David,
about your comment ...
"Personally, and with a bit of bias, I think that Philadelphia is
underrated and under-visited by foreign tourists. It's a great American
city - has lots of stuff for visitors, history, skysc.rs (a
relatively recent phenomenon), quaint old neighbourhoods, good food,
great museums,etc."
could you reply to my recent request for input on visiting Philadelphia
over in rec.travel.usa-canada . ( to not fill up this newsgroup with
unrelated material) I asked over there and got a lot of "don't bother"
replies. I'm looking to spend a few days there and asking
opinons/feedback from those that have knowledge of it .
Here's the subject title to look for
Road Trip Boston to Orlando - where to stop
Thanks,
Bobb
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in
message news:1hrm2vf.arj2351nukbiiN%d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk...
> randee wrote:
>
>> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>> >
>> > Europeans, particularly Italians and French, besides living in two
>> > of the
>> > most beautiful countries in the world, are known for their good
>> > taste when
>> > it comes to quality of life (food, clothes, cars, night life,
>> > weather,
>> > women, etc). According to a recent poll these are the impressions
>> > of
>> > Europeans about American cities.
>> >
>> > 5 Best (the least American cities):
>> >
>> > Miami
>> > San Diego
>> > NYC
>> > San Francisco
>> > Boston
> []
>> I would move Miami and Boston to that 'Overrated' category, and move
>> Chicago to the 'Best' category.
>
> I don't know how scientific the poll is, but I'd agree that both
> Boston
> and San Francisco have a feeling about them which makes them feel
> 'untypical' as US cities go. Boston strikes me as one of the most
> "European" cities in the US. San Francisco, for me anyway, is an
> interesting mixture with European and far-east Asian (or near-east in
> their terms!) flavours.
>
> We find Boston a bit dull nowadays, but we're comparing it with UK
> cities which, for all their problems, have a lot more "buzz" (it's an
> overused term, but I think it's appropriate) at the moment.
>
> With Miami, I think it's the whole south Florida package which is
> being
> judged, and I think it's a great place for visitors, and they usually
> don't get exposed to the psychotic politics of the Cubans there. The
> hot
> humid weather for most of the year is a minus, I suppose.
>
> Personally, and with a bit of bias, I think that Philadelphia is
> underrated and under-visited by foreign tourists. It's a great
> American
> city- has lots of stuff for visitors, history, skysc.rs (a
> relatively
> recent phenomenon), quaint old neighbourhoods, good food, great
> museums,
> etc.
>
>> I might perhaps put Los Angeles in the
>> 'Worst' category. Cleveland and Pittsburgh are both nice towns,
>> smaller
>> than most others on the list. They have good orchestras and museums.
>
> Pittsburgh's orchestra is not in the top notch, but is fine.
> Generally,
> the NY Phil, LA Phil, Chigago, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Boston
> Symphony orchestras are considered in the top tier. When at their
> best,
> no other orchestra in the world can match them.
>
> --
> (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
> David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
> (don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
|