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If you were a trip advisor for where you live, what would you highlight as the best attractions in your area?

This would be easier for me if I still lived in Florida. I'm not a big fan of Oklahoma, so I'm probably a terrible guide here. But this is what I'd say:

In Oklahoma, I'd say there are some good "hole in the wall" restaurants. My favorite is the Japanese restaurant, Tokyo.

The OKC Civic Center sometimes has decent shows and some aren't that expensive. (I've found some great Groupons for some shows).

We have a racetrack/casino. I don't care for gambling, but I sometimes like to watch the horses run. There is also the Riverwind casino, which gets a lot of big name performers traveling through. So does Chesapeake Energy Arena.

As a small, inexpensive thing to do, there is a comedy club near me.

There are some interesting Escape Games in the area for a group thing.

Also, Top Golf is fun for just hanging out and smashing balls with a golf club. You try to hit the targets.

Lake Hefner is OK to walk around. I'm having trouble finding a lot of beautiful places to walk around in Oklahoma. The botanical gardens here are ... ok, if you're bored. Pretty sparse for the $7-8 bucks you have to pay to get in. I'm spoiled by the one I used to go to in Orlando, I guess.

Of course, the Downtown areas have bars. Horse and carriage rides. Little boat rides in the canal. I haven't done much there. It's not my scene.

How about where you live?

silvereyes 8 Mar 28
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Maybe a few in St. Louis. I haven't lived there since age 13 but I do visit sometimes. My area right now has a restaraunt called Uncle Ernie's. It's new and re-built. Not much around here as my area has about 1200 people. I shop 5 miles away and work 12 miles away. Unless you go somewhere else you had best look to yourself for entertainment. None of this bothers me but I do remember that my ex didn't like it very well. Now she is 41 miles away in an area more to her liking.
If it excites you I'm not far from Meremac Caverns and Onandaga Cave.

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Melbourne, Australia from the Dandenong Range to the Great Ocean Road, north to Echuca and the paddle steamers. Start at downtown and Flinders Street station, amazing public transport... there isn't enough space available to list all there is to do and see here.

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I recommend Red Rock Canyon, Bonnie Springs and Boulder City if you're in the Vegas area.

Best memory I will always will keep from Las Vegas will be the impression of being a City built in a Crater of the Moon.

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Historically, I live in the middle of the Pays de Rohan. Yup, I live in the origin of the Riders of Rohan country.....castles, hills, forests and miles of walking, biking and running countryside.

Tilia Level 7 Apr 1, 2018
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byron bay is globally known as a holiday destination for various reasons. the shire, housing 32,000 residents, is annually visited by tourists to the tune of 2,000,000 nights. council - restrained by state government orders - doesn't get enough out of this to be able to fix the additional wear & tear on our infrastructure. i would point out the adventurous potholes in our wildly unmaintained country roads to highlight just one top attraction to the area.

@silvereyes, there is a story making the rounds as well: this morning i was walking down the road, & there's this hat lying in a puddle. the moment i stooped down to pick it up a man's head appeared spluttering from the water. i asked him if he was alright, to which he replied "i'm just fine, mate. but i worry about the horse".

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I live in central New Jersey - Edison, to be exact. Yup, right in Menlo Park, where the lightbulb was invented (after that, Thomas Edison moved up to West Orange - we don't talk about that). On the spot where his lab stood is a hugh tower with a giant lightbulb on top. I live half a mile away and have never been to it.

What else is there to do here? Well, for the most part, it's very much a suburb. Lots of single-family housing developments and garden apartments, and other than the fact that most of the streets are walkable, you pretty much have to drive to get to any businesses. We do have a few nice municipalities in the area with beautiful downtowns, nice shopping and restaurants and historic homes. Also some venues with some great regional theater. Other than that, a bevy of shopping malls and big-box stores.

That being said, where I live is very centrally located to other things. I'm half an hour from the Jersey shore, half an hour from the mountains. Four major highways - Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike, US Route 1, and US Route 287 - as well as the Northeast Corridor, the major train line between DC-Philadelphia-NYC-Boston - cross in the area within a few miles of each other. I can be in midtown Manhattan by commuter train in 40 minutes.

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Me...lol...just joking... in my City, Sacramento California I guess the capital building .... but you can drive to Napa in 45 minute for wine tasting, then San Francisco for good food...the Santa cruise to the beach ...and drive up to Lake Tahoo then Reno ...all are an hour and a half from Sacramento.

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I can't speak for where I'm at now but for London England, all the usual suspects are worthy but taking the bus and sightseeing from the upper deck front seat is the best.
The bus service in London is world class. You'll see so many hidden gems and architecture.
Also thanks about to relocate to Oklahoma City in a few days. Good to know what's around.

