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US economy to lose billions as foreign tourists stay away (finance.yahoo.com)
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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Our food is really good, too. We have everything from all over the world and then some. One complaint I've heard about visiting Germany, for example, is there's nothing but German food. The US has German food, but also Italian, French, Chinese, Thai, Ethiopian, Columbian, etc.

Some of our major cities can also be a lot of fun. There's a bunch to see in Seattle and Washington DC, even if you don't want to go to historic sites gooning themselves over founding fathers. New York and LA are impossible to experience in one sitting. You have to live in them for an extended period or make several visits.

Then again, you could just go visit China or India or France.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago*

    One complaint I've heard about visiting Germany, for example, is there's nothing but German food.

    That's nonsense. You actively have to inconvenience yourself to get German food, and it's basically only eaten by boomers and tourists. On the other hand, you can get genericized Italian, Turkish or Vietnamese food basically anywhere that's not a tiny village.

    Admittedly, the quality is usually not the best.

    I'm currently in Italy on vacation and it's hard to have a bad meal here - usually in tourist hotspots, or like take-away.

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