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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:35 PM Original message |
U.S.'s Most Over-Rated Tourist Traps |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Thing? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. hey! |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. This made me laugh |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. I get gas up there sometimes. Its just a few miles up the road. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. what is it anyway? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. it's |
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oedura (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
139. Look it up on Wikipedia... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #139 |
151. Thanks, but I don't trust Wikipedia for anything. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Breezewood. nt. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Breezewood, PA? |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. All of the above. You are FORCED through it. nt. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
88. I used to get gas, something to eat and my wife got a few plates there |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. I convinced my friends wife that Breezewood was like the confluence |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Do people actually anticipate Breezewood? |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. People look forward to getting out of it ... nt. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
68. Breezewood causes arguments |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. "never see Breezewood again". Yeah, I have always mentally dubbed it |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
74. It is kind of bizarre how I-70 just dead ends with a stop light, before you |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. They did it deliberately so you would have to consider stopping/spending |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #76 |
85. Interestingly, my dad traveled through that area extensively |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Ok. Won't |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. the one closest to me is Tombstone |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I like the fueding acting companies. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. the stagecoach ride is amusing |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Boot Hill is a good campy gag! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. and it's free! |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I remember when my grandparents went to Tombstone when I was a kid--I was jealous |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. I get stuck taking visitors there sometimes |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Las Vegas |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. but it makes such a great contrast to all that desert and nature and stuff |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Actually I think the Las Vegas of the 1960s was pretty cool... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. oh yeah I'm sure it was cooler then |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I think Gallup is cool now. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. i was there a couple years ago - stayed at the El Rancho |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
80. Las Vegas is the real armpit of America |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
100. +10000000!!!! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. double post oops NT |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. are you really that afraid of having your own adventures? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Problem #1 - Cigarette smoke |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #107 |
112. well, you just need to get out more, for starters, water is free or $1 tip, not $5 |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Let me add I hate gambling |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #112 |
156. Where the hell can you still successfully count cards in this town? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #100 |
108. +1 more |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #100 |
123. Maybe you could make a trip to Zion NP, Red Rock SP or Valley of Fire SP. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
104. jesus people you sound like a real fun crowd, las vegas is nothing if not the real america |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #104 |
117. Enjoy it then! |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #117 |
170. I'm with you, Taverner! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #104 |
126. I thought the film "Lost in America" (1985) illustrated the whole Vegas scheme to a T. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
163. Wendover is so much cheaper, anyway. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. Salton Sea is the most disappointing place I've ever been to. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. beaches like this would make resorts a pretty tough go, I would think |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #41 |
83. The second picture is at Bombay Beach, on the eastern shore of the Salton Sea |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
56. If you're into birds, the area is pretty cool |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
109. That's kinda why you go. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
122. The Arroyo Tapiado mud caves |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #122 |
127. Thanks |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
130. The New River. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Fished it?!?! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. "South of the Border" |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. you are probably just talking about THE border |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. This is the place |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. d'oh |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Yeah, I didn't know how to better explain the place. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. looks like it has potential |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. What's horrid, is that driving either north or south on I95 |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
71. "You never sausage such a place!" |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
111. There are bazillions of "South of the Border" bumperstickers in the mid-Atlantic area, too |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
54. Oh don't you be talking bad about South of the Border, now |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I thought you meant the chain "mexican" food place. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
57. It's right south of the North Carolina border |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Isn't that kind of the Wall Drug of the southeast? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
60. I love Plymouth, too. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I spent my childhood in Plymouth |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. maybe we are cousins |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. It's been a while, but for seafood head to the bridge to Quintels. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. Hey, I'm swilling coffee from my South of the Border mug at this very moment! |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
97. I've got one of those too. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. Excellent (you have great bad taste)... |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
79. That's my vote |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
96. I have a love/hate relationship with South of the Border. |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. I still feel guilty about it... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. This may help with the guilt... |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #101 |
118. oh, cool! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Good! |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
132. This was the first thing I thought of when I read the post title |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
146. The only good thing about South of the Border are the signs along 95 |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. Wall Drug, South Dakota |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. But they have free ice water! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. oh I like that! |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
