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Discussion: Your top five overrated cities
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London
Athens
Miami
Vatican City 
Ottawa
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
Athens was almost completely rebuilt not long ago tho, and BADLY. And let's not talk about the Pyraeus area.
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Idk neva been tbh, just responding to what you said about Rome 
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Member Since: 6/29/2011
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
at people saying Rome, the historical center of our planet  |
it's a crumbling city.. nothing is well preserved. I appreciate art, history, and food (all of which Rome was supposed to embody) and I still found it incredibly disappointing.. also, my charter bus was robbed & broken into one night 
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
at people saying Rome, the historical center of our planet |
at people mentioning ANY italian cities at all
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Member Since: 8/13/2012
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Toronto, ugly and boring. Naples, not really that good. Niagara Falls, a huge mess. Sevilla, boring. York, too tiny.
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
I've only seen Hamburg, Kiel, Berlin and that city close to Strasbourg tho, probably the south is better and has more nature
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Go to munich. Munich is the place 2 b. There are many rich arabs which proves how awesome it is.
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I thoroughly loved Paris, idg the hate for it right now 
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Originally posted by Fanik
at people mentioning ANY italian cities at all
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Bolzano is a really nice city/village
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Originally posted by helloDer
well it's a lot better than Beijing, which I expected. But it's basically like a sleeker NY (but not in a good way - it lacks any defining personality & real culture). There were a few enjoyable locations, but the people are still disgusting (although again not as bad as Beijing).. by disgusting I just mean smelly & they spit everywhere and just (obvi this is a generalization and not EVERYONE is like that). Also, it's rather smoggy. The 'Bund' which is supposed to be one of the city's attractions is thoroughly dissapointing as well, there is nothing to do there. The club I went to was fun though. idk i wouldn't really recommend it. You won't hate it, but there are so many better places to travel in the world imo.. |
Thanks for letting me know!
Maybe Shanghai is still finding its personality though. When China is the world's superpower it will probably be Asia's #1 city, but it's not there yet.
But what sets NYC and London apart from the rest of the world are the iconic symbols... the yellow cabs and stone skyscrapers for NYC, the double decker red buses and telephone boxes for London. When you see them you know exactly where you are, and not many cities have that.
The thing that attracts me to Shanghai are the lights everywhere (on the skyscrapers) and in Nanjing Road. It seems so futuristic. 
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Originally posted by helloDer
it's a crumbling city.. nothing is well preserved. I appreciate art, history, and food (all of which Rome was supposed to embody) and I still found it incredibly disappointing.. also, my charter bus was robbed & broken into one night |
Them bus robbers, they won't support our economy
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Originally posted by 2stupid4you
Go to munich. Munich is the place 2 b. There are many rich arabs which proves how awesome it is.
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Munchen can SIT.
Hamburg and Berlin is where it's at 
Though the Black Forest and Alps slay 
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Originally posted by MaRy
Toronto, ugly and boring. Naples, not really that good. Niagara Falls, a huge mess. Sevilla, boring. York, too tiny.
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OMG YAS that fulfills my trinity!!!! what a ****ing MESS
I disliked Toronto too but I wasn't expecting much so I can't say it's overrated.
Rome, Shanghai, Niagra Falls
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Originally posted by 2stupid4you
Go to munich. Munich is the place 2 b. There are many rich arabs which proves how awesome it is.
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Yeah, my friend went to Bavaria last year in August and visited several castels (as well as that Neujbfqekubfeuqbfequ castle I can't spell or pronounce) and from the photos it looks beautiful. I go hiking in Tirol every year anyway, so I might think of that
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I don't like france at all because of the people. I once participated at a school exchange and after a week in france we were supposed to go but they destroyed the bus window so we had to stay a few hours longer
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Miami so dirty
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
Yeah, my friend went to Bavaria last year in August and visited several castels (as well as that Neujbfqekubfeuqbfequ castle I can't spell or pronounce) and from the photos it looks beautiful. I go hiking in Tirol every year anyway, so I might think of that |
Neuschwanstein is 20 minutes away from me. That castle is so awesome. Make sure to visit Allgäu  our cheese is the best
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Originally posted by helloDer
it's a crumbling city.. nothing is well preserved. I appreciate art, history, and food (all of which Rome was supposed to embody) and I still found it incredibly disappointing.. also, my charter bus was robbed & broken into one night |
Nothing is preserved? It's like the best-preserved city in the world.
They made Milan the financial city of Italy so that they wouldn't have to knock down Roman buildings.
I agree with what you say about the food, though. I was expecting the pizza to be amazing but it was no better than what I can get at my local Italian restaurant (I don't like in Italy btw).
But actually, one thing I did like about Paris was the food. I thought French food was really overrated until I went to Paris and tasted it. It's amazing. 
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Originally posted by 2stupid4you
Neuschwanstein is 20 minutes away from me. That castle is so awesome. Make sure to visit Allgäu our cheese is the best |
I think she went there too. Her hotel was in a small town. I've already booked all the 2014 vacations tho so maybe next year. Lithuania here I come
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