Looking for some honest advice about Detroit.I’m a single guy in my early 30s from a big city in Canada, thinking about spending a week in Detroit outside of winter, mostly just driving around and exploring out of curiosity.I know Detroit has a reputation, but is it really as bad as people say? I’m comfortable in big cities and rougher areas, so I’m not expecting anything fancy. I’m more interested in seeing the city for what it actually is.I’ll hit some touristy stuff (sports game, concert, etc.) but I’m way more interested in local neighbourhoods, hidden gems, markets, casual bars or diners, bowling alleys, and everyday American stuff like high school or college football, local sports, or community hangouts. I like being a fly on the wall and checking out where locals actually spend time.If you live there or know the city well: what areas are worth checking out, and which should I avoid? Any must see neighbourhoods or experiences for a solo visitor?
I know this is not what you're looking for but: As a lifelong resident of Michigan, I have lived all over the state, including the upper peninsula. Go literally anywhere else besides freakin Detroit or anywhere that denies being "Detroit" - the entire Thumb is just Detroit.Ree etc, but if you still go anyway: North of all that, almost but not quite out of the apocalyptic hellscape zone, is Frankenmuth, which has the year-round (even in summer!) "Bronner's Christmas Wonderland" which quite a unique place. The town is is cool because it is Bavarian themed. Not "American", more like a fusion, but still a cool attraction.
>>2849521What's so terrible about this hellscape in your opinion? What do the regular working class do and have to say about the place? What keeps them there? There just seems to be so many people there, I can't imagine the entire place is irredeemable. And by thumb I assume you mean the lower peninsula?
It is a ghost town, a former industry hub beating heart, but has since lapsed, gone out of business and fallen into decay, except people never moved away because the location was so firmly entrenched that it cannot be replaced. Imagine the conditions of the hood, or third world countries. Or Tortuga from PotC. Detroit is easily one of the (The?) dirtiest, most dangerous, saddest holes in the entire US. While it is improving compared to 10 years ago, it will never recover fully, and will always be a black hole. >What do the regular working class do and have to say about the place? What keeps them there?You get stuck in a slavish limited life loop and can't escape. I think the majority of people are struggling and wish they could escape, but are simply unable to. NOBODY willingly moves to Detroit unless they already have a cushy job lined up. Most regular non-rich in Detroit want to leave Detroit.You would literally be better off visiting anywhere else for fun. Big cities suck anyway, check out any smaller ones which are at least 1 hour or further away. If you MUST big city, then take your pick of any of the ones that are big enough to show up on a catchall map. If you drive straight west 2-3 hours, to the opposite coast, there are plenty of touristy beachy towns which have a much higher standard of living and are cool and unique compared to every landlocked area. On the way, you could visit Lansing and Grand Rapids. Or Jackson, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo.Secondary Detroit tip alongside Frankenmuth if you don't heed my warning: If you visit any convention, you will be (mostly) safely isolated within a tiny tourist/fan fantasy world for a few days. Anime, ren faires, comics, scifi, anything you like, Detroit has plenty of conventions.
>>2849582>And by thumb I assume you mean the lower peninsula?The lower peninsula is shaped like a hand, so the right-area is called the thumb.
>>2849483I went to Detroit two years ago and loved it. The downtown area is kino.>it's so dangerous, broooooooIt's not the 80s robocop area anymore. Just don't go to the hoods surrounding the center, which there is zero reason to be in anyway
>literal nobody posts a video of them walking around talking about nothing>i sleep>literal nobody posts a video of them walking around NYC or Tokyo talking about nothing>HOLY FUCKING KINO
>>2848357>dingindinindgindgidnigngWait a minute. What the fuck is that?Is that supposed to be this?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bPtSOiBK7M
>>2848373Unlike Japan, which is dominated by the elderly, Africa is brimming with youthful energy. In the near future, their economic status will likely reverse.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO_6Cj2urs8
>>2849254Everyone walking around town is neatly dressed. It's a world of difference from the USA.
