Poll: A question for Un-Americans.

[lunavixen]

As for the others in the poll option, why would I go to those places? What's there?

NYC - Various buildings, Broadway, Giant Christmas Tree.
LA - Hollywood, Disneyland, surfing/beaches.
Las Vegas - Gambling, strippers, etc.
Miami - Beaches, nightlife.
Orlando - Disney World, Universal Orlando.
San Francisco - Fisherman's Warf, wine, gay buttsex.

ah, well to take them in order for the OP

NYC: Not interested, I don't like big cities.
LA: Maybe Disneyland.
LV: Nothing interesting there.
Miami: I'm not a party person.
Orlando: Yeah, maybe, but I wouldn't go to America just for that.
San Fransisco: I'm allergic to seafood, I don't drink wine and wtf is with the last one?

 

[DanielBrown]

I don't really want to go anywhere near USA. Guess Hawaii would be my best choice.

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

Been to NYC twice before, and I'll be going again. I love it.
Vegas is hideously uninteresting to me and I really don't want anything to do with it.
Hawaii is...meh. The others are...meh.

So yeah.

I'm English btw.

 

[Colour Scientist]

I've been to New York twice and I loved it both times.

I'd love to go to San Francisco or Hawaii though. If I had to choose, I'd probably say Hawaii.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Since I had already visit Orlando, FL for Diney World, Universal Studio and visiting relatives who lived there, I want to go to New York next.
I'm more of a city person who that place appeal me more just as long I stay safe about it. Also my brother had been there twice so I want to at least go there so it doesn't look like he's the only one in the family to had visit there!

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

None of those, really. The only reason I'd go to the US would be for PAX or the upcoming Escapist Expo.

 

[Loonerinoes]

Not listed, but New Orleans during or coming up to Mardi Gras. Never been to it and though the Brasilian carneval is supposed to be even bigger, it'd be worth seeing at least once.

But since it was not listed, San Francisco is second on that list. Not so much just for the Golden Gate bridge, but also the city itself whose structure, and I've been told local colour, is...a bit more interesting than most.

 

[Bestival]

I voted for the park, but really we got plenty of nature n shit here in Europe, so I really wouldn't spend all that extra money just to look at some far away trees...
I hate cities, so they're all out. Also I don't want to get shot for no reason (not for a reason either though, however good it might be!), so yeah, big fat pass on the whole US really.

 

[Amaror]

Ok, when it HAS to be in the Usa. New York i guess, just because i feel most comfortable in big cities.
^^ Un - Americans, that's a good one.

 

[Living Contradiction]

I'd want to revisit the Big Apple and see what's changed in the two decades since I was last there. Having spent a decade in Florida, I've had enough time dealing with excessive heat and sand lizards.

 

[Quicksilver_Phoenix]

I wouldn't really know how to decide. I know little to nothing about each of these locations and only vaguely know some of the names.

Yellowstone National Park I guess, purely because "National Park" sounds quite appealing.

 

[DoPo]

Orlando, FL - seriously, what is there to see? Why should I visit? I really don't know.

Disney World/Universal?

Seriously, you've never heard of Disney World? It's only the most visited theme park IN THE WORLD.

I have heard of Disney World. I didn't associate Orlando with it, though. And now I know.

 

[BENZOOKA]

I watched this awesome three part documentary (BBC) about Yellowstone. It seems like an incredibly beautiful and interesting place. Not like there isn't plenty of natural wonders to admire here too, but it would be different.

I've played quite a lot of live poker (really dislike online) so Las Vegas would be cool too.

New York, for New York. And I could and would love to properly meet a friend, after 8 years without seeing, who lives in DC.

LA and Hawaii would be interesting too.

 

[Squilookle]

Oh, San Fransisco, definitely. To be honest, there's not much of America outside California that interests me, save maybe Tornado chasing in Iowa, or going to New York (although I'm so completely burned out of New York being in every second goddamned videogame lately).

San Francisco just seems so different to the rest of the US: more relaxed, peaceful, and bonkers design- seriously I'd love to just experience those hills and gaze over them letting the crazy car chases of my imagination run wild. Plus, it still has trams. Mad props for that.

 

[Zeren]

Come to Yellowstone in Wyoming. We want your tourist dollars.

 

[Bertylicious]

I've been all over the East coast already, though most of the time was spent in Bodymore, Murderland.

*complicated hand gesture*

New York was ace and camping in Vermont was very special but everywhere else was pretty awful. The people were great everywhere though, Americans are lovely.

Apart from in Miami. Everyone in Miami is terrible and the city looks cheap.

I would like to travel to the West coast and it'd be nice to start in San Francisco, but I wouldn't go unless I befriended some people over there first.

 

[KingofallCosmos]

From Holland, been to New York and was slapped in the face by how tv and movies had biased my view of America.

I know New York is kinda different from many other cities in US, but at least it piqued my interest, might visit other parts now.

 

[JdaS]

New York is the preferable option of the ones you listed. Other than those I'd like to visit New Orleans and Boston.

Not for the usual tourist reasons either. There's a lot of great music related stuff in these cities. One of my dreams is to go on a punk fueled roadtrip across the USA.

 

[Lhianon]

i'd like to visit beijing, tokyo and moskow if i get a chance. oh, and also london

explanation: in the original post it was nowhere mentioned that one couldn't pick something outside of the US, while the poll itself suggests that the op thinks only places within US teritory are of touristical interrest (i'm actually pretty shure this was not the intention)

please dont get angry, i just wanted to phrase my nitpicking in a slightly funy way

 

[DRes82]

That poll doesn't include the most interesting parts of the country. The huge cities are ok, but cities are the same anywhere.

What about the Grand Canyon in Arizona, or Mesa Verde in Colorado? Sonoran Desert in Arizona or Chihuahuan desert in southwest Texas? The Hoh Rainforest or Mt Ranier in Washington state? The only remaining primordial forest in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina? The Natural Land Bridge or Luray Caverns in Virginia? The Catskills in Northern New York?

I could go on for a while, but when visiting the states, you should really consider more than just the obvious tourist destinations. There are a whole lot of pretty amazing things to see away from the glare of the cities.

Edit: A lot of worry about muggings in NYC? I lived in Brooklyn for 2 years. If you have even a modicum of common sense, you won't get mugged. Its a really great place to visit, but I wasn't too fond of living there. Too many people.