where on Earth do you have no interest in visiting?

[momophile]

and give me something more than war-torn Iraq or another war zone. give me a place that normal people go to visit.

or would you like to go everywhere at least once?

[lightningandsnow]

1. North Dakota.

Or South Dakota. Or Montana.

I used to have this thing about how I wanted to go to all 50 states... then I realized, there's really no reason to go to a few of them.

No offense to anyone who lives there. And correct me if I'm wrong and your state is actually really exciting.

[momophile]

3. I haven't been to all 50 states yet

but I do still want to, and three of the 11 or so that I haven't been to are the two Dakotas and Montana. I'd really like to though. they must be beautiful.

[JTG of the PRB]

5. Don't say no to Montana or SD just yet.

The Rocky Mountains in Montana are just gorgeous - Glacier National park is just amazing. Also, South Dakota has Mount Rushmore, some cool caves, great camping places, and Badlands National Park.

I ageee about North Dakota, though. Not gonna be going up there any time soon.

[Ptah]

8. Montana

[Flaxbee]

148. oh, but Ptah -

late spring / summer in Montana (I've spent time in Bozeman) is truly breathtaking... winter, I can do without. Big Sky Summer - fantastic.

[Ptah]

156. I guess I didn't clarify.

I was responding to AspieGrrl, trying to show some images that might change her mind.

:blush:

[fishwax]

157. more montana

One of the best drives in all the world ...


Glacier National Park ...

[KitchenWitch]

10. The Badlands in North Dakota (not the ones on SoDak)

and the Black Hills in South Dakota are really beautiful. And they are really making progress on the Crazy Horse monument near Rapid City SoDak

[Spider Jerusalem]

25. You mean the one the Lakota object to because they see it as a desecration?

[Shakespeare]

108. Not all the Lakota object. The monument was begun at the request of Chief Henry Standing Bear.

I have mixed feelings about it (and so do the Lakota).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Horse_Memorial

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

2. Florida

For some reason I have absolutely no interest in going there. I also don't feel any strong attraction to Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama. (No offense to those living there - it just doesn't attract me somehow).

[momophile]

6. I've been to Florida but not to the Keys or the Everglades

I'd really like to.

[XemaSab]

93. The Everglades were REALLY underwhelming

The Keys, however, were really nice. :)

[graywarrior]

4. A Bush Library.

[momophile]

7. that doesn't sound very appealing

unless you like See Spot books?

[Kitty Herder]

30. Don't forget "My Pet Goat" and "Hop on Pop"

[RoyGBiv]

9. Hawaii ...

It's just never been in my radar of places I'd like to visit.

When I think of visiting an island, I think of somewhere in the Caribbean.

[China_cat]

37. Agreed.

Add Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

[KamaAina]

107. Why do you hate America so much?

:P

[RoyGBiv]

141. I'm a liberal ...

Must be in my genes or something.

:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Most of it

There's a few places I'd like to see, but generally I don't think in terms of places nearly as much as people to be with.

[Hosnon]

12. The apartment complex across the way. Nice neighborhood, just extremely

blah.

No interest...at all.

[Robeson]

13. Crawford, Texas.

[kwassa]

52. A vacation spot that proves Bush's intelligence

My idea of hell.

[GOPisEvil]

135. I've been there - while protesting The Shrub.

You aren't missing much. The Peace House is there, but it's just a house. The people that run it are nice, though.

[FloridaJudy]

14. Las Vegas

Not interested in gambling, and couldn't care less about nightclubs and showy musical productions.

And I could probably give most resorts a pass as well. Though I'm fond of snorkling, I'm constitutionally opposed to other endeavors that involve the intensive use of sunscreen. I'm more a museum/bookstore type person.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Me too...

Not even remotely interested.

[Lorien]

24. Same here

There are places here in Florida that kind of remind me of it- and those places are horrible enough!

[nutsnberries]

46. same for me

no interest in Vegas!

[Kitty Herder]

33. I've enjoyed Vegas for short periods when I've been utterly sick of southern Utah

and needed some time in an actual city. But I can only handle it in small doses. It truly is a horrible place that represents everything that is wrong with our culture. It's only fun for a night.