>>2848381Who tf paid for it?
If people were walking around in short sleeves, it would look like a Southeast Asian city.ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDNbfm-KK3k
I'll be travelling around the following parts of Western Europe for two weeks over Christmas and New Year:Paris - 2 nightsBrussels - 2 nightsBruges - 3 nights (December 24th - 26th)Rotterdam - 2 nightsCologne - 4 nights (December 29th - January 2nd)Berlin - 2 nightsAnyone have any particular recommendations for things to get up to during this period? I'm aware of the big hitters to check out in these cities but are there Christmas specific events they usually hold, good restaurants or quieter spots worth looking into?
>>2845205ThisWhy do you torture yourself with such short time in such large cities?Ironically the cities where you spend the most days are the ones you should be spending the least
>>2845261>cuck is completely pussy whipped by gf How embarrassingJust explain to her how this schedule is complete dogshit
>>2845261lmao, you didn't want advice, did you? you wanted validation. faggot.
>>2845261Then why ask? You actually got a thread full of great advice, which is rare, and then ignored it all.
Brussel and Koln were about the two towns I visited in Europe I didn't like. Congrats to your gf for making that one
I am departing Vilnius in the morning of the 27th to try and hitchhike to Riga. I've already been traveling for about a month but I'm splitting off from my friends to solo travel. Should I be worried about my safety at all as a skinny asian male?And where should I spend new years?Also how do I get laid
>>2848956>Should I be worried about my safety at all as a skinny asian male?No but I don't think anyone is gonna pick you up, it's not culture and it's weird. You can probably pay a local if you can speak to them.>And where should I spend new years?I don't think anything special happens, that is unique to baltics >Also how do I get laidAlso probably not happening, people are pretty seclusive and racist hereThis isn't the adventure you probably hoped for, can say you'd probably have a better time elsewhere, it's not even that cold and snowy now so not festive, no fun outdoor activities. I'm even leaving this holiday.
>>2848984no, but I studied hitchwiki>>2848994I have money, I just wanna hitchhike for fun>>2849016>isn't the adventure you probably hoped forI have no expectations, also I'm young and lit as fuck>>2848999I didn't realize they had pages for individual cities, thanks
>>2849039I don't think anybodys written there for years. Check edit history. But might give you a guidelie. Maybe follow up on the city reddit, or fb group, and ask around?
>>2849044The utter state of travel. Zoomers are so averse to adventure, all they want are boomer-tier luxury hedonistic getaways...which is why they cry endlessly about being too poor to travel (which is not true, they're simply too spoiled to travel)
>>2849108What's this in connection to?
I don't see a lot of threads about south America, Africa on /trv/.Brazil dominates the continent, is it geographically isolated or can you go through Brazil in transit back and forth? Does anyone transit Guyana through the Brazil land border? How far can you actually get up the Amazon and is that a viable route?When it's the tourist season, which places to normie Americans ruin?How's the place doing currency wise, is Venezuela back on the itinerary?
>>2848575I hope you don't mean cool as in temperature, because you're going to a notoriously hot country in the peak of summer. For cool as in fun and interesting, Floripa is the default choice. This place blows up in summer and gets very crowded and expensive, though, so be mindful of that. However, the other capitals in the area have nothing to offer and are hard to have fun in if you don't speak Portuguese. Basically you'll have a good time in Floripa if you don't mind a little traffic and expensive short term rental prices
>>2848854>Some people will still befriend you if you are poorfag staying in a hostel. One American who just arrived in Bogota with a couple buddies met some locals and before you know it, he was fixing to go exploring around the country on the back of a girl's motorbikeSounds pretty cool and fun desu>(and his willingness to pay for everything too, I bet).Nah fuck off with this shit I aint paying for shit Im poor and behave like a jew lmao
>>2847626In Chile if you go all the way to the south like punta arenas it may be too cold for the general taste.I believe Los lagos and Los Rios hit the sweetspot. It's my understanding that the patagonia from Argentina's side is colder and drier.Are you looking for natural beauty or local architecture and towns?>>2848050kekTwinks are on high demand between the chilean girls I know.trannies too, the sexual revolution hit strong around here
>>2849173>Twinks are on high demand between the chilean girls I know.Im not cute enough to call myself a twink tho... just twinkish...Do I have to know spanish to be able to talk to latinas and general population tho ?Like how useful is english in south america ? (Especially Colombia)
>>2848737Get help you mentally ill freak.
