds they go to west coast or Hawaii, or out of country.

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