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I agree with the above statements, I was really disappointed when I visited San Diego for the first time. I guess it's my own fault for not preparing myself, but I was expecting it to be like Honolulu. Instead it's more like Tucson. Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with Tucson, but when you're expecting a lush tropical paradise like Honolulu, Tucson would be a big disappointment.
But my biggest disappointment was Seattle. I honestly don't get why it was so hyped in the 90s. Compared to Vancouver and Portland, I thought Seattle was kind of dumpy. It's got a brilliant skyline, but up close it's a different world. Kind of like looking at Julia Roberts when she's wearing lots of make-up and then seeing her 40 years from now without all the make-up.
All cities have character. Las Vegas has the character of seediness. Even the top line hotels have all the architectural appeal of mid-range hotel elsewhere. The entire place seems to have been built on the philosophy that, if we put up enough neon and plaster casts around, nobody will notice how tawdry the place really is. Venture two blocks off the strip, and it's just a shambling, thrown-up town positioned in the middle of a moonscape. Hunter S. Thompson was right: It's what the entire world would be like if the Nazis had won the Second World War.
What's more, the entire attraction of the place is one long avenue of casinos. Street vendors hand out sex show flyers to every gaping passerby. It's just a cut-rate Roman orgy for white trash America. It's Gatlinburg with slot machines and without trees. It's just one big device to separate yokels from their money without giving them anything substantial in return. Heck, even Orlando has more to offer visitors than that hellhole.
Personally, I go to LV once or twice a year. And I dread every trip I make to that place. Aside from the slums of Third World countries, it's one the most dispiriting place on the planet.
What's more, the entire attraction of the place is one long avenue of casinos. Street vendors hand out sex show flyers to every gaping passerby. It's just a cut-rate Roman orgy for white trash America
I agree with the above statements, I was really disappointed when I visited San Diego for the first time. I guess it's my own fault for not preparing myself, but I was expecting it to be like Honolulu. Instead it's more like Tucson. Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with Tucson, but when you're expecting a lush tropical paradise like Honolulu, Tucson would be a big disappointment.
But my biggest disappointment was Seattle. I honestly don't get why it was so hyped in the 90s. Compared to Vancouver and Portland, I thought Seattle was kind of dumpy. It's got a brilliant skyline, but up close it's a different world. Kind of like looking at Julia Roberts when she's wearing lots of make-up and then seeing her 40 years from now without all the make-up.
In what ways is the city dumpy? Dumpy is kind of a vague adjective......
Who would overrate Orlando, Phoenix in the first place. Though a fine city, Atlanta overhypes itself and is thence overrated. Heck, for the poor average sap trying to make a living and raise a family, NYC is probably overrated.
I'm still sprawled over my chair laughing at how this thread began...
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