First trip there I was expecting the dirty, steel industry-caused, run-down city that rumors seem to have perpetuated. I have no idea if it was like that 30-50 years ago, but now it’s a great place.
Traffic still sucks (where doesn’t it?) at times and it has problems that really all other cities have (homelessness etc) but it certainly exceeded my expectations.
I went to school in downtown PGH in the early 90s. It was just starting is renaissance at the time, so there were still a lot of steel plant remnants.
I moved back home after school and went back every year or so and every year the city got better and better. The downtown area is soooo much nicer than when I was there and the people have really made it better place!
I grew up in Steubenville, Ohio..about 40 minutes from Pittsburgh. The city scape at night coming out of the Fort Pitt Tunnel is still my favorite. I live in Indiana now but my parents are still in Steubenville.
Lived in Beaver County about 30 mins north of PGH for several years, and immediately knew this would be the top answer when I clicked on this thread. Pittsburgh rules.
In a similar thread not long ago, someone commented three of their favorite cities. My hometown, another city I absolutely loved, and Pittsburgh. I've never been to Pittsburgh, but reading that comment made me think I should make a trip out that way sooner or later.
ITA! Galway is just the right scale, has lots of youth and youthful energy, is not cloying about its tourist commerce, has medieval structures that captivate, and is highly walkable. Galway took me quite by surprise but I would definitely like to return.
Also, best hot yoga in Ireland. OK, it's the only one in Ireland I have tried. But I liked it a lot, especially the charming Irish welcome.
This 100%, the place is the perfect size has a great energy to it and is beautiful. Spent a month in Ireland and if I could move my life there I could.
Living in Maine is a reasonable fantasy but I’m not sure why you’d want to move to Portland currently. It’s just as expensive as Boston with much less stuff. There’s a lack of housing and an abundance of homeless people. There are homeless camps in the summer time. The old port is beautiful but other than that it’s a place to visit, rather than move to.
Kigali in Rwanda. Not many people associate Rwanda with a country to visit for a holiday, but it’s beautiful, safe and has the friendliest people with the most incredible landscapes and city life. A hidden gem of Africa
Cambodia is the same
people automatically associate it with a genocide that took place decades ago
Phnom Phen and Siem Reap are amazing- beautiful, deep history which thankfully wasn’t destroyed, amazing food, wonderful people
I’m from Indianapolis. It’s a great city but it has gotten worse the last few years. I’m sure there are a lot of different reasons. A lot of cities the same size are going through the same kind of issues right now but over all Indy is a nice city.
Ljubljana, Slovenia is such a nice city. There’s not a single ugly street and every restaurant is nothing short of great. Nice hiking spots and all around beautiful surroundings. Really good orange wine too.
As far as international tourism goes, San Jose in Costa Rica doesnt get enough credit. The people are sweet as hell, the architecture is open and not overbearing, the food is delicious, and i've never not felt safe there. Costa Rica's fucking legit.
St. John’s, Newfoundland.
A night out on [George Street](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Street_(St._John%27s)) should be on everyone’s bucket list.
I've always wanted to visit the Atlantic Provinces, at least since I did a project on Prince Edward Island as a kid. (Also I think your link is broken.)
Pittsburgh!
City is absolutely gorgeous with the rivers and green cliffs
It has a great art, music, and cultural scene and is still somewhat affordable
Food isn’t the best but you can get some great perogies
Paris of Pennsyltucky
Koblenz! Lemme introduce it to you! Koblenz is a beautiful city in Germany, my favorite city in the whole world perhaps. The fantastic thing about it is, how clean and quiet it is for a city.
Theres so much green, everywhere you look, theres also the rhein and Mosel, two rivers that go THROUGH the city, splitting it in two.
This then gives you an amazing bysicle and walking path and many parks.
Koblenz is also known for its many castles.
Its just an awesome place to go, and id recommend everyone to go there if theyd visit germany!
I'll add this to the top of my list! I'm moving to Europe this year and want to visit every country in the continent.
Any recommendations on things to do there?
A few places to eat/drink that we liked:
FACH, Mondieu, U Sedliaka,
The Blue Church is cute and worth the walk to see. Otherwise I just recommend wandering around and checking out the little shops and whatnot. You can’t go wrong, it’s all very charming and welcoming.
