Oh and not for nothing, the most unfriendly city I have been to in Canada was Montreal.

That was my experience of Montreal, too, le n. Active glares from the locals. I've never felt so unwelcome in any city.

DC is year-round tourist friendly.

My friends sometimes complain, but the tourons never really get to me...except for that one time with the toddler on the Metro dripping that icky red/white/blue popsicle all over everything.

I try to be conscious of people who seem lost. Given our grid system, you get a lot of people looking for things with the same address, but a different quadrant, all the time.

I have only been to NY for a quick weekend and we were in full tilt tourist mode when whole time. The locals we met where all very nice. Maybe cause we wanted to experience the city and not just looky-loo. I don't know.

I'm currently getting a mani-pedi. Green in prep for my belt test tomorrow. I also have a massage scheduled for Sunday to recover from the test.

Now I just need to figure out what carb heavy dinner I want. Both kids are out so I don't feel like cooking.

Wow. I never really felt that in Montreal.

Cities like NY and Chicago have enough critical mass that unless you are in some specific areas the tourists aren't really a bother. DC they're less easy to avoid. I still am super bitchy about "walk left, stand right" on escalators from living there.

Moscow they just bump your ass out of the way if you're blocking the sidewalk. No hesitation at all. I kind of loved it.

flea,

I did not feel the same way in Anaheim, but it might be because the times I was there, I had a rental car and I found slammin' local food in the city. Some of the best fucking Mexican food in holes in the wall.

I never really felt that in Montreal.

It's probably me they're complaining about.

Oh, hey, clever commenter! No one has ever thought about the difference between plagiarism and inspiration in transformative works. You're just bringing it up for the first time, and now that you mention it, Cassandra Clare was totally on the up and up the whole time. And you're the devil's first advocate. How fresh!

What's the analogue to mansplaining? Mundanesplaining?

Oh man, I saw a huge Cassandra Clare poster in a bookstore window last week. Took me aback.

Given our grid system, you get a lot of people looking for things with the same address, but a different quadrant, all the time.

aigh quadrant, what does that even mean. no wonder I get lost in DC every damn time I go there.

Cities like NY and Chicago have enough critical mass that unless you are in some specific areas the tourists aren't really a bother.

The tree lighting is a great example.

Downtown Indianapolis has an artificial feel, but I think there are also locals around. But there's a whole mall/hotels/convention center complex that takes up a lot of space and I think was all built around the same time. I kind of love it.