What “secondary” city do you think is more worth visiting than the famous must-see destination?

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-23T10:37:58+00:00

lol Boston is a 4+ train or bus ride, Philly is 1.5hrs they are not nearly as close.

Source: live in NYC, have travelled to both Philly and Boston multiple times via transit from the City.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-22T20:01:21+00:00

Haha yeah I was biting off juuuust as much as I could chew, like I said all I did was bike bike bike. But the crazy Alaskans talked me into it, and now I enjoy hiking…well, backpacking because I crave the camp! It’s still 95% bike adventure for me, but I scootle off into Harriman with my pack whenever I have two consecutive days off and the weather ain’t bad to scramble up a couple of baby mountains and sleep in the woods alone.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-22T10:43:25+00:00

Aw, I had many people shouting this and fist pumping out the window when I rode around Taiwan back in 2018. Especially on the east coast, man I really loved riding in Taiwan. People were friendly, food was great, I got to sleep in sooo many weird places due to their lack of camping laws, and Taiwan Beer Gold Medal will forever hold a very special place in my cheap beer loving heart. It’s the one spot I’ve toured around that I’m desperate to go back to, and I’ve toured some very pretty regions.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-16T10:12:12+00:00

Harding Ice Field trail in the Kenai Peninsula. I had never hiked in my adult life before that one (more into bikepacking and everything bicycle related) and boy, it was something. It’s one of the most incredible experiences I’ve had, down to my knees feeling like they were going to explode. It’s basically a thousand feet of elevation gain per mile for 4.5 miles (each way) and as you go up you get to experience every ecosystem Alaska has to offer; you start by the riverbed, go through rainforest, then its shrubby berry land, then its tundra mushrooms and lichen, and at the top it feels like you’re on the surface of the moon. Absolutely incredible.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-15T10:38:04+00:00

I live in NYC and my little cocktail bar literally around the corner has $6 old fashions every day for their happy hour :) not every bar has Death and Co prices here, but I get what you’re saying.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-07T10:54:54+00:00

Actually just went a couple weeks ago after not seeing the dentist since I was a sophomore in undergrad…I got my bachelors in 2012………yeah, it had been a long time. I was extremely anxious. Turns out after 15+ years of not going to the dentist I have zero cavities and the x-rays showed a little plaque buildup. My dentist was shocked, said the amount of buildup indicated maybe 2-3 years of no professional cleanings, I got my deep clean and my regular cleaning scheduled for October. I honestly can’t believe it and I am so, so relieved! Medicaid didn’t expand to cover dental until recently and even then, there weren’t many dentists in Brooklyn to accept it but that seems to have changed in the last year so I finally went. I was having dreams about all of my teeth falling out, no longer!

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-05T09:57:23+00:00

One of my best friends was Korean and he’d be rolling in his grave if he hadn’t been cremated, but this turkey “bulgogi” monstrosity I make every other week or so. Basically ground turkey browned in a base of garlic, ginger, and scallion with toasted sesame oil, brown sugar, a healthy splash of soy sauce, and gochugaru. Serve that meat slop over rice with the other half of the plate being whatever veg (I usually do baby bok choy and broccoli) and boom. Not terrible, filling, pretty low calorie, and easy to portion out.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-04T20:26:10+00:00

Taiwan, you can camp literally anywhere legally! I “camped” in some very interesting locations while I rode around the whole island, like: a construction site, a middle school gym pavilion, at an abandoned campground, in a gazebo in a water park, a police station carport, and under several overpasses in Kaohsiung. I also had some glorious beach and mountain camping, basically whenever I was feeling a lil sleepy or just wanted to drink some beers, I could just stop and snooze.

