30 Things Tourists Get Wrong About Popular Destinations, According To People Who Live There

What? I wonder why not many people are exploiting this loophole

It's ONLY logical ..🤔

Are you pregnant and don't want the kid but your country isn't allowing the abortions? Just go to Vegas and problem solved! (I'm not mocking the banning of abortions it's a serious issue of course)

Sweet summer child. Too dumb to reproduce.

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Oh tell me she didnt believe that! Whoever told her that, deserves a slap

Isn't that how babby is formed?

And a lot more of it.

There is nothing in Australia that wants to kill you. If you're stupid enough to swim where you've been told not to swim, that's on you. The snakes and spiders are more scared of you than you are of them and virtually no one does from snake and spider bites. Honestly, it's safer than being in North America. Also, no rabies.

Just had a conversation with a fellow Floridian who saw a tourist pick up a black snake & shout to her husband "It's fine! It's not poisonous!" It was not. It was a water moccasin, one of the most highly venomous species. Whyyyyy people? Why???

Except for the one that will bite you on the @$$!

You forgot about mosquitooooooos!

Ya it doesnt tiptoe on all 8 toes or slither or float or come at you from underwater. We can hear and/or see them coming. Well except for cougar they are very quiet and sneaky.

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Ya but that really depends on what wants to kill you

Also, its usually not venomous

What, and spoil our fun? :p

My common sense tells me to STAY INDOORS whenever I'm in Australia -- or maybe go as far as the hotel pool.

That's actually very true. I think we Aussies forget that we grow up with the warnings. Literally from birth!

I'm German and I went to Australia for 6 months (back when google wasn't a thing yet - same as smart-phones, btw) and I was fine. You know, tehre's PLENTY of signs and advice all over the place (we had books back then - they should still work today ;-) ) and also of course we had guides who told us what not to do and - most important part - we listened and believed them! Best 6 months of my life, I swear. (Greatest moment was when one of our guides suddenly slammed the breaks on the jeep, jumped out with a flashlight and yelled "King Brown, King Brown!!!". Slightly confused, we followed and I just saw the tail-end of a snake slithering away. He was so thrilled to have seen it. I thought he'd lost his marbles! (That's a venomous snake, btw. Apparently rare? I don't know))

Laguna Beach is in Orange county so it's not part of Los Angeles, but the beaches are beautiful.

totally, i live right by Venice beach and its awesome, though like most Cali people, i wish it rained more lol

Yeah Hollywood is like the least exciting tourist destination in So Cal....the only reason I ever go is if something good is showing at the pantages or they used to have that Museum of death but it's not for everyone even if you are a true crime buff it could be stomach churning, otherwise it's just pretty dirty and has a lot of hookers.

You mean the wildfires?

I mean, technically, of the things you mentioned, only Venice and Griffith Park are in LA. Santa Monica, Malibu, and Laguna Beach are all separate cities - with Laguna Beach not even in LA County.

Growing up in Santa Monica I cringe when I hear it included as LA...it is its own incorporated city and only falls within LA county.

or head to Calabasas lol. A good bunch of them don't even live in LA, they just come out here to work. I live in Sherman Oaks and I see many here or in Studio City or Encino.

There are something like 4 million people in Los Angeles. As someone who was born in LA, I can promise not everyone is phony. In fact, most of them aren't.

It's turned into a landfill, pretty much. I work at the studios and my drive to and from work is always a treat...NOT

In Germany it's healthy human sense. For if you lack it, you're insane. Makes sense...

Haha well pointed, in Romanian we call it "good sense" and, well, it makes so much more sense!

Yes "Common Sense.....Isn't." (And The Second Part Of "OxyMoron" Are)

Hey Randy A. You must be a Canadian or a Brit, maybe Oz or NZL

They don't?

Perhaps you were the problem. Japanese people cater to foreigners.

Most people find the exact opposite.

Probably get the same in New York or any big bustling city where people have way more to think about than pleasing tourists

The expenses with groceries are due to the Jones Act from 1916, which states that to do Cabotage (Movement of products internally within a country via water routes) in the US, the ship must be 100% made in the USA, using 80% USA steel and metals, must be registered in the USA with an 100% American crew. US Made cargo vessels cost 2.5x what a German made one costs, then US Registry is expensive, and an all American Crew is also more expensive. This drives up costs of shipping goods via water routes in the US. Its why we Hawaii, Alaska, etc, are so expensive, and why we send so much goods via trucks down the East Coast rather than via boat

At the farmers market in Hilo in 2009, you could get a bucket of papaya for a dollar. A bucket full!

Foods locally grown in Hawaii aren't always cheaper, though. Many vegetables imported from Mexico are cheaper. Also, groceries are expensive in HI regardless of changing your diet. Your best bet here is to buy in bulk at places like Costco or Sam's Club. Changing your diet will not make it cheaper, unless it means eating far less.