I think I've hit a nerve! Yes, I chose Moldova because it is a poor, corrupt country IN EUROPE. It's not a disparagement; it's a fact. But that has hit a nerve as well. The "European" poster obviously does not want to be associated with that! They want us to think of Paris, Vienna. Sorry, if you're going to be vague and call yourself "from Europe", I'm going to ascribe Moldova to you. I hope you're okay today and your electricity stays on and you bribe the right politician. Good luck! (and yes we already know about the US, thanks for lumping all 333 MILLION of us together! Appreciate the irony!) |
I think you don’t like places in general! |
I'm an East Coaster who actually loves Phoenix (and Tempe). Yes, all the suburbs look the same, but there's enough there that's so completely different from anywhere else that you do feel a decent southwest vibe. It helps to go in the cooler months. It is surely one of those places where you think "Humans are so arrogant to live here!!!! This won't last long!!!" |
Wow, you are something else. I don’t even know what to say to this. Honestly, many Europeans view Americans exactly the way you present yourself and I try to tell them that not all Americans are that way. But you are definitely proving me wrong! |
Detroit. A lot of Oakland County is strip malls and subdivisions with big box stores sprinkled in. Macomb County is MAGA.
Indianapolis. Somebody who dumped me came from there. Phoenix. Please don't tell me it's dry heat so that makes it livable. |
I took a train in India and no photoshopped white men fell off the roof. It was a fine enough experience. I’ve had more stressful train experiences in Germany tbh with packed out trains, no room to move, standing room only, and then some chump with a BIKE trying to get on the train. And I’m a PP who said India was fascinating and I’d go back. I think the main issue with India is it is so NOT like the US, but it’s not pretty and familiar like Europe or clean and glamorous the way many of the Eastern Asian countries are, and a lot of American really just can’t cope with it. Like they just do not know how to process everything going on there at all times. |
Np. I think it's you. |
That’s a weird way to buy fry bread because it’ really needs to be fresh out of the fryer. I lived in Arizona 13 years and never heard of anyone selling fry bread that way. Food truck situation yes, like in the lot outside San Xavier on the Torino reservation. |
Stupid auto correct — Tohomo not Torino. |
+1. Hiking, biking, Appalachian Trail, canoeing, rafting. Beautiful. You don’t go there to shop and eat at restaurants. |
I'm from Phoenix and will be moving back there next year and can't wait. It's like a different world from NOVA/DC and I love it. Yes, the sprawl is real and I get it but there's so much stuff to do outdoors, if you like that kind of stuff. I love all the hiking, love Sedona, plus you're only like a 4.5 hour away drive to the ocean. Lots of great weekend trips in the area, lots of national park service units. |
Agree with all of this. I'm the poster way back who lived in India as an expat for a few years. I never EVER saw trains like this and I was looking -- because from the media, I assumed they would all be like this and they're absolutely not. India was my first time out of North America, believe it or not, and I loved it. But I also prepared myself with lots of research before we moved there. Do I want to go back? ABSOLUTELY. There was so much I didn't get to see! I never got treated poorly -- sure people tried to scam me, but you learn their game pretty fast -- and I solo traveled around the country as a blonde white woman. |
Aw that's a shame. When we went 15 years ago when DS was 4 it was pretty neat. That's the thing about theme parks. They have to spend a lot for the up keep. |
I'm the PP who would prefer Frederick for a town... I do like history, old towns and victorians.. I visited the little museum in HF, but the town itself is still a nothing burger, but yea, the river is nice. I've been on the river multiple times. |
Clearwater beach, FL |