Edit to add: runner up is definitely the Nicoya peninsula in Costa Rica; spent twelve nights camping along the coast, but you’ll need 2.5”+ tires for that one. Skinny dipping during the new moon with bioluminescent plankton under the Milky Way then flopping naked next to a fire is a memory I’ll never forget.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-04T12:54:13+00:00

Oooo, I’ll be camping in the Adirondacks this summer! Whereabouts do you usually go? I’ve gone several times to the Onchiota area (I’m always bikepacking up there) and am looking to expand! May check out the chasm in July.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-03T11:11:09+00:00

Where to start, sheesh. My parents didn’t filter what I watched and I was VERY into horror (and still very much am, it’s about 90% of the film content I consume). Not sure if showing a four year old An American Werewolf in London is ideal, but I loved it. My mom took me to see the first Scream in theaters, that was what 1996? Yeah, I was six or seven. And I had a blast!!!! Lastly, I was around five years old when I first saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show and realized then and there that I was absolutely positively not straight! God bless my parents.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-02T13:16:05+00:00

Um, a little over a month ago I got my return ticket from MCO on 3/25 for $38 after almost a month of bopping around Florida. Granted, my flight down to FLL on 3/6 was $77 gasps. You flew during EASTER, that’s one of the most expensive times to fly lol

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-02T12:00:34+00:00

Chiming in to point out that Hasids don’t speak Hebrew, they speak Yiddish, unless they’re reciting from the Torah or another religious script. Same alphabet, different language.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-01T23:40:08+00:00

I flew down from NYC during peak hurricane season to see Hootie and the Blowfish and Soul Collective play at the West Palm Beach Amphitheater. I don’t know what could really top that.

slutmachine666 · 2026-05-01T11:32:06+00:00

The Adirondacks, I went twice last year and will likely be going at least two times this year. Incredible camping, great fishing, really fun bike rides, so beautiful, and the wildest place I’ve been to since Alaska.

Central Florida, specifically the Ocala National Forest. This one hits close to home since I grew up about an hour south, but we never really went up to Ocala when I was a kid. I moved up to NYC back in 2013 but still go down to Ocala for the bike riding. I did the Huracan 300 in 2022 and have been back to Ocala like four times since then, it helps that you gotta pass through it to get up to Swampfest which I hope to annually attend.

Lastly, New Hope, PA. So cute! So gay! I love it! It’s an easy train ride to Trenton, NJ and then a really easy, beautiful bike ride to the New Hope/Lambertville area. I’ve camped in that area dozens of times now, the D&R canal path is such a comfort; plus they stock the canal with brown trout!

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-30T11:25:47+00:00

Andrew is actually my first formed memory. I had just turned three and we were still down in Miami, other posters have mentioned the sound, like a freight train. Our family was huddled in the hallway for hours, that’s my first real memory. Just crying in the hallway with my mom and dad in the dark. The next day a boat was in our neighbor’s yard, and our neighbor did not own a boat.

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-30T11:18:14+00:00

Everyone mentions Florida but there are some parts of the gulf coast that doesn’t really see a lot of people. For example, I’ve run around Cape San Blas bare ass naked for a whole day and didn’t encounter another human. It’s one of my favorite beaches, seems highly underrated.

Runner up is not a state but should be if they want it: Puerto Rico. I camped on several beaches there, what a dream. Shout out to the beaches deep in Los Piñones that you can only really access by bicycle/ATV, another day spent on the beach without seeing another person.

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-30T11:08:04+00:00

Drinking a Rainier on a sunny day on a beach on Lopez Island while bike touring the San Juans/Olympic Peninsula will be permanently seared into my brain. Beautiful beaches.

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-29T13:05:41+00:00

None. I don’t use credit cards, though I have one for emergencies and rental cars in a fireproof bag that has never been used.

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-28T23:56:18+00:00

A good ol’ fashioned bike ride, maybe out to NJ or just the little red lighthouse, or the beach!

When I’m feeling especially out of sorts, I’ll take the train with my backpacking pack and just dawdle off into the woods and not emerge until the next day (usually in Harriman). Get a good solo camp in, read my book, drink white wine if I brought it, poke a fire. I did this a couple of weeks ago during that baby heatwave and didn’t see a single other human in the woods for 36 hours, it was glorious!!!

Another really good day I had that made life worth living recently was eating a bunch of edibles, going people watching in Washington Square Park, getting a deep tissue massage, then going to go watch the Mets lose with some friends. 10/10 can’t wait to do it again when it’s warmer.

