Originally Posted by
Swanhunter
This sprung from a conversation I had earlier in the week with a colleague. He holidays solely in the US and has no interest in going anywhere else in the world whereas I would be quite content to only visit San Francisco and New York and nowhere else in the USA. For the avoidance of doubt I have been to the US 20+ times and seen a lot of the country - both coasts, the middle bits, city and countryside. Miles of strips malls, bland food and generic consumer culture just don't move me
. There simply isn't much in the country that I can't find somewhere cheaper/more culturally rich/closer to home.
So what makes you holiday in the USA? What am I missing?
P.S This is NOT intended to be a Yank baiting thread or start some pointless transtlantic flaming match. I am genuinely interested in what appeals to you and what I might be missing
I am originally from the UK, but have lived in the USA for 25+ years now.
I have a lot of family all over the UK who visit regularly From that sampling, the reasons they come here are many.
1) Climate is excellent, certainly in summertime
2) Shopping. They all love to go to the shops and stock up on the latest fashions for a much lower price
3) Scenery. Not many places have the diversity of Alaskan glaciers, the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley, Florida Everglades, Pacific Coast, the Rockies, and New England hills all in one country.
4) Things to do. More than anywhere else in the world... Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, etc. Virtually anything and everything is here.