Mexico City as #1? Really? Having been there recently, my main objective was to get the hell out of the teeming city and its pool of horrible smog without being killed by the crazy drivers. The rest of Mexico is quite nice, but stay out of the cities.
52 Places to Go in 2016
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#62But why would golang developers concentrate in such touristy locations ?
Thought it was only me who followed the link thinking it was a metaphor.
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm interpreting the list as "52 places you might not have considered" because in each of their categories (national park, metro, attractions, etc.) many obvious - and IMO better - choices are avoided, at least for the US.
Agreed - it would likely be trivial to come up with a list of 52 tourist meccas that everyone's heard of. Washington, DC, London, Moscow, etc - I mean you could probably visit the 52 largest national capitals and have a great tourist experience. It's nice to see a list with places I never would have considered, even if it is odd to see ND and St. John on the same list.
But Washington DC is on the list :) Probably because the standard touristy East Coast destination is NYC.
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#64It always amuses me that that it's "Turin, Italy" but "Providence, Rhode Island". I guess they assume an American audience but it's still strange that they don't mention the country for places in the US of A.
Living in Providence, I find it amusing their picture is from Watch Hill, which is as far away from Providence as you can get and still technically be in Rhode Island.
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#65This is a beautiful page, but my god, is it heavy. I'm counting 171 separate requests totaling 31 Mb - excluding the videos. I've not even loaded all videos, and my total is at over 400 Mb now.... Is this acceptable now?
Text only version:
http://pastebin.com/raw/A8T4MRGD (without text blurb)
http://pastebin.com/raw/t0CG2tzg (with text blurb)
http://pastebin.com/raw/Ud4Vc2hp (python code used to extract this)
bugs (won't fix):
- text blurb is not printed for items without g-secondary-name
- character encoding is wrong
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed - it would likely be trivial to come up with a list of 52 tourist meccas that everyone's heard of. Washington, DC, London, Moscow, etc - I mean you could probably visit the 52 largest national capitals and have a great tourist experience. It's nice to see a list with places I never would have considered, even if it is odd to see ND and St. John on the same list.
But Washington DC is on the list :) Probably because the standard touristy East Coast destination is NYC.
I'll be honest, I only went through the first handful of cities! The perils of being on HN in a cube farm :)
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#67A lot of people here are saying "This list seems extremely arbitrary", and I was of that mindset as well until I got five places into the list and found Teddy Roosevelt NP. The national parks of North Dakota are amazing, and it's hard to describe exactly why you should go. I could say "grand views, few people, and towns that make me laugh" but that doesn't summarize it well at all.
Some of these places should be more and less generalized, however. "Skane, Sweden" ought to be changed to "a less populated region of the Norwegian or Swedish coast, somewhere with a historic lighthouse". I've spent some time on the coast of Norway, and I think it's one of the most beautiful places in the world. Additionally, naming "Kansai, Japan" is ridiculous, it encompasses 22 million people and three major cities (Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe); this is especially ridiculous given that there's also a place on the list with a population of 113.
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#68Grand Rapids, MI? Really? (I lived there for 5 years...not.going.back.) I mean...Meyer Garden is cool and all, but NOTHING compared to Butchart Garden on Vancouver Island.
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#69It's great to Grand Rapids, Michigan make this list! I live there and find it to be a nice area. The craft beer really is delicious, and there is plenty of it to go around[1]. It's not too far from a beautiful lakeshore (with exceptional beaches), and is a couple hours drive to Chicago or Detroit.
What I'll be interested to see is what the impact of a major data center will be on tech investment in the area from both the local community and from outside investors[2].
[1] http://www.experiencegr.com/things-to-do/beer-city/
[2] https://www.supernap.com/news/switch-confirms-plans-for-mass...
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#70Mexico City as #1? Really? Having been there recently, my main objective was to get the hell out of the teeming city and its pool of horrible smog without being killed by the crazy drivers. The rest of Mexico is quite nice, but stay out of the cities.
I had the opposite experience. Such a beautiful city with rich history and culture. Driving was pretty sane. There is indeed air pollution but its been getting lower as the years go along. It is not a perfect city but one of my favorite cities to go visit.