http://travel.yahoo.com/beaches

1. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2. Miami, Florida
3. Cancun, Mexico
4. Kaanapali, Hawaii
5. Honolulu, Hawaii
6. San Diego, California
7. Boracay Island, Philippines
8. Key West, Florida
9. Sydney, Australia
10. Santa Barbara, California

Cool....

6/5/2007 9:10:47 AM

well, clearly this is a bullshit list.

6/5/2007 9:12:30 AM

This "article" brought to you by the South Carolina Tourism Council.

6/5/2007 9:12:34 AM

what a joke.

6/5/2007 9:13:44 AM

WHAT IN THE GODDAMNED FUCK

SERIOUSLY

NOT EVEN THE BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA

6/5/2007 9:17:22 AM

clearly Myrtle Beach IS the greatest.
it's also nice of them to put all those SC travel links on the same page for us!

6/5/2007 9:18:11 AM

some dork got laid @ senior week.
(and wrote this article)

6/5/2007 9:18:16 AM

How is Myrtle Beach one of the top beaches? I call it bullshit.

6/5/2007 9:19:25 AM

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"well, clearly this is a bullshit list."

6/5/2007 9:24:40 AM

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"well, clearly this is a bullshit list."

6/5/2007 9:38:39 AM

i've been there probably 5 times and i don't want to ever go back again
I prefer atlantic beach WAY more than myrtle

WHAT A JOKE

6/5/2007 9:48:58 AM

i bet it was written by a yankee

6/5/2007 9:49:01 AM

7 of the world's top 10 beaches are in the US? I guess the guy who wrote that list doesn't get out much.

6/5/2007 9:51:48 AM

clearly the writer didn't go on bike week

6/5/2007 9:54:50 AM

OR MAYBE HE LUVZ AMERRKA YOU LIBERAL HIPPIE FAG

6/5/2007 9:54:58 AM

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"MYRTLE BEACH is a brazen splurge of seaside fun, an unmitigated stretch of commercial development twenty miles down the coast from the North Carolina border at the center of the sixty-mile "Grand Strand.""

At least they got the description right.

6/5/2007 9:55:13 AM

^wow. Those are the reasons I don't like Myrtle Beach.

6/5/2007 9:57:57 AM

Bottom Bay is easily better than every beach on that list. But if we are sticking to the US, El Matador over in Cali has my vote

6/5/2007 9:58:27 AM

Myrtle Beach is quite possibly the WORST beach I've ever been to.

I refuse to go back, even to N Myrtle.

What a shithole.

6/5/2007 10:03:23 AM

There is not a whole lot I can say to defend the place. If you like strip clubs, pancake houses, and putt putt you'll probably find something to like. Despite what most people think we do have nice clean beaches that aren't crowded.

There is no way in hell that it is the world's #1 beach.
South Carolina's #1 beach? Maybe.

6/5/2007 10:10:41 AM

there are some damn nice golf courses in myrtle... but that's about the only saving grace.

6/5/2007 10:14:43 AM

I thought Ocracoke was on the/a list last year

Myrtle Beach is trashy. i still like to visit every one in a while but it's not the nicest

6/5/2007 10:20:42 AM

its basically a 20 mile stretch of walmart

6/5/2007 10:22:38 AM

Capital Boulevard at the beach, only with more driveways, Wings, and Bargain Beachwear!

6/5/2007 10:24:00 AM

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"Wings"

Dont forget Eagles!

6/5/2007 10:24:25 AM

or that shitty amusement park.

this place is full of ghetto negros and plain white trash.

6/5/2007 10:45:52 AM

Pacific is the store i prefer to shop in. not that Eagles and Wings trash.

6/5/2007 10:46:34 AM

i like how they sell tshirts in 8XL

6/5/2007 10:48:05 AM

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"or that shitty amusement park. this place is full of ghetto negros and plain white trash. "

The Pavilion? They tore that down. Soon to be replaced with the Hard Rock Theme Park. A perfect compliment to the KISS themed coffee house which is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen.

6/5/2007 10:53:08 AM

haha, what a joke. how is va beach not #2 if myrtle is #1...

6/5/2007 10:54:05 AM

KISS

and coffee.

does not compute.

6/5/2007 11:04:22 AM

Myrtle Beach is the GREATEST. There are 500 stores that sell the same stuff just different colors, all for $5.99. At every corner I can get 5 authentic Myrtle Beach t-shirts for $10.00. And don't forget the seafood. I'm 100% sure every restaurant there has crab pots in the local waterway and boats right off-shore catching everything I eat ...........including the Alaskan crab legs



What a joke.

6/5/2007 11:06:09 AM

Myrtle Beach is definitely the place to be if you want a Confederate flag bikini or a diaroma of crucified Jesus surrounded by cowrie shell flamingos

6/5/2007 11:15:33 AM

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"KISS and coffee. does not compute. "

Imagine a Starbuck's wrapped in chrome sandwiched between two giant platform boots that puff out dry ice smoke.

