Anyone who has never been out of the east coast?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago, LA, or Seattle. Skip San Fran (sadly).

I grew up in San Francisco. Do not go there.

Democrats destroyed my city. It is a dangerous sh!t hole and I literally mean: the homeless sh!t on the streets so much, the city stinks all over.

I feel sorry for the homeless; everyone should. But the San Francisco homeless are mean, aggressive, and dangerous. We don’t use the word homeless out there; the unhoused people are transients. Seriously don’t go to San Francisco.

San Francisco has been like this since the late 70s. I'd go every Christmas, up to about age 12, and cry because of all the homeless. I remember getting knots in my stomach because it was so upsetting.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sitting here in the midwest, never having been to the East coast.

Really??? How???

I encourage you to visit DC—noting the Smithsonian museums, library of Congress, zoo, monuments, etc. are FREE. Head to Annapolis, MD for a historic port city and state capital to eat crabs.

Everyone should visit NYC around Christmas as well as during spring or autumn.

Charleston and Boston are filled with history and both cities have excellent food. Ditto for New Orleans. You can head to the beach from Charleston and Boston.

Colonial Williamsburg is a must. Great vacation with kids (with nearby Busch gardens).

Never been to Florida??? Really??? So many beach towns each with a different vibe. Disney?

I've been to Florida, but don't really consider that the east coast, per se. In fact, we own a condo on the gulf side.
I WOULD like to go and visit those areas you've mentioned but I tend to stay here in the summer (the only time the weather is nice) and if we travel in the winter, its to a warmer climate.
I'll get there some day.

I mean, Florida beaches form a decent chunk of the east coast…literally ;0)

Where are you in the Midwest that you haven’t ventured to major east coast cities?

Smack dab in the middle.
Also, I grew up in the PNW so I travel there yearly too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sitting here in the midwest, never having been to the East coast.

Really??? How???

I encourage you to visit DC—noting the Smithsonian museums, library of Congress, zoo, monuments, etc. are FREE. Head to Annapolis, MD for a historic port city and state capital to eat crabs.

Everyone should visit NYC around Christmas as well as during spring or autumn.

Charleston and Boston are filled with history and both cities have excellent food. Ditto for New Orleans. You can head to the beach from Charleston and Boston.

Colonial Williamsburg is a must. Great vacation with kids (with nearby Busch gardens).

Never been to Florida??? Really??? So many beach towns each with a different vibe. Disney?

Different person than the Midwesterner but I have no interest in history or politics or zoos (they smell bad). I can eat crabs where I live. Seeing a monument isn't exciting or fun. You look for five seconds, say oh, and move on. I don't want to go places that are humid and/or hot. I don't want to go to Colonial Williamsburg and learn to churn butter or chop wood or whatever. I can go to an amusement park near where I live.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:First gen here never been out of the east coast except to family's country. Wondering what city out of the east coast is best to visit first.

Jackson hole
Boulder
Park city
Sun valley
Tahoe
Palm Springs
Bozeman

everything above except for Palm Springs. I'm originally from SoCal.

If you are from the east coast. you are used to forest, hills, topography. So, if you want to see something different, go for places like Tahoe, Santa Fe. If you go to Las Vegas, go to Brice Canyon. I don't personally like LV (been there several times), but I think it's worth going just once. There are forests in the east coast, but there's nothing like the Redwood forest in NorCal. Also, Yosemite.

I would also love to see Savannah and New Orleans for the food.

NP. What is Santa Fe and Tahoe like during the winter break school season?

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I’m side tracking here but I met a guy who had never been been out of DC. Born and raised in the district and never left it. I was working at a nonprofit at the time and he was an outreach community coordinator. This was a couple years ago so I’m hoping he’s gathered enough courage by now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First gen here never been out of the east coast except to family's country. Wondering what city out of the east coast is best to visit first.

Jackson hole
Boulder
Park city
Sun valley
Tahoe
Palm Springs
Bozeman

everything above except for Palm Springs. I'm originally from SoCal.

If you are from the east coast. you are used to forest, hills, topography. So, if you want to see something different, go for places like Tahoe, Santa Fe. If you go to Las Vegas, go to Brice Canyon. I don't personally like LV (been there several times), but I think it's worth going just once. There are forests in the east coast, but there's nothing like the Redwood forest in NorCal. Also, Yosemite.

I would also love to see Savannah and New Orleans for the food.

NP. What is Santa Fe and Tahoe like during the winter break school season?

NP. Santa Fe at Christmas and New years is magical! It is very worth the long trip and the beautiful blue skies and cold air are ideal winter weather if you’re used to the east coast.

[Anonymous]

Chicago if you like cities. They have good museums and sight-seeing and good public transit. I found the city relatively easy to navigate even with its large size. The parts right along Lake Michigan are really beautiful and striking.