Its history speaks for itself. Food is good. Lots to do nature wise. Huge city. Why isn't it a premier tourist destination? I mean I sort of know why but there's other muslim countries that get lots of touristsAlso, whats worth seeing there besides obvious stuff like pyramids?
>>2849401>Where you flying to? Sphinx Airport? Or CAI? Also, >Where's your hotel?>Are you an '''experienced traveller''' who can deal with shit?>Are you on a tight budget?(read my Siwa thread for my experience getting from the airport. Feel free to post there, too, I need motivation to keep writing, lol)
>>2849401Uber works. Make sure you have a roaming data plan or get a local SIM card at the airport.
>>2836959>Tanzania and Nepal have made it clear how "political stability" can vanish overnight, leaving a traveler caught completely off guard.Lmfao. Are you the same scared pussy faggot in the Myanmar thread? It would take all my willpower not to bully you if we ever met
>>2834387>Morocco is the new EgyptHoly fucking retarded
>>2849505It 'works' but not without issues. A quick search for 'Uber Cairo' will bring up more.
Have any of you gotten a yellow fever vaccine for Brazil?I'm planning to go spend some weeks in Brazil starting in January 2026, specifically Rio, Sao Paulo, Florianopolis but might also want to see a city in the inside of the country such as Curitiba or make a small detour at the coast seeing a small touristic places.On the one hand I read only like 50% of the brazilian population is vaccinated on the other hand I also read there's a resurgence of cases and that the vaccine has a low side effect profile.
>>2849356I understand anon, the issue is the evidence and research for seronegative indicates more severe symptoms and hospitalization for certain types of Dengue, with the new qdenga vaccine. And it's still pretty new and not that extensively researched with inconsistent results for seronegative persons.I'm very critical in regards to vaccines since the covid vaccine which got cucked by because I was just tired of all the stupid rules not because I was afraid of covid, actually gave me the worst time of my life with a hospital visit. I don't want to get tricked again.
>>2849493So you have a weak immune system, got some side-effects from a vaccine which has been taken several billion times over the course of the past 5 years, and now you're critical of vaccines. Sounds about right.
>>2849494I don't think covid vaccines work that way regarding the immune systems, even though many had no problems, I think the true extent of its side effects will still take alot of time to be found out, if at all.For me it's more about knowing what I put into my body and not blindly trusting doctors or the establishment. There is mixed opinions on qdenga for seronegative persons, maybe I'll change my mind but atm I'm cautious.
>>2849497>I think the true extent of its side effects will still take alot of time to be found out, if at all.This doesn't happen. Vaccines do not work that way. There are no side effects that take years or generations to show up, that's nothing but /pol/cel cope.
>>2849504I hope so, although I meant more the immediate consequences that the vaccine had. In my case I had very strong costochondritis which is still lingering till today and this was years ago. Now in retrospect J&J is known to have triggered these.
Is it as bas as people say it is? Are hostels cheap? I hear even experienced travellers say it's not easy. I'd love the challenge.
>>2849298>>2849302India and south Asia in general is the one area where I would go temporarily vegetarian. The way they prepare meat is absolutely retarded. They just hack away at the whole thing, fat and bones included, then throw it all into the same pot. You have to pause at every other chewing because you've found a tiny bone shard.