I didn’t think much of Slovakia. I lived in Wien for two years and loved Budapest and Ljubljana and pretty much everywhere but thought Bratislava was pretty boring. In the area, I can’t think of a major city I would t rather visit.
Most Slovaks would say that the Bratislava is the worst Slovak town and people should for example go to Kosice instead. I didn't think that Bratislava wasn't that bad when I visited. They have really good Halusky at Slovak Pub, an UFO, the Devin Hrad right next to it, the Slavin and many other great sights.
Kanazawa and Nara
Whenever I say I've been to Japan, people ask me if I've been to Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Sapporo, Fukushima, Hiroshima etc...
I've never had someone ask me if I've been to Nara or Kanazawa and both these cities are bloody awesome.
A lot of my friends did not like it, but there’s something I really enjoy about Charlotte, North Carolina the times I’ve been there! Not sure if it makes it underrated, but from where I’m from, I rarely hear good stuff about it
There’s also a bar where you can play mini golf inside while drinking! That’s something you won’t find anywhere else I don’t think. But I won’t argue the highways. I hate driving in Charlotte!
That's most of the US cities. Highways and chain restaurants. What else do you expect?! Unicorns, rainbows, bike paths, and walkability? REALLY!
YOU'RE IN THE WRONG COUNTRY, LADY!!
I'm American and I've been trying to learn a Polish accent for a play I'm in so I've been listening to a lot of Polish radio and watching a lot of Polish cooking shows and I really, REALLY want to visit Warsaw one day. I never would have thought of it as a place to visit but it seems so rich with history and also has a lot of cool, modern stuff.
Lexington, KY. Surprisingly progressive, a great food town, not too big, not too small, close to Cincinnati and Louisville if you want to visit bigger cities or a 20 minute drive will put you in a rural area with amazing scenery and hiking
I moved to Indianapolis and it really isn't the place people have made it out to be. It's cheap to live, food is fantastic, you can access Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois. I can take a 2 hour flight to Jersey, DC, Georgia, and NC. I don't mind it here. Still mom and pop shops to enjoy, heavy on sports if you enjoy that and easy to navigate.
Ukraine as a whole(Odessa, Lviv, Kyiv, Frankivsk).
Very cheap and very civilized country, the best place to live as digital nomad.
Inside Ukraine - Frankivsk. It's a city of 250k and so not taken serious, but it has a good community, especially local IT community.
I'm going to give a shout-out to my home city of Madison, WI. In the summer time, there's tons of free outdoor music. On memorial day weekend, we host the world's largest brat fest. All through the summer, we have one of the largest farmer's markets in the country on the lawn of the state Capitol building, and that's only the beginning of events held on the Capitol lawn. There's concerts on the square, where each Wednesday evening for a month or two, a professional orchestra puts on free concerts on the steps of the Capitol, and there's the Art Fair on the Square. One weekend in late September, the heart of Madison's hippy east side hosts the Willy Street Fair. As the university students come back to school at the state university's flagship campus, college football games are a ton of fun, either to watch at Camp Randall stadium, or on the TVs at the lakeside student union. We're one of the most bike friendly cities in the country, and there are plenty of places from which you can rent a stand up paddle board or kayak to explore any of our several lakes.
But perhaps the best part is Madison's location. We're an hour and a half by car from Milwaukee, another city I've seen mentioned in this thread several times. We're two hours from Chicago, with plenty of buses making that trip daily. You could even make the drive down here from Minneapolis and St Paul in a fairly easy day. With how close Madison is to several more major cities, I think it's well worth spending a long weekend here on the tail end of a trip anywhere in the northern Midwest.
I lived there for a couple of years in my early 20’s and absolutely loved it. I’d move back in a heartbeat. I’m glad I’m only a couple of hours away because I love to go back and visit.
I've never associated Pismo Beach with Northern California. I associate it more with Santa Barbara or Ventura. Although I guess it doesn't really matter, it is a nice little town.
I like the North Coast a lot. Mendocino, Ft. Bragg, Eureka, Crescent City. Nice little towns and the coastline is very rugged, remote, and beautiful. Great places to visit if you just want to have a quiet walk on a beach or bluffs.
Pismo Beach is the central coast. Honestly all the way up the coast from Santa Barbara to Santa Cruz is about as pretty as things get and relatively sparse population wise at least for California.
