What about your own back yard?
 

I've lived in a number of nice cities in my adult life. And I always find that, when it is time to move on, I have somehow not visited some major attractions right in my back yard. For instance, when I lived in LA, I never once went to the beach.<BR><BR>Have you ever lived someplace and missed some big attraction that tourists flock to? What was it?

We live in Ky and my husband has never been to Mammoth Cave or the Corvette Museum.

I live in New York City and have never been to the statute of liberty or to the top of the world trade center. I will make it there someday.

I live in California but have never been to Yosemite. The only time I'm free is during the summer, and the park is overrun with people then.

I live near Washington, D.C. I've never done the paddle boats in front of the Jefferson Memorial, the FDR Memorial, or any of the large Smithsonian art museums except the Hirshhorn. <BR><BR>I've pledged to visit every Smithsonian museum with the kids this summer. Two down, 13 to go.

I lived in Philadelphia for a year, 5 blocks from the Liberty Bell and Freedom Hall, and didn't visit either until years later when I returned for a meeting.

Hi<BR><BR>I often found I would go for entertainment outside Baltimore when there's actually a fair amount entertaining right here.<BR><BR>Still haven't been to the Maryland Science Center, Baltimore Zoo...it was ages before I discovered how fantastic the Federal Hill neighborhood, the Cross Street Market and Little Italy are.<BR><BR>DAN

I live near Seattle and I have yet to visit the EMP (Experience Music Project).

I personally don't, at least while I'm living in the States. But my mother lived within 40 miles (multiple towns) of Niagara Falls and didn't see them till she was 60. She only went then because I took her!

Interesting question. My husband and I lived in Florida for a year and never made it to Disneyworld or the Keys.

I have lived in L.A. Area for 30 years and I haven't been to Catalina yet. Don't know why but will have to try to go soon.

This is a great question. I combat this by "pretending" I'm a tourist twice a year. I stay at a different hotel in the city (or surrounding area), eat at restaurants I haven't tried, attend a particular event e.g., symphony, theatre, or sports game, and just pretend that I've never been to the city even though I've lived here for 11 years now! It makes me realize how much there is to do in Seattle as well as give me the chance to do things that I don't "normally" see and/or do. BTW, I have been to EMP - don't go in the summer or on any weekend - the lines make Disneyland look like a picnic! :)

I live 45 minutes from Nashville for the past 25 years and never been to the Grand Ol Opry.

I live near Washington, DC and have never visited the Holocaust Museum, even though I have studied the Holocaust extensively.

Never been on the Freedom Trail or most of the sights along the way. Will have to wait to chaperone one of the kids field trips.

OK, this is truly embarrassing.<BR><BR>I have lived in Boston for 10 years, yet have never been to:<BR>1. Plimoth Plantation<BR>2. Salem (except for a wedding)<BR>3. Rockport<BR>4. Nantucket<BR>5. the Berkshires<BR>6. coastal Maine<BR>7. nor have I been to any of the Harvard Museums, except I once went to one of the museums for a wedding (see a trend?!)<BR><BR>Otherwise, I have travelled extensively in New England and my own new city (Boston).<BR><BR>I grew up in a half hour outside NYC in NJ and while growing up there I never went to:<BR><BR>1. Ellis Island<BR>2. The Statue of Liberty<BR>3. The Met, MOMA, Guggenheim etc - but I did go to the Frick Collection once)<BR>4. Central Park (except to drive through)<BR>5. Greenwich Village<BR>6. Little Italy<BR>7. the upper east or upper west side (except to drive by the Dakota once in 1982 after John Lennon was killed)<BR>8. A Broadway play<BR><BR>I never did any of these things in NYC until I was married and in my twenties and living in Boston.<BR><BR>In hindsight, I was completely B&amp;T (like just about everyone in NJ)!!!

Dear Cali, <BR>Catlina is entirely overrated. Don't worry about not seeing it!!

OK, I just remembered: I DID go to Rockport once, for a wedding (again, the trend continues).

This is probably pretty common. While living in Wisconsin for several years, I rarely made it to Chicago and never visited Minnesota or Iowa (mostly because my car was getting old, and I had to wait to finish grad school to buy a new one). I grew up in NC and never visited Cape Hatteras or many other places in NC or Virginia. Since moving back (now with a new car and more money), I have more than made up for it. Also, I tend to be more into foreign travel than domestic, but since my two-year old was born this has mostly reversed out of necessity, and I have been seeing lots of places along the East Coast for the first time.

Lived near ATL for 10 years and still have not made it to MLK memorial or Carter Center. Did try to go to MLK one afternoon when viewing Elton John photo exhibit at High Museum; started to rain, so we headed home. Will try again this summer.