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Ah, no, they arrive by Acela, cab it to the Dean and have cocktails while preparing for dinner at any number of great restaurants, see a play at Trinity and then do whatever they fancy. People with money to spend aren't coming here for exploding beaches, they're coming here for an urban experience. If they wanted the ocean, they'd go to the Hamptons.
You're sure, are you? Then where is your cite? Where is the data? I think you are simply making assumptions again...
And that's not being done right here?
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Ah, no, they arrive by Acela, cab it to the Dean and have cocktails while preparing for dinner at any number of great restaurants, see a play at Trinity and then do whatever they fancy. People with money to spend aren't coming here for exploding beaches, they're coming here for an urban experience. If they wanted the ocean, they'd go to the Hamptons.
Ah, no, they arrive by Acela, cab it to the Dean and have cocktails while preparing for dinner at any number of great restaurants, see a play at Trinity and then do whatever they fancy. People with money to spend aren't coming here for exploding beaches, they're coming here for an urban experience. If they wanted the ocean, they'd go to the Hamptons.
Maybe your fellow Manhattanites. But surely no one the rest of us know.
I often stop into welcome centers on car trips. The ones in Maine and NH are fabulous.
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Maybe your fellow Manhattanites. But surely no one the rest of us know.
I often stop into welcome centers on car trips. The ones in Maine and NH are fabulous.
I know people who take the train down from Boston to play in Providence for the weekend, but they don't take Acela. It's not as uncommon as you make it out to be. Maybe it is a generational thing.
I stopped into the visitor center in Maine after crossing the border from NH last summer. If traveling with others and making a pitstop, while perusing the racks of brochures one might find something interesting. That particular visitor center was apparently staffed by Mainer retirees, who seemed to be volunteers. I found it useful to talk with them.
Also, I like the Discover Beautiful Rhode Island campaign. It's elegant.
I've heard a lot of criticism of the decision to close the visitor centers, but I agree it was a good move. Not to generalize from personal experience, but I've driven cross country and back, crossed countless state lines, visited 38 states (yes, I'm counting), and I've never once been to one.
Whaaaa? Don't you ever have to go to the bathroom on your drives cross country?
Visitors centers are always good for that, at least. And to pick up countless brochures that you don't really need and you're only going to throw away. *hangs head in shame*
Whaaaa? Don't you ever have to go to the bathroom on your drives cross country?
Visitors centers are always good for that, at least. And to pick up countless brochures that you don't really need and you're only going to throw away. *hangs head in shame*
Well, let's say you realize you have to go to the bathroom, right? You're probably going to want to pull off somewhere within around 15 minutes. At 60 miles per hour (not that I always travel 60 miles per hour), that's 15 miles. Ohio, not a particularly large state as states go and one I have passed through many many times, is 220 miles wide. So you've got a 15 out of 220, or 7 percent, chance of the visitors' center being the most convenient place in Ohio to use the bathroom. Less if you consider that if possible, you may choose to wait to use the bathroom until you stop to eat or gas up, two things you can't do at the visitors' center.
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