For “The South” try Charleston or Savannah, both are really interesting and historic but you probably will need a car.

Vegas is worth visiting just for the tourism, it’s a well-oiled machine.

Alaska cruise if you can manage it.

[Anonymous]

American cities aren’t great to visit, but the nature is amazing. Anywhere on the West Coast or the National Parks in the South West.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sitting here in the midwest, never having been to the East coast.

Really??? How???

I encourage you to visit DC—noting the Smithsonian museums, library of Congress, zoo, monuments, etc. are FREE. Head to Annapolis, MD for a historic port city and state capital to eat crabs.

Everyone should visit NYC around Christmas as well as during spring or autumn.

Charleston and Boston are filled with history and both cities have excellent food. Ditto for New Orleans. You can head to the beach from Charleston and Boston.

Colonial Williamsburg is a must. Great vacation with kids (with nearby Busch gardens).

Never been to Florida??? Really??? So many beach towns each with a different vibe. Disney?

Different person than the Midwesterner but I have no interest in history or politics or zoos (they smell bad). I can eat crabs where I live. Seeing a monument isn't exciting or fun. You look for five seconds, say oh, and move on. I don't want to go places that are humid and/or hot. I don't want to go to Colonial Williamsburg and learn to churn butter or chop wood or whatever. I can go to an amusement park near where I live.

What about beautiful ocean beaches and mountains to ski ?

I’ve been everywhere except PNW and Texas. The Midwest is hands down the most boring part of the country. Rows and rows of corn on flat land and people there are not the friendliest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sitting here in the midwest, never having been to the East coast.

Really??? How???

I encourage you to visit DC—noting the Smithsonian museums, library of Congress, zoo, monuments, etc. are FREE. Head to Annapolis, MD for a historic port city and state capital to eat crabs.

Everyone should visit NYC around Christmas as well as during spring or autumn.

Charleston and Boston are filled with history and both cities have excellent food. Ditto for New Orleans. You can head to the beach from Charleston and Boston.

Colonial Williamsburg is a must. Great vacation with kids (with nearby Busch gardens).

Never been to Florida??? Really??? So many beach towns each with a different vibe. Disney?

Different person than the Midwesterner but I have no interest in history or politics or zoos (they smell bad). I can eat crabs where I live. Seeing a monument isn't exciting or fun. You look for five seconds, say oh, and move on. I don't want to go places that are humid and/or hot. I don't want to go to Colonial Williamsburg and learn to churn butter or chop wood or whatever. I can go to an amusement park near where I live.

Wonderful. We are happy that you are staying put.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First gen here never been out of the east coast except to family's country. Wondering what city out of the east coast is best to visit first.

Jackson hole
Boulder
Park city
Sun valley
Tahoe
Palm Springs
Bozeman

everything above except for Palm Springs. I'm originally from SoCal.

If you are from the east coast. you are used to forest, hills, topography. So, if you want to see something different, go for places like Tahoe, Santa Fe. If you go to Las Vegas, go to Brice Canyon. I don't personally like LV (been there several times), but I think it's worth going just once. There are forests in the east coast, but there's nothing like the Redwood forest in NorCal. Also, Yosemite.

I would also love to see Savannah and New Orleans for the food.

NP. What is Santa Fe and Tahoe like during the winter break school season?

Tahoe has great skiing. It may have changed from years ago, but Tahoe is not as crowded during the winter breaks as it is during the summer breaks.

The school district we used to live in CA had a whole week off in February for "ski week" because so many families would pull their kids out to go skiing, so they just decided to have a whole ski week. Yea, I live id in a wealthy area.

It's very pretty if there is a lot of snow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went out west a couple times and was not impressed. I occasionally go to Vegas for all the usual reasons but otherwise, if I’m going to spend 5+ hrs on a plane I’m going to Europe with that time and money. The mid Atlantic to northeast is the best part of America and it’s not close, no need to waste time and money seeing all the inferior parts. Sorry not sorry

Serious or trolling? I’ll bite. The western U.S. is great. Do you not like mountains, interesting landscapes, beautiful beaches, deserts…etc?

[Anonymous]

Wow, how sad!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went out west a couple times and was not impressed. I occasionally go to Vegas for all the usual reasons but otherwise, if I’m going to spend 5+ hrs on a plane I’m going to Europe with that time and money. The mid Atlantic to northeast is the best part of America and it’s not close, no need to waste time and money seeing all the inferior parts. Sorry not sorry

Haha. DC doesn’t even make my top 10 list of American cities. Going “out West a couple of times” does not make you the expert. I’d be embarrassed to blazon my insularity so freely, if I were you.

[Anonymous]

I love New Orleans. It feels more like the Caribbean than the US. Lots of people here will scream about the crime and call it dirty, but it has a totally unique food and music culture.