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The accommodations were subpar at best and did not match the brochure.
Total bait and switch! Communal showers, the other guests were loud which made good night's rest impossible!
To get a broader sense of what locals think of the country, we can check where they would like (or hate) to live. According to one survey, what makes a place desirable for Americans themselves is:
- Good weather (67%)
- Low crime rates (66%)
- Low cost of living (64%)
- Low housing costs (53%)
- Natural beauty (52%)
- Low taxes (51%)
On the other hand, the factors that drive them off are:
- High crime rates (75%)
- High cost of living (67%)
- High taxes (62%)
- Bad weather (58%)
- Expensive homes (57%)
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The level of poverty and hopelessness there rivals anywhere I’ve seen personally.
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Last time I went it was FJB/ MAGA/Trump signs everywhere, lifted trucks, roadside peanut stands and a collective IQ of about 39.
Lived in FL my entire life and I’ve never seen such an awful place.
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The survey also revealed that Americans believe the most boring States are:
- Iowa;
- Idaho;
- Wyoming;
- Arkansas;
- and Utah.
The most boring cities to locals are:
- Birmingham, AL;
- Oklahoma City, OK;
- Salt Lake City, UT;
- Norfolk, VA;
- Milwaukee, WI.
Similarly, Americans think the ugliest cities in their country are:
- Detroit, MI;
- New York City, NY;
- and Chicago, IL.
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Just alligators and poor people who wear poverty, Jesus, and backwardness like they won the Medal of Honor.
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When it comes to international disappointment, San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf continues to stay on top. (Or at the bottom?)
According to the San Francisco Examiner, it welcomed more than one million visitors last month alone, but at the same time, travel eSIM provider Nomad eSIM has compiled data from online reviews of top attractions around the world, and for the second year in a row, the Fisherman’s Wharf had the most accusations of being a “tourist trap.”
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This year, Fisherman’s Wharf might concede its first place on the internationally most-hated list, but not because of any improvements.
North America ended 2025 as the slowest-growing region for tourism, with the industry’s economic value rising only 1% from 2024. That was almost entirely owing to plunging international visits to the U.S.
While international travel rose by 80 million people in 2025, visitors to the United States fell 5.5%.
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The entire state’s aesthetic looks like what you’d see in a baby’s diaper after feeding them a nonstop diet of pumpkin, beans, and chicken nuggets.
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Visited a friend from the area, and we went to Paducah to have a few beers.
Some big hoss with a few missing teeth came up to us. You know the type. Big, strong, no definition, just beef. Tall and heavy, and considers himself a great fighter because he can knock out regular guys in a few punches just by using his body momentum.
Dude came up between me and my buddy and clapped a hand on each of our shoulders, really friendly. Shouting about some [N-word] (his word, not mine) out in the parking lot. "HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA COME IN HERE, BUT I TOLD HIM TO GET TF OUT!!"
Dude was smiling, jovial, genuinely friendly. He just assumed because I have blue eyes that I dislike black people drinking in the same room as me, just like him.
We didnt correct the guy. Looking around, it was pretty obvious we'd get stomped by the whole crowd if we tried. Luckily he didnt beat the guy up. But I wasnt about to lose any teeth defending the honor of a guy who was already on the road on his way to friendlier pastures. I figured I'd just enjoy the rest of my beer and never come back to Paducah.
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So glad I'm not the only one. Got lost there at like 2am and was about to run out of gas. Scariest gas station experience of my life. When I walked in the clerk looked at me like even he was scared for my life lol
Concerns over U.S. immigration crackdowns, high-profile enforcement actions, and reports of tourists being detained have made international travelers more hesitant to visit. Combined with broader political tensions and policies such as tariffs and proposed travel screening measures, the country’s global tourism image has taken a significant hit. This decline is also having economic consequences, with international tourism spending falling by over $14 billion year over year, even as the sector still supports millions of jobs and contributes trillions to the U.S. economy.
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Garden City, KS. It is on the other side of the continental dry line (I’m sure it has a name) but without some of the appeal of other western locales. It is brown, drab, it smells like cow manure because of the feed lots in the area, and it’s 200+ miles to any sizable metro areas.
Edit: I’ll never forget flying in there (work trip). We came down out of the clouds and not long after I started thinking “Man, somebody could’ve waited 5 minutes until we landed to poop their self.” Then we landed and popped the door open and I quickly realized “oh, that wasn’t coming from inside the plane.”.
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