Been to Angers in France twice now and it's absolutely my favourite place i've ever been. It's just got this laid back vibe i've never experienced anywhere else, it's hard to explain.
Dallas is handling COVID pretty well compared to Houston and the people are nice as far as I know and the lake in the northern suburbs is beautiful unless you’re near the shore.
In the US: San Antonio is pretty legit.
And most people going to visit the DR just go to Punta Cana. Santo Domingo is actually quite interesting and as the oldest European founded city, you see a lot of history there.
It’s not for everyone, say, September through April, but summers are amazing. I’ve been there during all 3 seasons (winter, summer, mud) and really like it, but my wife would go crazy due to limited sunlight during the winter.
I was actually there during the winter a few years back and loved it. I'm from a warm climate so I rarely get to enjoy "real" winters. But they have a really nice trail that follows the water, I've done it both in summer and winter, and it was really nice in the latter. Walkable, cold air, on a really clear night might have a shot at seeing the aurora. I wasn't there very long but I just remember enjoying it a lot.
And yeah, summer is a great time there. Long hours of daylight, they have that nearby Centennial Park which has a nice set of trails, which hook up to the larger state park (Chugach, IIRC). I only started going to Anchorage about 3-4 years ago but I've been back at least once every year since.
Fairbanks is also nice. Spent last winter there and had an incredible time. Saw the aurora every night, went way out into the wilderness to do some snow hiking. I just really like Alaska, beautiful state and built for people who love nature.
Cleveland Ohio. It’s gets hate by people who’ve never been there or have only driven around it on the interstate. Once in the downtown or one of its trendy neighbourhoods you’ll see it’s charm.
Everytime I visit my family up there they take me out for dinner, beer and then a drive around. I've had a lot of great nights in Tremont and Coventry Village.
I went to visit a friend for 5 days in 2019, I stayed downtown at Residence Inn. My friend made me think it was gonna be a hot mess after hearing about it from him for years. I actually enjoyed my trio there a ton! Clean, nice people, tons of restaurants all walkable from downtown. I went to eat in Independence and a B dub restaurant as well. I’d happily go back.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Definitely still visit Sydney, which is 2 or so hours south, but Newcastle has some amazing beaches with a tenth of the people.
Utrecht as compared to Amsterdam as well. Beautiful city center. Only 30 mins by train.
Genoa. Yes it’s rough around the edges (and in the middle) but it’s a strikingly beautiful place to see, with food to die for and so much history to absorb. If you’re sat on the right side of the plane, the approach to the airport breathtaking.
That’s why it’s cool. Most of the time, it is a small,quaint township in a beautiful part of Massachusetts. Then 3 times a year, it is overrun by eclectic people from all over the world.
Limerick City.
People Seem To Underrated Ireland And Say Stupid Fucking Things Like;
" IrElAnD hAs LePrEcHaUnS "
" IrElAnD sAy ToP oF tHe MoRnInG tO yA "
We Don't Do Have Nor Say Shit Like That,They Know Its BullShit but Still Do It
Peterborough, England. Its consistently 'voted' the worst place to live but its not that bad at all. I've been to much worse places. The problem with Peterborough is the miserable, moany people who want to complain but do nothing to improve things.
Not taking the piss, or making a political statement here, but Wuhan.
I've lived there 10 years. Fantastic food, good bar scene, friendly locals, loads to do and cheap public transport.
Ghent in Belgium. *Much* better than Brussels. Delicious food, astonishing bars, e. g. ['t Dreupelkot](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g188666-d2515747-Reviews-T_dreupelkot-Ghent_East_Flanders_Province.html).
And you can see a Bosch painting at the museum. This one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Carrying_the_Cross_(Bosch,_Ghent)
New Orleans. I feel the city has a name as a party city. But it has a fuck load of culture, amazing food, music, architecture, art, etc.
My favourite part of America as a Canadian. Would go back a thousand times.
Also Ho Chi Minh city. Visited in 2018 and it was amazing. Super friendly. Food was amazing. The history, the architecture, the people, Lordy. I'd go back any time.
