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I think Austin is painfully overrated as well. I really don't understand what's so great about it. But visiting Chicago over Detroit gave me a good laugh. I've visited both in the past 5 months and going back to Detroit a second time would be one more time too many. I think Pyongyang is probably less depressing than Detroit.
I actually agree with a lot of that. I find SF, Denver, Austin, and Asheville to all be overrated (even though I liked both Austin and SF, I just didn't like them as much as other people seemed to think I should).
Gotta disagree on Chicago though. I've only been once, but I absolutely loved it there.
I agree about Utah: who in his right mind could go there?
And obviously you haven't been there. I work in tourism and let me tell you... People come here expecting ugly, boring, unfriendly, etc. and they leave loving the place. And that's the truth.
Out of those 4 I think only Denver is overrated as far as visiting unless you include ski resorts hours away. Vancouver is a cool place to visit but probably not for more than 4-5 days max imo. While I think SF is a tad overrated as far as a place to live it's definitely a great city to visit.
This journalist should be fired before something even more stupid comes out of his mouth.
All the writer was doing was the typical travel editorial thing of "These places are popular and everyone goes there, but here's a few slightly less known and not as travelled and possibly cheaper alternatives." Though not really, since they suggested the very popular Hawaii over Costa Rica and the very overhyped Prague over Berlin. But it's just a "slaying sacred cows" sort of piece--similar to when rock journalists write the Top 10 list of overrated albums and put The Beatles' Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Band at the top of the list and people get upset. And of course everyone on CityData sees a list calling places overrated(which means you were very highly rated to begin with) and takes it too seriously and get their panties in a bunch.
I do find if funny that people are so seriously offended by the assumption that Utah might be as good a destination as Colorado---must not be a lot of serious skiers on here. I'll take Snowbird/Alta as a place as good as if not better than anywhere in Colorado. Plus the National Parks and landscape in Southern Utah is far more unique than Colorado--the Rockies are great, but you can get similar scenery all over the west in places like Wyoming or Montana or Idaho with less crowds.
Of course it's improved. Maybe you haven't been to Denver when the air quality was good? I mean, it does transition back and forth from great quality, to somewhat bad quality. The thing is, Denver doesn't have a natural barrier on the east, so the smog gets cleared out pretty fast (unless there's a forest fire).
You're not getting it. I'm asking whether the level of carbon emissions has been reduced in the Denver area, to which I'm highly highly skeptical (mainly because I haven't yet heard of an American zero-emission city). If you have evidence that would be helpful. I'm interested in this kind of thing, and it's also a part of my career.
Maybe anyone who likes skiing on the best powder in the US or hiking in the most interesting national parks in the country...
I don't think Utah is greater than Colorado (actually, I don't hold a strong opinion about either state or their cities), but I DO think Salt Lake City is prettier than Denver, in that it is surrounded by tall mountains that are VERY close to the city.
All the writer was doing was the typical travel editorial thing of "These places are popular and everyone goes there, but here's a few slightly less known and not as travelled and possibly cheaper alternatives." Though not really, since they suggested the very popular Hawaii over Costa Rica and the very overhyped Prague over Berlin. But it's just a "slaying sacred cows" sort of piece--similar to when rock journalists write the Top 10 list of overrated albums and put The Beatles' Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Band at the top of the list and people get upset. And of course everyone on CityData sees a list calling places overrated(which means you were very highly rated to begin with) and takes it too seriously and get their panties in a bunch.
What was different about this article was the snide, insulting, know-it-all tone of the article. Yes, many rock journalists write with that tone, but your typical travel piece is not that angry and bitter.
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I'll take Snowbird/Alta as a place as good as if not better than anywhere in Colorado. Plus the National Parks and landscape in Southern Utah is far more unique than Colorado--the Rockies are great, but you can get similar scenery all over the west in places like Wyoming or Montana or Idaho with less crowds.