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All of the North Coast of Antrim its amazing but then you could go down south to Donegal very easily its rugged, the scenery is a lot better than the society although the south is more hospitable (says me) , than the North

Why don't you try Bangor nice wee day trip

@Topspec yep been all over Ireland my favourites are the Malin head peninsula and Donegal .Strangely the North of Southern Ireland is More Northerly than the North of Northern Ireland as when the brits carved it up they didnt want the mountainous bits.

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Go to New Mexico! It's just next door.

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I hate tourists, so discourage them. I have had to move from so many great places over the years, population increases just ruin them. Tonight we have [bluesfest.com.au] and despite it being in the next Shire, we are the closest town, people are arriving already. I owuld be telling people to go to the Gold Coast, or Moscow or something.

i hear it roaring all night long these days - the blues fest 😟

@walklightly We just had visitors drop in on their way, If I walk down the beach, or even part way I can see the lights. How close are you to it? I haven't been out today, too much traffic.

@Rugglesby, 5 or 6 ks, as the crow flies. i won't go out there either. just looking into finding a new place outside the shire. got any hints, websites for me?

@walklightly If you can get somewhere around Wooyung it seems pretty good, there are some roads off the road between Wooyung and the Old Pacific Highway that looked great when I was riding through there often. I am about double that distance, its bad enough. Really lovely place is South Golden Beach, I was there about a week ago, I had forgotten how nice and quiet it is. A friend from work is on Pacific Esplanade, I think her flatmate is moving out, I can ask if you like.

@Rugglesby, i would love to move back to south golden, so please, if you would ask for me, or give her my fb contact &/or email - i'll message it to you. thank you so much!

@walklightly done and done,

@Rugglesby ❤

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I say you should move to Colorado. LoL plenty of places to play tour guide. One of my favorite things to do when people come to visit.

The only thing it is missing is water!

@silvereyes I have been here for 18 years, and do a few new things every year, and still have things I haven’t done.

I am going to the Sand Dunes National Monument this weekend for the first time.

It is an amazing state.

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The spring festivals and the food.

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You want a short answer or a book? I would actually have to add some negative notes so as to not attract people here. There is some concern about sprawl. I am going to post another bit I discovered today. I knew about this item because several of us were there at the photoshoot. I will give you a preview: [wa.aaa.com]

@silvereyes did you open it? Remember, I also lived in Ok and there were places I liked. My late partners son lived in Tulsa and we visited him. There were also interesting places. I think there a are things to see every where. But all we can show I are places we live.

@silvereyes Weird, I get the page and it seems other's do too. Try this one: [wa.aaa.com] or AAA Nick Teague

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The crime of East New York? Lol

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If this doesn't have you packing your bags, then I'll quit my job as a trip planner...Wait! Um...

I live in the seat of California State Government, Sacramento. While there is plenty to see and do in the greater Sacramento area, I am also:

90 minutes drive from Lake Tahoe (all the natural beauty you could ever ask for, and casinos too!)
2HRs from the SF Bay (which has numerous tourist sites including Fisherman's Wharf, but in the East Bay you can visit Marine World Africa USA <Vallejo>, Disney/Pixar Studios <Emeryville>😉
4 hours from Monterey/Carmel/Santa Cruz
7 hours from Southern CA (Disneyland and many other recreational parks and tourism sites, endless beaches)

In Sacramento itself, there's the Capitol, also a tourism site. The Crocker Art museum. Old Sacramento. The Sacramento Delta (boating, fishing). Folsom Reservoir (Camping, boating, swimming).

Downtown Sacramento has numerous and diverse restaurants, clubs, theaters (as in musical)

I am not coming close to doing this justice. There is so much to see and do within reasonable driving distance of where I live it's INSANE. OH, I didn't even mention vineyards.

Lived in Rancho Cordova as a teen and really liked the valley.

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I would live there where i emerged

FAIZ Level 5 Mar 28, 2018
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niagara falls , that's it that's all

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Uhmmm, any town 200 miles away.

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The road leading out of town

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The University of Illinois is here if you're looking to go to college.
If you like college football we have a consistently losing team here. (The Fighting Illini)

There are some decent restaurants and bars downtown.

That's all I got.

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Mountains ,valleys, art museums,symphony orchestras available,plays available, beaches, historic sites and my sense of humor.

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I'd advise they head down to Silver Falls State Park in Oregon. There are 13 water falls to view (on the long trail). I'd advise start at North Falls.

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If you're talking my home town, I'd say its greatest asset is the A23 - a road along which you can head north to London, or south to Brighton.

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In my county, I'd say The American Maple Museum. I know it sounds boring, but there's a lot of information about maple syrup/sugar production, early logging, transportation, etc. In the general area, though quite a drive because of how rural it is, is the Old Forge area (lots of outdoors/nature stuff to do, as well as specific attractions like a water park, fine arts center, lots of little rustic shops, etc.), and the Adirondack Experience museum at Blue Mountain Lake with tons of exhibits about life in the Adirondacks over the years.

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