>>2849290>NEVER eat hotel food and only eat what locals eatTerrible advice. I mostly ate in hotel/guesthouse restaurants. All the food was great, I never had stomach problems, and mostly stuck to a $10 per day budget. >avoid meatAgain, if you're sticking to hotels and nicer restaurants this shouldn't be a problem.
>>2849298You can eat any meat you want here in Maharashtra, as long as it's chicken. Mutton is also available, but rarely. >>2849285Yes, hostels can be very cheap. >>2849290"Hotel" restaurants are merely a class of restaurant with full table service. Some of them are very good, but it can be tough to get a table at such places.>>2849339In Malaysia, yes. Here I haven't encountered the practice of hacking carelessly with a meat cleaver. The ₹100 chicken shawarmas are delicious and good protein if you're feeling meat-starved.
>>2849350If you're eating at restaurants in hotels and they're full service restaurants full of Indians and people who aren't guests at the hotel eat there, it's fine. If it's a place that offers food only for hotel guests and it's tourist-centric, absolutely avoid. There are zero repeat customers at that restaurant. The vast majority of food poisoning cases come from people eating at hotels that serve food for white picky eaters. They don't prepare stuff in a sanitary way and often reuse old food or let it sit out all day. Plus none of the cooks eat any of the stuff they prepare.If the person cooking your food wouldn't eat that meal every week, and if that restaurant does not have frequent customers, it's not a place you should eat it.
>>2849285it's fine really fun actually i would agree that you should avoid delhi, the air quality will cause health issues even for a day
Flying to Japan next week after a hellish stay here, holy shit no wonder this place is barely talked about there is fucking nothing outside Seoul and a few specific spots worth a damn>oh you want to go to that cool shrine/temple you saw a picture of yeah hope you got an ARC card because you need to book it on our shitty government run app that barely works>Ha paying with visa? chump, not accepted here why you not have Kakao pay? Oh yeah you need ARC for that lol.>oh that cool thing you saw of these temples/shrines/buildings? Yeah those are closed for uhh idk... Oh no it doesn't look like that really except one short part of the season that lasts for a week or so>every subway smells like kimchi+garlic+fish even if you're on the 5am train it somehow still smells>every historic site is basically a reconstruction of what it might have been way back when Korea was a farming nation>Itaewon is a fucking joke(wasn't expecting much but damn), drinking culture is okay(?) at best>want to go up mountain path or hike get asked "what are you doing here?" by every passing 50 year old park hand?>half the websites barely work when using an English function if you're a foreigner some shit is just completely off the table to attempt even if you want to pay cash>korean men are some of the biggest incels I've met, it's like /pol/ irl>every point of interest you try to find boils down to shopping mall, shopping mall connected to train station, or shopping mall+amusement park>try to find some other tourist tips but it all boils down to "Seoul->DMZ->Gangnam!!! and maybe Jeju">women are decent but have insanely weird expectations on things or full on crazyThe only thing I can say going for this place is that it's cheap in transportation, beer, and food, but I feel like I spend more just to not be bored to death here. I finally see why this place is only referenced for a visa reset. I got one last weekend here, is there something I am missing? Staying Itaewon was a mistake...
