“It was the trashiest touristy town — legit saw a strip mall store advertising little people wrestling.”

"Atlantic City is a sh—hole. I'm 38 years old, and I don't remember it ever being nice.

"I used to go to a work conference every year in Atlantic City, and year by year, it just got worse and worse. It's a ghost town, the boardwalk is deteriorating and empty, maybe two people in each casino, and they look like they've never left the seat they're in, and there's an overall sense of death and detritus that hangs in the air. I don't have that job anymore, and not having to go to that conference is the best part."

"Hilton Head is for boomer Marriott members."

"Hilton Head is definitely the HOA island of the South. Savannah is my number one city I tell people to visit in Georgia, and to me, it's better than Charleston."

"I found Nashville generally underwhelming."

"Woo girls, obnoxious drunks, and 1,000 drummers playing different songs."

"Vegas just carries a dark energy. I think people who tend to be more sensitive to energy will pick up on it easier than others and are more reluctant to stick around. If you believe in this sort of thing, I'd say it has a dark attachment. It sounds ridiculous when I type it out like that. But yeah, what you mention is just one small piece that keeps Vegas satiated."

"Gatlinburg sucks a—. Let's have a beautiful national park and put a bunch of 'hillbilly putt-putt' courses on it."

"Gatlinburg is trash, Pigeon Forge is worse, but Great Smoky National Park is a treasure. The main road can get congested during peak season, as can Cades Cove, but the rest isn't bad at all. Go anywhere that isn't No. 1 on the brochure, and you'll see maybe a handful of people."

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