I have yet to meet someone that actually goes to the Mall for shopping. It's a destination for prom dresses, hordes of pimple-faced teenagers, and your aunt when she visits the state. I used to love it for the sake of Camp Snoopy, but they even fucked that up with the new Nickelodeon bs. The Mall just plain sucks.
West Virginia has the highest number of clubs per capita. City-wise, Portland puts us to shame - there are approximately 50 clubs in a city of half a million residents (though apparently Springfield, Oregon has the absolute highest density in the nation). If your estimate is correct (and I struggle to think of more than 20 or 25 in the metro area), we have the same number of clubs with ten times the population. Atlanta boasts the Vortex (best burgers I've ever had) and is the hub for Taco Mac, which is the only chain restaurant I know of that carries anywhere from 50 to 200 draft beers and 100+ on bottle.
I went to the Mall of America once when I was in the area on business. What perplexed me was the sheer number of bathing suit stores--all the same store, with numerous shops on every level throughout the mall--in an area that doesn't have a very long swimming/tanning season.
According to everything that I have ever seen, NC has the best pulled pork barbecue. The one restaurant might beat it, but as a state, we claim the title.
Now you fucking did it. You're going to have mya and ballsack and probably all of the damn Texans in here clamoring on about how beef is real barbecue, not pork. They will, of course, be wrong, but we'll still have to listen to it.
I was just about to say that yes, I agree on the pulled pork comment, but barbecue here is ribs, brisket, burnt ends, etc. And I won't argue too much because I am from Virginia, so know all about the pulled pork NC style barbecue. Topped with coleslaw, yumm.
That's absolutely true about strip clubs. Being from Portland and now living in the Eugene/Springfield area, I can totally confirm this. 15 strip clubs taking the nation's highest, while true, doesn't seem too high. that damn per capita thing seems kinda misleading. Eugene however, is home to one of the best IPA's around in Ninkasi. Deschutes Brewery isn't too far from the area either.
SC bbq has NC bbq beat by a long shot. We've got 4 types of sauce depending on the area (vinegar/pepper, mustard, light tomato, heavy tomato). Only place that does mustard bbq sauce, which is by far the best. SC also has the best shrimp and grits in the entire world.
Ever since the RMMB, I read story after story about how wonderful Fat Tire beer is. I'll never forget the first time I ever drank it-I heard from a friend that the store near my house was starting to carry them in the 22 oz size. The first thing I did was drove to the store and grabbed two of them, as I just knew one wouldn't be enough. Quite frankly, I wasn't impressed. It's an OK beer, but no big deal. Now Terrapin, on the other hand, is a fine damn drink. It's brewed in Athens, GA. I've seen Wal-Marts that were bigger than the entire brewery. Fuck Fat Tire. Terrapin FTW. It's the best beer I've ever tasted.
Blasphemy. Mustard BBQ sauce is vastly inferior to the tangy goodness that is Eastern NC vinegar BBQ sauce. I live in Pinehurst... we have golf and lots of it. Quality and quantity.
That's just absurd. At least we can agree on the awesomeness of whole-hog bbq. So much better than just a shoulder.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.indonesialogue.com/destinations/ibu-okas-ubud-bali.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.indonesialogue.com/destinati ... -bali.html</a> Silence! The barbecue gods have spoken and their voice has thundered: slow roasted, bathed gently in coconut water for 5 hours while stuffed with spices and murdered that very morning. The only reason this place isn't rated higher is that there are a half dozen others like it sprinkled around the island.
I had a pretty similar experience when I finally tried some in Chicago. It's good, but not mind-altering. If I still drank though I'd still be bitter that we don't get it up here though.
Silence! All of you pretenders to the barbecue throne can kneel before the one true god known as Memphis barbecue. There's a reason we host the World Championship of Barbecue. We also have the best fried chicken in Gus's. Everyone that has had it goes apeshit for it. And let us not forget Memphis is the home of the "King of Rock&Roll" and "King of Wrestling". Home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, and the blues. Memphis: Best Music, Barbecue, Fried Chicken, and Wrestling. And the diabeetus, rednecks, and ghetto culture, but who's counting that?
Speaking of BBQ, Texas is home to The New Zion Missionary Baptist Church Barbeque in Huntsville. Also known as Church of the Holy Smoke or, more simply, Black Church Barbeque. It kicks all y'alls asses.