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My grandma went to San Antonio to visit one time and said of the Alamo, "This looks like a warehouse. We have furniture at home that is older, prettier, and has
by spiritplumber 4y ago
My grandma went to San Antonio to visit one time and said of the Alamo, "This looks like a warehouse. We have furniture at home that is older, prettier, and has been through more wars than this".
She's right, too. I did not translate her comment to English for my local friends though!
- mikestew 4y agoThe "ugly $NATIONALITY" trope goes both ways, and isn't just for Americans visiting other countries. I don't know why tourists think it's a competition.
- treis 4y agoIt's an accurate critique though. The Alamo is up at the top in the competition for World's most disappointing tourist destination.
- chasd00 4y ago> My grandma went to San Antonio to visit one time and said of the Alamo, "This looks like a warehouse. ... heh what was she expecting? It's an old mission built on the frontier eventually used by the military for storage and barracks. It effectively was a warehouse. The building isn't the reason why it's historic, what happened there is what's important.