ʻO ka politika, a me keʻano o kaʻoluʻolu-aloha,ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi manawa e hōʻikeʻiaʻo Atlanta he moku uliuli i puni i ke kaiʻulaʻula. ʻOiai uaʻoi aku ka mālama o nā mea'ē aʻe ma mua o kēlā me kēia māhele'āina'ē aʻe, aia nō i ka South ka mea nui loa i nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale i holomua mai Savannah a hiki i Nashville. Aʻo kekahi o nā wahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi he nui ka nui eʻike a hana ai i nā kiʻi GLBT nui, aiʻole i ka hihia o Pensacola. Eia kekahi mau hoʻokipa hoʻokipa mai Atlanta.
01 o 11
Akelane, North Carolina
ʻO kēia kūlanakauhale kiʻekiʻe o ka mauna, he mea i hoʻohālikelikeʻia no nā malihini huakaʻi kaomi, he mea kupanaha keʻikeʻoe i kahi kaiāulu LGBT o kahiʻo Asheville, a me kona kokoke i Atlanta a me Charlotte. Māheleʻia ka'āina me ka holoʻana a me nā mea'ē aʻe i waho, aʻo kona kūlana haʻahaʻa ke mālama nei i nā mea aʻoi aku keʻano maʻalahi ma mua o ka hapanui o ka hema. Ke noho neiʻo Downtown Asheville e like me ka mea kaulike i kaupaonaʻia ma waena o nā kuapo o nā kuahiwi nunui. ʻO nā haleʻaina o Hip , nā keʻena nani , nā hale hoʻomohana hoʻomehana honua, nā indie boutiques , a me nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi o nāʻoihana Art and Crafts a me ka Art Deco hoʻolālā a nui, a he mau'ōpiopio i ka wā'ōpiopio, ke kīpilikiʻi, a me ka leʻaleʻa . Ke kāpili nei ke kūlanakauhale iā ia iho ma ka nohoʻana i ka lae o ka hoʻohuli a me kaʻike.
Wahi: 230 mile (3.5 mau hola)
02 o 11
Athens, Georgia
No ka 25 mau metro o ka US metro me ka pakeneka kiʻekiʻe loa o nāʻohana male kāne a me nā mākua, aiaʻelua i Georgia. Hiki paha iāʻoe ke kohoʻo Atlanta kekahi o kēia mau mea -ʻo Atenai ka mea'ē aʻe. He nui nā kumu e nui ai nā wāhine a nā lebians e koho e noho i kēia kūlanakauhale o 100,000. Ke hoʻomau nei ke Kulanui o Georgia (UGA) i ka lehulehu, a me keʻano o nā mea ola, e like me nā mele a me nā mele mele, nā mea i hana i nā mele likeʻole me B-52s a me REM (mai Michael Michael Noho kēia poʻe maʻaneʻi). Ua kapaʻiaʻo'Anenela kekahi mau kūlanakauhale maikaʻi loa o ka'āina no nā meaʻole. A ma kēlā mahinaʻoʻApelila, ke kau neiʻo Atenai i ka Pōʻani Boy Boy, kahi maikaʻi o ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka diabolic a me nā mea hoʻomoana.
Ka lōʻihi: 80 mile (90 min)
03 o 11
Birmingham, Alabama
Me ka 1.2 miliona mau kānaka,ʻo kēia kūlanakauhale noho wikiwiki a me ka wikiwiki i kēia makahiki i hala aku nei i kaʻike i ka hiʻona o kāna kaiāuluʻoliʻoli,ʻoiaiʻo ka hiʻohiʻona o kēia mau mea e mau ana i lalo, aʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i kahi o nā hae hae e pili ana. Ua pilikia ke kūlanakauhale ma nāʻano likeʻole o nā kiʻi i loko o ka hapa nui o kēia kenekulia, mai ke kaheʻana o kahiʻoihana ahupuaʻa kū hoʻokahi i ka ikaika o ka lāhui. ʻO ka'ōleloʻana he nui nāʻoihana pili aloha i hoʻopōmaikaʻi maʻaneʻi, he mea nui loa ma kahi o Five Points South, he wahi kaiākea o nā alanui kūikawā, a ua lilo i nā hale kūʻai i nā meaʻono, nā meaʻai, nā mele mele, a me nāʻoihana pale kiʻi. He ikaika nui hoʻiʻo Birmingham ma nāʻoihanaʻoihana maikaʻi, mai nā hale kūʻaiʻike i nā mea hana.