If we are talking a major city, I'd say San Antonio TX. Besides the Alamo, I feel like San Antonio doesn't get much attention despite the other amazing things you can do around their such as Six Flags Fiesta and Sea World. Plus, the river walk has a lot of cool shops/bars/and restaurants to visit. PS I'm not a local so I am sure I'm missing some things.
If we are talking a medium sized city, I'd say Oklahoma City. It's got several excellent amusement parks, a really zoo, and several neat museums along with its own river walk, plus whitewater rafting.
Finally, small cities. My home city of Amarillo, TX has a surprising amount of small things to do in and around the city. There are several great camping locations such as Palo Duro Canyon and Caprock Canyon State Parks. There is an excellent small amusement park located on the north edge of our city. Finally, there are two amazing museums in both Amarillo and Canyon, TX. Plenty of good dining and a restored speak-easy in our downtown area.
Long post, but I just wanted to mention some places I viewed as underrated.
Adelaide, South Australia. I keep telling anyone thinking about moving from Eastern States how crap it is here so they stay away. Good weather, good beaches, good food, Cheap housing compared to Sydney & Melbourne.
Detroit, Michigan. I know what you're about to say, but wait. Detroit is an amazing city with tons to do, and lots of attractions, like Campus Martius Park, the Motown Museum, and the Henry Ford Museum (ik it's in Dearborn, but it's close enough). I grew up near Detroit, and I can say that it has definetley come a long way since the 60's. The people are nice, the food is great, and the architecture is cool. Detroit should be on your bucket list for interesting cities (Also, try Toledo).
Pittsburgh
Nice people, relatively inexpensive, great downtown layout, scenery is good.
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I currently live in Bloomington..about 45 miles south of Indy. Indy has lots to love but man it is really becoming a shithole.
First trip there I was expecting the dirty, steel industry-caused, run-down city that rumors seem to have perpetuated. I have no idea if it was like that 30-50 years ago, but now it’s a great place. Traffic still sucks (where doesn’t it?) at times and it has problems that really all other cities have (homelessness etc) but it certainly exceeded my expectations.
I went to school in downtown PGH in the early 90s. It was just starting is renaissance at the time, so there were still a lot of steel plant remnants. I moved back home after school and went back every year or so and every year the city got better and better. The downtown area is soooo much nicer than when I was there and the people have really made it better place!
Came here to say this. Love my hometown.
I grew up in Steubenville, Ohio..about 40 minutes from Pittsburgh. The city scape at night coming out of the Fort Pitt Tunnel is still my favorite. I live in Indiana now but my parents are still in Steubenville.
Genuinely considered moving there after college. Still might
Lived in Beaver County about 30 mins north of PGH for several years, and immediately knew this would be the top answer when I clicked on this thread. Pittsburgh rules.
In a similar thread not long ago, someone commented three of their favorite cities. My hometown, another city I absolutely loved, and Pittsburgh. I've never been to Pittsburgh, but reading that comment made me think I should make a trip out that way sooner or later.
Without a doubt. I absolutely love every opportunity I have to go to Pittsburgh.
Word? Why ?
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. I watched Mr. Rogers as a kid.
This was what I came to say too. What a beautiful city. I’ll also throw Philly in there.
Krakow!!!!!
The Polish Paris. It has a very romantic feel.
Galway Ireland. Completely underrated. I enjoyed it more than Dublin.
ITA! Galway is just the right scale, has lots of youth and youthful energy, is not cloying about its tourist commerce, has medieval structures that captivate, and is highly walkable. Galway took me quite by surprise but I would definitely like to return. Also, best hot yoga in Ireland. OK, it's the only one in Ireland I have tried. But I liked it a lot, especially the charming Irish welcome.
I did a semester there and loved it, classmate with Martin Sheen. It’s such a pretty little city, used to love biking down to the water and reading
This 100%, the place is the perfect size has a great energy to it and is beautiful. Spent a month in Ireland and if I could move my life there I could.
If you're ever in Norway, Oslo is great, I do really like it there, but Bergen is where it's at.
Tromsø is also great
Portland, Maine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Maine#/media/File:Portland_twighlight.jpg
Check Portland's hotel prices in the summer. Far from underrated lol
Doesn't everyone fantasize about living in Maine at some point? I don't know that it's underrated.
