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re: Your #1 US city you’ve never visited, but want to
Posted on 4/17/21 at 2:19 pm to kciDAtaE
Posted on 4/17/21 at 2:19 pm to kciDAtaE
Not a city per se, but I’d love to see the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. We did Cooperstown a few years ago and I would like to explore that region some more.
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Posted on 4/17/21 at 3:36 pm to MissTiger91
Kona or jackson hole.
Other large urban cities dont interest me. Cant deal with crowds, crime, etc
Other large urban cities dont interest me. Cant deal with crowds, crime, etc
Posted on 4/17/21 at 5:58 pm to kciDAtaE
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Why not?
Too big and spread out. All the same stuff at the end of the day. Same sorta restaurants, cookie cutter museums, same parks, very little is truly unique.
You’d be surprised how many “unique” restaurants in the big cities, that get on Eater.com or something else, are all owned by national restaurant groups. They customize them to the city, add stupid slogans and murals, and hire a local chef. When it comes to big cities in the US, many of their mom and pop restaurants and local-cuisine oriented restaurants have disappeared.
When it comes to shopping, which my fiancée enjoys but I don’t care for, it’s often but not always, all the same national shops. On top of that, easier to get out of the city and explore the region
These days, small cities are just as good. More intimate, easier to travel around. Savannah, Boise, Bozeman, Asheville, Portland (Maine), etc. All the artisans, musicians, etc have had to leave the major cities for cheaper ones.
If I’m going to a big city, I prefer to be somewhere different, which usually means a different country.
This post was edited on 4/17/21 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 4/17/21 at 10:08 pm to LoneStarRanger
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Too big and spread out. All the same stuff at the end of the day. Same sorta restaurants, cookie cutter museums, same parks, very little is truly unique.
What? This is beyond idiotic.
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You’d be surprised how many “unique” restaurants in the big cities, that get on Eater.com or something else, are all owned by national restaurant groups. They customize them to the city, add stupid slogans and murals, and hire a local chef. When it comes to big cities in the US, many of their mom and pop restaurants and local-cuisine oriented restaurants have disappeared.
No doubt that happens, but are you saying big cities don’t have unique cuisine? That’s just silly.
You don’t have to like big cities. Everyone’s opinion is their own and valid, but don’t make dumb statements as if they are fact.
This post was edited on 4/17/21 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 4/18/21 at 1:30 pm to LoneStarRanger
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All the same stuff at the end of the day.
Gotcha. So San Francisco or Nashville or Miami is basically the same city?
Once you visit NOLA, you pretty much know what L.A. is all about, right?
Posted on 4/18/21 at 1:38 pm to kciDAtaE
Chicago. Been to the airport but never the city.
Seattle and Boston are the other big cities I haven't been to.
Seattle and Boston are the other big cities I haven't been to.
Posted on 4/18/21 at 3:26 pm to bushwacker
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Other large urban cities dont interest me. Cant deal with crowds, crime, etc
Yep, have no desire. My potential destinations are town sized. You'll find more uniqueness across the country in its towns vs its' cities.
This post was edited on 4/18/21 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 4/18/21 at 3:31 pm to kciDAtaE
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Gotcha. So San Francisco or Nashville or Miami is basically the same city?
Once you visit NOLA, you pretty much know what L.A. is all about, right?
Don’t get butthurt because I don’t think Nashville or LA are terribly cool.
I have a different perspective, and you get all aggressive....weirdo. I lived 2 years in London, 3 years in Paris, while also keeping a home in my hometown of Austin, where I am for now. I’ve been to every continent except Antarctica, and have been both a tourist And resident in foreign countries.
And to answer that, yes-ish. I find LA, Nashville, and others bland and the same. If I’m going to explore my country, I prefer smaller cities or towns.
But his question is which city have I never visited, and want to...and I said Boston, because it seems unique and different enough.
This post was edited on 4/18/21 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 4/18/21 at 4:33 pm to LoneStarRanger
It’s fine to not like cities or American cities. But to give the reason that they are all the same is wrong.