[Polly Hennessey]

81. Living in Las Vegas

I live in Las Vegas and would not live anywhere else. Agreed gambling is boring but we love to get all dressed up and go to one of the 5 star restaurants and although you may find it boring, it really never is. Give me a place where there is good food, over-the-top casinos, more BMWs and Jaguars than Chevrolets and Dodge Pickups, lots of high-end stores, lots of sunshine and big beautiful houses that overlook the valley ----- yeh, I'm right where I belong. I'll let you live in your ordinary city with all of the ordinary cranky folks.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

38. I've been to Vegas.

Boring as shit, really, unless you're a gambler. :D

[BarenakedLady]

71. That's one for me too. (n/t)

[zingaro]

74. No Vegas for me either. I'm not much for spectacle.

I probably had too much of that in a past life. Vegas holds no allure for me at all.

[YankeyMCC]

103. I went last year on a business trip

when I got back and people asked me how I liked it I laughed and said "I'm exactly the Wrong person to send to Las Vegas to have fun."

I don't like gambling (except for an occasional friendly poker game with friends)
I'm not someone who likes to hang out in a bar
I'm not into big shows or flash.

I like quiet time, hikes in the woods, simple wholesome food

Just not my thing at all.

[likesmountains 52]

158. I agree...I can't understand why so many conferences offered in my profession

are in Las Vegas...It totally turns me off..

[hippywife]

121. Bingo!

Las Vegas holds absolutely no fascination for me at all. I really don't see the attraction. :hi:

[drmeow]

123. Ditto

Got enough of the desert in AZ and not into the whole "sin city" thing.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

15. Australia and South America

I wouldn't say no to going, but they're not high on my continent list.

[margotb822]

83. Austraila was fun

Plus, I got to try kangaroo (yum! tastes like venison).

[TZ]

168. Australia is actually number one on the places I wish to go

Interesting wildlife, lots of natural beauty, the Great Barrier Reef (I love snorkeling) and the people there seem soooooo nice.....

[ruiner4u]

16. Niagra Falls...

it just sounds like a great big tourist trap to me





Speaking of tourist traps, if you are ever on I95 in North or South Carolina and see tons of billboards advertising a place called "South of the Border" ; avoid. Don't let your curiosity get the better of you.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. We used to make a game out of counting those signs

on trips to FL every summer. Whoever saw the most signs first won the game. The "resort" was pretty kitschy in the 1960 sense of the word; but they had a great selection of fireworks.

[CBHagman]

90. You've got to get beyond "sounds."

Actually, it's worth seeing the falls on both sides, the U.S. and Canadian. I would note, though, that the Canadian side has A) what I regard as the more interesting view and B) a much more attractive park.

And don't sell Western New York and Ontario short, either. There are a lot of great people and interesting things to see and do in both areas.

By the way, as for South of the Border, it sounds as though you and I might have been on some of the same car trips. :-(

[drmeow]

124. Actually, I found Niagara Falls awe inspring

Yes touristy but still awe inspiring nature.

[clyrc]

17. Saudi Arabia

It neighbors the country I live in, and despite wanting to see just about every other place on the planet, I'm ok with not visiting KSA.

[av8rdave]

43. I've spent time in Saudi Arabia...

If I never see it again, that will be too soon!

[clyrc]

66. I've heard that from other people who have lived there

A few people I know lived in KSA before they moved to the Emirates, and they say it is much, much better here.

[Fox Mulder]

19. I want to see all of it.

There isn't a place on this Earth that I would avoid.

[Bryan]

20. The Empty Quarter doesn't sound like fun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub'_al_Khali

<...> one of the largest sand deserts in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, including southern Saudi Arabia, and areas of Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The desert covers some 650,000 square kilometers (250,000 square miles) (the area between long. 44°30′–56°30′E., and lat. 16°30′–23°00′N), more than the combined land areas of the Netherlands, Belgium and France. It is one of the most inhospitable places on earth, and entirely uninhabitable.

Largely unexplored until recently, the desert is one thousand kilometers (600 miles) long, and 500 km (300 mi) wide. Even the Bedouins only skirt the edges of the desert. Nonetheless, tour companies do exist that offer GPS-equipped excursions into the desert. The first documented journeys made by Westerners to the Empty Quarter were those made by Bertram Thomas in 1931 and St. John Philby in 1932. Between 1946 and 1950 Wilfred Thesiger crossed the area several times and mapped large parts of the Empty Quarter and the mountains of Oman.

