[ngokevin]

I did this for half a year in the United States (one month, one state) in ID, UT, AZ, NM, TX, LA, CO and half a year in South America. The United States is great because you can live next to pristine wilderness or great natural areas, and have plenty of time to explore these quiet untouched places versus rushing everything in a weekend vacation.

For example, people go on Utah vacations and rush Arches, Bryce, Zion, but there are so much beautiful places in between that you couldn't budget in a small trip with friends (e.g., some random slot canyon that barely is on the radar)

Or if people go to Colorado for a Rockies trip, you can have the whole western slope to yourself for a month