Posted on 4/18/21 at 4:47 pm to LoneStarRanger
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And to answer that, yes-ish. I find LA, Nashville, and others bland and the same.
Pretty much. Bunch of bars, restaurants, breweries with different names but pretty much the same...
Very few really unique places left anywhere, regardless of urban/rural though. Outside of natural settings.
This post was edited on 4/18/21 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 4/18/21 at 5:06 pm to bushwacker
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Other large urban cities dont interest me. Cant deal with crowds, crime, etc
They’re more enjoyable if you can get away from Bourbon St, Times Square, Broadway type areas
Posted on 4/19/21 at 6:32 am to LoneStarRanger
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Too big and spread out. All the same stuff at the end of the day. Same sorta restaurants, cookie cutter museums, same parks, very little is truly unique.
I feel like you've never been off the tourist strips if this is how you view things. Over on the OT board my word would be much more to the point.
For example: Boston is very compact and not spread out at all. You have to ride the subway as getting around by car is ridiculous given the 300yo street layout. LA is very spread out and most people drive because the action is in places separated by 30-60 minutes in the car. The look and feel is completely different.
As for the comments about "same sort of restaurants" it's just utterly wrong. This is indicative of never tried/dont care to understand. If you don't like big cities because they are too fast-paced or crowded you could just say that rather than making up something.
Let me give you an example: "I don't like baseball because the stadiums are all the same". Sounds crazy, right? I mean the stadiums all have lots of chairs in a bowl format, with green grass and a diamond... but Wrigley is not Comerica is not Fenway. We can all agree baseball is a bit boring if you don't like slow-paced sports, so just say that.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 9:58 am to kciDAtaE
Seattle
Some other ones:
San Francisco
Nashville
Asheville
Charleston
Boston
Portland, ME
Miami
Some other ones:
San Francisco
Nashville
Asheville
Charleston
Boston
Portland, ME
Miami
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 11:27 am
Posted on 4/19/21 at 10:25 am to tadman
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As for the comments about "same sort of restaurants" it's just utterly wrong.
If you consider yourself a foodie, yeah..
Most people do not. Finding a place to eat out is one of the lower things on my list of "to do" when traveling. The names change, the food isn't much different from place to place.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 10:28 am to tadman
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Cashiers NC
This is an odd inclusion because the city part of it is basically one intersection. It has shops and restaurants that fan out from that intersection, but that's about all there is there. The shops and restaurants are kinda cool though, and there are a lot of cabins and houses to rent and lot of nature to explore.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 10:35 am to bushwacker
quote:Natural setting is the most important thing to me.
Kona or jackson hole.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 10:59 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Yep, have no desire. My potential destinations are town sized. You'll find more uniqueness across the country in its towns vs its' cities.
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Pretty much. Bunch of bars, restaurants, breweries with different names but pretty much the same...
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Natural setting is the most important thing to me.
I mean, we get it...you don't like big cities. That's perfectly fine, nothing wrong with that at all. I actually understand where you're coming from.
But maybe this thread just isn't for you?
Posted on 4/19/21 at 11:11 am to AbitaFan08
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And we get it, you live in Boston
That doesn't stop you from saying it dozens of times a week.
This thread is about cities. What were the limitations??
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we get it...you don't like big cities
And we get it, you live in Boston
That doesn't stop you from saying it dozens of times a week.
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But maybe this thread just isn't for you?
This thread is about cities. What were the limitations??
Posted on 4/19/21 at 11:12 am to tadman
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"I don't like baseball because the stadiums are all the same".
IS anyone saying they don't like food?
It's just not something I would center a vacation around.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 11:16 am to RogerTheShrubber
I haven't mentioned Boston once, but ok. Glad that clearly sticks in your craw. Also, an amusing thing to annoy someone that never shuts up about living in Alaska, but I digress.
You've made it clear you don't want to visit cities. Which again, totally fine. But that was the limitation.
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This thread is about cities. What were the limitations??
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Your #1 US city you’ve never visited, but want to
You've made it clear you don't want to visit cities. Which again, totally fine. But that was the limitation.
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 11:18 am
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