With summer temperatures up to nearly 55 degrees Celsius (131 F) at noon, and dunes taller than the Eiffel Tower — over 330 meters (1000 ft) — the desert may be the most forbidding environment on Earth.

[seemunkee]

125. I think it would be fascinating

I read Thesinger's book and found it interesting. I love open and deserted places.

[madrchsod]

22. florida

[TML]

23. The Southern States

No explanation needed.

[taterguy]

34. Can't blame ya

Nothin' to see there but destitution and ignorance

[Spider Jerusalem]

44. No scenery, no culture, no history...no idea why anyone might visit the South...

[stuntcat]

49. (yeah yeah, what they said..)

omg that Blue Ridge picture is beautiful! I've been collecting pictures of it but I didn't have that one :loveya: The Appalachians are the most beautiful place in the whole world to me, I can't wait to move back to NC.

[quakerboy]

26. NEVER ever want to go to Utah.

I shudder at even the thought

[Kitty Herder]

32. Seriously? Utah is full of a variety of breathtaking landscapes.

This state is a must-see. There are five national parks and even more national monuments in Utah. Of course, you probably wouldn't want to live here. The political climate sucks. But here is a small sampling of photos from Utah.




These three are from Zion National Park which is my home away from home. I've over-represented it in my little photo essay because I love it so dearly. That last one is actually a trail, in case you can't tall what you're looking at.


Delicate Arch in Arches National Park. You can't truly appreciate it unless you see it up close. It's huge and it sits on the edge of a gigantic sandstone bowel. It takes your breath away.


Byrce Canyon Nat'l Park


Mt. Timpanogos


Somewhere in Little Cottonwood Canyon


High Uintas Wilderness


Capitol Reef, National Park

That's a tiny sampling. You get the idea.

[kwassa]

56. I think Utah is beautiful, too.

Bryce Canyon was a trip. 95% of the visitors are foreign nationals, 70% of them French tourists. All the local restaurants serve continental breakfasts and have French-speaking staff. About 15% of the tourists are German.

Zion is amazing. I love the green highland areas of Utah, too.

[Kitty Herder]

86. Hmm... I've worked in Bryce Canyon and Zion. My experience with

Bryce was that it was pretty low-brow and needed to upgrade its services to appeal more to the international visitors. Everything is run by one family of wealthy rednecks who buy the cheapest possible food to serve in their restaurants. As soon as a decent restaurant opens, they buy it up and ruin it.

Zion, of course, has the same kind of visitors, and I think the businesses there do a much better job of providing quality food and service for them.

[quakerboy]

119. Sorry, I cant agree.

Or rather, I can agree, yet still not want to go to Utah.

As to the points made... I grew up in Colorado. I love the outdoors. There are things I appreciate about every state that borders Utah. I will even admit that there are hings to appreciate about Utah itself. However I don't like Utah. I have driven through Utah. I refused to get out of my car. Been to 4 corners. Didn't step in Utah.

Its hard to explain. I enjoy most of existence. Cooked pineapple, scorpions, Meg Ryan, and Utah. Those are pretty much the only 4 things that actively give me shudders, for little or no apparent reason.

[Kitty Herder]

88. Still just shocked that someone wouldn't even want to visit my gorgeous state.

:cry: But I suppose if you're not the outdoors type, there's not much here to appeal to you. I just have a hard time understanding not being nuts about the beauty of nature. Probably because of where I grew up. I grew up in a part of rural Utah that has nothing at all to recommend it, but the natural beauty nearby. As kids and teenagers, for fun we either went to the mountains to the west, or the redrock desert to the east. There was nothing else to do. I'm back in my hometown now, and I hate living here. The people are narrow-minded and most seem depressed. I'm planning my escape. But I will miss the proximity of the national forest and the desert.

[CBHagman]

89. I don't like the way the state votes, but...

...if given the chance to visit the Family History Library or attend the Sundance Film Festival, I'd be off like a shot.

[XemaSab]

98. You're missing out

Southern Utah is beautiful.

[Arugula Latte]

136. Utah has incredible, amazing, spectacular scenery.

Seriously, it is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. The National Parks there are unbelievable.

There are even some surprisingly cool, progressive towns like Moab and Springdale.

[quakerboy]

142. I would believe it

In fact, I have seen some of it from the car. I didn't find it any better than Arizona or colorado, but nice enough, sure. I remain strong in my determination to never set foot in Utah.

