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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Do we actually do this though? I spent two weeks in Europe and didn't go to any of those places.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago

Might as well only mark the most visited cities and capitals.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Where as we Europeans tend to visit every state in the US. /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, whenever I'm in Rochester, NY there's always so many European tourists.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 21 hours ago

We don't visit that scary place anymore. You could just as easy be diverted to El Salvador upon arrival.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Obviously they also have to go to Eire and annoy the locals by claiming to be Irish and asking where the Blarney Stone is for a selfie.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

I get it is a joke, but Germany is #2 visited by Americans and Netherlands is 4, above Italy at 5.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Stop gatekeeping tourism. "Oh, if you don't live in each city of each country for at least a week, are you even outside your home?" Who TF you think has money for that? People will choose what they want to see. If they stay in one or two cities, they haven't seen enough. If they run through 10 countries in 12 days, it was only a shallow visit. Who can win? Fuck off with that bullshit.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I consider myself European, then German. The EU keeps the peace between the old rivals.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

Latvian here. I have more trust/loyalty to EU than my country itself. Kinda weird when you think about it.. or not.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

No different than European tourists "traveling the US" visiting a couple of big cities and maybe the Grand Canyon on a stop in between.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hi from Lisboa, Portugal… let me tell you, the tourists absolutely know about us. A bit too much…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Agreed from New Jersey. I was fortunate enough to go with a friend whose family is all from Portugal, in Furadurao or however it's spelled, I dunno. But did Lisboa, Porto, stopped at the home of the oldest brothers in Portugal (at the time). Was fed much portwine at every home we stopped at, and ate bread with melted cheese in it that I've been chasing for the last 15 years since we were there.

I'm fortunate to be from Jersey for many reasons, but one of them is the huge Portuguese population we have and the cooking they brought with them.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People rip on Americans like this because they don't know we get 10 days off a year and have to pay $20,000 for the ambulance.

This is the only type of Euro Trip we can afford to take.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Strange, because eastern Europe is a lot cheaper to travel than France, Italy or the UK. Those are some of the most expensive countries actually.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Flying there from the US is more expensive and Americans generally don't want to see Eastern Europe.

More cost, less benefit.

[–] MelonYellow 23 points 1 day ago

At least put Amsterdam on there😂

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

For a more accurate map, erase everything south of Rome, including Sicily, as well as Corsica and Sardinia. At the northern end of things, probably also Ireland and Scotland.
Then make four new tiny islands and name them Barcelona, Munich, Amsterdam and Prague.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

I'm sure that's true for many people. When European tourists visit the US, however, how many are actually going deep into the interior of the US? Most tourists, I'd imagine, would be staying somewhat near one of the coasts and mainly sticking to the major cities. I doubt many Europeans have anywhere in Nebraska on their itineraries. Probably not a ton of European tourists in the US right now anyway, but I mean in the recent past at times of relative political normalcy.

It makes sense, though. Most people who are travelling don't have the time or money to spend months seeing all the highlights of a place as large as Europe or the US. Even just these countries offer a ton to see, whether its the cities or the countryside. I can't speak for how well-traveled Europeans are, but very few people in the US, even those who have lived long lives here, are able to say they've even visited every state, let alone seen the whole country. I bet that's probably true of Europe for Europeans, too.

I myself don't have much money for travelling, so I've only been to 11 states (and never even left the country), and I certainly did not see everything those states had to offer. Some states are often called "fly-over" states and, frankly, aren't usually considered worthwhile places to visit anyway (even by Americans), so you can be forgiven for skipping those. I'm sure Europe has its equivalents, too.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I mean, Americans do the same thing.

Those are called flyover states for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

This was my first thought when I saw your meme lol. Only other major destination might be Chicago

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

But fuck Florida on principle.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Orlando for ~~Disney world~~ Gatorland

FTFY

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I've been to many small places around Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota etc (that middle part full of nothing), voluntarily. Trying to do a road trip "Supernatural style" (the TV show, with burgers but without the monsters). I really liked that but I wanted to see real normal America, not the bells and whistles TV front.

Not to be rude but your huge cities (mostly NY and LA) sucks as a European. It's not even the lack of public transport, it's just that they are way too huge. Paris, London, Madrid, Warsaw etc are big, but not THAT big.

My plan for the next trip was to do rural Texas, I wanted to see real rednecks with my own eyes.

But... That was before the fire nation attacked. Now I'm staying in Europe, plenty of things to see here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

As someone who grew up in Texas, if you plan on visiting to see real Texas(sometime in the future of course) then I'd say come for the tex-mex food. Austin and surrounding areas would be good to visit.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (4 children)

East Europe: skeleton sitting on a chair at the bottom of the lake

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Honestly one of the places i wanna visit the most is spain

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've not done any traveling myself I'll admit, but I would have figured at least Germany Spain and Greece would have also made the list from how much I hear of people visiting them. Especially Greece.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Americans don’t consider Greece part of Europe. It’s part of history.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

This thread is just massive gatekeeping 🤣

So many angry nerds people care mostly about food and shopping.

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