>>2848834there is linguistic evidence for japanese presence in Korea even in prehistory - the Peninsular Japonic languages ...i do agree that the japanese hate in korea is so manufactured
>>2848829I went to Japan first and then Korea. I still prefer the people and atmosphere of Korea. Feels like I am able to relax
>oh you want to go to that cool shrine/temple you saw a picture of yeah hope you got an ARC card because you need to book it on our shitty government run app that barely worksNever heard of this, you could always just get tickets to anything at the place, except maybe concerts >Ha paying with visa? chump, not accepted here why you not have Kakao pay? Oh yeah you need ARC for that lol.Again has this changed recently? I know China is stuck on alipay but during my time I could always use cash everywhere >oh that cool thing you saw of these temples/shrines/buildings? Yeah those are closed for uhh idk... Oh no it doesn't look like that really except one short part of the season that lasts for a week or soLol it's the opposite though>every subway smells like kimchi+garlic+fish even if you're on the 5am train it somehow still smellsThat's just line 1, the rest have their own unique smells, like cologne or alcohol>every historic site is basically a reconstruction of what it might have been way back when Korea was a farming nationHm yeah maybe>Itaewon is a fucking joke(wasn't expecting much but damn), drinking culture is okay(?) at bestIt died a long time ago, used to be one crazy place>want to go up mountain path or hike get asked "what are you doing here?" by every passing 50 year old park hand?I got old korean people wanting to be friends>half the websites barely work when using an English function if you're a foreigner some shit is just completely off the table to attempt even if you want to pay cashComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>try to find some other tourist tips but it all boils down to "Seoul->DMZ->Gangnam!!! and maybe Jeju"Jeju is awesome though>women are decent but have insanely weird expectations on things or full on crazyAccurateResident for 10 years left a few years ago this is my takeTravel tips: don't travel during chuseok or seolnal, get a transport card right away for seoul, try to do seasonal activities with country people it's more fulfilling and they're interested in you, whereas seoul is literally seoulless. Eat as many different foods as you can, if you've never had korean good it has a unique taste, it's hardly the same as other asian countries, best to eat at local restaurants cooked by old korean women, hurry before they're gone
What are the best cities a sub 180cm mid tier normie in his late 20s can experience a semblance of social life and milestone experiences? I am open to doing volunteer programs, masters, degrees, exchanges, etc. This isn't a chudcel post, I want to make changes in my life and rotting in my parents home isn't going to cut it. I have disposable income so money isn't a huge issue. Yes, I would like opportunities with women but it isn't a primary factor. No, I am not looking for thinly veiled responses related to geomaxxing or passport coper destinations like Asia, I would preferably want places that are outside North America but are white.
>>2848279I can't remember a single instance of white adults from the suburbs bringing up make/model of their car for no reason unless they are talking /o/ stuff with fellow gearheads or something. Or maybe when someone gets a new car, someone they know might ask them how it is for the sake of polite conversation. But nobody is going around randomly dropping their car details lmao... this board is full of people from another planet, I swear
Man this board is mean.>>2848181buenos aires
>>2848317>I can't remember a single instance of white adults from the suburbs bringing up make/model of their car for no reason unlessCorrect, it doesn't come up for no reason which is what anons are saying. It often comes up somewhere as a follow up on a bigger topic. Like "yeah I work out over in X so it's kinda a rough commute during rush hour." followed up by what you drive. That's the most basic bitch happens all the time part of the conversation that it comes up during. Also, at least in the south talking about your truck is pretty common.Sure if you live in a mega city like NYC you might not even own a car meaning it doesn't come up. It's clear you don't have many or any casual platonic interactions outside possibility of work and the grocery store since at the very least being asked what you drive isn't uncommon. Additionally, if you have something nice you'll probably bring it up even if it's a ricer girls love that shit.
>>2848444>buenos airesi would only recommend this city and nothing else in argentina. youll get mogged in other places by tourists in towns with population counts. that's basically every town in the andes.
>>2848317>I can't remember a single instance of white adultBecause you're a zoomie coomer who bases all conversations around talk through specific subjects on an app rather than make a well rounded conversation in a public space. What you drive comes up all the time for regular outgoing people and the working class.
