Comments on: Why I don’t heart New York: A plea to would-be travel agents http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/27/why-i-don%e2%80%99t-heart-new-york-a-plea-to-would-be-travel-agents/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Travelling beyond the gushing hyperbole Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kaye Starley http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/27/why-i-don%e2%80%99t-heart-new-york-a-plea-to-would-be-travel-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Kaye Starley Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:50:33 +0000 http://www.grumpytraveller.com/?p=245#comment-276 I do think that travel writer JS-G is being a bit unfair about the south. If she made a trip back perhaps she would find that some attitudes have changed in last fifteen years :). There are many lovely, warm, open minded people here and we don't all carry a gun! She may be right about the baseball caps and chewing tobacco in hick town bars, I really don't know about that but I think you would find that even they would be warm and welcoming, so come on down! I do think that travel writer JS-G is being a bit unfair about the south. If she made a trip back perhaps she would find that some attitudes have changed in last fifteen years :) . There are many lovely, warm, open minded people here and we don’t all carry a gun! She may be right about the baseball caps and chewing tobacco in hick town bars, I really don’t know about that but I think you would find that even they would be warm and welcoming, so come on down!

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]]> By: David http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/27/why-i-don%e2%80%99t-heart-new-york-a-plea-to-would-be-travel-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-273 David Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:26:20 +0000 http://www.grumpytraveller.com/?p=245#comment-273 Thanks for the comment, Jill. Actually, you can add Ireland to my list of places I'm not particularly interested in too. As for the Deep South, I'd want to do it as a road trip. Something about going to dodgy bars in hick towns just fascinates me. Thanks for the comment, Jill.

Actually, you can add Ireland to my list of places I’m not particularly interested in too.

As for the Deep South, I’d want to do it as a road trip. Something about going to dodgy bars in hick towns just fascinates me.

]]> By: Jill Starley-Grainger @uktraveleditor http://www.grumpytraveller.com/2009/08/27/why-i-don%e2%80%99t-heart-new-york-a-plea-to-would-be-travel-agents/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Jill Starley-Grainger @uktraveleditor Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:12:56 +0000 http://www.grumpytraveller.com/?p=245#comment-272 As a fellow travel journo, this cracks me up. It's amazing people think you haven't considered New York/Thailand/Venice/Ireland, as if it's some secret new hot spot. Having been to NY several times, I can tell you I'm not a fan, and I LOVE big cities. Also, as someone from the Deep South, I'd suggest moving it down your list. Apart from the mountains, Memphis and New Orleans, it's mostly just dirt and pine trees with an undercurrent of racism and sexism. As a fellow travel journo, this cracks me up. It’s amazing people think
you haven’t considered New York/Thailand/Venice/Ireland, as if it’s some secret new hot
spot. Having been to NY several times, I can tell you I’m not a fan, and I LOVE big
cities. Also, as someone from the Deep South, I’d suggest moving it down your list. Apart from the mountains, Memphis and New Orleans, it’s mostly just dirt and pine trees with an undercurrent of racism and sexism.

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