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Maps Reveal the Difference in How Cities Are Perceived by Tourists and Locals

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Re: Maps Reveal the Difference in How Cities Are Perceived by Tourists and Locals

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Post by smogcutter »

mannykannot wrote: post #86

There are a couple of places here that I know as more than a visitor, and in those cases, the residents' maps are quite interesting - for example, what is it about College Point, New York, that makes it stand out?

As far as I know as an NYC native... nothing? I was wondering about that too, must be some kind of sampling artifact. Maybe there's something we don't know about, but the neighborhood has more coverage than the whole rest of Queens (besides Shea). It's probably data from one guy who lives in College Point and happens to post a ton of pictures.

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Post by lazyant »

otoburb wrote: post #80
criddell wrote: post #29

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I grew up in an area that had a lot of tourism (Stratford, ON). I always thought it was strange that people would travel so far to visit. Now when I go home I see the city through new eyes and it really is a charming place. It feels like it would be a really nice place to live. When I did live there, I couldn't wait to leave.

>> I grew up in an area that had a lot of tourism (Stratford, ON). I always thought it was strange that people would travel so far to visit. Just in case people don't know, the Stratford Festival[1] is pretty famous in Ontario, if not all across Canada, as a rather prominant Canadian arts event[2]. It's certainly the main reason our school raised funds on occasion to visit during the festival. It was a big deal for u…

Also (not sure how much tourism this attracts) it's the hometown of Justin Bieber (sorry)

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Post by lazyant »

blaser-waffle wrote: post #4
throwwwawayyyy wrote: post #3

As someone who lived in Paris for many years now, it's fascinating how the city has sort of three identities: 1. What outsiders think it's like 2. What they see when they encounter the city as tourists 3. What the city is like for a local You'd say this is true for any city but Paris in particular has concentrated so many stereotypes together that it's almost comical to see people's attitudes yo-yo so dramatically in…

I'm reminded of Paris Syndrome, which is phenomenon common with the Japanese, where they assume Paris is something it is not, and get angry and frustrated upon visiting. https://grapee.jp/en/99643 I'd say similar things about Texas, DC, and NYC, for that matter.

DC and Texas maybe, but at least for me as a tourist in NYC it was pretty much as expected, after watching so many movies filmed there

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Post by wruza »

dfxm12 wrote: post #58
wruza wrote: post #7

Living in semi-touristic district, it’s funny to see how locals views differ from tourists. We have a special term for it: local resident syndrome. It’s when someone asks you if there is something interesting to look at here, but you don’t know, despite living here since forever. Well, I can show you where that expensive nightclub is on the map, does it count? I also see people making selfies with decorative street e…

I also see people making selfies with decorative street elements (simple installations and/or statues) that were installed, say, a year ago, and really mean nothing, but are perceived as if they had a history. How do you know how other people perceive these things?

Good question. tl;dr I don’t.

Maybe I’m looking at it through my own bent glasses. One example on my mind was a ‘thing’ right before my building. Imagine like a 2m tall painting in a thick wooden frame and a foundation to hold it, but there is no painting, as if someone cut it entirely. Like empty frame. People make self-shots sitting in it, and it has some plate with a description on it. But it was mounted only last winter. I’ll maybe check it next time, but my pragmatic side tells me that it’s yet another artistic catch for touristic attractiveness. I also know the guy in his 60s who spent his childhood there. The entire area was built and cultivated from scratch as a heritage corner by few powerful mosque rulers (locally famous people still lived there, no doubt, but that’s true for the entire old town).

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Post by mijowi »

travisjungroth wrote: post #60
partisan wrote: post #8

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It is a funny article, but this line puts things in perspective: > Out of the million or so Japanese tourists that visit Paris each year, about 12 will fall prey to Paris syndrome.

“12 Japanese tourists let down by Paris visit each year” doesn’t quite have the same oomph.

That’s .001%. Why is anyone even talking about it?

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Post by chansiky »

enf wrote: post #73
chansiky wrote: post #41

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Thanks for sharing. This deserves more upvotes. And all the respect to Eric Fischer who is more likely to be the author.

Thanks. Yes, I made these maps several years ago.

Oh man, I never expected you to respond. These images are much better on Flickr, I like how you can actually click links to the hot spots.

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Post by egypturnash »

selimthegrim wrote: post #67
egypturnash wrote: post #36

I am looking at the version of this that has an interactive map of the US ( https://labs.mapbox.com/labs/twitter-gnip/locals/ ) and zooming in to my current location of New Orleans: https://labs.mapbox.com/labs/twitter-gnip/locals/#13/29.9802... And holy shit I really did do a favor for my friend when I went down to the French Quarter, met up with her, and took her to City Park instead of another day of scheduled tou…

Sculpture Garden ftw, also CDM took over the morning call stand for now so you don’t even have to leave there for beignets

It’s not you couldn’t get beignets when it was Morning Call!

But yeah the sculpture garden is awesome, I love going there and sitting in the quiet little grove around *A Battle: For The Resistance Fighters”. Or chilling on a shady bench with the laptop getting shit done. You could probably see it on a modern version of this map.

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

baud147258 wrote: post #65
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #6

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I once wound up in the suburbs as a tourist. Not what I was expecting at all.

Well, it really depends on which suburbs it was.

I think it was the northern outer wards? I don’t remember the number, but all the police I saw were armored and heavily armed.

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Post by bb101 »

partisan wrote: post #8
blaser-waffle wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm reminded of Paris Syndrome, which is phenomenon common with the Japanese, where they assume Paris is something it is not, and get angry and frustrated upon visiting. https://grapee.jp/en/99643 I'd say similar things about Texas, DC, and NYC, for that matter.

It is a funny article, but this line puts things in perspective: > Out of the million or so Japanese tourists that visit Paris each year, about 12 will fall prey to Paris syndrome.

It could be the tip of a trend. For every one person suffering the full Paris Syndrome psychosis, there are probably a thousand Japanese departing Charles de Gaulle thinking to themselves "What a horrible dump, thank god we are leaving." -- Paris Syndrome-lite?

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Post by bb101 »

ma2rten wrote: post #78

I lived in Amsterdam for 5 years but I never saw the Anne Frank House, because I thought I could always go there later.

I lived across the street from the Charles Dickens Museum in London for years. Never once went as "it'll always be there later". Still haven't been.
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