The Fish 10962 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I have to go to St Louis for work in the summer. Anyone got any advice? Seems to be in the middle of nowhere with absolutely nothing to offer as far as I can tell from a bit of Googling Should have a decent live music scene, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie 0 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Is that what it's known for? Never heard of a St Louis music scene to be honest. I'll have a look into it, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10962 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Is that what it's known for? Never heard of a St Louis music scene to be honest. I'll have a look into it, cheers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_blues_(music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7161 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 It's only about 3 hours on a train to Boston from NYC. Neither are really cities you want to be trying to find parking spaces in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMag 0 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 St. Louis is known for blues music and bbq. Other than that, can't tell you much. Boston is a great city to visit... I prefer it over NYC but if you have never been to either you should go to both. The east coast/south has some great places to visit. Charleston in South Carolina is worth the stop. I always have a great time in Atlanta. I would recommend Savannah on the Georgia coast. It has an excellent bar/music scene. St. Augustine in Florida is another interesting town. "Oldest" city in America (by our standards, obviously) that has a great distillery with tours. If south Florida is on the itinerary, let me know and I can give a pretty extensive list of things to do as I currently live in the area. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33781 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Was just wondering if anyone on here has ever been or lived in the USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43021 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Was just wondering if anyone on here has ever been or lived in the USA? Didn't they move house when they were there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45939 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I trudged through there in the early noughties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMag 0 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Grew up in Atlanta. Lived in Orlando. Currently living in Boca Raton, Florida (just north of Fort Lauderdale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 931 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Lived in New York for a couple of years in 2001 and 2002 so visited quite a few places. New York will always be my favourite but also really like Chicago and LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33781 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Drove through New York a few times, not too bad traffic wise past the Billy Mill roundabout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15716 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Some people have been to America, some people own their home. Grass is always greener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie 0 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_blues_(music) Ah right cheers . That's a new one on me - I'd heard of the Chicago blues scene and southern/delta blues but never knew about St Louis. Might be decent after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35563 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Drove through New York a few times, not too bad traffic wise past the Billy Mill roundabout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21967 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Ah right cheers . That's a new one on me - I'd heard of the Chicago blues scene and southern/delta blues but never knew about St Louis. Might be decent after all There was a man vs food episode set in St Louis once, think it was a milkshake challenge. No thanks needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33781 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Some people have been to America, some people own their home. Grass is always greener. I've been to the US before. Once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Was just wondering if anyone on here has ever been or lived in the USA? I live in New Jersey and have for about 4 years. If it's out of a choice between train or car for going between Boston, NYC and Philly I'd definitely take the train like Tom. I think if you were going more to the South like AmericanMag is on about driving would be good but you'd just end up sitting in traffic up here. The other reason is parking in NYC is fucking insanity (unless your hotel has an okay option for parking). You can even take NJ transit from New York Penn station to Philadelphia (with a change at Newark and somewhere just outside of Philly), which would be pretty cheap (it's like $15 to NYC and back from where I live if I buy a single trip). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45939 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Booked a week in Crete in August. Off to Florida this Friday for a fortnight. Possibly do a week somewhere else around October time, maybe just in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33781 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Son of Chalmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31170 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 International fanny magnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4808 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45939 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 What can I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4808 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 What can I say. Groovy, baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17633 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Airbnb.... I know some of you have used it, looking at something for Sydney in the first week in April, a flat came up on the south side for the same price as a room in roughly similar areas but the landlady's profile is completely blank with no history or details. Common sense tells me not to touch with a shitty stick with CT strapped to the end of it, but it's a bargain and ideal for what we need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 45939 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Is there anything on TripAdvisor for these places, if you search the name of it? Otherwise I think you know the answer already: find somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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