Got laid off but it's fine since I was planning to go back to uni to get my degree. Moved back in with my parents (26) to save money the last couple months and will finish my applications (or almost all them) in Jan. Then I will have from feb-september. I want to spend some of it travelling but don't want to cut through too many savings.I had a remote job and was able to travel a lot and kind of want to try something different. Anybody know monasteries like Wat Pa Tam Wua? I have never been to SE Asia or India and plan to combine cheap hostel type travel with stints of weeks-months in monasteries that are free. I don't mind the regimented life. I kind of want it. I want to know as many places (buddhist, Hindu, or Sikh) in India and SE Asia I can live for free or near free. It seems Thailand has the most like this.
you should 100% live in a monastery that you are excited to visit, but you should put all your family and business obligations to the side during that time. a week is good and you might want to extend at that point. you have your whole life(s) to grind for money and status
>>2845789>Entitlement mentality. Lose it or else stay with mommy & daddy.Shut the fuck up pussy wagie.This board is filled with NEETS living like KINGS in Thailand and SEA and you're going to get up on me about living free. Earth to moron AI is coming just watch, UBI is going to be the big thing next election I just need to hold out till then. Why would you care what I do and how I want to live fed? Sad you have to go to work or something and can't live the way we were meant? Free? Literally just walk outside grab some fruits and veggies off the plants and trees and live happy and healthy? No you want me and others to become drones and make non livable wages. I use to have a job at subway making 18/hr and tips, I could BARELY afford to pay my shitty overpriced 720/mo apartment and utilities each month and still have a good social life. Trying to enjoy my 20's not piss them away dude.Bitch over here trying to act all high and mighty not realizing he's the moron wage slaving. Put the fries in the bag idiot, enjoy being bald by 30 from stress.
>>2846573Blah blah blah. I worked hard for four months this year, saved $6500 (plus about $2000 tax refund), and now I'm traveling the world for the third year in a row. Meanwhile you're still stuck with your parents coping and seething about le heckin wagies. Your freeloading mentality isn't gonna fly outside your home country. Comfy beds cost money, it's that simple. If you want to travel for free, go ahead, live your dreams...but you better get used to sleeping in the dirt (which is what you deserve as a non-contributor).
>>2845306Stretching your savings is not the purpose of these monasteries. If you want to stretch your savings, you could try living in a hostel. Some of them will let you live there for free if you do work for them, like checking guests in.
Out of curiosity what's the food poisoning risk at a place like this? So they get the food from donations and local places? But it caters to westerners?
Been all over the world and still somehow never done SEA. My plan is to start in Thailand and work my way through Laos and Cambodia and then do Vietnam north to south. Then if I have time/money left maybe fly to either Philippines, Taiwan, or Malaysia etc. But what do you experts recommend? Is laos worth it? How much time in each country? Which cities/towns/regions are must gos? I'm going to stay in hostels and mostly play things by ear. I think I'd have probably 5-6 months max since I got some shit I gotta do when I'm done. I'd probably leave in Feb
>>2847855>also the chance to practice my Chinese with shopkeepersI thought most Malaysian Chinese spoke something other than mandarin?
>>2848179I dunno but I masturbate to Jovane PJY’s youtube videos and I can understand most of what she’s saying.
USING CAPITALS TO GRAB ATTENTION, SORRY!Anybody been to Brunei? is it worth it? I'm going to be in Indonesia for a wedding and am thinking of going just to check it off the list. Maybe a week or so there.
>>2848239Brunei is one of the richest, safest and most utopian countries in the world. If you're a single traveler who needs stimulation, you'd find it incredibly boring. People are going to wonder why on earth you came, same as they do in the outland parts of Malaysia which rarely see foreign visitors. >>2847976A tourist trap like Angkor Wat is the quintessential Third World experience of rich white Instagram NPCs going "OMG this is so coool" while surrounded by abject poverty and sullen brown men scheming to rip them off.>>2847855Kuala Lumpur is stuck in the middle between Third World and First World. It is extremely popular with foreigners, offers a little of everything for everyone, but doesn't really excel in any notable way. Because some parts of it are so glitzy and well-developed, its inadequacies stand out more than they do in the less-affluent cities of the region. There are a lot of tourist-trap restaurants around Chinatown which serve crappy overpriced food and add 16% surcharge to the menu pricing when it's time to pay.
