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Supertastic Fool

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I am done with work tuesday but have to wait til my camera gets here thursday or friday. Doesnt matter where in the US but i need to go SOMEWHERE! Where should I go? where is relatively cheap? (i will be staying in a hostel)
 
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Supertastic Fool

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there's hostels in most of the larger cities, you just have to know how to look. and since americans aren't to happy with spending the night in them noone really knows anything about them :p
 
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You're way too vague. How will you be traveling? What kind of stuff do you want to? What's your budget?

 
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Originally posted by: Xanis
You're way too vague. How will you be traveling? What kind of stuff do you want to? What's your budget?
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Yeh this isn't Europe. You can't buy a cheap student rail pass and go all over. You could always hitchhike... but be expected to provide either gas, grass, or ass. (j/k and old thing from the seventies).
 
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Like rudder said, you're talking like this is Europe and you can master the continent with a rail pass and some good shoes. America is a wee bit more spread out. If I were you, I would rent a car and drive out to some of the great national parks (Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Arches).
 
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RadioHead84

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where are you now? Going to NYC is always fun. Boston si really nice this time of year. The Florida Keys are beautiful,
 
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My top five US travel destinations:

1) Cleveland

Come here and expect to see a beautiful and idyllic US city, dubbed the Paris of the United States. Oh, come and expect to be very, very dissapointed. If you like thrills and chills, make sure you ride some of the scariest coasters in the world at nearby Cedar Point. Or for those more daring, just drive down Euclid Avenue with a buddy at 2 AM and see who makes it the furthest alive. Good fun!

2) Detroit

This city has no equal outside of Athens and Rome for ruins... although all these ruins are man-made. Like all great towns, Detroit'ers even have their own special holiday ("Devil's Night") which they celebrate by looting and setting their own neighborhood on fire.

3) Pittsburgh

A true showcase of American ingenuinity and hard work. Unfortunately, all of that ended in the early 1900s, so all that's left to show for it are a few abandonded steel factories, empty store fronts, and a pungent sulfur odor where there were once instead jobs. Best of all, since nearly everyone who grows up in this area leaves the minute they have a car (or find a friend with a car), you will probably have the whole hostel to yourself.

4) Oakland

This town is comparable to Rio di Janiero, without the nice beaches or beautiful women.
Among a state of softies, Oakland has the heart of a champion. After leading the nation in sexually-transmitted disease rates just one time in a quarter-century, they have upped their efforts and have become a dynasty in this area. Truly awe inspiring!

5) New Orleans

What else can you say about a city that prides itself on its rich French heritage? Hurricane Katrina showed that this is a town of pioneers-- but unlike the 1800s pioneers of the US who braved harsh winters, scorching summers, disease, and famine to chart America's course to the West and better their own lot in life-- these modern-day pioneers sat in their house until AFTER the hurricane hit, complained about how the government didn't give them food, didn't give them water, didn't force them to leave before the storm hit, didn't bring in troops to rescue them from themselves fast enough, and are now complaining that their free rent subsidies are ending a mere 18 months after the hurricane hit. Who could possibly find a new job and new place to live in under 18 months? Oh... the old pioneers, with their rickety wagons and 2nd-grade education... that's who.
 
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JulesMaximus

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Originally posted by: Xanis
Like rudder said, you're talking like this is Europe and you can master the continent with a rail pass and some good shoes. America is a wee bit more spread out. If I were you, I would rent a car and drive out to some of the great national parks (Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Arches).
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In a few days? Good luck hitting all those spots in 3 days.
 
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JulesMaximus

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Originally posted by: KlitschBeiExitus
I am done with work tuesday but have to wait til my camera gets here thursday or friday. Doesnt matter where in the US but i need to go SOMEWHERE! Where should I go? where is relatively cheap? (i will be staying in a hostel)
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What part of the US are you working in?
 
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ric1287

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Originally posted by: KlitschBeiExitus
there's hostels in most of the larger cities, you just have to know how to look. and since americans aren't to happy with spending the night in them noone really knows anything about them :p
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i think we call those "crack houses" here in america.
 
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trOver

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Yellowstone, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Red Wood's, and other big parks. Take more than a few days though !
 
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Sukhoi

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Originally posted by: QED

My top five US travel destinations:

1) Cleveland

Come here and expect to see a beautiful and idyllic US city, dubbed the Paris of the United States. Oh, come and expect to be very, very dissapointed. If you like thrills and chills, make sure you ride some of the scariest coasters in the world at nearby Cedar Point. Or for those more daring, just drive down Euclid Avenue with a buddy at 2 AM and see who makes it the furthest alive. Good fun!

2) Detroit

This city has no equal outside of Athens and Rome for ruins... although all these ruins are man-made. Like all great towns, Detroit'ers even have their own special holiday ("Devil's Night") which they celebrate by looting and setting their own neighborhood on fire.

3) Pittsburgh

A true showcase of American ingenuinity and hard work. Unfortunately, all of that ended in the early 1900s, so all that's left to show for it are a few abandonded steel factories, empty store fronts, and a pungent sulfur odor where there were once instead jobs. Best of all, since nearly everyone who grows up in this area leaves the minute they have a car (or find a friend with a car), you will probably have the whole hostel to yourself.

4) Oakland

This town is comparable to Rio di Janiero, without the nice beaches or beautiful women.
Among a state of softies, Oakland has the heart of a champion. After leading the nation in sexually-transmitted disease rates just one time in a quarter-century, they have upped their efforts and have become a dynasty in this area. Truly awe inspiring!

5) New Orleans

What else can you say about a city that prides itself on its rich French heritage? Hurricane Katrina showed that this is a town of pioneers-- but unlike the 1800s pioneers of the US who braved harsh winters, scorching summers, disease, and famine to chart America's course to the West and better their own lot in life-- these modern-day pioneers sat in their house until AFTER the hurricane hit, complained about how the government didn't give them food, didn't give them water, didn't force them to leave before the storm hit, didn't bring in troops to rescue them from themselves fast enough, and are now complaining that their free rent subsidies are ending a mere 18 months after the hurricane hit. Who could possibly find a new job and new place to live in under 18 months? Oh... the old pioneers, with their rickety wagons and 2nd-grade education... that's who.
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Ahahaha awesome.
 
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alien42

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Originally posted by: trOver
Yellowstone, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Red Wood's, and other big parks. Take more than a few days though !
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yellowstone is also my recommendation. it is truly one of the most amazing natural places in the entire world.
 
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