Place that didn't live up to expectations

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Anonymous wrote:Melbourne, Australia. I don't know why but I just got such weird vibes.

I loved. It!

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Hawaii.

My own fault for poor research, but I was expecting something quieter and less developed...more exotic. Instead I got traffic jams and Walmarts. It felt like Florida with better scenery. Which makes sense since it's a state.

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Anonymous wrote:Beijing. The air quality was so bad and everything was grey - it felt almost apocalyptic

True. But fascinating culture and sights.

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Anonymous wrote:San Diego
Fort Lauderdale

No, not San Diego!! I loved it there so much we even went back. The weather is absolutely perfect. The little gas lamp district. Padres game. Such a cool town. Not to mention the golf. I kinda want to move there.

Ah well, no accounting for taste!

Mine:
Hawaii
London (though I go a lot for work and have come around some, I was super unimpressed first time)

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It's informative how many people are saying Savannah. I haven't been since I was a kid and we were thinking of doing a short trip there but now I'm thinking no.

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Disneyworld. What a s—show.

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Greece. It’s very photogenic but that’s the thing about “photogenic.” It’s better in photographs than in person.

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I loved Savannah, New Orleans, and Paris. Another city people are often let down by that I loved was Venice.

Places that didn't live up to expectations include Rome, Bali, Varanasi, and Chicago.

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Anonymous wrote:It's informative how many people are saying Savannah. I haven't been since I was a kid and we were thinking of doing a short trip there but now I'm thinking no.

we have gone with kids a couple times and had really wonderful experiences. JMO.

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Anonymous wrote:Los Angeles. OK, the first time I went there was when I was 17 so I was a bit naive. But wow. It is NOTHING like the movies would have you to believe!

I love LA but it’s Detroit with better weather.

I adore LA but LA is not a city, it's like a country in itself. Santa Monica / Palisades are completely different than Echo Park. Brentwood and Topanga Canyon are nothing alike. IMO, LA is not the best city for visiting but an amazing place to live, especially as a young person. I do have two classmates who are raising their kids in LA, so it's possible, with tons of money.

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Anonymous wrote:It's informative how many people are saying Savannah. I haven't been since I was a kid and we were thinking of doing a short trip there but now I'm thinking no.

I loved it but I'm Southern and I like the spooky Southern Gothic thing. Plus the food was amazing!

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I love the coast of Ireland - like all around the edges... but Dublin was just meh. I have family there and I enjoy them but I wouldn't do more than 2 days there without them. My expectations were probably too high. There's actually not that much to see.

I had no expectations of St Louis, MO but I absolutely hated every minute I was there.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the coast of Ireland - like all around the edges... but Dublin was just meh. I have family there and I enjoy them but I wouldn't do more than 2 days there without them. My expectations were probably too high. There's actually not that much to see.

I had no expectations of St Louis, MO but I absolutely hated every minute I was there.

Were you with my in-laws? They can do that.

It’s no Paris, but there is a phenomenal zoo, a cool and enormous city park (I think I read maybe as big as Central Park?), good symphony and museums, a small but cool area of restaurants and galleries and bars and stuff (U. City/the Hill). But again, doesn’t make up for my spouse’s family.

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The Grand Canyon from the rim. Maybe if you hike down into it or that cool glass overlook, but one section of the rim looks like the rest.

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Anonymous wrote:Disneyworld. What a s—show.

I enjoyed Disney as a whole more than expected, but the Magic Kingdom was kind of a disappointment. Way too many "rides" that were really just sitting and looking at animatronic crap. I don't need to wait 45 minutes to see a bunch of dolls in a cave sing It's a Small World.