Wahi: 150 mile (2.5 mau hola)
04 o 11
Charleston, South Carolina
Ua hoʻomaka ka mahele kahiko o Old South City o Charleston e hoʻonui ana i ka heluna o nā malihini kipa GLBT i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. Ua waiwai nui kēia kaona kaulana: Hale hale kahiko, nā hale hoʻokipa maikaʻi, nā hale kahiko kahiko o ka honua, nā hale kaulana, a me nā hale kūʻai kahiko, ka papahana mua o nāʻahaʻaina hoʻokani, a me kekahi mau mea hao pāʻani no ka hale o Colonial ka helena ahupuaʻa o Carolinas Lowcountry. Inā ua hoʻolōʻihiʻoe i nā manawa ma nā moku Kalipiano e like me Barbados a me St. Thomas, nā hale o nā kālepa o Charleston, me ko lākou inoaʻoihana nui piazzas, hiki paha iā lākou keʻike. ʻO nā alanui kūpī pāpū o ke kūlanakauhale, nā hiʻohiʻona wai, a me ka'ōpiopio iʻole e hoʻolālāʻia i ka makahiki āpau - e noʻonoʻoʻoe i ka uku o ka hōkele.
Wahi: 310 mile (5 mau hola)
05 o 11
Charlotte, North Carolina
ʻO Atlanta mau no ka hōʻailona waiwai o ka New South,ʻo kēia kūlanakauhale kū i kēia manawa me kahi kikowaena o nā hale kiaʻiʻo ultramodern ka mea iʻikeʻoleʻia ma waena o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi,ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea pāʻani a me nā lebians. He kūlanakauhale kūpaʻa o nā hana kūpaʻa, kahi o kaʻoihana kālā keʻano o kaʻoihana nui-he kīna i nā wahiʻoluʻolu e like me Asheville a me ka Triangle Research. Akā, ua uluʻoliʻo Charlotte me kaʻoluʻoluʻole. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona no ka poʻe malihini kipa e komo pū ana i kekahi mau hale hōʻikeʻike maikaʻi, kahi ulu nui o nā meaʻaiʻai nui, a he nui nā wahi noho maikaʻi e noho nei no ko lākouʻoihana maikaʻi. Hiki iāʻoe keʻimi i kahi nani o nā kaola kapu , mai nāʻokoʻa i loko o ka hōʻuluʻuluʻana i nā hui hula.
Wahi: 250 mile (4 mau lā)
06 o 11
Jacksonville a me St. Augustine, Florida
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o Florida, me ka heluna koa kokoke i 850,000, aiaʻo Jacksonville ma ka palena hikina'ākau o ka moku'āina, kokoke loa i ka palena o Georgia a me kahi'ākau o ke kahakaiʻoʻAkelanika. Manaʻo nāʻaoʻao o ke kūlanakauhale ma ke Komohana, kahi'ē aʻe o nā kaiāulu e hopu i kahi kolaina Spanish colonial o ka'āina-he 30 mau minute wale nō i ka hema i ke kūlanakauhale nui loa oʻAmelika,ʻo St. Augustine , kahi home o nā mau hale pule GLBT a me nā B & B. maikaʻi e like me kekahi mau hale hōʻikeʻike kaulana. ʻO ka pāʻaniʻoliʻoli a leʻaleʻa , e kau nuiʻia ma nā wahi āpau o ke kaiʻo Riverside, akā heʻai nui a kūʻai aku hoʻi ma kēlāʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ma San Marco. ʻO kahi wale nō ke kahakai,ʻo Amelia Island Mokupuni Island kekahi wahiʻoluʻolu loa no kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha, a he hale ia i nā hale hoʻokipa nani .
Wahi: 350 mile (5.5 hola)
07 o 11
Memphis, Tennessee
ʻO kēia kūlanakauhale kaulana ma nā kapa o ke kahawaiʻo Mississippi he mea hōʻoia ke kūlanakauhale mele kaulana loa o ka'āinaʻAmelika, a ua kōkua nui i ka hoʻolālāʻana o nā blues, pōhaku,ʻuhane, a me nā mea hou aku. Ke pili pili loa nei nā hiʻona nui o ke kūlanakauhale me kēia hoʻoilina mele, mai kahi hale hoʻokipa kahiko o Elvis Presley, Graceland, i Sun Studios, Stax Records (kahi hale kūʻaiʻike i kēia manawa), a me ka Memphis Rock & Soul Museum. ʻO nā mea i maʻaʻole ma mua o Nashville akā me kahi poʻe hoʻokani pāʻani nui iʻike nuiʻia,ʻo Memphis kekahi o nā hui nui loa ma ka hema a me kekahi mauʻanoʻanoʻoluʻolu a me nāʻano likeʻole,ʻo ia hoʻi ka District Cooper-Young. ʻO ia hoʻi kahi home i ka Lorraine Motel, kahi i pepehiʻia aiʻo Kauka Martin Luther King, Jr.-ʻo ia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o nā PonoʻAi Moku'āina. ʻAʻoleʻoe e holo i waho o nā mea eʻike a hana i ka hopena o ka hebedoma ma Memphis , aiʻole i nā mea maikaʻi eʻai ai, no ka mea, he nui ke kūlanakauhale me nāʻahaʻaina barbecue a me nā haleʻaina.
