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Anonymous wrote:OBX is a tourist trap.

+1

OBX is terrible for so many reasons. Terrible.

What part of OBX? I find most that hate OBX are those that go to the Nags Head/Kitty Hawk area. Some like that area, but others are turned off by how much the area has been built up- lots of mediocre restaurants, mini-golf, gift shops...etc.

We love the southern Outer Banks- Hatteras Island. It's not for everybody, but a much different experience than Nags Head. We don't go as much as we used to. The greedy real estate companies have priced us out. Home rentals are more and more expensive, and the logistics of schlepping all of your stuff there is a bit of work. It's easier and cheaper to just fly somewhere, but still love the area. Instead of renting a house for a week, we now just usually go down for long weekends in the off-season.

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Anonymous wrote:Dallas hot and boring.

Agree. I'm there for work a lot. Boring and the food is not great. Not even the BBQ.

The food does suck. I’ve had to spend time there over the last few months and I don’t understand why.

Anonymous wrote:Hated Barbados. Horrible experience there.

In the US - many places. lol.

What happened in Batbados?

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Anonymous wrote:I really dislike Atlanta.

Never been, other than connecting at the airport. I group Atlanta with Houston and Dallas- huge cities that I have no desire to ever visit.

I've visited all three and find this accurate. No desire to return to any of them.

USA

Anonymous wrote:OBX is a tourist trap.

+1

OBX is terrible for so many reasons. Terrible.

Anonymous wrote:I really dislike Atlanta.

Never been, other than connecting at the airport. I group Atlanta with Houston and Dallas- huge cities that I have no desire to ever visit.

I really dislike Atlanta.

Anonymous wrote:Dallas hot and boring.

Agree. I'm there for work a lot. Boring and the food is not great. Not even the BBQ.

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Anonymous wrote:Montreal. People are mean and weird, city is very average in all ways (average Chinatown, average old part, average shopping areas and too crowded). The rest of Quebec is great.

Their whole identity seems to be Quebec first, second and third, then Canadian.

I didn’t find that when I went with my family an I find it weird that someone would think their individual tourist experience is universal. It’s “crowded” like any big city, and didn’t encounter any meanness, quite the opposite in fact, as I thought people were more open to tourists given that Montreal is a big melting pot.

With kids, we loved the restaurants (poutine and crepes especially), old Montreal, the trails in Mont Royal and the biodome.

What Midwestern suburb is chiming in here?

I think you’re projecting. Or maybe haven’t taken your meds today if you think you can guess where people are posting from.

Anonymous wrote:OBX is a tourist trap.

I like Hatteras Island. It’s still a tourist area, but much quieter and less kitsch.

Dallas hot and boring.

Las Vegas and mexico.

OBX is a tourist trap.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t hate it, but San Antonio was pretty dull to me. The Riverwalk is pretty and takes about an hour and there is the Alamo, but not much else. I am glad my trip there was for work and not on my own dime.

Completely agree. Went once with my spouse for his work trip, since it was over our anniversary and thought we could have a nice time away. Riverwalk was frankly a disappointment, and the Alamo was just ok. We know people who have retired there, and I don't understand the appeal.

Well if you go to a city and spend your time exclusively at the two main tourist attractions, yeah, it is likely to be disappointing. We went over Christmas last year and really enjoyed the winter weather, the huge old oak tree at the Alamo, the delicious Mexican food, and 6 Flags Fiesta. If I had more time I would have explored the Hill Country, tried more restaurants, and done a long bike ride along the extended Riverwalk to see the Missions.