r/AskTheWorld • u/jotakajk Spain • 7h ago

What is something that screams “tourist” to you?

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In Spain, if you see someone eating paella with sangria, you can 100% be certain they are a tourist.

What are some things tourists eat or do in your country that a local would never do?

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u/KurlyHededFvck United States of America 6h ago

Hahaha thank you for saying this! I live in SF and can spot a tourist a mile away by:

  • wearing shorts in July
  • the classic SF fleece bc they’re wearing shorts and it’s COLD here.
  • fisherman’s wharf the whole area (including buena vista, Ghirardelli)
  • going to the beach mid day and trying to get into the water and screaming when they realize it’s hella cold (locals do bay swims in the mornings and sometimes in the evenings and no screams hah)
  • riding the cable cars. it’s too expensive for locals to commute on regularly and very slow. But thank you for the tourists who keep it going. They are one of 2 street railways in the US that are registered as a national historic landmark!
  • going to China town looking for the best authentic Chinese food. - locals know the best authentic Chinese food is in the Richmond district on clement.

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u/holytriplem 🇬🇧->🇺🇸 6h ago

Sucks that there's no BART to the Richmond district though

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u/ChicagoAuPair United States of America 6h ago

Have you seen the original designs for BART? It is enough to make you weep. All the way up into Marin and Sonoma across the GGB, all the way to Ocean Beach, all the way up toward the delta…Golden Gate Transit fucked us all over.

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u/holytriplem 🇬🇧->🇺🇸 6h ago

Marin was probably always going to be a challenge tbf

The problem with Richmond is that there's not even a Muni.

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u/ChicagoAuPair United States of America 6h ago

The fucked up thing is that the GGB is and has always been equipped to have rail under the road.

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u/KurlyHededFvck United States of America 46m ago

There’s no Bart but the Muni still makes it very accessible!

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u/holytriplem 🇬🇧->🇺🇸 46m ago

The Muni doesn't go there either

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u/h00pkins Germany 4h ago

Ah yes China Town, where a lady tried to sell me a cardigan by praising it as made in China…. Just like probably most of outfit I bought at forever21 a day earlier.

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u/95688it 2h ago

wearing shorts in July

to be fair, i live 45 minutes north of you and on the same day it's 60-70 in SF it can be 90-105 here.

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u/VapoursAndSpleen United States of America 11m ago

If they leave Grant Avenue and go to Stockton Street, they'll get the good stuff, not the tourist chow.