6/5/2007 11:20:55 AM

this is some poor journalism.

was this done by a 9 year old who has never heard of the Mediterranean?

6/5/2007 11:26:23 AM

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"its basically a 20 mile stretch of walmart"

6/5/2007 11:29:27 AM

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"was this done by a 9 year old who has never heard of the Mediterranean?"

6/5/2007 11:30:55 AM

that list is fucking horrible

6/5/2007 11:31:36 AM

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"Birthplace of Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White"

that's the first point you want to make about the BEST beach in the world? that its the birthplace of someone semi-famous??

ridiculous

oh yeah and check out the top 10 things to do list:

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"1. Pavilion Amusement Park 2. Myrtle Beach Bike Week 3. Carolina Safari Jeep Tours <--really, a safari, at the fucking beach, in south carolina 4. Ripley's Aquarium 5. Build-A-Bear Workshop 6. NASCAR Speedpark 7. Myrtle Waves Water Park 8. Myrtle Beach Pelicans Pro Baseball Club 9. Jurassic Golf 10. IMAX Discovery Theatre "

this has to be a joke or a hacking



[Edited on June 5, 2007 at 11:47 AM. Reason : asdf]

6/5/2007 11:42:43 AM

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"Myrtle Beach is definitely the place to be if you want a Confederate flag bikini or a diaroma of crucified Jesus surrounded by cowrie shell flamingos"

bwahhahah

I used to go there once or twice every summer through middle and high school. My step-mom's parents have an ocean front condo a couple miles north of the Cherry Grove peer, closer to the inlet than the Grand Strand. I still like Myrtle, it's a fun place and there is tons to do..granted it has trashy areas and is super commercialized. However I do not see it being in the top 10, top 50 or 100 for that matter...much less #1.

6/5/2007 11:47:31 AM

[NOT EVEN THE BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA]

6/5/2007 11:48:30 AM

somebody probably went to Dick's Last Resort and was like "ahah the wait staff is slightly mean and they put a hat with a funny phrase on it on my head hahah best beach ever"

6/5/2007 11:51:21 AM

Obviously the list was looking for beaches with lots to do....out of all the ones listed, Myrtle has the most entertainment......like the Dixie Stampede!!

But N. Myrtle is actually really nice, huge resorts....and until Southern NC beaches get more than 3 hotels total - N. Myrtle is the only decent place to go for a long weekend.

Best quotes yet....

Quote :

"some dork got laid @ senior week. (and wrote this article)"

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"If you like strip clubs, pancake houses, and putt putt you'll probably find something to like."

Quote :

"its basically a 20 mile stretch of walmart"

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"i like how they sell tshirts in 8XL"

6/5/2007 11:53:13 AM

What a joke, I hate Myrtle.

Much better list.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/articles/1107beaches.html

6/5/2007 12:01:06 PM

lol i'm not even gonna read this thread after seeing that they put myrtle beach as number 1

6/5/2007 12:18:58 PM

haha... Myrtle Beach is no 1?

what a joke!

no 1 has to be some beach on some tropical island, like mauritius or maldives or something.

it is a list by yahoo... no wonder. check out lists by discovery or national geographic. i watched a program on discovery "10 best beaches on the world". that was a very good list.

6/5/2007 12:34:40 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHA...was this list published on April 1st or something? I've been to at least 10 beaches world wide and within the US that put commercial beach to shame.

as far as that list goes...how can waters of places like Hawaii not be number 1? are they rating who has the best putt putt golf? or who has the best actual sand and water.

[Edited on June 5, 2007 at 12:49 PM. Reason : fda]

6/5/2007 12:48:50 PM

This is funny, I mean myrtle beach could have cracked the list several years ago..and why is a beach with tar on the list? (Santa Barbara)

I was hoping to see the world one day, but now that I've seen the endless array of Eagles stores and Timeshare scams that is Myrtle Beach, I can die with the satistfaction knowing there is no better place.

[Edited on June 5, 2007 at 1:38 PM. Reason : d]

6/5/2007 1:37:52 PM

Key West and Miami?... I live in Miami and know that the beaches aren't that great in these places.

Sydney?

MYRTLE BEACH?!?!?!?!?!?!

wtf?

From AndyMac's link list:

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"9. Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, FL Escape the Miami scene and go seven miles south to the tip of tranquil Key Biscayne. Join hungry beach strollers for gourmet fish fare at the Lighthouse Café."

right in my backyard

[Edited on June 5, 2007 at 1:40 PM. Reason : :]

6/5/2007 1:38:51 PM

san diego is 6?

hahahhaha ya right.

6/5/2007 1:39:09 PM