Myrtle Beach made a national list as one of the Top 10 Trashiest Spring Break Destinations.
Coedmagazine.com, which targets the Spring Break crowd of 18 to 24 year olds, ranked Myrtle Beach No. 5 in its trashiest list, which is based on things the website says could possibly make a place “trashy,” including the numbers of Hooters restaurants, strip clubs, liquor stores and tattoo parlors, and whether a city has hosted a bike week or Girls Gone Wild.
“Abandon all your standards, forget the rules, and let it roll. Pound cheap booze, hang with loose women, maintain an ‘anything goes’ mentality,” the article states. “To help you achieve ‘next level’ Spring Breaking’, we’ve ranked the top 10 American Spring Break destinations by trashiness. Because in our minds, trashy = indecent and indecent = fun.”
The writer – who said he had been to Myrtle Beach twice for Senior Week - said south Myrtle, which he distinguishes as trashier than North Myrtle Beach, is run by the beach, Broadway at the Beach – though he refers to it as Broadway on the Beach – and strip clubs. There are also pictures of people partying.
Neal Lynch, the site’s editor in chief, told ABCNews.com: “Typically, people associate ‘trashy’ with things of poor quality, however we associated the word with enjoying guilty pleasures. Like reality television — but in real life, where you can have the most amount of fun with the least amount of money.”
Myrtle Beach spokesman Mark Kruea said the description on the website doesn’t match the actual experience, which he said is spread over about six weeks starting in late February.
“It’s one publisher’s perspective,” he said. “That’s not the way I would have ranked Myrtle Beach as a spring break destination. Realistically, we have a fairly tame spring break experience.”
Here’s who else made coed’s cut:
1. Las Vegas
2. Key West
3. South Padre Island
4. Daytona Beach
5. Myrtle Beach
6. Miami Beach
7. Panama City Beach
8. Fort Myers, Fla.
9. Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
10. San Diego
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