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10 Plance every American should see (list inside). I've seen 5 so far

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Aug 15 '12, 10:54

Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.
French Quarter, New Orleans, La.
Highway 1, California
Times Square, New York City
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Taos Pueblo N.M.
South Beach, Miami, Fla.
Gettysburg Park, Pa.
Pearl Harbor, O'ahu, Hawaii
National Mall, Washington, D.C.

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Not sure what to drop but shouldn't the Smithsonian be on there? -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:15 2
- It's arguably included in the National Mall -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:16 1
  - oh yeah. Well except for things like the zoo. :) -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:17
11) Batcave, Gotham City -- nm - peglegpete Aug 15, 11:11
8. No NOLA yet, have no desire to see Gettysburg (in fact, I vetoed it for my trip starting tomorrow) -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 11:10
4 -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 15, 11:10
10/10 -- nm - ceregon Aug 15, 11:08
NOLA only. Been to NYC a couple of times but not to the square as I recall -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:08
3 -- nm - CQ Aug 15, 11:07
no Monument Valley :( -- nm - peglegpete Aug 15, 11:05
4/10 -- nm - amoxy Aug 15, 11:04
no Mount Rushmore? -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:03
1 1/2, I guess, if driving on the SF portion of HI 1 counts. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 11:03
3/10 -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:03
6/10 -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 11:02
8! -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:02 1
- my missing ones are Yellowstone and Taos. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:03
4. In addition to the PCH, here's a list of National Scenic Byways in the U.S. -- (link) - Max Aug 15, 11:02
1 but I'll see a second in a couple of weeks. - spamlet Aug 15, 11:00
3. nm - Dignan Aug 15, 11:00
2/10. Times Square and South Beach. Both are highly overrated. - Qale Aug 15, 10:59 45
- I like South Beach, but don't get why they are here, especially when Yosemite isn't -- nm - ceregon Aug 15, 11:10
- Miami was my worst vacation. Hated that city so much. I'll never go back. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:03 2
  - You know the problem with the MIA/FLL area? - ty97 Aug 15, 11:07 1
    - For me the pastel colors made me ill. - Krusty Aug 15, 11:11
- Really? Ft. Lauderdale is a bit of a hellhole. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:01 6
  - I refer to Ft. Lauderdale and south as "Miami." It's all a hellhole down there. - JaxSean Aug 15, 11:03
  - It's very gay. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:03 2
    - You think hell can't be gay? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:03 1
      - Aw come on Satan! -- nm - Saddam Aug 15, 11:04
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    - Miami. So I guess I kind of played a little shell game there. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:03
- They are both what they are, now-over-hyped tourist areas that are worth seeing, but are not Top 10 material -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:00 33
  - they're still fairly iconic parts of Americana, even overrun with tourists - znufrii Aug 15, 11:02
  - Other than always wanting to go on the Stanton Island Ferry, I'd like to think I've spent enough time in NYC to not be a tourist when I go. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:01 31
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      - Well, the first time I went, certainly quite touristy. But the next time it was for a week. The next two. I've stayed as long as a month before - Qale Aug 15, 11:05
      - A tourist comes with a camera, and goes to the top of things. -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:04 24
        
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        Those drunken escapades could happen anywhere. If she's not using her camera to take 100s of photos of the skyline, she's not a tourist! -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:15 2
        
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        i think a tourist is there to "see famous interesting things", sort of a 'check off the list' type trip. A visitor is just someone who is there in a - Andie Aug 15, 11:18
        
        where's the top of Times Square? - loosilu Aug 15, 11:05 19
        
        The ball (before it drops). -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:08 4
        
        that would be an uncomfortable place to visit. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:10 3
        
        Loosi doesn't like big balls -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:11 2
        
        it's a pole. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:15 1
        
        Loosi doesn't like to work the pole -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:17
        
        There are reasons to go to Times Square that aren't being a tourist - Roger More Aug 15, 11:07 13
        
        Not many. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:09
        
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        On a certain level, people need to get over the fear of "being a tourist" - Reagen Aug 15, 11:13 8
        
        that said, Times Square is interesting for the crowds, but otherwise has absolutely nothing NYC in it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:16 1
        
