# Travel magazines suck.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-magazines-suck/426914>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 18, 2007, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-magazines-suck/426914 "2007-11-18T10:33:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-magazines-suck/426914/21 "2007-11-19T21:10:04Z")

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Complaining about magazines that you have not purchased and that you do not have to read?

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-magazines-suck/426914/22 "2007-11-20T00:20:00Z")

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I mean, a Travel Magazine HAS to make ordinary stuff look exciting. There would be no reason to visit most places, even though 99% of them are pretty ordinary. Take my home town-Boston. It has some nice areas, and there are some historic places woth visiting. But i n the end, it is an ordinary city, filled with people who have no interesting features, and mediocre/high priced rstaurants. So, you (the travel editor), are you going to show the banality of Boston? no-you show the little that is interesting, and play it up. Most cities are pretty similar-do you really want to visit downtown Dallas, Texas?

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