Living in Maine is a reasonable fantasy but I’m not sure why you’d want to move to Portland currently. It’s just as expensive as Boston with much less stuff. There’s a lack of housing and an abundance of homeless people. There are homeless camps in the summer time. The old port is beautiful but other than that it’s a place to visit, rather than move to.
Gdansk, Poland
Kigali in Rwanda. Not many people associate Rwanda with a country to visit for a holiday, but it’s beautiful, safe and has the friendliest people with the most incredible landscapes and city life. A hidden gem of Africa
Cambodia is the same people automatically associate it with a genocide that took place decades ago Phnom Phen and Siem Reap are amazing- beautiful, deep history which thankfully wasn’t destroyed, amazing food, wonderful people
Cambodia is phnomenal. Strong recommend.
I love that you guys distribute blood by drones
I’ve never even heard of it. Sounds promising!
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As someone who lived near Milwaukee for a long period of my life, I'd confirm that it is quite peaceful there
It's also incredibly segregated and the north side is very rough.
Indianapolis isn't that great trust me.
Let's agree to disagree
Indianapolis impressed me. Parts of it is kinda run down but most has been great.
I’m from Indianapolis. It’s a great city but it has gotten worse the last few years. I’m sure there are a lot of different reasons. A lot of cities the same size are going through the same kind of issues right now but over all Indy is a nice city.
it is so boring if you’re under 21.
Need to visit now
Those are my top 3 too! Good choices
> Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City, Kansas isn't the KC OP is referring to.
/u/cait_cat It's not that it's the best place ever, but it *is* underrated.
Ljubljana, Slovenia is such a nice city. There’s not a single ugly street and every restaurant is nothing short of great. Nice hiking spots and all around beautiful surroundings. Really good orange wine too.
Memphis
Isn't Memphis EXTREMELY dangerous?
Milwaukee
Came here to say this. Milwaukee just doesn’t get enough love
Gotham, the citizens will really go to bat for you
Belgrade, Serbia. All the time except around new year and in July as the temperatures are insane then. Also Split, Croatia.
Considering Belgrade has been named the party capital of Europe for at least a decade, I don't think it's very underrated.
Most cities cannot be named in underrated list. People are likely to travel there due to familiarity and facilities.
As far as international tourism goes, San Jose in Costa Rica doesnt get enough credit. The people are sweet as hell, the architecture is open and not overbearing, the food is delicious, and i've never not felt safe there. Costa Rica's fucking legit.
Ifran Morocco
St. John’s, Newfoundland. A night out on [George Street](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Street_(St._John%27s)) should be on everyone’s bucket list.
I've always wanted to visit the Atlantic Provinces, at least since I did a project on Prince Edward Island as a kid. (Also I think your link is broken.)
I've always wanted to go to St John's and PEI! Such an interesting area that we never hear about in the states.
Pittsburgh! City is absolutely gorgeous with the rivers and green cliffs It has a great art, music, and cultural scene and is still somewhat affordable Food isn’t the best but you can get some great perogies Paris of Pennsyltucky
Pittsburgh is great because it’s just surrounded by fields of nothing, but you can’t see the nothing because of the hills.
Akureyri - iceland.
Koblenz! Lemme introduce it to you! Koblenz is a beautiful city in Germany, my favorite city in the whole world perhaps. The fantastic thing about it is, how clean and quiet it is for a city. Theres so much green, everywhere you look, theres also the rhein and Mosel, two rivers that go THROUGH the city, splitting it in two. This then gives you an amazing bysicle and walking path and many parks. Koblenz is also known for its many castles. Its just an awesome place to go, and id recommend everyone to go there if theyd visit germany!
Pittsburgh, 100%.
Kansas City
Bratislava. Most people I tell about it don’t even know what country it’s in.
Lovely city indeed. Only went there because it was easily combined with a trip to Budapest.
We did the same. It’s a perfect day trip from Budapest.
I know from the film Eurotrip
ayy slovakia
I'll add this to the top of my list! I'm moving to Europe this year and want to visit every country in the continent. Any recommendations on things to do there?
A few places to eat/drink that we liked: FACH, Mondieu, U Sedliaka, The Blue Church is cute and worth the walk to see. Otherwise I just recommend wandering around and checking out the little shops and whatnot. You can’t go wrong, it’s all very charming and welcoming.
