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Western NYer here, never been to the West Coast. I've got some vacation time to use this year so I'd like to check it out. What are your best recommendations for interesting places to visit? I'm less into the outdoors and more into food, architecture, art, and museums.

>>2827533 (OP)
Los Angeles is the obvious choice. Grand central market. Lots of museums
The Peterson is cool if you pay extra for the Vault and you like cars. But why come to the west coast if you don't like the outdoors? That's literally the biggest reason to come over. Maybe go to San Francisco and take a decent drive north and go through the redwood forests. Visit bigfoot/hippe country. San Diego and Orange County have nice beaches.

>>2827533 (OP)
San Diego>All

Get a California burrito for me. Still not sure how those delicious fucks haven't made it over the rocky mountains yet

>>2827550
Avocado and grilled beef in a tortilla?
Pretty easy to make at home.

>>2827628
Dumbass

>>2827533 (OP)
Downtown Portland.

>>2827533 (OP)

>I'm less into the outdoors and more into food, architecture, art, and museums.

Save for Portland, you can safely ignore the PNW. The region is a cultural backwater and Portland is the only beacon of civilization in the wasteland. If you're into beer, there are a lot of great microbreweries in the area.

>>2827550
Is a trip to Tijuana from here worth it?

>>2828235
You need a friend who is Mexican and speaks the language otherwise it's unsafe

But if you can, oh my god yes

>>2827533 (OP)
>>2827643
> Portland is the only beacon of civilization

i typed this with my transgender lanklet hands btw

are you into meth or camping in the city centers?

>>2827550
I love San Diego but it doesn't have much culture outside of food. Lots of military bros and college kids. Not much notable architecture outside the Salk Institute and UCSD library.

The Nixon Library and Ronald Reagan Library in southern California.

Huh, my whole life I always had it in my head Alaska was West of Canada, not Mexico.

No kidding.

>>2828403
>Salk Institute
Just looked it up, it's a modernist pile of crap. What a surprise. I'm guessing the library is the same

>>2828522
The padres stadium is really beautiful
>Waterfalls of water running next to the stair cases in the stadium
>Picnic seating on a hill is available
>Picnic area has a bunch of old restored buildings in the back
Gorgeous

>>2827550
>>2828403
OP don't go to San Diego. In fact, avoid most of SoCal really. It's not worth the risk of ICE abusing their powers and putting you in a cell until a supervisor realizes the mistake. Not to mention the constant riots and protestors who are equally as bad.

Nowhere better than the Oregon coast in my opinion. Wait until it gets warmer

OP here, had my heart set on Portland, but after recent events, decided on [spoiler]Portland[/spoiler][spoiler]ME. Next year, West Coast. Still open to other recs.[/spoiler]

>>2828770
touch grass

>>2830941
Hey OP, another Portlander (OR) here. If for some reason you decide to come here, I would recommend generally avoiding downtown and going to the east side of the city. The big advantage of Portland is it’s size/density so it’s relatively quick to get around and generally not too crowded

I live in boston. I like to ride motorcycles and smoke weed and listen to the guitar. california seems like a good place to visit. It seems fucking expensive there though.

>>2827643
>>2828373
Yeah yeah, East Oregon called it wants you to know it’s racist and smokes weed and it’s way cooler. Political bait aside, if you’re not looking for Outdoors, and want Museums, the PNW is a pretty barren spot. It’s Frontier Country, and while there’s a fantastic museum about the trail out near Baker City, if you don’t care about braving the Wilderness, there’s not much for you up here. Fort Vancouver is cool, and the camps in the San Juan that nearly started Brit War 3 but the Oversimplified Video on the Pig War pretty much covers it. Museums and Art are just urban hub things so LA and San Diego. Maybe the Spanish Missions for living museums but you’d have to want to drive to them. The West Coast was America trying to hold onto the nature while building farmland and foresting zones, so our art quota’s more in what we see on sunsets. Besides, all the open drugs have made the downtowns pretty ugly, so there’s nothing to see there anyway. If nature isn’t your thing, just ignore the PNW. We don’t want you up here anyway you fucking cityfag.

>>2827533 (OP)
Too many white nerds with ugly asian women

>>2827533 (OP)
>architecture
>art
>museums
So you're going to come to the most history-less region of one of the youngest countries on Earth. I'll admit we have good food here (like anywhere in the US) but imo the nature is the only reason to come here, unless Hollywood is your thing. I'd say the only interesting architecture on the west coast imo is San Francisco, which looks really nice but I haven't been in years so I don't know how the homeless situation is and I hear car break ins are frequent.

>>2827533 (OP)
>Western NYer here
Kill yourself bills keyboard mafia faggot

>>2832073
Lighten up, Francis.

it's not on the coast but vegas is the best city in the west, cheap entertainment, party atmosphere. san francisco is the best city for culture, architecture, food. don't bother with portland or seattle. san diego has the best beaches and amazing summer weather. monterey bay and wine country are lesser-known gems with beautiful nature and scenery. i would recommend amusement parks, didneyland or magic mountain in socal, great america or six flags in norcal. there's good food, fresh air, unique climate, kind people. if you love nature, lake tahoe or yosemite are impressive. based on what you stated though, you'd do best with sf, la, sd, the rest of the state is either quaint foodie stuff or nature stuff. once more don't bother with oregon or washington. the columbia gorge is nice though.

it's funny that you include alaska with the west coast

>>2827533 (OP)

Portlands Food scene is pretty spectacular. The waterfalls near closer to the Portland are worth a half days activities and can be pretty much be done by car.


Outside of that
>Architecture
>art
>museums

idk, maybe down in California but as a native Oregonian I would never set foot in the Republic to the south.

>>2833158
The food in Portland is Ok. People in the northwest are used to terrible food. So Portland is a step up compared to a lot of places in Oregon and Washington. But I wouldn't call it a culinary destination. Unless your coming from Canada where the food is abysmal, you probably won't be impressed with the food in Portland.

everyone shits on san francisco but I thought it was cool

>>2833435
San Francisco is great for a vacation....As long as you leave nothing or value in your car.