(10-20-2011 01:58 AM)1bliss Wrote: (10-20-2011 12:38 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote: (10-19-2011 10:48 PM)gig Wrote: (10-19-2011 10:07 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote: safety etc of Barcelona?
The pickpocketing plague when I was there a few years ago was out of proportion. Speaking from personal experience, from what I've witnessed, and from numerous stories from fellow travelers (not from the internet).
99.9% of the stories I have heard are on or around Las Ramblas.
Have you heard the same?
If so, don't go to Las Ramblas (as I have said multiple times, although no one seems to listen).
Regardless, I "pickpocketing" doesn't factor into my "safety" rating.
I am talking more about getting jumped by skinheads, punch ups with organized crime figures, and robbed and pistol whipped at gun point.
Barcelona doesn't seem to have that.
(10-20-2011 12:05 AM)1bliss Wrote: Overrated:
-Barcelona; like some have said, it's mostly tourists. It has great nightlife and offers a lot, but you can find the same thing in other cities + more hot girls, less tourists.
-Los Angeles but I haven't experienced it enough to say it with confidence. But the fake blondes aren't my type at all.
On another thread, you said you had never been to Barcelona.
And you had never been to Los Angeles.
Has this changed? Or are you just yapping?
Your comments make it seem like you have never been.
"But the fake blondes aren't my type at all. "
LA is a little more than just "fake blonds". Seems like a comment from someone who has only seen LA on TV.
"it's mostly tourists"
On Las Ramblas yes. Other parts of the city, no.
"but you can find the same thing in other cities + more hot girls, less tourists. "
If you are going to make a claim like that, back it up holmes.
Bust out a list of cities.
Again, I will refer to my question that has no takers:
"Is there another world class, big city with a more beautiful beach? Warmer water? Sure there are, but the list is pretty light. (And do those cities have the art, Topless Girls, architecture, food, nightlife, safety etc of Barcelona? The list is even lighter. If anyone has an answer to that one, I have said before, that I am all ears.)"
Just got back from Barcelona 2 nights ago actually G, and I stand by my claims 100%. I went for 2 days only because I was on my way to visit a friend in Paris, but it was a very fun 2 days nonetheless. It's a beautiful city, everything about it is beautiful. Even the girls, but there aren't as many as the hype claims, and IN MY OPINION you can definitely find better quality and more quantity in other cities. Not saying Barcelona is terrible, I'm just saying it is overrated.
As for the list; Montreal, Miami, Paris, NYC (maybe they're even). I would even put Milan ahead of Barcelona in terms of quality and quantity, but I haven't been there long ENOUGH to claim that, only went for 2 days as well.
It seems as though Barcelona is your #1 city by how much you defend it... How long did you go for? Or how often do you go back?
So in the meanwhile you also went to Los Angeles also?
"I went for 2 days only"
Question: How much of those "2 days" were spent on Las Ramblas?
I am guessing at least part of those "2 days".
"IN MY OPINION you can definitely find better quality and more quantity in other cities."
"As for the list; Montreal, Miami, Paris, NYC (maybe they're even)."
So you were only able to name one city that partially satisfies:
"Is there another world class, big city with a more beautiful beach? Warmer water? Sure there are, but the list is pretty light. (And do those cities have the art, Topless Girls, architecture, food, nightlife, safety etc of Barcelona? The list is even lighter. If anyone has an answer to that one, I have said before, that I am all ears.)"
"How long did you go for? Or how often do you go back?"
I have probably spent 14 months of my life there.
(10-20-2011 02:11 AM)Entropy4 Wrote: Barcelona strikes me as the kind of city that the more time you spend there and the more time you get connected, the better it becomes (very much like Buenos Aires in that sense). I went there for three days, and my impression was that it's not the kind of place you can get your money's worth in that short amount of time.
I think that is a fair and accurate assessment.
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