Tyler Cowen responde a la pregunta "¿qué lugares visitarías de Estados Unidos si quieres experimentar y tener una idea cabal de su diversidad?".
En primer lugar, recomienda conducir, conducir y conducir, y no huir de los suburbios. Luego propone este TOP 5:
1. Manhattan
2. Detroit and the Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn
3. Memphis and the Mississippi Delta
4. San Francisco
5. Grand Canyon and southern Utah
Luego comenta el porqué de algunas ausencias que sí tendrían cabida en un TOP 10.
I feel bad about missing so much of "the new South," but how many stellar sights does it have? Miami and New Orleans would make a top ten but each is too unique and insufficiently representative to make a top five. Maybe Chicago should replace Detroit but the latter has greater shock value and isn't that half of what travel is about? Los Angeles is too hard for most outsiders to grasp. At least one of the Dakotas should make a top ten list. Boston would please a European but not in a truly instructive way. It is criminal to leave off Texas, which I love, but which single place can sum up the state?
Los comentarios son muy informativos. Abundan los que sustituirían Detroit por Chicago, hay varios fans de Seattle y del estado de Texas, y alguno que sugiere Las Vegas.
Uno de los comentaristas defiende a capa y espada la permanencia de Detroit en el Top 5:
Anyone suggesting Detroit doesn't belong on that list doesn't get it. Look harder. Detroit is not physically beautiful, nor does it boast significant attractions. The buildings, people, and attitude are the attraction. A region that hit the highest of all high watermarks with the automotive revolution only to succumb to six decades of decline. For those people who find this interesting, Detroit is no match. The evidence of the 1930 peak is everywhere, existing in a state of underutilization or complete abandonment. But for those seeking to look even harder, past the rugged facade, broken buildings, and boarded up homes, you will find a burgeoning artist/music community and people who despite every headwind and indicator pushing them in the opposite direction battle and move forward to promote their city and make it a great place to live.
¿Alguien que conozca a fondo Estados Unidos quiere proponer otro TOP 5?
