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My DH and I are looking into visiting the US. For a variety of reasons we are consigned to these locations:
Phoenix
Jacksonville
Buffalo
Nashville
Tampa
Atlanta
Charlotte
Our holiday criteria is:
- Nice city. Little crime
- No humid heat
- Lots to do
- Typical Americana feel
- Good culture/food
- Good experience for a Brit
Any suggestions from THAT LIST? No alternate suggestions
I will speak for Florida. Jacksonville has a nearby beach and St. Augustine might be a cool place. But I'm not sure if Jacksonville can compete with Atlanta in terms of culture, food, amenities, etc. Tampa also has the beaches, Ybor city and now that it's winter time, you won't be experiencing so much heat. But I don't think Tampa has a lot to offer in terms of food, culture, and amenities compared to some of the other places you mentioned.
I would put them in this order, best fit to worst:
Atlanta
Nashville
Buffalo
Phoenix
Charlotte
Tampa
Jacksonville
What time of year are you going to visit? If you're here in the summer, every city except Phoenix and maaayyybe Buffalo will be very humid. Florida will be humid all year round.
Atlanta has the most to do - lots of culture and history. You'll have a good time exploring. As far as crime... it's a big city, but you're not in any real, present danger unless you're monumentally unlucky or do something really dumb.
I would put them in this order, best fit to worst:
Atlanta
Nashville
Buffalo
Phoenix
Charlotte
Tampa
Jacksonville
What time of year are you going to visit? If you're here in the summer, every city except Phoenix and maaayyybe Buffalo will be very humid. Florida will be humid all year round.
Atlanta has the most to do - lots of culture and history. You'll have a good time exploring. As far as crime... it's a big city, but you're not in any real, present danger unless you're monumentally unlucky or do something really dumb.
Phoenix (but Phoenix is a vile, boring, tedious place and no one should ever go there and besides it gets up into the 110s in the summertime, yuck. Yes, I lived there as a kid.)
Buffalo (I've been there but it's been so long ago I couldn't tell you anything about it. I think if you told any American that the only place you'd ever been to in America is Buffalo they would laugh hysterically at you.)
Nashville (Go to Nashville, there's lots of stuff for tourists to do, and it is in a very pretty natural environment if you can get out of town to see the surrounding countryside for a few hours)
Atlanta (But Atlanta is a huuuuge city with awful traffic jams.)
Charlotte (I think a trip to Charlotte would be fun. It's VERY pretty and has an interesting history and it's not so huge to be unmanuverable.)
Tampa (Humid, humid, humid, but near tons of touristy stuff to do.)
My DH and I are looking into visiting the US. For a variety of reasons we are consigned to these locations:
Phoenix
Jacksonville
Buffalo
Nashville
Tampa
Atlanta
Charlotte
Our holiday criteria is:
- Nice city. Little crime
- No humid heat
- Lots to do
- Typical Americana feel
- Good culture/food
- Good experience for a Brit
Any suggestions from THAT LIST? No alternate suggestions
Thanks
Of that list? I'd either go to Nashville(you'd get a sense of the country music side of American culture) or go to Phoenix, rent a car and go to Flagstaff and go see the Grand Canyon and Red Rocks around Sedona and southwestern landscapes.
I wouldn't plan a trip to just one of those cities and just stay in the city alone. None of those places are really interesting enough alone for those. Tampa or Jacksonville you can at least go to the beach, but the cities themselves aren't that special.
Atlanta is the best overall city for just stuff in the city, but don't stay downtown(it's dead at night), Midtown is better. If I went to Atlanta, I'd take a trip up to the mountains or Savannah as well (Savannah is a really interesting place).
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