[Arugula Latte]

164. All right. I feel the same way about Melanie Griffith that you do about Meg Ryan

so, I guess I can understand the feeling of when you just plain can't stand something, and you feel that in your bones. :)

[quakerboy]

166. yup.

and Rachel Ray, although to a very tiny lesser amount.

[amitten]

27. Vegas. Ick. n/t

[stuntcat]

51. Vegas, exactly precisely

:puke: the very last place I'll visit. My in-laws just looove gambling and crap and they've been promising for years to take us for a big wasteful trip there. I will NOT go though, I will not take part, I don't need to see all that energy and money thrown away, I'm already ashamed of being a person :(

[Sheets of Easter]

64. Bingo.

I dislike gambling culture.

I also dislike prepackaged, sanitized, mall-and-food court type tourist destinations.

And I hate heat.

[zanne]

70. Im with you. They'd have to pay me to visit Vegas. nt

[LSdemocrat]

28. Basically any ski resort type place . . . I hate snow

[Duer 157099]

29. Freeperville (FR) n/t

[XemaSab]

102. Good call.

Fresno is a hellhole.

[Duer 157099]

128. Heh, probably, but that wasn't the one I meant!

Or maybe you already know that.

As much as I've heard about FR, I have never and never will click on a link to that place.

[WinkyDink]

31. China. Cough, cough, wheeze.

[Callalily]

35. Las Vegas - yuk! n/t

[Guava Jelly]

36. Nassau Bahama's

Nassau is the capital city and commercial center of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 210,832 (2000 census), nearly 70 percent of the entire population of the Bahamas (303,611). Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is located about 16 kilometres or 10 miles west of downtown Nassau, and has daily flights to major cities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Caribbean. The city is located on the island of New Providence, which functions much like a federal district. While there is no local government, it is governed directly as an administrative division of the national government.

Been there and don't care to do it again

[Tektonik]

39. Florida

[FloridaJudy]

122. I totally understand

We trashed the country with our messed-up Presidential election in 2000, and South Florida really is an overdeveloped nightmare. But there are still some lovely places here in North Florida. The photographer's name is John Moran (i"m series!11!!) and all these were taken within a few miles of where I live:





For a look at Moran's work:http://www.johnmoranphoto.com

[Tektonik]

146. It's very beautiful in Florida, but I only have two things against the state

1. I hate humidity
2. I hate wackos

[EstimatedProphet]

40. Newark NJ

[GoddessOfGuinness]

134. Based on the view from I95, I'd have to agree...

But does the entire city suck?

[EstimatedProphet]

144. What I saw of it made me not want to find out.

[WinkyDink]

152. (dupe)

[WinkyDink]

153. Has a beautiful performing arts venue and some awesome restaurants!

[annonymous]

41. The Reagan Library and The Creation Museum

[PVnRT]

42. L.A., New York, Las Vegas

[La Lioness Priyanka]

45. most of the red states. no offense you guys, but as a brown, immigrant, gay person

w.a funny accent, i would really not feel particularly safe

[sagetea]

62. I hear ya....

Although, I am white, strait,and don't have a funny accent, I am an atheist, and already live in a very red state,not by choice. Once I leave I will never come back!! There are places in Idaho that are incredibly beautiful, but 90% of the people make it suck!!! By just by not attending a church in a small town here, I am a marked woman!!!

[ceile]

65. Come visit Austin.

I think you'd change your mind. :hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

68. the state of texas freaks me out like no other and i do not drive.

[ceile]

69. We're not all bad!

Austin, Denton, Houston (parts of it) are all very cool.

[jakefrep]

47. Albania and North Korea nt.

[spindrifter]

174. Albania has some spectacular areas--

Kruje is wonderful, overlooking beautiful mountains. In fact, the mountains are splendid. Then there is the Adriatic coast. In another day, with another history the country could have had great potential.

[terrya]

48. North Korea

Bleh.

[LynneSin]

50. Crawford Texas or Kennebunkport

No need for me to be around those assholes; although, I suspect the non-bush people living in those areas are probably quite lovely

[kwassa]

54. Kennebunkport is actually pretty.

and the Bushes are isolated out on this pennisula, so it is no biggie. We saw it between Bush administrations.

The town is a high-end tourist trap, though.