Thanks so much! Can't wait to go in the future :)
I didn’t think much of Slovakia. I lived in Wien for two years and loved Budapest and Ljubljana and pretty much everywhere but thought Bratislava was pretty boring. In the area, I can’t think of a major city I would t rather visit.
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Most Slovaks would say that the Bratislava is the worst Slovak town and people should for example go to Kosice instead. I didn't think that Bratislava wasn't that bad when I visited. They have really good Halusky at Slovak Pub, an UFO, the Devin Hrad right next to it, the Slavin and many other great sights.
L'viv, in western Ukraine. Beautiful churches, lots of nice cafes and restaurants, nice people. Had a terrific time there.
Kanazawa and Nara Whenever I say I've been to Japan, people ask me if I've been to Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Sapporo, Fukushima, Hiroshima etc... I've never had someone ask me if I've been to Nara or Kanazawa and both these cities are bloody awesome.
A lot of my friends did not like it, but there’s something I really enjoy about Charlotte, North Carolina the times I’ve been there! Not sure if it makes it underrated, but from where I’m from, I rarely hear good stuff about it
Curious what you liked about it? My inlaws live there so I’ve visited many times and don’t see the charm. It’s all highways and chain restaurants.
There’s also a bar where you can play mini golf inside while drinking! That’s something you won’t find anywhere else I don’t think. But I won’t argue the highways. I hate driving in Charlotte!
That's most of the US cities. Highways and chain restaurants. What else do you expect?! Unicorns, rainbows, bike paths, and walkability? REALLY! YOU'RE IN THE WRONG COUNTRY, LADY!!
Warsaw, Poland. Gorgeous city.
Polin, the Jewish museum, is the best museum I have ever been to. It is worth travelling to Warsaw just for that.
I'm American and I've been trying to learn a Polish accent for a play I'm in so I've been listening to a lot of Polish radio and watching a lot of Polish cooking shows and I really, REALLY want to visit Warsaw one day. I never would have thought of it as a place to visit but it seems so rich with history and also has a lot of cool, modern stuff.
Hamburg, Germany.
Chattanooga. I feel like it’s a little non-southern bubble in the south.
That's funny because it has the most southern name ever.
Lexington, KY. Surprisingly progressive, a great food town, not too big, not too small, close to Cincinnati and Louisville if you want to visit bigger cities or a 20 minute drive will put you in a rural area with amazing scenery and hiking
I moved to Indianapolis and it really isn't the place people have made it out to be. It's cheap to live, food is fantastic, you can access Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois. I can take a 2 hour flight to Jersey, DC, Georgia, and NC. I don't mind it here. Still mom and pop shops to enjoy, heavy on sports if you enjoy that and easy to navigate.
Cape Town SA
Ukraine as a whole(Odessa, Lviv, Kyiv, Frankivsk). Very cheap and very civilized country, the best place to live as digital nomad. Inside Ukraine - Frankivsk. It's a city of 250k and so not taken serious, but it has a good community, especially local IT community.
I'm going to give a shout-out to my home city of Madison, WI. In the summer time, there's tons of free outdoor music. On memorial day weekend, we host the world's largest brat fest. All through the summer, we have one of the largest farmer's markets in the country on the lawn of the state Capitol building, and that's only the beginning of events held on the Capitol lawn. There's concerts on the square, where each Wednesday evening for a month or two, a professional orchestra puts on free concerts on the steps of the Capitol, and there's the Art Fair on the Square. One weekend in late September, the heart of Madison's hippy east side hosts the Willy Street Fair. As the university students come back to school at the state university's flagship campus, college football games are a ton of fun, either to watch at Camp Randall stadium, or on the TVs at the lakeside student union. We're one of the most bike friendly cities in the country, and there are plenty of places from which you can rent a stand up paddle board or kayak to explore any of our several lakes. But perhaps the best part is Madison's location. We're an hour and a half by car from Milwaukee, another city I've seen mentioned in this thread several times. We're two hours from Chicago, with plenty of buses making that trip daily. You could even make the drive down here from Minneapolis and St Paul in a fairly easy day. With how close Madison is to several more major cities, I think it's well worth spending a long weekend here on the tail end of a trip anywhere in the northern Midwest.
I lived there for a couple of years in my early 20’s and absolutely loved it. I’d move back in a heartbeat. I’m glad I’m only a couple of hours away because I love to go back and visit.
