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For me it was Brasov in Romania. It was more beautiful than I had expected and really liked the vibes of this medieval city.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Hong Kong

I just expected like a flat New York “too tame to be fun” city but was met with mountains, beaches, and so many bizarre but charming events.

Not that I don’t like New York but it has changed a lot. I don’t want to say it lost its personality but I feel like a lot of big cities have become idk.. commercialized?

The food in Hong Kong was pretty disappointing tho or maybe I built it up too much in my head. I went to so many restaurants that were recommended to me by either locals or expats and they were all so bland. Which is wild because I didn’t have to go far across the border into China to find amazing dishes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

New York City is only Times Square in my mind. I’ve never been.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I lived near JSq (07306) for a number of years.

Same-same, the City is Times Square, Herald Square, a rockin' flea market, museums, apartments, bars, Mollys and Ryans for sure, pizza, zoos, Nuts4Nuts carts hiding the downtown smell in '01 and WoW/UnionSqCafe/11MadisonPk.

Now that ZlataPraha is closed in Astoria, half the pizza joints and shops are lifecycled out to something else, and the crime has come up under a succession of milquetoast mayors, I dream of a NYC that never existed so it's something we never lost.