[Coyote_Bandit]

53. Ummmm

The Grand Canyon. Been there. Found it a big disappointment - even though the only way to comprehend the scale is to see it in person. It was overrun with tourists and it was very dirty. Lots of smog blowing over from Los Angeles. And lots of paper trash blowing around the rim and into the canyon. The condors I saw there were amazing. And all but the very bottom layers of rock formation were visable at the foot of the mesa around the Oak Creek Canyon and Sedona area.

If you want to see a beautiful canyon go to Waimea in Hawaii. Gorgeous. Pristine. Not overrun by trashy tourists or covered in smog. Of course, it isn't wuite as big.....

[Strawman]

55. Branson, MO

Probably wouldn't go for free.

[momophile]

61. this is the only one so far that I think I might agree with

I don't know what roads Branson is on, but if I ever find myself in MO again I'll look it up so I can avoid it.

[zingaro]

75. Aw now I hear they have killer outlet malls.

Who doesn't need that? :)

[Arugula Latte]

140. As I said downthread, I agree totally.

The thought of going there makes my palms sweat.

[dropkickpa]

57. Salt lake city

Never had any desire to go there.

[Kitty Herder]

87. It's a nice place to live, but, yeah, I can't see why anyone would feel compelled to visit, unless

they're on their way through to the ski resorts.

[underpants]

95. You can't get lost there

Every street designation tells you your exact relationship to the main Tabernacle in SLC

Seriously it is like a giant Battleship (the game) board.

Oh but don't try excercising there for a day or so-I actually thought my lungs were coming out of my throat a 1/2 mile into my run.

[DS1]

58. let me get a map

Chad
Haiti
Utah
Yemen

[gbate]

59. Disneyworld.

[cyberswede]

60. Totally agree!

And we have young kids. It just seems way too phony and commercial.

[grace0418]

73. That's mine too! I've actually been, and have no interest in ever returning.

I remember researching some designs for scrapbooking items (I design scrapbook supplies for work) when I ran across a layout where this woman had declared that travel was her greatest passion. She then went on to list all the places she'd been. Aside from the Bahamas and I think Georgia, the rest of the list was Disneyworld and Disneyland, several times each. It made me indescribably sad to see that someone thought going to a manufactured place was just as good, if not preferable, to a real place.

[Rabrrrrrr]

63. Puerto Rico

[ceile]

67. Any of the middle/southern states.

Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas-have absolutely no appeal to me.

[EstimatedProphet]

77. Say that after you see the Ozarks

[ceile]

79. I stand corrected.

Beautiful.

[Magrittes Pipe]

104. ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esl2NNOtHQE


;)

[EstimatedProphet]

143. That was in Georgia

FAIL

[charlie and algernon]

100. St Louis is a pretty nice city

You gotta see the arch and Busch Stadium is awsome.

[azmouse]

72. China

[youthere]

76. The Creation Museum...

http://www.creationmuseum.org/

[GoddessOfGuinness]

129. I think I might like to go there...

just to laugh at the insanity of it. I'd hate to give them my money though. I'd have to visit on a free ticket.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

78. England

That is, I think I'd like to visit England to see all of the historical places. But I've never been to Europe, and I'd really love to go, and if I were planning a European vacation, England might be about the last place on the itinerary. I'd rather see France and Italy and Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands--Old Europe, aka The Chocolate Producing Nations (in the words of a comfortably-retired war criminal).

[IronLionZion]

80. Ocean City, MD.

Mt. Rushmore,
Branson, MO

[madinmaryland]

111. What the hell is wrong with Ocean City?

:wtf:

[IronLionZion]

115. no offense bro, but I just don't have any interest in going there. nt

[gbate]

118. There is a lot wrong with Ocean City, MD.

Too much traffic, too much noise, too many teenagers, overpriced and crappy restaurants (except for a few), too many high-rises, etc...

I'd much rather go to Delaware or Virginia.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

131. Rehoboth's better.

:evilgrin:

[seemunkee]

165. Rehobeth has a DFH pub, Lewes is nice and quiet

[GoddessOfGuinness]

173. Lewes is nice too...

But I'm glad there's an OC. It's a great place for kids who are looking for excitement at the beach.

For myself, I'll take the less-crowded old-fogey beaches. :D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

130. You haven't really lived until you've consumed

a huge container of Thrasher's Fries, heavy on the vinegar, then ridden the Tilt-a-Whirl on the boardwalk at OC.