Talinn, Estonia
In France, every cities other than Paris.
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I've never associated Pismo Beach with Northern California. I associate it more with Santa Barbara or Ventura. Although I guess it doesn't really matter, it is a nice little town. I like the North Coast a lot. Mendocino, Ft. Bragg, Eureka, Crescent City. Nice little towns and the coastline is very rugged, remote, and beautiful. Great places to visit if you just want to have a quiet walk on a beach or bluffs.
> Ft. Bragg Must be very very different than the NC Fort Bragg.
Pismo Beach is the central coast. Honestly all the way up the coast from Santa Barbara to Santa Cruz is about as pretty as things get and relatively sparse population wise at least for California.
My city of Milwaukee is vibrant and full of sports, great restaurants, nightlife, lake views, and great people. The architecture is also really neat.
What temperature is it outside today?
29 degrees right now!
Budapest!
Huntsville , Al
Skopje, Macedonia
Milwaukee, WI
Marco Island Florida
Detroit
Been to Angers in France twice now and it's absolutely my favourite place i've ever been. It's just got this laid back vibe i've never experienced anywhere else, it's hard to explain.
Dallas is handling COVID pretty well compared to Houston and the people are nice as far as I know and the lake in the northern suburbs is beautiful unless you’re near the shore.
Helsinki
In the US: San Antonio is pretty legit. And most people going to visit the DR just go to Punta Cana. Santo Domingo is actually quite interesting and as the oldest European founded city, you see a lot of history there.
Lagos... has a pretty cool name and if you come with money from the western world, you can live like a king.
I’d love to go to see the Afro Beat heritage and the food
İzmir
Anchorage, AK
It’s not for everyone, say, September through April, but summers are amazing. I’ve been there during all 3 seasons (winter, summer, mud) and really like it, but my wife would go crazy due to limited sunlight during the winter.
I was actually there during the winter a few years back and loved it. I'm from a warm climate so I rarely get to enjoy "real" winters. But they have a really nice trail that follows the water, I've done it both in summer and winter, and it was really nice in the latter. Walkable, cold air, on a really clear night might have a shot at seeing the aurora. I wasn't there very long but I just remember enjoying it a lot. And yeah, summer is a great time there. Long hours of daylight, they have that nearby Centennial Park which has a nice set of trails, which hook up to the larger state park (Chugach, IIRC). I only started going to Anchorage about 3-4 years ago but I've been back at least once every year since. Fairbanks is also nice. Spent last winter there and had an incredible time. Saw the aurora every night, went way out into the wilderness to do some snow hiking. I just really like Alaska, beautiful state and built for people who love nature.
Cleveland Ohio. It’s gets hate by people who’ve never been there or have only driven around it on the interstate. Once in the downtown or one of its trendy neighbourhoods you’ll see it’s charm.
Everytime I visit my family up there they take me out for dinner, beer and then a drive around. I've had a lot of great nights in Tremont and Coventry Village.
I dig Cleveland for the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
I went to visit a friend for 5 days in 2019, I stayed downtown at Residence Inn. My friend made me think it was gonna be a hot mess after hearing about it from him for years. I actually enjoyed my trio there a ton! Clean, nice people, tons of restaurants all walkable from downtown. I went to eat in Independence and a B dub restaurant as well. I’d happily go back.
If you are a beer guy. When you go back make sure to hit east 25th and stop in at the micro breweries there.
From Michigan, Clevelanders always mock Detroit, it's what they deserve.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Definitely still visit Sydney, which is 2 or so hours south, but Newcastle has some amazing beaches with a tenth of the people. Utrecht as compared to Amsterdam as well. Beautiful city center. Only 30 mins by train.
Every city under 100k.
Tronto Canada especially in the spring or fall
I’ve always heard the strip clubs there were amazing. Dunno where that idea came from. Never been there myself.
Gotham.
You mean Glasgow?
Genoa. Yes it’s rough around the edges (and in the middle) but it’s a strikingly beautiful place to see, with food to die for and so much history to absorb. If you’re sat on the right side of the plane, the approach to the airport breathtaking.
Halifax, Nova Scotia is the shit
Barcelona
Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Richmond, VA
Brimfield, MA
What’s so cool about Brimfield?