The typhoid and Hep a risk are kinda freaking me out. I haven't been vaxxed in years but should I get those?
Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread>also known as /sqt/ (Stupid Questions Thread)For your quick one-off questions that pertain to travel.Long or convoluted questions should get their own thread.Questions about popular destinations should be asked in any active thread about them.Previous: >>2788942
>>2849398Could be political. Do France have strong ties with Armenia?The UK says it's all groovy with Georgia.I mean, look at Google Maps and be honest with yourself. There's literally no other way other than via Azerbaijan. Even on the off-chance you could get a boat from Arabia, you'd still have to cross through Syria/Iraq (unless you can get ferries from Turkey to Egypt?), but this is stacking unlikely upon unlikely.The third option is hopping on a cargo ship to China, but I don't think this is a done thing anymore, and it'd be fucking long and expensive....
>>2849399I don't really care for geopolitics, so i wouldn't be able to tell you for sure what's the relationship between France and Armenia haha.I quickly checked on wikipedia and apparently yeah : "Due to the good relations between the two countries, 2006 was proclaimed the Year of Armenia in France."I was hoping for some kind of trick, for instance taking a boat to Egypt, then going from Egypt to Yemen also using a boat. (But apparently Yemen is also a no-go zone, so bad idea).I guess you're right, there's not really a good option except flying for at least a few hundred kilometers...
>>2849404There used to be a ferry from Greece to Alexandria. Not sure if it still exists. I think I even read that there was a triangle route going Athens - Lebanon - Alexandria. There could be a Turkey to Northern Turkey ferry? Then maybe a ferry to Lebanon? You'd then have to get into Israel to Jordan to Saudi.... But the bottleneck is a ferry getting to India/Pakistan.
>>2849407Northern Cyprus*
>>2849404>>2849407https://www.india.com/travel/articles/travel-from-kerala-to-dubai-on-a-cruise-ship-check-price-details-about-beypore-kochi-dubai-passenger-ship-pocket-friendly-voyage-6587857/Forgot about cruises! Apparently Kerala (India) to Dubai could be a thing being launched soon. There's some serious meme shit of going Cape Town to Sydney on a cruise, too, kek.
Which cities have the most overrated nightlife/social life? I'll start:>NYC>too expensive to do literally anything>people are either smug joo boys, good lifer trustfunders, or finance bros>ratio of women is vastly overstated, and decent chunk of uggos at any function. Also noticed Americans are way less willing to mingle with strangers and if they do its very superficial at best.>everyone is super irony poisoned, obnoxious, and smug>Despite higher number of tallfags and chads in Europe, for some reason NYC women are more heightpilled and annoying about it. >Women in general more cold and offputting yet simultaneously loud and obnoxious, despite the stereotypes I found German women to require less jestermaxxing and more approachable in bar settings. Also just generally more uninteresting people.>General annoying amerimutt customs like having to tip your uggo dyke bartenders, overpriced drinks, superficial small talk that leads nowhere.>Doesn't need to be stated but way too many joggers at night in nightlife areas, heavy coping from locals about safety in generalThose are my general observations after living in NYC for about 2 months. I never understood the memes about how it is some paradise for single men, in general there is a cut throat atmosphere among men I dont really notice compared to my time spent in most European countries. Unless you are super nichemaxxed or a decent looking tall guy and land a really good paying job in finance there are much better places even in non sexpat countries to try your luck in. I think if you are a white normie in looks you are better off just going to some mid sized European city with a large uni population. The neurotypicality levels in the US are also crazy, if you don't even slightly fit the "mold" i.e. super fake cheerful and fratty you are immediately ostrasized. I never really felt this in Germany and felt I could be more myself.
