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Discussion: Your top five overrated cities
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
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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Was it Füssen?
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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
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You will not come for the Neuschwanstein Castle like that, not with that city of yours
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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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On the Toronto advertising campaigns here the slogan is 'New York run the the Swiss', but I don't think they realise people like NY because of its grittiness, and NY run by the Swiss screams boredom.
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Member Since: 8/13/2012
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Originally posted by brndksk
On the Toronto advertising campaigns here the slogan is 'New York run the the Swiss', but I don't think they realise people like NY because of its grittiness, and NY run by the Swiss screams boredom.
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Run by the Swiss???? Apart from the fact that it's boring and empty and there is no one on the streets, it's not run by the Swiss at all, the construction is chaotic and messy, many buildings and skyscrapers are ugly, there is little greenery, it's horribly spread out, etc. Montreal and Calgary are so much better
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Originally posted by 2stupid4you
Was it Füssen?
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Omg yes is it that touristic
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Originally posted by Thirty All
You will not come for the Neuschwanstein Castle like that, not with that city of yours
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You know what my town's name is Germanic and it was Aufaning or something like that originally
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
Omg yes is it that touristic
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well the Neuschwanstein castle IS in Füssen. Most people think it's just in the middle of a mountain in the nowhere.
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Originally posted by brndksk
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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agreed with the Food in France in general. to ****ing DIE for I need to go back. every meal was perfection.. as for the preserving, the relics are rather well preserved - colloseum, vatican etc. but the city itself feels deteriorating.. walking around the streets of Rome simply isn't enjoyable. Maybe you're not into that sort of thing but I spent like half a day just exploring the narrow streets of rome around the Trevi Foutain and it just wasn't what I thought it would be
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Originally posted by 2stupid4you
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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ok lemme share a little story. I was mugged and jumped whilst on my trip to France, it was a DISASTER. I was staying for a few days in the city of Orleans, a lovely little city btw. But I got over it and let me tell you it's probably the country I enjoyed the most in Europe. The food as I said is to die for. Paris IS romantic and don't get me started on the Louvre and all the art .. The French Riviera is perhaps the quaintest most beautiful place I've ever been. Cannes is ugh I want to go back to France so badly
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by 2stupid4you
well the Neuschwanstein castle IS in Füssen. Most people think it's just in the middle of a mountain in the nowhere.
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Ooo la la... You learn something new every day!
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
Ooo la la... You learn something new every day!
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that's so french
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Originally posted by helloDer
agreed with the Food in France in general. to ****ing DIE for I need to go back. every meal was perfection.. as for the preserving, the relics are rather well preserved - colloseum, vatican etc. but the city itself feels deteriorating.. walking around the streets of Rome simply isn't enjoyable. Maybe you're not into that sort of thing but I spent like half a day just exploring the narrow streets of rome around the Trevi Foutain and it just wasn't what I thought it would be
ok lemme share a little story. I was mugged and jumped whilst on my trip to France, it was a DISASTER. I was staying for a few days in the city of Orleans, a lovely little city btw. But I got over it and let me tell you it's probably the country I enjoyed the most in Europe. The food as I said is to die for. Paris IS romantic and don't get me started on the Louvre and all the art .. The French Riviera is perhaps the quaintest most beautiful place I've ever been. Cannes is ugh I want to go back to France so badly
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Rome does have a chaotic feel to it, which I can understand people not liking. But idk if it's deteriorating; it's probably felt like that for hundreds of years because everything's so old.
I can't agree with what you said about the French Riviera though. I didn't think it was anyway near as pretty as the Amalfi coast or the Greek Islands, just expensive and full of people who don't want anything to do with you.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by 2stupid4you
that's so french
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waiT I thought it was a Robin Thicke song
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I've not been to many, but I can say New York doesn't belong here.
Granted, I didn't see how awesome it was until I left but I really want to live there for a few years.
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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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THIS! Both the American AND the Canadian side are a downright MESS. Especially the American side, you think people would take the hint when it only has 50% of the population it used to have. And the Canadian side is a consumer hungry commercial disaster.
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Originally posted by stereo.love
THIS! Both the American AND the Canadian side are a downright MESS. Especially the American side, you think people would take the hint when it only has 50% of the population it used to have. And the Canadian side is a consumer hungry commercial disaster.
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Wasn't the water contaminated some time ago
The Canadian size is a MESS of MESSES I mean
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Originally posted by brndksk
I can't agree with what you said about the French Riviera though. I didn't think it was anyway near as pretty as the Amalfi coast or the Greek Islands, just expensive and full of people who don't want anything to do with you.
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well unfortunately I've never had the pleasure of visiting either of those places yet
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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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I loved Toronto! It was better than I was expecting it to be, I plan on moving there some day.
Niagara Falls is depressing as HELL though. The town of Niagara Falls, NY anyway. It's so seedy.
Let me throw in Miami. Miami Beach is fun, but the city itself? MESS!
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Paris. My friend went there and she said the only thing beautiful about it was the Eiffel tower.
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Originally posted by Electra
Paris. My friend went there and she said the only thing beautiful about it was the Eiffel tower.
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Bad taste, tbh
What are here favorite cities? Las Vegas, Miami, Mainstreetville?
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London. It's the only city I've been too that I really didn't like.
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