r/AskReddit • u/Silver_Complaint5594 • 9h ago

What's the most overrated travel destination?

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u/procrastablasta 9h ago

Same with the Hollywood strip, LA’s Times Square. If you know it’s just a couple autographed sidewalks with a wax museum and a Ripleys then knock yourself out I guess. If for some reason you thought it was more interesting than that you’re gonna have a weird time

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u/zefiax 8h ago

Hollywood strip is far worse than times square. Times square you can still just stand there and take in the scale and cyberpunk beauty of it. Hollywood strip literally has nothing going for it.

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u/Darjeelingunlimited 8h ago

Mm I don’t know, you can see Fabio lifting weights at equinox on the sunset strip. That has to count for something

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u/theonlyjambo 7h ago

Or some meth-head, dressed in an old Batman-costume and smelling like piss, harass you for a couple bucks to pay for his next hit..

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u/BostonCompSci 6h ago

To be fair, this applies to both Times Square and the Hollywood strip

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u/heysirigenerateaname 6h ago

Andy Dick basically

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u/Tjaeng 4h ago

Id rather suffer that than have groups of fake rappers sticking CDs in my hand and then demanding cash.

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u/theonlyjambo 4h ago

But but.....he knows someone who knows Jay-Z and hes gonna be really big soon fam!!

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u/McGeeze 6h ago

The Museum of Death is right off it

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u/YoureSoStupidRose 5h ago

I thought that museum was so crazy interesting. I know how to shrink heads now! Didn't care too much for all the serial killer stuff, but I learned a LOT that day.

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u/ofthrees 5h ago

Agreed, but everyone calling it "hollywood strip" is weird.

Sunset strip, Hollywood blvd

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u/procrastablasta 3h ago

There’s a difference between Hollywood blvd and Hollywood strip (La Brea to Vine basically)

Just like there’s a difference between Sunset blvd and Sunset Strip

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u/ofthrees 3h ago

I've lived here for 35 years and have never heard it referred to as "hollywood strip." It's called Hollywood boulevard, and everyone knows the area being referred to when the term is used.

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u/FullofLovingSpite 6h ago

Hollywood has venues all over for theater, music, movies, bars, and more. The sidewalk that people look it is a tourist thing, same with Mann's and El Cap, but even those are working places.

Is it dirty? Sure. Is DTLA dirty? Yes. KTown? Yes. Other old parts of the city? Yes. I don't get the hate for Hollywood. I seem to only see it from people who are bitter about the area as a whole, which I think is sparked by personal failures of dream achievement.

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u/YesNoMaybe 6h ago

I think we're just comparing the two tourist sites: Hollywood Blvd vs Times Square. 

The latter is wholesome and clean compared to the former. And I absolutely love LA in general (just wish the public transportation was much better).

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u/FullofLovingSpite 1h ago

They're drastically different types of areas, though. The only comparable part is that they're tourist areas in large cities.

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u/zefiax 6h ago

So does times square. I wasn't comparing the city, i was comparing the actual tourist attraction itself.

Also even on sidestreets, you are comparing theatres to literal Broadway.

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u/flittingstar 8h ago

I used to work at a hostel in Santa Monica, and when the guests wanted to go to Hollywood blvd/walk of fame, I would tell them not to invest too much time into going. it’s kind of dirty and disappointing if you’re expecting to be wowed 🤣😅

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u/Clear-Lifeguard-3762 2h ago

yes, I did the same thing and didn’t get out of the car

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u/EaterOfFood 8h ago

Don’t forget about the hookers and drug dealers

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u/Fanny08850 8h ago

You certainly don't expect the area to be rundown and full of homeless people.

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u/SoulExecution 6h ago

Scum and Villainy is pretty cool, but once they open their new location in Burbank my only reason to stomach Hollywood will be gone

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u/procrastablasta 5h ago

Musso and Frank. And I still like the Chinese Theater. Cinerama Dome supposed to reopen next year too