>>2844555Only in places like NYC, suburban white foids are actually turned off by it and only like fratty jock types
>Also noticed Americans are way less willing to mingle with strangers and if they do its very superficial at best.that's because you we don't feel the need tooh here it comes another french man trying to buy drugs from me when i only have 2g of ketamine in my wallet fuck you
>>2842872Manila
>>2842843tell me more about NY nightlife. I am going there in a week and would love some tips to pick up prime american pussy. this will be my first time in JewSA...
>>2842843Eh, while I was going to discredit your post as run-of-the-mill Euroseethe, I actually get what you're saying. New York has all those problems. When I go down to the city, ordinary bars hate me because I think they can smell the ruralfag poorfag aura, I don't look or carry myself as they do. HOWEVER, it's still a great city as long as you get a little niche. And every niche exists in NYC. I happen to like heavy metal music and whenever I visit the city to see a show, suddenly everybody is really nice and approachable and outgoing. Same when I've went down for a Surf Rock show, I've got a good friend who takes the train there for techno raves and jungle nights, whatever subculture you want to dive into tends to be pretty welcoming. I think those guardrails are up for normie clubs specifically because they're normie, i.e. implicitly overpopulated in an overpopulated city. The right way to do NY as a tourist for me has always been to find some small scene where even liking it enough to show up gives you some credit. Maybe try getting into some subculture you enjoy, it's so much easier to socialize in a room full of less than thirty people who share a common interest. And again, in such a large city, it's one of the only places where you're practically guaranteed to find anything you like.
Spent 10 days of so in Egypt recently.Itinerary:>Cairo>Med coast & Marsa matruh>Siwa Oasis>CairoIt usually gets a bad rep, so will tell a few tales, give some advice, answer some questions, and share some pics from along the way.
The sun started to set as we got closer. Was pretty kino watch the sun set over a huge desert air force base, with little secunrity towers punctuating the bands of pink and orange in the sky.You can actually fly to Siwa once or twice a week with a chartered plane. Think it's $200 each way or so. People staying at one of Siwa's exclusive resorts (including King Charles) seem to use it. Would be pretty kino flying over the desert in a military charter plane and landing in an air base... Maybe another day.Unfortunately the exact moment I past this base to text our host, it seems the internet was fucking jammed, and nothing got through. Wasn't hugely happy about ending up in a desert town after dark with no contact in place, but fuck it, I've heard Siwa is one of the safest places on the planet.
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As we reached Siwa, the road snaked downwards from the rocky plateau, down into what looked like the sillouhette of a fucking forest, all illuminated by a near full moon.Upon entering the town, we had to have our documents and bags checked, apparently Libyan smugglers run these routes, and apparently you're not really allowed to bring alcohol in to the town (might be 1 bottle for tourists IF you have a receipt).We met our host, and was shocked at the sheer size of the place. It looked like a normal (for Egyptian standards) town, right in the middle of the fucking desert. We got some juices, and got a little intro to the place, all before jumping in the back of his 4x4 and getting taken to our accommodation....My gf was evidently a little scared as we seemed to endlessly drive through date plantations, cottages, fields, and backstreets. My phone was on about 7% battery and turned off wifi, and ii have to admit, it felt a little strange just getting driven off into the middle of absolutely nowhere, in pitch black, watching how the 'civilization' we saw before gave way to sheer abandonment.
It was a little scary the first night. We were dropped into a house 10km away from the centre of the oasis, and pretty much were in the middle of nowhere. Given we were about 20km away from the Libyan border, it was quite a surreal feeling, and I couldn't help thinking about the odds of a rigged out Toyota Hilux coming rolling over the dunes in the background, and fucking everything up.We were both a bit nervous, so decided to get out some vodka and chill on our terrace. Every noise made me wonder wtf was happening, whether it was a random motorbike from an unknown direction, the rustling of date trees, voices.... But as the drinks kept flowing, these noises started to disappear, giving way to the beauty of a near full moon illuminating the unknown of the desert in front of us, and wondering whether there's another soul anywhere within the next 1500km in front of us.
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