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Suppose a foreigner asked you where in the USA they could visit for the purpose of having a REAL AMERICAN EXPERIENCE..

Where would you recommend that they come to visit? They have 2 weeks to spend on their holiday.

Posted - August 10, 2021

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  • 11101
    I would fib and tell them Tofino and parts of Uculet have been part of the US  since 1967  so that they go there and spend their holiday dollars. Cheers! This post was edited by Nanoose at August 11, 2021 6:37 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Start right here in the Big Apple. Where else?
      August 10, 2021 7:15 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    I think it would be easy spend two weeks in NY  and have a good time.
      August 10, 2021 8:12 PM MDT
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  • 44600
    Anywhere else.
      August 11, 2021 6:37 AM MDT
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  • 34240
    You would need to visit more than one location.  East (north and south) and West coast, somewhere in the south and midwest. 
      August 10, 2021 7:34 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    But suppose the visitor only wanted to spend time in one locality eg. Grand Canyon..
      August 10, 2021 8:09 PM MDT
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  • 34240
    There is sight seeing and then there is the American experience.
    Grand Canyon is beautiful but is not the American experience. So I geuss it would depend on what type of experience they were looking for. 

    There is Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Smoky Mountains, ocean beaches, rivers and lakes etc. 

    One area...North/central Tx.  People are very nice. Can visit the Alamo, Six Flags, Sea World, Schlitterbahn water park, San Antonio or Dallas Zoo,  take a tour of a company that makes Dinosaur animatronics, see fossilized dinosaur tracks, see the Perot Museum in Dallas. 
    This post was edited by my2cents at August 11, 2021 6:38 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Have you ever thought you might like to  be  a tour guide? A visitor would need months to spend time at all those places.
      August 10, 2021 9:01 PM MDT
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  • 34240
    Nah..could do it all in a week. Easily. 
      August 11, 2021 6:54 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Like a whirlwind tour in tornado alley.
      August 11, 2021 10:40 AM MDT
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  • 34240
    Lol. Maybe even get to experience a hurricane...
      August 11, 2021 1:24 PM MDT
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  • 581
    I would say skip it.  Do not come to this chithole. It is by far WAY over rated.
      August 10, 2021 7:39 PM MDT
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  • 11101
    Well after you tell them to skip it could you please recomend that they visit Vancouver Island. We are trying push ecotourism to save our trees from the logging companys. If they are not into saving trees tell them thar there are some narley surfing waves on our west coast and they will have to pass through a rainforest to get there (it is a temperate rainforest but still a rainforest so you wouldn'the be lying ). Cheers!
      August 10, 2021 8:16 PM MDT
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  • 581
    Yes, go there.  I loved my time there.  Haven't been able to go back for awhile.  Hopefully, I will make it back.
      August 10, 2021 8:19 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    Don't ask me because I'll send this foreigner to Baltimore Street.
      August 10, 2021 8:48 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Is that in Baltimore?
      August 10, 2021 9:01 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    Downtown Baltimore. Lots and lots and lots of exotic dancers among other things. WORLD FAMOUS!!! This post was edited by Zack at August 11, 2021 6:38 AM MDT
      August 10, 2021 9:23 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    I've been to some Orioles games at Camden Yards and attended a wedding at the World Trade Center. Is it anywhere near the inner harbor?
      August 10, 2021 9:55 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    Maybe a 10-minute walk from the Inner Harbor. This post was edited by Zack at August 11, 2021 8:46 AM MDT
      August 11, 2021 6:57 AM MDT
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  • 44600
    REAL AMERICAN EXPERIENCE? A gun show in Kentucky.

      August 11, 2021 6:41 AM MDT
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  • Anywhere. I would assume that said foreigner might be thinking of the "stereotypical American experience", but if they say "real" then I'll show them that a "real American" can live in any part of the country and there's plenty to see and experience no matter where you are. I'd show them the natural wonders of California then maybe finish with a backyard barbecue. :)
      August 11, 2021 10:30 AM MDT
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  • 44600
      August 11, 2021 4:44 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    I would suggest small towns.  That is how you get a feel for a country.  It is what I've always done when visiting other countries.  I've spent much time in both England and France but have yet to see Paris or London.  I saw Muchen because of the Olympics.  The only people I know who are like New Yorkers are,  well, New Yorkers.  The city. 

    Also, I would tell them that time is of the essence.... 
      August 11, 2021 3:14 PM MDT
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  • 2127
    Scranton Pennsylvania or Marietta Georgia



    This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at September 11, 2021 10:49 AM MDT
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