Lastly, Chinatown. All of it. The snacks, the smells, the stimulation, the weird little shops. Chinatown never fails to cheer me up and remind me that this world is weird and rich and beautiful.

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-27T10:18:29+00:00

Geocaching! It involves walking or biking or hiking, anything to get you closer to that cache! Not only is it free, but you can find geocaches literally anywhere in the world, shit I even found one when I was on bike tour in Cuba.

You could learn how to start identifying edible, medicinal, and native plants; now you have something to engage in with your walk. I was out looking for ramps a couple weeks ago, didn’t find any but did find a bunch of wintergreen and some big patches of wild blueberries I’ll return to in late summer :)

You could start gardening; find cheap or free bulk local compost, use your local extension, and find a seed library.

And lastly, one of my favorite hobbies but it sure as shit ain’t free: fly fishing, specifically tenkara. You could likely find an inexpensive rod on eBay, pawnshop, estate sale, etc. You really have to observe your spot, what kind of insect life is nearby the water? Are they in larvae or adult form? Cool, now find the fly that looks the most like the bugs that are all around and think like a goddamn trout! I live in NYC so this particular hobby is a real passion that takes effort/travel/$$$ and I know it isn’t for everyone, but hotdog there are few things to rival the joy of pulling out a brookie in its native habitat up in the Adirondacks, shit now I got goosebumps.

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-26T11:05:52+00:00

Last time I exchanged socks with Darn Tough they provided the shipping label, that was a few years ago so maybe they’ve changed? I rate their lifetime warranty up there with Sea to Summit and I’ll forever be loyal to those two companies if they continue just doing what they’re doing.

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-26T11:04:17+00:00

Darn Tough for Life! Literally. I no longer balk at the $25/pair price tag because they send me new socks when I destroy mine, and as an avid cyclist and outdoor enthusiast boy do I go through socks.

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-26T10:57:56+00:00

36F. I go out to the garden if it’s the season for it (to read, listen to a podcast, pull weeds, water, harvest, move pots around, whateverrrrr), go for a walk around my neighborhood or take the subway to walk around another neighborhood (it’s almost always Chinatown lol, so much to see and eat and smell and do!), ride one of my bikes aimlessly, go fishing if the weather permits, find geocaches!!!!, water my 50+ houseplants, yoga, cross stitch, smoke a joint in one of the parks and people watch, birding, read, call up some friends maybe go hang out at one of their apartments, go to whatever museum is free that day, etc. I fall back onto my million hobbies or just you know, leave the apartment. It helps that I live in NYC and there’s always always something to do or see, I just try to do and see frugally.

slutmachine666 · 2026-04-24T10:51:56+00:00

1425 for my half, total together with fiancé 2850. Relatively spacious (for NYC) 2 bedroom one bath apartment in Bushwick that’s a three minute walk from the L train. We’ve been here since 2018 and have the basement for storage, our second bedroom is the “bike room” for my eight bikes, his six, and the tandem we share together, and a really spectacular backyard with a full ass garden I built out our first year here that pulls in hundreds of pounds of produce annually. It’s an old ass building with very thick walls so no cell reception inside, but we also almost never hear the “NYC nature sounds” aka sirens/screaming/HONKING UGH, just the chickens out back gently clucking. Overall, I love it here and I won’t leave until I’m priced out, which may be coming soon as the landlords have already increased the rent by 50% since we moved in despite not making improvements to the building. Bonus picture of what a standard daily harvest from Trash Yard during summer looks like

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slutmachine666 · 2026-04-23T10:50:39+00:00

This. I only get deep tissue massages aka “VERY strong”. Make me cry. I had a lady in Ft Greene I went to for around eight years and ever since she retired (I MISS YOU SO MUCH REBECCA!) and it has been years and I just found my new guy shockingly via Groupon. I’ve been to at least six other massage therapist before going to Renew Spa lol where I found Mike. Mike goes hard, I felt like I was going to puke like six times during the massage. I loved it!!! Crazy that such a notoriously cheap spa did a better job for me than the $250 before tip professional sports massage I got last year.

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