What did you get wrong or right about a country or a city? (insurance, vs)

[deneb78]

I found Orlando and to some extent Miami very underwhelming and expensive. Aside from the weather, there is not much appealing. I am not really into overpriced theme parks.

[euro123]

1) I thought Japan is just Tokyo and the rest are small villages...wrong;
2) didn't know Dubai is mostly Indians and SEA people;
3) didn't expect so many women in Israel to look like supermodels
4) Never thought a country can be so stupid as to have millions to vote for orange clown fanatic;
5) what I got right: Budapest looked as pretty as expected, bulgarian seacost is full of russians, greeks smoke a lot.

[Greysholic]

Originally Posted by euro123

4) Never thought a country can be so stupid as to have millions to vote for orange clown fanatic;

I second this.

[survivingearth]

Originally Posted by euro123

1) I thought Japan is just Tokyo and the rest are small villages...wrong;
2) didn't know Dubai is mostly Indians and SEA people;
3) didn't expect so many women in Israel to look like supermodels
4) Never thought a country can be so stupid as to have millions to vote for orange clown fanatic;
5) what I got right: Budapest looked as pretty as expected, bulgarian seacost is full of russians, greeks smoke a lot.

Tel Aviv has some of the most gorgeous women period!!!

[JayVanderbilt]

Originally Posted by survivingearth

I guess i overestimated Vancouver. Gosh i hate that city

Too many Asians?

[JayVanderbilt]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

In the 1980s, everybody thought that Japan would soon surpass America to become the #1 country in the world.

I thought it was a bunch of hype and was right. :-)

How do you define #1? Total GDP?

[JayVanderbilt]

I underestimated how crappy American stuff is (like houses, cars etc) and how many Mexicans live there.

[Pokitobounto]

I underestimated the beauty of American trucks (in general) and their firefighters trucks lol

I overestimated the size of our planete : take the plane from Europe for 12 hours and your are in Japan. With one stop in Abu Dhabi, you fly over Turkey, Iran (so close to Irak and Syria that sound so far away, think that it's war in the horizon of your little window is a weird sensation) , Pakistan, Himalaya, China and its giant cities... That much in such a small time... damn the world is small and travel with planes always gives me a very weird feeling.

[BigCityDreamer]

Originally Posted by JayVanderbilt

How do you define #1? Total GDP?

Just in general. Japan was overblown in the 1980s just like China has been in more recent years.

Actually, the hype about China is even worse.

[Ariete]

I thought Los Angeles was a city, but in reality it's just a giant suburb.