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Anonymous wrote:are you all seeing what I'm seeing? Is that an ad? If yes, for what?

What are you talking about?

there was a... cartoon video of different forrest creatures expressing their avid love for each other.

Anonymous wrote:are you all seeing what I'm seeing? Is that an ad? If yes, for what?

What are you talking about?

are you all seeing what I'm seeing? Is that an ad? If yes, for what?

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Anonymous wrote:This is closer to home: Colonial Beach.

Last summer we were looking for a beach that's doable for a day trip from nova. Colonial Beach came on our radar. From my quick research, it sounded promising.

The place was dead in the middle of summer. The beach itself was littered with bird poop, and the sand hard. There were barely a handful of restaurants/cafes open. It was very depressing.

Go to sandy point. My little kids thought it was Adventure Bay

Sandy point was terrible growing up it was filled with jelly fish. Is it still?

Colonial Beach is a bust, the water is awful. The odors and rocky sand were a bust for me.

Maybe try Ocean City? I’ve never been to Ocean City but I’ve got coworkers who love it.

Ocean city is trashy. Are you coworkers trashy? Do the ride hogs?

Anonymous wrote:I've enjoyed every place I've ever visited, except for one: Massanutten. Virginia. I still don't know why the place sort of unsettled me, but it did. We were not there in the winter, maybe that's why? I still cannot pinpoint exactly why. Everyone else had a fine enough time, and I went along, but it felt off. Low vibration strange. I've never felt like that anywhere else. And I grew up rural.

one of your ancestors did something bad there and the local spirts remember. Clearly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is closer to home: Colonial Beach.

Last summer we were looking for a beach that's doable for a day trip from nova. Colonial Beach came on our radar. From my quick research, it sounded promising.

The place was dead in the middle of summer. The beach itself was littered with bird poop, and the sand hard. There were barely a handful of restaurants/cafes open. It was very depressing.

Go to sandy point. My little kids thought it was Adventure Bay

Sandy point was terrible growing up it was filled with jelly fish. Is it still?

Colonial Beach is a bust, the water is awful. The odors and rocky sand were a bust for me.

Maybe try Ocean City? I’ve never been to Ocean City but I’ve got coworkers who love it.

Definitely lots of jelly fish in the bay in August/September. It's really just the beach/state park, so if that PP was looking for a beach town feel, Sandy Point won't be it. If you just want some sand and access to the bay, it fits the bill nicely.

I wouldn’t go back to Madrid.

I really hated London the last time I was there. The people were horrible. Cab driver was casually antisemitic and islamophobe, Harrod's saleslady was a passive aggressive rude woman with a huge fake smile, it felt busy and not as charming as I remembered it, basically all I had heard about England but not experienced before on past trips.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Las Vegas. I’ve been multiple times for work conferences. I can’t imagine going for fun.

+1

+2. Though it's better than Atlantic City where I have also attended work conferences. That place is depressing AF.

Oh yes! AC is just soooo depressing! I thought it would be Vegas at the beach... instead it's just gross.

Anonymous wrote:I've never felt the London love but do not hate it. Been there many times but only for work, that is probably why.

The vacation place I hated everyone else loved was Aruba. IMHO too western, commercial, generic, and windy.

/ love europe and the carib overall just not those spots

I'm with you sister. Aruba is a hot he1l hole with crazy big goats and no grass.

I found Tijuana to be depressing. A bunch of strip clubs and places to buy knockoff pills. Outside the main strip, the neighborhood was very poor and gave off menacing vibes. Seemed like they don’t like Americans. Which given the drunken idiots that visit, I don’t blame them, but nothing about the place appealed to me.

The area surrounding Asheville was awesome as was the neighborhoods along the river. The core downtown was full of drug addicts.

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Anonymous wrote:I had miserable experiences in both Miami and Orlando Florida (Miami less so). I will give the state one more shot (have always wanted to see the Keys) but if I don't like it there, I'm never going back to the state as a whole.

Op here. I felt so old and out of place in Miami. We tried the arts district, we tried restaurants for dinner, I just felt it was not my vibe or my scene as an unfashionable, heavier, mom of three. Miami and Houston as well were my two. I won’t see those again.

No place will ever make you feel uglier than Miami.

So true. I don’t think it’s my scene now as a mom of 3 - but I liked it when I was 22. I don’t think I’ve been back to south beach since a bachelorette party in 2013 - and I was too old then but rallied with friends.

My ILs live in North Miami so I go fairly often, but we like Hollywood Beach now.

Also, OP here to add Atlantic City. First night there was a murder outside our window. There was a terrible odor that lingered on parts of the boardwalk as well. DH parents had a time share at the time. It was bad! The food was terrible. Parking awful. Shuttles crowded and dirty. I wanted out ASAP.

Geneva
Brussels

I love big cities but Geneva was so dull and everyone seemed to be annoyed that I existed. Brussels looked interesting on paper but maybe it’s one of those places that is better if you stay for a couple of months and immerse yourself. It wasn’t great for a short visit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is closer to home: Colonial Beach.

Last summer we were looking for a beach that's doable for a day trip from nova. Colonial Beach came on our radar. From my quick research, it sounded promising.

The place was dead in the middle of summer. The beach itself was littered with bird poop, and the sand hard. There were barely a handful of restaurants/cafes open. It was very depressing.

Go to sandy point. My little kids thought it was Adventure Bay

Sandy point was terrible growing up it was filled with jelly fish. Is it still?

Colonial Beach is a bust, the water is awful. The odors and rocky sand were a bust for me.

Maybe try Ocean City? I’ve never been to Ocean City but I’ve got coworkers who love it.