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It may not appeal to everyone, but I've personally never met someone not interested in visiting the cheers bar. Travel guides are inherently for tourists looki

by aspir 15y ago

It may not appeal to everyone, but I've personally never met someone not interested in visiting the cheers bar. Travel guides are inherently for tourists looking to see these little kitschy places.

jsavimbi 15y ago
I'm sorry, but people from Boston don't go to Cheers and you're assuming that tourists are really looking to visit these traps because of the plethora of mentions these places receive in poorly conceived travel guides. In this case, Gowalla, just like every other travel app is going for the low-hanging fruit and pandering to the lowest common denominator. Yes, there is money in it, but like it's been mentioned before, this may be an app in search of a problem to solve but it just may very well be that there isn't much beyond Cheers that appeals to a certain demographic and their use case is very well served.
- mattmanser 15y ago
  I would definitely want to visit Cheers if I visited Boston, it was a part of my childhood. I think you're totally underestimating the value of the place. There a phonebox near my house that's pretty run down, cleaned once a year, smells of pee and often has those seedy cards in it. It's not well maintained. But it's constantly being photographed by tourists. Every time I walk past it there's someone taking a picture. Why? Because it's one of those classic red booths and you can spot it if you're visiting Nottingham Castle. Tourists can love stuff that looks mundane to the locals.
  - jsavimbi 15y ago
    Please visit Cheers London and report back on the cultural value it micturates upon that fair city.
  - saraid216 15y ago
    To agree, I want to point out this snippet; The conversation then turned to strange things [Neil Gaiman] has witnessed while in the US: a large decommissioned nuclear submarine docked by a road in Portsmouth, NH that locals barely take notice of; cheese-wheel rolling festivals; and people parking their vehicles on frozen lakes in the American heartland. He noted that, “The UK is weird, but not as weird as here!” http://www.comicbooked.com/neil-gaiman-american-gods-anniversary-event/ http://www.comicbooked.com/neil-gaiman-american-gods-anniver...
    - jsavimbi 15y ago
      You're right. My sister lived on Northwest St. up in Portsmouth for a number of years. I'd visit about 3 or 4 times a year. Never once visited the Albacore. I just have no interest in subs. But I'm sure Peter's Palace around the corner saw many visitors.

by aspir 15y ago

It may not appeal to everyone, but I've personally never met someone not interested in visiting the cheers bar. Travel guides are inherently for tourists looking to see these little kitschy places.

jsavimbi 15y ago

I'm sorry, but people from Boston don't go to Cheers and you're assuming that tourists are really looking to visit these traps because of the plethora of mentions these places receive in poorly conceived travel guides. In this case, Gowalla, just like every other travel app is going for the low-hanging fruit and pandering to the lowest common denominator. Yes, there is money in it, but like it's been mentioned before, this may be an app in search of a problem to solve but it just may very well be that there isn't much beyond Cheers that appeals to a certain demographic and their use case is very well served.

mattmanser 15y ago
I would definitely want to visit Cheers if I visited Boston, it was a part of my childhood. I think you're totally underestimating the value of the place. There a phonebox near my house that's pretty run down, cleaned once a year, smells of pee and often has those seedy cards in it. It's not well maintained. But it's constantly being photographed by tourists. Every time I walk past it there's someone taking a picture. Why? Because it's one of those classic red booths and you can spot it if you're visiting Nottingham Castle. Tourists can love stuff that looks mundane to the locals.
- jsavimbi 15y ago
  Please visit Cheers London and report back on the cultural value it micturates upon that fair city.
- saraid216 15y ago
  To agree, I want to point out this snippet; The conversation then turned to strange things [Neil Gaiman] has witnessed while in the US: a large decommissioned nuclear submarine docked by a road in Portsmouth, NH that locals barely take notice of; cheese-wheel rolling festivals; and people parking their vehicles on frozen lakes in the American heartland. He noted that, “The UK is weird, but not as weird as here!” http://www.comicbooked.com/neil-gaiman-american-gods-anniversary-event/ http://www.comicbooked.com/neil-gaiman-american-gods-anniver...
  - jsavimbi 15y ago
    You're right. My sister lived on Northwest St. up in Portsmouth for a number of years. I'd visit about 3 or 4 times a year. Never once visited the Albacore. I just have no interest in subs. But I'm sure Peter's Palace around the corner saw many visitors.