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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

[b]I had no expectations of St Louis, MO but I absolutely hated every minute I was there. [/b][/quote]

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. [/quote]

I went for a wedding of a friend of my boyfriend at the time. The family hosting the wedding were rude and unwelcoming. The city was the most segregated place I had ever been- and I'm from Richmond, VA. The family lived in a gated neighborhood in a fancy house but right down the block were people living in terrible conditions.

I was very not surprised to see those white idiots standing outside of their homes with guns were in St Louis.[/quote]

This back and forth could describe a number of cities — Nashville, Cincinatti, OK City. They all have features that can be fun when you visit, decent food if you know where to look (well Cincy’s food isn’t amazing but there are some good breweries and bars), but also some real issues with race and culture that can be hard to overlook if you are used to visiting more cosmopolitan cities. I think Nashville disappointed me the most because I’m a music lover and the history there is pretty amazing. It had GREAT food but yes— very segregated, plus you have to drive everywhere, and it attracts a lot of idiot tourists. Like the same people you find on Bourbon Street, only everywhere, slightly less drunk, no less obnoxious.

Cindy is funny because people will do the same thing as the person above did with St. Louis. It has a great zoo! It has some cool outdoor space! Graeters! Which yes, if you are there for a wedding or work, that’s some redeemable stuff. But if you are just visiting, it is very hard to overlook the racism and segregation, how freaking ugly the skyline and downtown are, and just the oppressive feeling of midwestern mediocrity (I am from the Midwest).

When people are like “oh, you’ve got to check out the zoo!” you know they are scraping rock bottom.[/quote]

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