New England is depressing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What was depressing about it?

PP here.. i just re-read your post.

You know that NE is really really really old, right? It's going to be "tired". They are not going to have new fangled buildings in their downtowns.

Also, it's the fall. It's cold up there. There aren't going to be too many festivals outside.

What were you expecting, exactly?

Like any region there are parts of NE that are tired and rundown. Where exactly did you go to that you felt it was depressing?

OP here. I don’t mind old architecture. I love it! I was expecting for Boston and other towns to look more like European cities in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. It was depressing.

Nowhere in the US will look like Europe. It's only been around for about 530 years. Most of our "original" real buildings are long gone and not preserved. Odd you would think New England would look the same as anywhere in Europe.

Am I stupid? I thought we were 246 years old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This post made me laugh. I grew up north of Boston. I mean... MA is way more picturesque than about 90% of the US. You need to get out more. I do agree stuff is old - but that is just New England in general.

+1

"looks like Baltimore," LMAO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe try another visit? I like Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The only place I got a weird vibe is Maine. I've been a few times and really don't like it. Very dreary and strange.

You find Portland, Bar Harbor, Camden, Belfast, and Boothbay Harbor “dreary and strange”? The Maine coast is gorgeous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was depressing about it?

PP here.. i just re-read your post.

You know that NE is really really really old, right? It's going to be "tired". They are not going to have new fangled buildings in their downtowns.

Also, it's the fall. It's cold up there. There aren't going to be too many festivals outside.

What were you expecting, exactly?

Like any region there are parts of NE that are tired and rundown. Where exactly did you go to that you felt it was depressing?

OP here. I don’t mind old architecture. I love it! I was expecting for Boston and other towns to look more like European cities in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. It was depressing.

Nowhere in the US will look like Europe. It's only been around for about 530 years. Most of our "original" real buildings are long gone and not preserved. Odd you would think New England would look the same as anywhere in Europe.

Am I stupid? I thought we were 246 years old.

530 years ago puts you at 1492, presumably what the PP was referencing. For me, I'd say the US is approximately 415 years old, going back to Jamestown's first settlement, not 1776.

[Anonymous]

You went to the wrong place. Salem is not very nice. And the drive from Boston to Salem is very depressing. Next time head out west from Boston to Concord etc.

[Anonymous]

This is a hilarious thread . . . Op's expectations that New England is like Europe and thinking that other parts of America are nicer . . .

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have you been to America? This whole country is a s-hole. And yes, New England is the best of it. Which tells you something.

OP here. That is a problem. I haven’t seen much of America. Love DC and NYC but haven’t really been outside those two cities. Was hoping for New England to feel more like Europe based on what I read. It was so disappointing. Boston looked like a larger Baltimore and had no vibe. What people usually like about New England? Fall foliage was nice but those are just trees; I can get the same views around DMV.

If you think Boston looked like Baltimore, you were probably in the wrong part of town!

ha exactly what I was thinking!

[Anonymous]

New England could not be less "European" styled. It's old time colonial America. That you thought it would look like Europe is hysterical.

I grew up in CT and LOVE driving all over New England, miss it terribly now that I'm in NoVA. Lots of charming little towns, beautiful seacoasts, and history galore. You hit the tourist traps it sounds like, better planning next time.

I happen to love Boston, but you have to actually hit the great neighborhoods like Back Bay, North End, Cambridge, etc.

[Anonymous]

Happiness = reality minus expectations.

Your expectations were way off OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was depressing about it?

PP here.. i just re-read your post.

You know that NE is really really really old, right? It's going to be "tired". They are not going to have new fangled buildings in their downtowns.

Also, it's the fall. It's cold up there. There aren't going to be too many festivals outside.

What were you expecting, exactly?

Like any region there are parts of NE that are tired and rundown. Where exactly did you go to that you felt it was depressing?

OP here. I don’t mind old architecture. I love it! I was expecting for Boston and other towns to look more like European cities in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. It was depressing.

Nowhere in the US will look like Europe. It's only been around for about 530 years. Most of our "original" real buildings are long gone and not preserved. Odd you would think New England would look the same as anywhere in Europe.

Am I stupid? I thought we were 246 years old.

530 years ago puts you at 1492, presumably what the PP was referencing. For me, I'd say the US is approximately 415 years old, going back to Jamestown's first settlement, not 1776.

Before Jamestown or the Plymouth Colony, the oldest permanent European settlement in what is now the United States was founded in September 1565 by a Spanish soldier named Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in St. Augustine, Florida.

457 years old.

[Anonymous]

+LMAO

Love New England, but NE states are made of suburbs & small colonial towns! OP is an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Go to Stowe VT or Camden Me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was depressing about it?

PP here.. i just re-read your post.

You know that NE is really really really old, right? It's going to be "tired". They are not going to have new fangled buildings in their downtowns.

Also, it's the fall. It's cold up there. There aren't going to be too many festivals outside.

What were you expecting, exactly?

Like any region there are parts of NE that are tired and rundown. Where exactly did you go to that you felt it was depressing?

OP here. I don’t mind old architecture. I love it! I was expecting for Boston and other towns to look more like European cities in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. It was depressing.

Get a passport and spend a weekend in Quebec City for that European vibe.

Meanwhile, stop crapping on New England. We are the cradle of Liberty and will be the last bastion of sanity when this country goes nuts for fascism. We are more intelligent and have a better quality of life than the rest of the country and it is a beautiful area with fantastic natural beauty and diverse culture, especially southern New England. If you didn’t enjoy yourself here it is because you are a negative Nelly with unreasonable expectations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you been to America? This whole country is a s-hole. And yes, New England is the best of it. Which tells you something.

You must a Trump believer. America is not a s-hole. I was in Vermont last weekend and it was beautiful. Maybe it is just you who is old and tired op

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was depressing about it?

PP here.. i just re-read your post.

You know that NE is really really really old, right? It's going to be "tired". They are not going to have new fangled buildings in their downtowns.

Also, it's the fall. It's cold up there. There aren't going to be too many festivals outside.

What were you expecting, exactly?

Like any region there are parts of NE that are tired and rundown. Where exactly did you go to that you felt it was depressing?

OP here. I don’t mind old architecture. I love it! I was expecting for Boston and other towns to look more like European cities in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. It was depressing.

Get a passport and spend a weekend in Quebec City for that European vibe.

Meanwhile, stop crapping on New England. We are the cradle of Liberty and will be the last bastion of sanity when this country goes nuts for fascism. We are more intelligent and have a better quality of life than the rest of the country and it is a beautiful area with fantastic natural beauty and diverse culture, especially southern New England. If you didn’t enjoy yourself here it is because you are a negative Nelly with unreasonable expectations.

Huh. You do know we stent Switzerland/Germany/Austria. Go live there if you hate America.