That sounds more like what I imagined. At least America will probably be so strange to me that even the dull parts are interesting so I'm just embracing it

Yeah, visiting North Carolina and living in North Carolina are two different things, same as living in New York, or in my case, Baltimore.

Ohh **** wanna getta beerski or a brewski or a liquorski?

The South has it's own brand of charm. And it's the coastal south. It's going to appear pleasant. But it's probably a complete 180 from NYC.

I didn't know you were a hipster.


I had a blast when I was in Baltimore.

That sentiment reminds me strongly of my only visit to the US. We checked into a motel in the San Diego suburbs: nothing much around, and just a couple of vending machines in the lobby, so I asked the receptionist: "Is there a corner shop near here?" "Where's the nearest bus stop?" Her blank, baffled stare was a steep learning curve for me about suburban America: just so weird after European (or Mexican) cities.

...and by packing heat, I mean get some of these. It'll be cold in Nov.

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Charlotte is possibly the most boring big city in the south imo. It's just kinda a corporate banking hub that blew up in the last couple decades. There's not much else there other than a theme park called Carowinds on the border of NC and SC, which is pretty good as far as theme parks go. Also, you can buy illegal fireworks right on the other side of the SC border and bring them back to NC.

just bankers and theme parks? ugh
I'm up for all the ski's, I'll pm you on discord

You aren't going to get a true southern experience in Charlotte tbh. Even locally there's a noticeable difference in accent when I go down there. Any booming city in the sun belt is that way because they're being flooded with people from more expensive parts of the country.

Agreed, but I wouldn't suggest she hit Montgomery, AL as her first touchdown in the States.

Charlotte isn't the traditional south, but it's like the future of the South. Jobs are centralizing, so people are centralizing, and business doesn't have time for inside-agitators so to speak. You get genderless bathrooms or you stay broke. The New World Order and Francis Fukuyama have spoken.

Where are you from that you're going down to get to NC?

I live in statesville nc which is an hour north of Charlotte NC. I'm not from NC though I've just sorta been stuck here like purgatory for the last decade.

Can I help you get out? I'd want someone to help me if I were stuck there.

Yes I accept PayPal venmo and cashapp

I thought you people abandoned PayPal?

IMO: there are so many things to see and do in NYC that it dwarfs whatever other attractions there are in the tristate area.

I’m assuming you know about the museums and Lincoln Center and the ferry and all that so I’ll recommend the spots I personally enjoyed.

I would take a day to just stroll through Harlem, it’s a really charming neighborhood full of history. There’s this place I used to go to for jazz shows on Sundays, superb musicians and amazing home atmosphere.

I loved just walking through Manhattan, by night or day. Above all lower Manhattan, places like Soho and Tribeca and Chelsea. Midtown is much more touristy and the closer you get to Times Square the more crowded the sidewalks get. But still lots and lots of things to see there, I love Bryant Park for one. I once met one your finest, Clarence Seedorf, in Times Square!

NYC isn’t famous for Mexican food to put it mildly but one place you must patronize is Toloache. Their grasshopper taco, a Oaxacan staple, makes the “you will eat the bugs” meme sound very tempting. A top five protein.

One of the city’s loveliest streets is Arthur Avenue (little Italy) in the Bronx BUT each time I ate there it was middling cafeteria level food. If there’s a good restaurant there I’m not aware of it. I’d go there cause it’s really charming, esp during the fall, but just get an espresso or something. Bronx has an great zoo btw.

Brooklyn: Williamsburg, obviously, is a big one but also all the neighborhoods around Prospect Park are gorgeous and full of great places to eat. Two of my faves are Werkstatt in Prospect Park South and the Ample Hills creamery in Prospect Heights, though I maintain that Haagen Dazs does a better salted caramel.

My favorite neighborhood of all though must be Astoria, Queens. Lots of great memories. This is a decent guide

If for some reason you decide to visit the museum of the moving image, you could then grab something to eat at the Villa Brazil Cafe Grill buffet (great food but only makes sense if you eat meat). If you do, could you hop by the Delicatessen bodega on the corner? It has to be the most unpleasant bodega in the city, run by a very aggressive Chinese lady. Everything is covered in a thick coat of dust. I was lowkey fascinated with it. Curious if it’s still the same, that's all.

that's very useful, thanks so much!

Omg pls stop by New Orleans (I live like 45 minutes away from it so I would for sure come there to visit if you do and figure out a whimsical new orleans itinerary for you if you wished)

This is one of the cities I'm dying to get to. I'd like to see a lot, but New Orleans is a non-major city that's still iconic. I'm told they have jazz bands at the airport...remarkable.

When I was in New Orleans (this was the 90s, long before Katrina), you could take a beer from one bar to another and no one batted an eye. Watch out for price gouging at souvenir shops though.

I'd love to, but think that's too far out of my route unfortunately https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.9442...8,075,t.u2.jpg
If I manage to make it work somehow I'll let you know (I don't know my exact schedule yet so I'll have to see) and anyway I'll definitely do a proper trip through the entire US sometime when I have time and know how to drive a car