Ka lōʻihi: 380 mile (6 a 6.5 hola)
08 o 11
Mobile, Alabama
Aia kahi noho mālie nani a he nui hoʻi eʻike ai ma ke kahawai o Alabama, kahi e hilinaʻiʻia ana i ke kūlanakauhale kaulana a maʻalahi o Mobile. Loaʻa iāʻoe keʻano o New Orleans i loko o kēia ulu ulu puni i ka ulu lāʻau kahiko a me kekahi mau kaomi hao , akā ua lōʻihi loa aku ia i Atlanta ma mua o ka Big Easy. Aʻo kēia kūlanakauhale hoʻokipa e hoʻonani nei i nā papa mele Mardi Gras ma mua loa o ka hoʻomakaʻana o nā New Orleanians e hoʻokomo i nā lei. Ua loaʻa i ke kūlanakauhale he mau antebellum mau wahi e wehe ai no ke kipaʻana, he kāpena o ka Spanish Spanish Congregation 18th century, a me kekahi o nā'āina hanohano loa o ka South, Bellingrath Gardens a Home. ʻAʻoleʻoe e pōloli i kēia mau mea-nui nā iʻa iʻa.
Wahi: 330 mile (5 mau hola)
09 o 11
Nashville, Tennessee
ʻOiai aia i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka Bible Belt, ke kūlanakauhale kaulana a kaulana o Nashville, kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui loa o kaʻaoʻao hema o ke kūkulu hema. Maʻaneʻi,ʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i kahi hoʻoilina mele kaulana wale nō (a me nā hale hōʻikeʻike mele a me nā mele ola-e aʻo ai e pili ana i kēia loiloi-kokoke - mai haʻaleleʻoe i ka Hale Hoʻohanohano Kūikawā ) akāʻo ka hipakena a me nā kaiāulu pili aloha, bars, hotels, restaurants, and shops. Wahi like me East Nashville a me 12th Avenue South ka mea eʻoluʻolu ai, aʻo ka Opryland Hotel nui loa eʻikeʻia. Ma kahi o ke alanui Church ma kahi o ke Kulanuiʻo Vanderbilt, eʻikeʻoe i kahi hiʻohiʻona liʻiliʻi a pāʻani nui, e like me nā kīleʻa maloʻo a me nā kalapu .
Wahi: 250 mile (4 mau lā)
10 o 11
Pensacola, Florida
ʻO kaʻaoʻao Conservative Florida panhandle kūlanakauhale o Pensacolaʻaʻole ia kekahi o nā hoa aloha loa o ka honua no nā kānaka GLBT. Eia naʻe, ma ka hopena o Mei, ma luna o Pensacola Gay Memorial Day weekend ,ʻo ia kekahi o nā mekameka ponoʻole o ka honua, no ka mea, he mea ia e hoʻolālā ai i kahi pāʻani meleʻelima mau lā e holo ikaika nei noʻelua makahiki. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i kahi lōʻihi o ka nohoʻana o nā kuhina ma kēia mau wahi i ke koena o ka makahiki, akāʻaʻoleʻo Pensacola i waho o kāna mau mele. ʻO ka District Historic District o Seville, ma kaʻaoʻao hema o ke kauhale, he mau poho o nā hale liʻiliʻi, nā hale kūʻai, a me nā hoʻolālā -ʻo ia ka mea iʻoi aku i kahiʻano likeʻole o Key West a ke hana nei i kahi hele wāwae. Aʻo nā kahakai he nui e pili ana i waena o nā mea maikaʻi loa ma ka'āinaʻo Gulf.
Wahi: 325 mile (5.5 hola)
11 o 11
Savannah, Georgia
ʻO ka makana o ka'āina lazyily enchanting o Georgia,ʻo Savannah i hoʻokumuʻia i ka makahiki 1733 e British General James Oglethorpe, nāna i kūkulu i ka māka kūpono o nā alanui a me nā wahi i hoʻoulu i nā ulu lāʻau kahi kaulana loa o kēia kūlanakauhale 130,000. ʻO ka lōʻihi o kēia manawa he wahi kahi e hui ai nā kuʻikahi, nā mea pena, a me nā kuhina o ka'āinaʻo Denemaka me ka maʻalahi, akā,ʻo ka paʻiʻana o John Berendt i ka Midnight i loko o ka māla o ka maikaʻi a me kaʻino ,ʻoi aku ka hoʻonuiʻana i ke kaulana o ke kūlanakauhale me nā malihini helehelena, , nā hale mīkoʻe nani, he nui o nā kī'oti (me kahi o nā kaomi kaulana kaulana loa o ka South, Club One , a me nā hiʻohiʻonaʻoihanaʻoihana.) He 15 mau mile mai ke kahakai mai o ka Mokupuniʻo Tybee.
Wahi: 250 mile (4 mau lā)