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I live in the DC area so I definitely take the museums and monuments for granted. I have lived here for over 20 years and there is so much that I haven't done while living here that I know that will regret it if I ever move away.
One thing that always gets me is when my family visits from the Cayman Islands they usually want to eat at chain restaurants their favorites are Red Lobster and Cheesecake Factory so we usually end up at one or both during each visit.
I grew up 40 minutes from Banff. Totally take the Canadian Rockies for granted. Now that I live in Texas, I occasionally wish for a hill, or a curve, or something other than rice paddy flatland.
Well, not in a good way. When I was working in Seattle (another tour mecca for foreigners), I had to tell so many of them they couldn't smoke in the store. I guess most of them were getting tired of hearing that, because I had more than one tell me something along the lines of, "You Americans and your rules!"
But I loved it when I got to talk to tourists. To me it was always fascinating to see my country through the eyes of someone else.
I don't take this for granted, I really don't think of it much at all, but the steam clock in Gastown. Gastown is a very touristy area of brick streets and 19th century buildings.
There is a steam clock. People stand waiting for it to chime and blow steam through it's whistles. I don't get it.
It's doesn't even really run on steam fully, it has an electric motor.
People think it's really old, like 19th century old, it was made in 1977.
I worked on Broadway where my office was located in the middle of Time Square and Empire State Building.
I took it for granted but I guess that's pretty natural.
Niagara Falls. Falling water and a tacky city otherwise.
I'm from WNYS and it's still a cool trip! For a low key day trip enter via the Peace Bridge in Buffalo and travel Niagara Blvd to Niagara Falls ONT to the Rainbow Bridge (or vice versa). Buy some beer in Canada. Get stopped/searched by border patrol...If you're lucky you'll have someone in the U.S. military in your car and you'll get a pass
The worlds largest textile exposition was held in my hometown, for years. The one common item every foreign visitor took back home were 1 ft rulers and empirical Yard sticks. You often saw people leaving with bundles of them, as cheap souvenirs to share back home. Local variety stores always stocked up before the expositions.
In South Florida walking into a CVS or Walmart and the Europeans overwhelmed by the amount of choices we have.
For me walking into a CVS in South Beach (true story) and all the signs are in Spanish.
Going to Hialeah and nothing written in English anywhere. Billboards, car wraps, etc.
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