Cities to experience in the USA

[iqqi]

I am looking for ideas of where to travel. I am too broke right now to wander off to international locations, but there are great deals on national airfares lately.

What places would you all say were must sees?

Mine would have been New Orleans, but been there, done that, before the hurricane. It was just such a romantic place, and like a country all its own. I'd go more into it... but its too sad to talk about now!

If you suggest a place, please go into detail as to WHY.

 

[HandyAndy]

come down to californias beaches

 

[penkitten]

i like to pick places that are rich in history so i can go visit museums and whatnot.
i have a long list of places i want to go when we have the funds.

 

[KarmaSutra]

You should try Orlando. They'll have fvcking Gay Days at Disney coming up and then hit up South Beach and hang with the rest of the crossdressing queens.

I hear you trans-testicles like that kind of sh!t.

 

[Dilberto]

Try California desert resorts. Lots of untapped, young singles, and a great nightlife, too. Winter is the best time here(Palm Springs). Lots to do out here too....and cheap.

 

[ketostix]

I'd recommend Austin Texas. I've been there and thought it was pretty fun.

 

[Killer_Demo]

come to the bay area...cali is where its at

 

[HandyAndy]

cali is where its at

:rockon: :rockon:

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[StevenR]

It depends on the season. I would not recommend it in the winter, but in the summer months I think Seattle and that area is a great place to visit that most people don't consider. I may be a bit biased considering where I am from, but I think the city has a character and charm similar to San Francisco. In fact my mother basically said it is like San Francisco 30 years ago.
There is the Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square which is the birthplace of the whole grunge scene, if course the Space Needle and the experience music project, art museums and shops, various nightlife activities, lake Washington nearby. There are also some great seafood restaurants in the Puget Sound area that have unique local dishes that people outside the area are not too familiar with if you like seafood.
If you like the outdoors then Seattle is a great place to start and explore the nearby mountains and Puget Sound. There is some spectacular mountain scenery nearby, in my humble opinion some of the most spectacular in the country, we even have real glaciers just like the Alps.
In the Puget Sound and westward there are the San Juan Islands, and various other islands where you can go sea kayaking and spot various marine life including orcas. There is the Olympic Peninsula and lots of things to do there like hiking or exploring the beaches along the coast. These are not your typical sunbathing beaches but the other natural scenery is spectacular. But as I said I am a bit baised and a little homesick as well. You should have come out while I was house sitting for my parents, I could have shown you around.

 

[KarmaSutra]

How true is it that it rains all the time in Seattle? I'm a huge Seahawks (Since '87 when Largent was the mack) and want to maybe set my sights on moving out of Florida. Seattle being one of the options.

 

[StevenR]

It actually gets about the same annual average rainfall as New York, just spread out over the year more. I have heard the climate is very similar to Northern Europe-Britain, Germany, northern France, etc. The summer months are awesome, it is usually sunny after mid june through september, and it usually doesn't get as hot as the rest of the country. Spring and fall can be showery and rainy, but there can also actually be sunshine in there as well. In the winter months if it is sunny it is usually chilly compared to Florida when it is sunny, but nothing as bad as the Midwest.

We are the same latitude as North Dakota but the winters are relatively mild compared to the Midwest, only rarely getting REALLY cold. In North Dakota it is like 40 below all the time and several feet of snow pile up over the course of the winter and it doesn't melt until spring. Sometimes we will get a blast of arctic air from Canada for a week or two and then you will think you are in North Dakota lol, but unlike the Midwest, when it snows it will not stick around for more then a week or two, and most often not even a day or two before the weather changes again and it gets rained on(but there can be an occasional heavy snowstorm, where it will sometimes dump a foot or two).

I think the reason Seattle gets an especially bad rep about the weather is because of the short days in the winter. When it is stormy out and gets dark at 3:30 in the afternoon it can get a bit depressing for some people. If you like to do things like skiing fortunately the ski areas are not very far and you can do that to get out in the winter. Or just do like my parents and go to their tropical beach house in the winter. One thing I have heard form Californians who have moved there(and back) is that Washington seduces you with its beautiful summers, and screws you in the winter. But keep in mind people in Washington also tell Californians it rains all the time so they don't all move up there and overcrowd the place, and the people who live there mostly love it there despite the sometimes bad weather.

 

[Effington]

I live in Chicago and would definitely recommend it to anyone.

 

[iqqi]

Wow, steven, thanks for the descrip, that is exactly what I was looking for.

I've been to Portland, thought it was the most beautiful city ever. Loved the diversity, the cleanliness... and the rain, haha!

Thanks to everyone else, too, could you add some description and what-to-do's?