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I know there are going to be people on here who will disagree with me, but I visited Japan recently and although most of the people were polite, I wasn't amazed by it like I thought I would be.
I got some head bows and they are generally polite although reserved, but most of them were just ordinary people going about their business. Many of them seemed like they were in a rush. The only real over the top politeness I got was from a few service people, but they were being paid to be nice. I've visited plenty of other places with nice and polite people, like the southern and midwestern parts of the U.S., as well as other places in the world.
I just don't see how the Japanese are that different from other people. Human nature is about the same anywhere.
Yes, the beaches of Southern California. Still summertime and hot, but they were mostly deserted. I ran all the way down the promenade from Santa Monica to the L. A. harbor channel and did not see a single other runner. There were two women on skates. No surfers at all, except for a few teenage boys at Malibu. No one anywhere besides myself, paddling a kayak. The famous weightlifting workout area at Muscle Beach was empty, whenever I passed. So I ditched my plan to move there and work for a few years and headed home, where there was plenty of my kind of action and much cleaner air, except for field-burning time, in August.
I can't understand where you people are getting overrun with tourists.
i use booking.com. I filter for lowest price, and half the time, I'm the only tourist in the hotel. And I've never given one a bad review. One of us must be doing something wrong.
I know there are going to be people on here who will disagree with me, but I visited Japan recently and although most of the people were polite, I wasn't amazed by it like I thought I would be.
I got some head bows and they are generally polite although reserved, but most of them were just ordinary people going about their business. Many of them seemed like they were in a rush. The only real over the top politeness I got was from a few service people, but they were being paid to be nice. I've visited plenty of other places with nice and polite people, like the southern and midwestern parts of the U.S., as well as other places in the world.
I just don't see how the Japanese are that different from other people. Human nature is about the same anywhere.
And therein lies the secret you discovered about the human race.
Yes, the beaches of Southern California. Still summertime and hot, but they were mostly deserted. I ran all the way down the promenade from Santa Monica to the L. A. harbor channel and did not see a single other runner. There were two women on skates. No surfers at all, except for a few teenage boys at Malibu. No one anywhere besides myself, paddling a kayak. The famous weightlifting workout area at Muscle Beach was empty, whenever I passed. So I ditched my plan to move there and work for a few years and headed home, where there was plenty of my kind of action and much cleaner air, except for field-burning time, in August.
Yes, the beaches of Southern California. Still summertime and hot, but they were mostly deserted. I ran all the way down the promenade from Santa Monica to the L. A. harbor channel and did not see a single other runner. There were two women on skates. No surfers at all, except for a few teenage boys at Malibu. No one anywhere besides myself, paddling a kayak. The famous weightlifting workout area at Muscle Beach was empty, whenever I passed. So I ditched my plan to move there and work for a few years and headed home, where there was plenty of my kind of action and much cleaner air, except for field-burning time, in August.
What, you ran along the beach from Santa Monica to San Pedro? That's over 30 miles and you would go through Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach--it's impossible for them to be deserted on a hot day in August. Maybe you actually ran to the entrance of Marina del Rey (4 miles)? Still strange that no one was around, although if it was that hot, people who want to work out would mostly be there in the morning or evening, rather than the middle of the day.
Absolutely love Chicago. The south of France was nice too — Lyon, Avignon, Aix en Provence. Loved Florence. Really disappointed with Rome...truly a living museum but so many damn tourists...me being one of them. Switzerland was meh...
Hope to retire there - assuming I can handle winter.
Philly is my hometown and still my favorite city in the world. Love it. (Actually grew up in the 'burbs).
I now live in Austin. I've got to say, I think it's terribly over rated. It keeps making all the lists of best places to live, and I don't get it. I mean, it's not horrible, but it's really not one of the best either.
Bahamas- the big islands are essentially ghettos with accents. Trash everywhere, beautiful water/some beaches and the rest is poverty.
This is what I am hearing from many people. Such a shame. How does an island country 90 miles east of Florida (in other words, VERY close and accessible to tons of tourists) with great weather and beaches, allow itself to become such a place to avoid?? (To say nothing of its reputation for money laundering and white collar crime...)
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