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In response to "10 Plance every American should see (list inside). I've seen 5 so far" by decline

2/10. Times Square and South Beach. Both are highly overrated.

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Aug 15 '12, 10:59

My favorite place in NYC is Battery Park, and I like Ft. Lauderdale better than Miami. Though really I prefer Apalachicola if we're really talking Florida.

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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

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2/10. Times Square and South Beach. Both are highly overrated.

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