        TKTS booth! -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:16
        
        Being a "tourist" can be very free-ing. Some people ignore you, some get out of your way, others smile benignly. -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 15, 11:15 4
        
        or, in NYC, you get shoulder-checked by the locals who have somewhere to be, and you're in their way. :) -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:16 3
        
        as if they bother to see if you're a tourist before doing that -- nm - zork Aug 15, 11:18 2
        
        if you're moving slow, they already know. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:19 1
        
        *ding* -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:22
        
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        exactly. When I go there to hang with my brother (or you guys) I don't consider my self a tourist. When I go with someone doing touristy things - decline Aug 15, 11:10 1
        
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    - I don't know, you did just call it Stanton Island...... -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 11:02 3
      - I blame spell check. I got it wrong on my own, Google just helped it along. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:04 1
        
        Relatedly: Why isn't Chrome's spell check better? It should know how to fix things like Galifianakis. It's built on a frickin' search engine. -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:08
      - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 11:04
7/10. Haven't been to Hawaii, New Orleans, and I'm not sure what the Taos Pueblo is. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 15, 10:59 7
- I have seen the New Orleans bus station, I didn't count that -- nm - amoxy Aug 15, 11:13
- Wow. Can't you see New Orleans from your house? - Spawn Aug 15, 11:00 5
  - It's about 9 hours away. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 15, 11:02 4
    - road trip! you've got a chauffeur now -- nm - decline Aug 15, 11:03
    - I know, just kidding. But seriously, you need to go. -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:03 2
      - (I actually thought it was farther until I just google-mapped it.) - JaxSean Aug 15, 11:04 1
        
        heh, I figured it was 6! -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 11:06
7 -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 10:58
ZERO. - groiny Aug 15, 10:58 7
- same. -- nm - Beaker Aug 15, 11:01
- How is that even possible? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 10:58 5
  - as a kid, my vacations were for fishing. - groiny Aug 15, 10:59 4
    - You've been three blocks from the National Mall but you haven't seen it? -- nm - Max Aug 15, 11:02 3
      - did you offer to take me there? - groiny Aug 15, 11:15 1
        
        he probably assumed you'd been there, since EVERYONE has. - loosilu Aug 15, 11:18
      - I was in sight of the White House, but instead I drank whiskey in a bar with shuffleboard and threw up all night. -- nm - Jelly Aug 15, 11:05
Yup, none. -- nm - Jelly Aug 15, 10:58
4/10 -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 10:57
P.S. What an odd list. - ty97 Aug 15, 10:56 2
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- well, it is a travel site :) -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:58
Geebus, 3/10??? I've got roadtripping to do! - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 10:56 7
- It's far more than just a field. she must have missed most of it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:02 3
  - Please expound. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:07 2
    - Battlefield tours (There are sites to visit ALL OVER the area), multiple museums (some National Park Service, some private), Dwight Eisenhower's. - loosilu Aug 15, 11:15 1
      - "Try finding out about it on this thing called the Web" - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:19
- Now, everybody post a pic of yourself at one of these places! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 15, 11:01 [flickr]
- yeah, Gettysburg is pretty much a field -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:57
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2/10 i need to get out more -_- -- nm - gLu Aug 15, 10:56 1
- That smiley doesn't work as well on this forum. ^,.,^ -- nm - Qale Aug 15, 11:06
5/10 -- nm - ty97 Aug 15, 10:56
I've seen 4 (not counting as an infant or from an airplane), though one has been many years (Gettysburg). -- nm - Don Homer Aug 15, 10:55
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- I have friends who are going there next month. so jealous. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 10:56
4/10 -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 10:55 7
- and there's really no reason not to cross Gettysburg off my list sometime soon. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 10:57 6
  - You really need to take a drive over there. It's a very nice park -- nm - decline Aug 15, 10:58 5
    - we're going to be camping outside of Harrisburg in a couple weeks, thinking we might go through there on our way back. -- nm - znufrii Aug 15, 11:00 4
      - I highly recommend getting a guided tour. - Inigo Aug 15, 11:02 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 11:06
      - Stop in Lancaster too and get some Amish food - decline Aug 15, 11:00 1
        
        and some ice cream! You can stick it on their hat and they won't even fight back! -- nm - Roger More Aug 15, 11:05

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