What Americans are saying about California?

[StraightEdge]

 

[Ali_Baba]

I went to San Francisco a few years ago on a business trip just before covid started...

First time in my life :

1 - I thought i was gonna get stabbed and mugged on the metro on the way to downtown. And i have been on every single tubeline in London - never once had that feeling!!!
2 - first time i saw more than 2-3 homeless people in batch ( homelessness is far less visible in the UK )... saw streets and streets of homeless people - so damn weird...
3 - I walked down one street looking for a kebab(sharwama joint)- everyone looked at me - and i thought i was gonna get murdered.

Very uncomfortable - i quickly learnt to not treat San Francisco the same as a typical uk town/city as you will get into trouble if you do. Was Uber all the way after my initial experinces.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I went to San Francisco a few years ago on a business trip just before covid started...

First time in my life :

1 - I thought i was gonna get stabbed and mugged on the metro on the way to downtown. And i have been on every single tubeline in London - never once had that feeling!!!
2 - first time i saw more than 2-3 homeless people in batch ( homelessness is far less visible in the UK )... saw streets and streets of homeless people - so damn weird...
3 - I walked down one street looking for a kebab(sharwama joint)- everyone looked at me - and i thought i was gonna get murdered.

Very uncomfortable - i quickly learnt to not treat San Francisco the same as a typical uk town/city as you will get into trouble if you do. Was Uber all the way after my initial experinces.

It didn't used to be that way. The last time I was in San Francisco was in the early 1990's and it was rather nice actually...uh well hmm mostly nice...I guess I missed the chance to hit O'Farrell's when they had the..ahem..long "fun" list though.

I remember trying to figure out how I could get my rental car airborne along this route...but alas crappy high California emission standards crippled my rental.

It's tough you can't see anything.

 

[Ali_Baba]

It didn't used to be that way. The last time I was in San Francisco was in the early 1990's and it was fine.

I remember trying to figure out how I could get my rental car airborne along this route...but alas crappy high emissions standards crippled my rental.

It's tough you can't see anything.

I have been to Texas a few times ( Dallas/Autin/Houston ) - felt much safer - kind of interesting to me. Planning on going to New York some day soon.

 

[VCheng]

It didn't used to be that way. The last time I was in San Francisco was in the early 1990's and it was fine.

I remember trying to figure out how I could get my rental car airborne along this route...but alas crappy high emissions standards crippled my rental.

It's tough you can't see anything.

I tried it. All I did was bump my head against the roof.

 

[James David]

I tried it. All I did was bump my head against the roof.

Grandpa @VCheng.. You be the judge dude!

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[Hamartia Antidote]

I tried it. All I did was bump my head against the roof.

Haha! Awesome!!!!
I had a good time. I surprisingly liked the place. The rush hour traffic on 101 was absolutely ridiculous though. Worst I have ever dealt with in my entire life. WTF! They were not kidding about California traffic. It was like 5 lanes too and we are lucky to have 4 on our highways.

 

[VCheng]

Grandpa @VCheng.. You be the judge dude!

I can - ahem - personally testify to that.

Haha! Awesome!!!!
I had a good time. I surprisingly liked the place. The rush hour traffic on 101 was absolutely ridiculous though. Worst I have ever dealt with in my entire life. WTF!

The best parts are the beaches and Highway 1. Simply awesome!

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I can - ahem - personally testify to that.



The best parts are the beaches and Highway 1. Simply awesome!



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Yes, I made sure to take the road along the coast. Very nice. Although the lack of adequate guardrails made me a bit uneasy. It's pretty flat in New England and you don't usually find yourself in a situation where you can peer out your window to see doom with a tiny wire along the edge of the road preventing it..

meh...who needs guardrails! A stretch of dirt two feet wide with no streetlights is fine. Keeps you alert on those late night thunderstorm rides home.

 

[VCheng]

Yes, I made sure to take the road along the coast. Very nice. Although the lack of adequate guardrails made me a bit uneasy.

LOL. That is the best part that adds to the excitement! Windows down, tires squealing, slingshotting out of curves with a roaring V8 - good times.

 

[Chute]

Grandpa @VCheng.. You be the judge dude!

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Well the beach boys made a great song about all that, so it is definitely fact by that alone.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

LOL. That is the best part that adds to the excitement! Windows down, tires squealing, slingshotting out of curves with a roaring V8 - good times.

You know even those lumberjack types up in Maine aren't that crazy to leave a cliff face wide open.

 

[VCheng]

You know even those lumberjack types up in Maine aren't that crazy leaving a cliff face wide open.

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Isn't that the Acadia Loop Road?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Isn't that the Acadia Loop Road?

yeppers!

 

[VCheng]

yeppers!

Nice place with its own charm for sure, but not exactly Highway 1. Have you been up to Cabot's Trail in Republik of Canoodia up that aways a bit? That is somewhat similar. Meat Cove is a must see.