143. LOL I have always wondered if this place was any good, there are signs all up north for hundreds |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. People actually look forward to visiting Fisherman's Wharf? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. yes because if your from Kansas or somewhere boring, its exciting |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It's just a shopping area with a greater-than-normal number of panhandlers and Japanese tourists. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. And Mimes, don't forget the mimes |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. I LOVE the Wharf |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
171. I remember Jack London Square as being touristy from decades ago. n/t |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. I agree with The Alamo. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
63. the good thing about the Alamo for me... |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
144. we didn't go in, but from the outside it didn't look as big or majestic as I thought it would be |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
145. Being a rube I passed it twice before it was pointed out to me. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
167. I'm not sure it's overrated |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. The Madonna Inn & Solvang for two |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Woah! Back off! The Madonna actually has very good food (as long as you tune out |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. For kitschy food locales it has to be So. Lake Tahoe Heidi's & Pea Soup Anderson's |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Solvang sucks |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #58 |
153. mui suckage n/t |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
129. Come on: you gotta visit the Madonna Inn at least once |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #129 |
154. hahahaha, you got it! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. Dubai in Summer! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
66. Oops! U.S.- |
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TokenQueer (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
47. I live in Williamsburg, VA (yes, that Colonial Williamsburg). |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. I love Williamsburg and Yorktown |
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TokenQueer (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #59 |
77. You mean this Nick's Seafood Pavilion? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
92. ah, Ben and Jerry's has replaced Nick's. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
48. Driving down Lombard Street stoned out of my mind on great dope |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I usually do one, right after the other |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #48 |
69. Walking on Fisherman's Wharf stoned out of my mind on great dope |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
53. Pigeon Forge Tennensee |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #53 |
141. I've been to Pigeon Forge many times. |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #53 |
158. The schlocky stuff is all I remember about Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
55. Two words: Wall Drug |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
64. Disney World - all of the Orlando area |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
94. You obviously don't get out enough. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #94 |
135. The original question was about "Most Over-Rated Tourist Traps" |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
67. I'm surprised no one said Niagara Falls. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #67 |
81. Last time I was there, the American side smelled reaaaalllyyyy bad |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #67 |
134. I didn't see your post. I just posted mine -- same thing -- US side of Niagra Falls sucks. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
72. I can't believe no one has said Times Square |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
73. Nobody said Branson, MO? |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. That goes at the top of my list. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #73 |
90. Top of my list and |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #73 |
168. It's kind of like Disney World for old people |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
82. Hollywood. I live in LA and feel sorry for the throngs that |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. So many tourists from outside the US seem to think that they can go to |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. I live 20 minutes from Malibu just over the mountains and |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Who? Who! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Last celeb I saw was David Duchovny at the Malibu yogurt shop. However, |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
93. I thought the basement of the Alamo was pretty cool |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
95. Walt Disney World |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
98. Most of the Wisconsin Dells |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. kinda like the dells |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #102 |
124. I loved the Dells as a child |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #98 |
147. the downtown is worthless.... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #98 |
172. My wife made mad crazy tips as a bartender at The Wilderness |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
110. Hollywood Blvd. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
113. Aw, c'mon. Grab a Big Ass Beer on Bourbon, then cruise the side streets. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #113 |
125. I did just that last month in NO |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #125 |
137. Did you KICK NAGIN'S ASS? |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
114. I can't believe they left out..... well... anything in Branson. |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
116. Area 51. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. warehouse 13 is pretty cool |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Never saw it, looks interesting, though. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
128. A little disappointed about Falling Water's photo policy |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
133. The US side of Niagra Falls. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #133 |
136. I guess I was fortunate |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
138. The entire state of Florida. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:47 AM Response to Reply #138 |
142. I'll agree with that. Especially South Florida. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #138 |
149. Let me guess. You never left International Drive, right? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #149 |
155. Where do you get off posting that disgusting crap? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #155 |
157. Tell me about it. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #138 |
159. +1 |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #138 |
166. +2 |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
140. Carhenge - making Nebraska a destination |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
148. I was in Plymouth a week and a half ago. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #148 |
150. we did too. went to the mayflower, the indian/pilgram area (excellent) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
152. 1. The Disney complex in Orlando 2. The Mall of America |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
160. Mount Vernon, sad to say. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
161. Disneyland and Disneyworld, hate 'em both. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
162. Niagara Falls, N.Y. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
164. The entire Texas Gulf Coast, and especially Galveston. |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
165. The Empire State Building |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
169. The Liberty Bell |
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