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Has anyone here ever been? Im thinking of going there on holiday from the Drizzly UK.

Done New York and LA already... New York won.
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Not sure why you'd want to go. IMO the best parts of America are the wide open spaces we have compared to most other countries.

If you boil it down, a large world-class city is just like any other. If you've been to one, you been to them all.

Unless you like deep dish pizza. For that, I'd recommend going to UNO's.
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Have a heart clogging good time in Chicago.
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I live in Chicago, it's an awesome city. Lots to see... Lake Shore Drive, Sears Tower, Wrigley Field etc... Def. worth it.
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I have lived in Chicago and can't think of any reason to go there. New Orleans was great but it drowned and the rats took over.

SF is pretty neat but I agree with an earlier post suggesting our wilderness is our true treasure. My first day in Oregon I met an Austrian woman finishing a hiking, climbing camping trip through Yellowstone and Eastern Oregon.
I'd been in Yellowstone two days earlier and the just opening park was filled with Europeans. If you like rugged seacoast, mountains & volcanoes and gentle weather you might type Oregon in Google.

pic is Crater Lake
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Ive seen bigger
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>>375926

sup kai.

How is your WoW character?
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get out of the hotel, rent a car and drive from lakeshore drive up to the beaches in evanston or willmette, and then drive back during the night to see an amazing view of the skyline.

go to unos if ur a moron...theres hundreds of other amazing resturants. if ur not sure which to go to, rosebud is a solid choice. dont go to wrigley field, go to u.s cellular to see a sox game. art institute is free on thursday nights, but the cultural center is always free and better in some ways. have fun and enjoy it.
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Wrigley Field is 2nd oldest baseball park in USA - if yer interested in the architecture/history - also still uses the olde school "manual" score board - there are people inside the score board changing out the numbers... I think it might be the last one still in use in MLB...
US cellular is like every other "modern" stadium - seen one seen 'em all... same old "jumbo-tron" flash n dazzle same old same old... no big deal. IMHO.
I'm not a baseball fan at all so the team or the actual game doesn't really matter to me... just a fan of the history...

also Chicago offers a lot of architecture to see. lake shore drive (LSD) at night is a sight to see. there are tall ships at Navy pier - you can take a sail out onto the lake.
the lake is larger then it looks on a map/globe... when yer there standing on the beach you can't see the other side so it might as well be an ocean... Xcept it's fresh water and there aren't huge waves, just small ones.
for views there's sears tower and John Hancock tower with observation decks at the top.
rent a car and take a speed thru lower wacker drive - that's kinda cool... but watch for the traffic lights and delivery trucks..

of course there's all the museums - check on-line to find out which are the free admission days.
science and industry museum has a WWII U-boat you can tour thru (that was always my favourite)

plenty of bars n eateries.
for pizza I like Gino's East... but there are a ton of options there that are all good.

I'd say in a week one could cover most the major sites.

and for you it'll all seem cheap b'cuz of the Xchange rate! ;o)
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>>376016
cont.

Chicago is a great "little" major city but but like other post says - the wide open spaces are the real attraction to USA - especially out west... just absolutely amazing and beautiful... the deserts and the rockies... can't get enuff of that kind of beauty.

get butt off couch and GO for Zeus' sake!
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heck, this is /hr/, lets show him.
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hellz yeah nigger.
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>>376031
that's the new Trump tower going up there in the middle (with the blue wrap and the 2 cranes on top)...
don't care for Trump himself but at least this building is a lot nicer to look at then the piece of crap Sun Times building that was there before...
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Mesa Verde in southwest corner of Colorado...
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where is this?
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>>376092
I was told it's in California.
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yeah, never been to LA but not really "rarin' to go" there either...
skip Las Vegas too unless all you care about it drinking/partying/whoring/loosing yer money... other then that not much else to offer... you can do those things in any city anyway...
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and there's Hawaii too... but of course yer money won't go as far there...
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>>376097
I agree, most cities are similar so it's the area near them that can tip the scale. I'd opt for Vancouver, Ottawa or Toronto before Chicago. For 8 years Chi was 100 miles South of me but we rarely felt moved to go there.
Seattle intrigues me as does New England but for cities I'd spend my whole vacation in Greenwich Village and be happy.
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back to Chicago for a bit..
there are beaches - some just concrete (more of a bike/walking path then beach) but there are sand ones as well (in the distance in the pic)... the sand is amazingly soft and fine grained...
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>>376105
LOL! yeah the mormons - but I don't think you can go inside that building unless yer a "high level mormon official"...
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If they ask tell them you know about the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Toss in the white salamander and you get the guided tour in exchange for your vow of silence.

:our pets are nice too
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>>376104
true, aside from Chicago itself there aren't any huge attractions or sights to see anywhere around it except the sprawling suburbs and then soybean or corn fields... i.e. no natural wonders...

then again there is always the murder cap of the USA Gary Indiana nearby!!! home of Michael "Wack-o" Jackson!

>>376104
that barn is "famous" - lot of peeps take pics of it during all seasons...

oh yeah, there are the Al Capone Gangster tours in Chicago too... but the site of the St. Valentines Day Massacre (on N Clark street) is just an empty lot... well, a fenced in garden lot, the building was torn down a loooong time ago...

pic is one of the beaches taken (most likely) from the Hancock building...
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>>376117
Not sure if Jeff Dahmers house was torn down in Milwaukee. It was on the border of a decaying inner city slated for demolition. Chi is a nice city but those of us living near it regard it as a huge traffic obstacle to get around.
DC has the Smithsonian which alone makes a visit worthwhile. Atlanta is an island in a sea of rednecks (like Austin).

I doubt St. Petersburg has a rainy season.
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skip Detroit at all costs...unless "urban decay" interests you - there is tons of it there... see this site - no /hr/ image tho' ;o(
http://www.detroityes.com/gild/01bp-gillis.htm
just keep clicking the pic to see the next one...
some amazing old early 20th century mansions now in complete ruin...
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>>376133
Twin Cities are suburban sprawl. Milwaukee is a great town for college but even it's beer went flat. Philly is congestion without compensation and no one goes to New Jersey unless it's to get to the shore.
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Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico
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can't believe this wasn't posted already...
the Grand Canyon.
if your at the south rim best to enter thru the east gate - lot less traffic. for something most visitors don't see go around to the north rim.
also if U can spring the coin take the helicopter ride to the bottom to Havasu Falls... bring yer swimmin' trunks!
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Havasu Falls... yes, the water really is that blue color!
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>>376117
or the top of the drake hotel, nigger
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>>376143
Or you could just walk there if you don't mind a little distance. Great place to go.
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>>377242
yes, one can "hike it" - takes 3 or 4 days camping all the way! wear good boots!

>>377095
no need for name calling...er wait... almost forgot - this IS 4chan....
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Chicago? RLY?

Rush Street was kewl in teh 60's but Dylan won't be playing the coffee houses. :(
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I have been to may places in US.
I am from the UK and my views are that the places like Joshua Tree park and Yosemite and Death Valley are all as interesting as places like Boston/Chicago/NY
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>>377304
Not really. They were unique once but much of the charm fell victim to "urban renewal".

I really love cities and particularly NYC but in your place I'd hit Milan, St. Petersburg or Vancouver. Nobody I ever knew went to Cleveland, Chicago or Detroit on vacation.
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>>377304
Did you like LA? It always seemed like a non-city compared to NYC. Chicago is much more citified.
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hi res ftw
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1921 Chicago
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http://www.chicagokayak.com/kayaking_illinois_water_trails.htm

kayak CHI!
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be sure to visit teh Chi Town Dildo