Which city is best for a day visit?

[Deezus]

Originally Posted by sav858

I'm honestly not even the biggest fan of Oakland, I go there for A's games, Warriors games, and sometimes for dinner/drinks. I probably should spend more time there as it has some nice areas to visit. I was in their Chinatown a couple of weeks ago for a meeting nearby and was pretty impressed. It's nice areas are pretty nice too.

It's not a bad city for a day visit at all.

My brother lived in Rockridge for a few years and I had cousins living around Lake Merrit and a few other friends who still live in the area, so I've gotten to know and enjoy a lot of the neighborhoods over the years. It's not a big tourist city, but I've always enjoyed the Museum of California, walking around a lot of the neighborhoods, going to music shows at the Fox Theatre or Yoshi's, eating in Chinatown or some little BBQ joints and so on...

But it's not going to do well on a thread like this, because it doesn't have any big obvious sights for tourists(as a sort of fake waterfront tourist attraction, Jack London Square is sort of weak except for Yoshi's) and most people already have their minds made up about it, even before visiting...

[sav858]

Originally Posted by Deezus

My brother lived in Rockridge for a few years and I had cousins living around Lake Merrit and a few other friends who still live in the area, so I've gotten to know and enjoy a lot of the neighborhoods over the years. It's not a big tourist city, but I've always enjoyed the Museum of California, walking around a lot of the neighborhoods, going to music shows at the Fox Theatre or Yoshi's, eating in Chinatown or some little BBQ joints and so on...

But it's not going to do well on a thread like this, because it doesn't have any big obvious sights for tourists(as a sort of fake waterfront tourist attraction, Jack London Square is sort of weak except for Yoshi's) and most people already have their minds made up about it, even before visiting...

I honestly can't think of any major tourist attractions for any of these cities, maybe Baltimore's Inner Harbor as that's the only thing I've heard about and of course the actual beach in FTL. I'm actually surprised Baltimore has more votes than FTL.