If you think NY is bad, stay away from San Fran!Jobbo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 9:36 amI found New York a bit disappointing this time. The smell of weed everywhere and the smoke shops on every block - even on 5th Avenue - since the legalisation of cannabis in 2021 is not a positive thing. And there was a shit-load of scaffolding up. One of my favourite places is Madison Square Park, where there's a Shake Shack in the park in front of the Flatiron building and even that is covered in scaffold so you can't see its iconic shape at the moment.McSwede wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:58 amDublin was a bit of a disappointment. It's not as nice as I remember. Loads of homeless and smackheads either begging or robbing. Americans everywhere taking photos of Guinness outside pubs. And the Guinness wasn't as mighty as I remember . I was in Temple Bar area when I was there so maybe not representative of Dublin as a whole.
I’m in New York currently, (117th time since 2013!) last night was pretty impressive with 4th July celebration. Lot of fire work displays etc but cities in the US are in a shocking state; so filthy with lots of homeless people. The haves/have nots divide is huge in the US