Timeline for Is there a way to prevent "looking like a tourist" in order to not be harassed?
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| Dec 1, 2015 at 8:48 | vote | accept | galois | ||
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| Nov 24, 2015 at 21:46 | comment | added | DoubleDouble | After reading this, especially the bulleted points, I can't help but wonder if I look like a tourist even in my own locale. | |
| Nov 23, 2015 at 17:58 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | I seem to look like a local wherever I go, am asked for the route even in places where my coloring should make me stand out as a tourist. But in Paris, the sellers of miniature Eiffel towers still address me. Give in, you are a tourist, accept being addressed as a tourist, just keep some nasty language handy for the insistent ones. | |
| Nov 23, 2015 at 16:10 | comment | added | Matthieu M. | @CMaster: Having lived in Paris for a time, the most impressive habit I picked was walking fast; I did not realize at the time, but relatives visiting after I had a couple months of "training" were constantly asking me to slow down... on the other hand, I don't remember actually bumping into people, as the younger agile one, I would just "dance" around them. | |
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| Nov 23, 2015 at 14:12 | comment | added | user56reinstatemonica8 |
@blackbird57 replace "smile" with "smirk" and that sounds like how Brits view Parisians ;-)
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| Nov 23, 2015 at 14:11 | comment | added | blackbird | I don't know where the OP is from, but compared to Parisians, North Americans speak louder, smile way too much, dress in questionable fashion and have wildly different expectations when it comes to service | |
| Nov 23, 2015 at 14:10 | comment | added | user56reinstatemonica8 | @CMaster yeah, it's a balancing act - I used to do some of this stuff almost obsessively, but eventually I realised that with some destinations, there's no point trying, and it's often more fun to crack out the tasteless shorts and just embrace being a tourist. Sometimes I see people trying to play it cool somewhere absurdly touristy like Niagara Falls or Universal Studios and it's like, you're fooling no-one... | |
| Nov 23, 2015 at 14:07 | comment | added | CMaster | Ways to fit in in Paris - smoke, roll eyes at tourists, shout "S'il vous plait!" while barging people in the back on the metro. | |
| Nov 23, 2015 at 14:06 | comment | added | CMaster | The problem with a lot of the behaviour based stuff is it gets rid of a lot of the fun of being a Tourist. | |
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| Nov 23, 2015 at 13:56 | comment | added | CGCampbell | Yep, in a new city, a tourist looks up and strolls; while a resident looks down and gets where they are going. | |
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| Nov 23, 2015 at 13:28 | history | answered | user56reinstatemonica8 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |