[stackghost]

The reason people use "When in Rome..." or "do as the locals do" is because that's how you get an accurate taste of what life in <place> is like. If you don't want to experience a glimpse of life in Paris, then sure go eat at a tourist trap. The quote below from TFA is an inadvertent own goal, I think:

>But today I imagine you visiting my hometown and spending a day with the locals. You’d probably end up watching reality TV, ordering some ‘New American’ food on Doordash (it’s a cheeseburger with Korean Kimchi Glaze™), and sports betting from your phone.

Perhaps TFAuthor hails from a place that isn't interesting enough for tourists to visit. Lots of small towns across the USA and Canada don't offer any compelling reason to visit unless you have relatives there.

There's a reason tourists flock to New York City and not to Schenectady.

[cucumber3732842]

>The reason people use "When in Rome..." or "do as the locals do" is because that's how you get an accurate taste of what life in <place> is like.

>There's a reason tourists flock to New York City and not to Schenectady.

Ah, yes. The masses of tourists flocking to NYC so they can experience the grind of working your ass off, every entity you interact with trying to get one over on you hoping that you'll have a) banked enough to day cash out to <shuffles cards> Hazleton Pennsylvania b) spend so many years in one apartment you're paying far below market rate.

[stackghost]

I love sarcastic, passive aggressive comments that add nothing of value

[cucumber3732842]

Your opinion is contradictory and based on falsehood. Nobody goes to NYC to experience what the locals experience.

There, better?

[stackghost]

>Nobody goes to NYC to experience what the locals experience.

Categorically false. People absolutely do do this. I do this when I travel anywhere. You don't have to start working a retail job in Hells Kitchen to get a taste of life in New York. But if you ride the subway, visit central park, eat at restaurants frequented by locals instead of tourist traps, then you are in fact experiencing what locals experience.