It'll make you wish you were at Mount Rushmore.

[Arugula Latte]

139. Oh my gawd -- Branson is my pick, hands down.

The thought of going there makes my stomach tie into knots...Some distant relative proposed a family reunion there and I just thought, "You have GOT to be kidding me!"

x(

I actually kinda like Ocean City :hide: My husband and I even stumbled across a restaurant that served delicious, fresh, amazing food -- it was not a buffet or a smorgasbord or a fried-fish emporium. :9 That was in the early 90s, though. Don't know if it survived.

[margotb822]

82. The middle of the ocean

I joined the Navy to see the world. Of course, I forgot that the world is 70% water. There's nothing more depressing than open ocean for days on end...

[underpants]

97. A cruiseline for me

No thank you. That would mean that I might as well go ahead and die.

[Mugu]

120. Not truer words have ever been spoken (written.) n/t

[LisaM]

84. Anywhere where the main dietary staple is fish or seafood

since I am allergic to seafood and can't stand fish.

[mitchum]

85. Japan

[tinymontgomery]

91. Texas

I have absolutely no desire to visit the state that put the POS in the peoples house.

[intaglio]

92. Yemen, Dubai, Kerguelen, Alang

Kerguelen's weather is harsh, with rain and snow most days of the year. Winds blow continuously from the west, as the islands lie in the path of the "Furious Fifties". Winds of 150 kph are common, and gusting up to 200 kph has been known

http://designcorner.blinkr.net/Vestal_Design_Blog/2006/09/05/Graveyard_of_the_World__s_Fleet
After years of hauling the products of industry, this is the end of the line for hundreds of decaying ships: stranded at high tide on a desolate beach in the west of India

[Recursion]

94. Huge pacific rim cities

Like Tokyo or Singapore

[snooper2]

96. Any Repuke Presidential Library...

and Arkansas

[Inchworm]

99. I want to go everywhere

e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e

Some places twice :)

:hi:

[Taverner]

101. Tuol Sleng, AGAIN

I was seriously in a deep funk for weeks after visiting that place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng

[Magrittes Pipe]

105. Funkytown

[GoddessOfGuinness]

132. Won't you take me too?

[NoGOPZone]

106. A bathroom stall at Minn-St. Paul Airport

Sorry Larry, I'm taken.

[LSK]

109. Australia or Africa - I have an unrational fear of venomous snakes

[sinkingfeeling]

110. Japan and Saudi Arabia.

[madinmaryland]

112. Bob Jones University, Liberty University.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

133. I would love to visit Bob Jones U....

The next time I have a pukin' stomach virus. :puke:

[FloridaJudy]

154. That reminds me of my Ex's finest hour

We were driving through Monte Carlo on our way to Italy. Unfortunately, my ex had gotten a nasty case of food poisoning in the South of France, and we had to pull over to find a restroom. He got out in front of the grand casino, but could make it no farther, so he announced "All you rich people make me want to puke!" just before he hosed the marble staircase with vomit.

Monte Carlo is just Las Vegas with a French accent and a thin veneer of class. Not worth a second visit, though I'd love to see someone lose it and hold a Destruction Derby in the parking lot...BOOM! There goes a Ferrari..BANG! Scratch one Rolls..CRASH! Sorry about the Maserati..OOPS! Was that your Jag?..

[GoddessOfGuinness]

162. ROTFLMAO!

Good for him! :rofl:

[TZ]

169. Don't forget Patrick Henry College..

Thats not too far from us really. Even more sickening, is my BIL is an actual descendant of Patrick Henry so thats really nauseating to me to have a crazy college named after a family member....

[NewWaveChick1981]

113. Rural Arkansas.

:yoiks: I've been through there once...no thanks...

[geardaddy]

114. I want to go most places.

I don't have a desire to go to South Dakota though. I live in MN and have never been.

[From The Ashes]

116. Want an exact address?

Let's just say there's a place in Ohio I wouldn't go near on a bet. Other than that? Aside from the aforementioned war zones, I'm pretty much open to anything.

[alfredo]

117. A feed lot in Colorado or Crawford Texas. It's a toss up.

[flvegan]

126. Anywhere that involves being underwater.

Like diving the Great Barrier Reef, or shipwreck diving.

Teh sharks will get me.

