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Discussion: Your top five overrated cities
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Originally posted by Cain
May I ask what you expected?
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I expected it to be really romantic and pretty, which it sort of was, but I just found it too dark. I know that's a weird critique, but it's just my opinion.
Also it felt empty when I was there, like a ghost town. I think I'd like it more in the summer (I like bark).
European cities are so much better in the summer, whereas everyone says American cities like NYC and Chicago are better in the winter.
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1) Berlin, Germany. Every school here takes the students there on school trip but it's just ugly and depressing.
2) Los Angeles, CA. Everything looks fake there.
3) Las Vegas, NV. It's basically a playground for rich people.
4) Copenhagen, Denmark. Apart from the nightlife, it's the most depressing city ever. No wonder the suicide tax is so high there.
5) Athens, Greece. Completely rebuilt except for the Acropolis, and really dirty.
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NY, LA, London, Rome, Miami
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
1) Berlin, Germany. Every school here takes the students there on school trip but it's just ugly and depressing.
2) Los Angeles, CA. Everything looks fake there.
3) Las Vegas, NV. It's basically a playground for rich people.
4) Copenhagen, Denmark. Apart from the nightlife, it's the most depressing city ever. No wonder the suicide tax is so high there.
5) Athens, Greece. Completely rebuilt except for the Acropolis, and really dirty.
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in which parts of berlin were you?
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
1) Berlin, Germany. Every school here takes the students there on school trip but it's just ugly and depressing.
2) Los Angeles, CA. Everything looks fake there.
3) Las Vegas, NV. It's basically a playground for rich people.
4) Copenhagen, Denmark. Apart from the nightlife, it's the most depressing city ever. No wonder the suicide tax is so high there.
5) Athens, Greece. Completely rebuilt except for the Acropolis, and really dirty.
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Excuse you
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Originally posted by brndksk
I haven't travelled America much (I've only been to Fl), but from what I hear LA is really overrated. Apparently it has the worst congestion and pollution in America, and Las Vegas is much more glamourous?
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I absolutely love Las Vegas however I'd say that Vegas is overrated too. It looks terrible in the day time. At night time it's quite fun and mostly everything is walking distance. Vegas is way smaller than most people think. Apart from the strip it's nothing special. It's definitely a vacation city for drunk nights -- some people come expecting more.
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So many people saying Rome. I thought it was so beautiful.
The only let-down was the traffic which definitely affected the ambience.
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Dallas
Houston
LA, it was fun though
DC
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yas , no1 here shading Boston
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Originally posted by Buddy
I absolutely love Las Vegas however I'd say that Vegas is overrated too. It looks terrible in the day time. At night time it's quite fun and mostly everything is walking distance. Vegas is way smaller than most people think. Apart from the strip it's nothing special. It's definitely a vacation city for drunk nights -- some people come expecting more.
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I'm going to Macau next moth, which is the Chinese Vegas. I imagine that'll be the same.
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Originally posted by brndksk
Mine...
Paris
Because I was expecting something really romantic, but there was litter and graffiti everywhere, and the service (in restaurants, shops, public places) was really rude. Also, it didn't have the 'cosmopolitan' feel of other major cities. But admittedly I've only been in winter, so perhaps it comes alive in summer. Although I have been three times and I've been consistently disappointed, so I'm not getting my hopes up.
Amsterdam
Personally I don't find the Amsterdam buildings very pretty; they're really dark and they depress me (although that's more of a personal thing). But also, the red light district was a total disappointment, and it just doesn't have that city bustle, IMO (although, again I've only been in winter!).
Miami
I was expecting something really glamorous, but 85% of Miami seemed to be really ghetto, and it's only Miami beach which I felt was nice. Although Miami beach was really expensive, and is relatively small, and also the sea (which looked amazing and blue) was a huge disappointment because it was really oily from all the yachts.
Athens
The Acropolis is impressive, but Athens itself is a complete shithole (I was hoping for something like Rome though ). Greece is one of my favourite countries, and I haven't been to a Greek Island I didn't like, but Athens and the Greek mainland in general was a huge let-down.
Barcelona
Because it's smelly and busy and my bag got stolen.
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I think most people who are let-down by Paris expected a romantic city and un-rude like you. Sure the buildings and such may look romantic in the pictures, but one has to remember that Paris is about the size of London and NYC, huge metropolitan centers. It is just like any big city (less patient) just with nicer architecture. It is not going to be like a Venice or Prague
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Los Angeles by far takes the cake for this one.
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Originally posted by brndksk
So many people saying Rome. I thought it was so beautiful.
The only let-down was the traffic which definitely affected the ambience.
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this
anyway I cant think of any ..all cities I've visited were beautiful
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1. LA - this is such a bore tbh. What you hear as a European is stars everywhere, lovely weather, rich people, what you see is a bunch of high buildings and hobos
2. Dubai - incredibly disappointing. This is a dead city, and there's only a few impressive buildings in the city centre. The palm islands, however, are beautiful and so are the soukhs. The view from the Burj Al Khalifa was pretty disappointing, I could barely see the palm islands.
3. Amsterdam - it's my own country's city but why the **** do people love this city so much? Yeah, it has hookers. So does Antwerp. Yes, it has weed, but so does about any american city. The architechture isn't even that great, the shopping is normal, Rotterdam is a way better city but gets like 10x less tourists
4. Berlin - I didn't really enjoy my time here, it was a bore tbh.
5. Milano - I have only been in this city for a day, but there wasn't much to do tbh
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Tbf most American cities I've been to are overrated.
I love the States, but they don't have the history of our European capitals.
Give me Paris, London, Milan, Barcelona, Athens, Istanbul, Moscow and Amsterdam any day!
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Originally posted by Buddyc614
yas , no1 here shading Boston
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Boston is such an amazing city Along with Chicago, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon in the U.S.
I could live in any one of those place
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Boston
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5. Milano - I have only been in this city for a day, but there wasn't much to do tbh
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Noooooo! There's so much to do! You just need to discover it.
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Not one person mentioning Vienna, Austria. Ha slayage.
Although that isn't necessarily a good sign, maybe just no one GAF about it.
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