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I love Seattle's Pike Place Market. Many locals go there. I use to go there for the past 12 years to pick up fresh salmon, fresh flowers or just to hang out. My favorite place in Seattle.
I agree. I LOVE Pike Place, and the surrounding neighborhood warren of shops/bars/cafes - some with amazing views.
Las Vegas Blvd. (You came here to experience a gamblers paradise and live shows, LV won't disappoint you)
Orlando ( You came to experience a land of theme parks you will not be disappointed)
Manhattan (You have come to experience big city life and all the skyscrapers and tall buildings that you can ever imagine Manhattan will not disappoint just stay away from Times Square and experience the rest)
DC (You have come to look at the seat of the federal govt. in the most powerful country in the world with plenty of monuments/museums and free activities throughout the city it's a great way to learn about the U.S. without getting charged an arm and a leg)
Mall of America (You have come to experience the biggest mall in the country, that's exactly what you'll find plus how many malls do you know that have a roller coaster and a high school inside of it?)
Honorable mention to California wine country (getting tipsy while being driven around throughout a beautiful landscape who wouldn't like that?)
Wow The first place I went to when I moved to Seattle was Pike Place Market . Was great went to the Pike Place Brewery .I only remember three fish stands in the market out of hundreds of shops and resteraunts. The market isn't a fish market there is one in the Pike Place Market . The market itself is big 9 city blocks and several stories. I would say the Pike Place Market is not a tourist trap even though it gets 9 million viitors a year. It doesnt cost anything to go and it is a working market and the prices are great.
Im not sure why so many people keep mentioning times square. To a person visiing ts for the first time,times square will be an impressive sight. Theres simply nothing like it in the US. Its like a slice of tokyo in nyc
The only people that should be avoiding times square are NATIVE new yorkers. Its a good impressive sight for everybody else. The tourist i see there(from all over) look mesmerized in times square. Stop kidding yourselves
Also ts is a place where u look at lights and go to broadway shows not to wine and dine. Times square never promoted itself as a place to dine and enjoy unique culture.its a place just to look at lights
Im not sure why so many people keep mentioning times square. To a person visiing ts for the first time,times square will be an impressive sight. Theres simply nothing like it in the US. Its like a slice of tokyo in nyc
The only people that should be avoiding times square are NATIVE new yorkers. Its a good impressive sight for everybody else. The tourist i see there(from all over) look mesmerized in times square. Stop kidding yourselves
Sorry...It's just not that exciting. It's even less exciting if you've been to any other major world city or Las Vegas. There's about 99 other sights in New York that are much more worth a visit. I suppose back in the 1970s-Taxi Driver-era a trip to Times Square to watch a grindhouse Kung Fu flick would've be much more of an adventure, but in the post-Giuliani, post-Disney renovation, it's basically the same crappy chain stores and restaurants you have everywhere in the US dressed up with some flashy billboards and lights.
Last time I walked by there when I was in New York they put up some lawn chairs so the hordes of midwestern tourists could get photos of themselves sitting in a chair in New York. Wow...awesome
Sorry...It's just not that exciting. It's even less exciting if you've been to any other major world city or Las Vegas. There's about 99 other sights in New York that are much more worth a visit. I suppose back in the 1970s-Taxi Driver-era a trip to Times Square to watch a grindhouse Kung Fu flick would've be much more of an adventure, but in the post-Giuliani, post-Disney renovation, it's basically the same crappy chain stores and restaurants you have everywhere in the US dressed up with some flashy billboards and lights.
Last time I walked by there when I was in New York they put up some lawn chairs so the hordes of midwestern tourists could get photos of themselves sitting in a chair in New York. Wow...awesome
Just curious, did they tell you they were Midwestern.....
Sometimes I like to go to tourist traps...they can be fun, especially if Ive never been there.
Also, its easy to get cynical about tourists traps in your own town(I know I do about Fisherman's Wharf and Coit Tower and the like) but whenever visitors come over, at least there is no shortage of places to take them. LOL.
I agree. I don't find tourist traps all that bad. I wouldn't mind walking in Times Square, or walking down Hollywood BLVD along those gift shops with the cheesy shirts and novelty shops or whatever.
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