Hawaii. I used to live in Florida and while it has some pretty places and neat things, most of it is generic grubby little towns, trailer parks and lots and lots of rednecks. And most of isn't very tropical.
Plus, Hawaii has volcanoes, which are always cool.
YMMV.
It doesn't matter how/if they're linked to the attack, just that he said the magic evil words. Kind of like socialism and communism.