[quip]

145. As an aside, can you trace your fear of sharks to the movie "Jaws?"

I can certainly trace mine to it! I actually remember sensing a mild sense of fear once in the deep end of an Olympic-sized swimming pool! :rofl: :scared:

[flvegan]

147. Strangest thing, no.

I used to LOVE reading about them when I was a kid. I'd always take out the books about (of all things, my biggest phobias) sharks and spiders. What did it for me was SEEING this huge shark in the Cape Cod canal when I was a kid. It was being chased by a couple boats (one police, one CG I think). It was absolutely huge. Even my dad, who spent 23 years in the Navy on big ships was taken aback.

Previously to that, I had seen sand sharks in Plymouth Bay, and they were small and my parents said I had nothing to worry about. That big badass really messed with me.

I think Jaws probably finalized it, though.

[quip]

149. Actually, for me it was the book. The opening blew my mind. Swimming at night in lakes is not easy

anymore! :scared:

I, too, though, was fascinated by shark attacks and all; I read books and magazines and everything I could get my hands on about them. Pretty macabre when I stop to think about it!

[TZ]

170. Call me crazy

But I actually want to go on one of those shark diving expeditions! I am FASCINATED by sea life and sharks in particular.
But my younger sister is afraid of swimming in lakes now, not cause of sharks but because of northern pikes and walleyes! (my dad fishes for walleye and once she saw the teeth on them..that was it for her)

[Xipe Totec]

127. I'll give you three places

Just from the 'L' list:

Lucumberri,

Lefortovo,

Levenworth.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

137. Good picks...

I can't even handle the TV shows that give up-close and personal views of prison life.

[drmeow]

138. I'm not very interested in visiting most places in asia

Almost everything starting with Pakistan and ending with Japan. Some of them I might want to go to after I've been everywhere else in the world I want to go but I don't ever see myself going to Cambodia, Korea, Vietnam, or Japan. China ... maybe. Others I don't know.

[calico1]

150. Any of the "rectangular" shaped states out

West. Except maybe WY for Jackson Hole. There is just nothing in them that makes me think "I've gotta go there!"

[laconicsax]

151. Most US States, some Canadian Provences, and several countries in

Europe, Africa, Asia, Central America, and South America.

[femmocrat]

155. Mexico n/t

[KamaAina]

159. GD:P

oh right, you said "normal people". My bad. :P

[Awsi Dooger]

160. Cooperstown

I loathe baseball. Almost as much as I despise cheese.

Every year I summer in Saratoga and depart on a highway with an exit to Cooperstown. Inevitably I meet someone at the track or the campground or a golf course who implores me to visit Cooperstown. It used to be awkward because I'd try to be polite and not mention my distaste for group loitering, aka baseball. Now I bluntly detail how wonderful it is to ignore baseball to the point I don't watch a single inning all year and have no idea what the standings are. They get the idea.

[pitohui]

161. i guess i go everywhere there's a sale or an invite or a comp or a cheap flight

reading this list i've been to most of these places folks are afraid to go -- vegas, MSP airport bathroom, africa (where i did not in fact see a great many venomous snakes), japan, rural arkansas, even on some cruises with actual old folks, maybe it should go without saying but i've been to all 50 states

i've found you can usually have a good time and learn something anywhere you go (well, maybe not the MSP airport bathroom unless you're larry craig)

[otherlander]

163. Los Angeles

[pitohui]

175. i will admit to being unimpressed by los angeles EOM

,

[NuttyFluffers]

167. i've been to about 70%+ of these mentioned places, including the Empty Quarter...

i think i'd like to go everywhere at least once. yes, even the deepest, darkest, most mind-numbingly depressing alley in a Calcutta slum. or even the middle of the ocean, or south of the 60 degree parallel southern ocean, with its monster swells and frigid winds. i'd like to see it just to see it.

ok, well, maybe not Branson, MO...

j/k, it'll give me the heebie jeebies at first, but i'll enjoy it as an anthropological tour. like Main St., Disneyland, and Las Vegas all rolled up into an unholy union.

[alarimer]

171. Las Vegas

I have zero interest in gambling and none of those shows appeal to me at all. I can't sen anything redeeming about that city at all.

[Lady President]

172. Seattle

Every time I see footage of Seattle it seems like everyone is trying too hard to be hip, bored, and alternative. I'm simply not "cool" enough.

I do think the city is beautiful.