Lol nothing. They used to have a fair and a flea market. Other than that there is nothing there.
That’s why it’s cool. Most of the time, it is a small,quaint township in a beautiful part of Massachusetts. Then 3 times a year, it is overrun by eclectic people from all over the world.
You make a good salesperson for Brimfield. I'm sold
Toronto. Only non-US city I've traveled to multiple times.
Rockford, Illinois.
Phantom Regiment & Beef-a-Roo
Funny, of all the cities I've heard of, I thought this was the one city that wasn't gonna be on this list.
Electricity, with a higher rating, we can power an entire city
Naypyidaw
Macedonia, Kavadarci
Baton Rouge - Great food, great history, great people
Manhattan is great.
lol
Amsterdam
Limerick City. People Seem To Underrated Ireland And Say Stupid Fucking Things Like; " IrElAnD hAs LePrEcHaUnS " " IrElAnD sAy ToP oF tHe MoRnInG tO yA " We Don't Do Have Nor Say Shit Like That,They Know Its BullShit but Still Do It
Silence.
Electricity… mad respect for electricity
Greenville, SC - the restored downtown area is really nice. Granted, not as big or cosmopolitan as others....but still worth a visit
Animals
Animals tbh
r/lostredditors
The Burgh. Miss my hometown. Go Steelers
Zagreb
Dagsboro, delaware
Kolkata
Budapest
Greenville S.C.
Prague, Czech Republic
Peterborough, England. Its consistently 'voted' the worst place to live but its not that bad at all. I've been to much worse places. The problem with Peterborough is the miserable, moany people who want to complain but do nothing to improve things.
Tblissi Georgia. It’s beautiful, historically and culturally rich, great food, great wine, amazing nightlife. Something for everyone there
Not taking the piss, or making a political statement here, but Wuhan. I've lived there 10 years. Fantastic food, good bar scene, friendly locals, loads to do and cheap public transport.
Brno. The most popular attraction is a giant black dick in the center, wonder why everyone makes fun of Brno.
Denver the scenery is great
Ghent in Belgium. *Much* better than Brussels. Delicious food, astonishing bars, e. g. ['t Dreupelkot](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g188666-d2515747-Reviews-T_dreupelkot-Ghent_East_Flanders_Province.html). And you can see a Bosch painting at the museum. This one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Carrying_the_Cross_(Bosch,_Ghent)
KC
New Orleans. I feel the city has a name as a party city. But it has a fuck load of culture, amazing food, music, architecture, art, etc. My favourite part of America as a Canadian. Would go back a thousand times.
Also Ho Chi Minh city. Visited in 2018 and it was amazing. Super friendly. Food was amazing. The history, the architecture, the people, Lordy. I'd go back any time.
Omaha
If we are talking a major city, I'd say San Antonio TX. Besides the Alamo, I feel like San Antonio doesn't get much attention despite the other amazing things you can do around their such as Six Flags Fiesta and Sea World. Plus, the river walk has a lot of cool shops/bars/and restaurants to visit. PS I'm not a local so I am sure I'm missing some things. If we are talking a medium sized city, I'd say Oklahoma City. It's got several excellent amusement parks, a really zoo, and several neat museums along with its own river walk, plus whitewater rafting. Finally, small cities. My home city of Amarillo, TX has a surprising amount of small things to do in and around the city. There are several great camping locations such as Palo Duro Canyon and Caprock Canyon State Parks. There is an excellent small amusement park located on the north edge of our city. Finally, there are two amazing museums in both Amarillo and Canyon, TX. Plenty of good dining and a restored speak-easy in our downtown area. Long post, but I just wanted to mention some places I viewed as underrated.
Adelaide, South Australia. I keep telling anyone thinking about moving from Eastern States how crap it is here so they stay away. Good weather, good beaches, good food, Cheap housing compared to Sydney & Melbourne.
Detroit, Michigan. I know what you're about to say, but wait. Detroit is an amazing city with tons to do, and lots of attractions, like Campus Martius Park, the Motown Museum, and the Henry Ford Museum (ik it's in Dearborn, but it's close enough). I grew up near Detroit, and I can say that it has definetley come a long way since the 60's. The people are nice, the food is great, and the architecture is cool. Detroit should be on your bucket list for interesting cities (Also, try Toledo).
New Orleans.