What are some nice inexpensive vacation spots? -

I currently live in New York City and a bunch of my friends and I are thinking of traveling somewhere this winter. I m wondering where I can travel for around $200 to $250 tops? Some suggestions would be nice, like spots where all of you ve been to before! Thanks! =)

Gas, lodging, and food can eat up a budget pretty fast, but.....My wife and I plan all of our trips around National Parks. They re generally inexpensive to visit and there s a wide variety of natural, historic, and cultural sites. You can pick up a National Parks Passport (a little book with a map and places to record free stamps with the date of each visit to a NP) for about 8 bucks and keep a record of all your journeys together. My wife and I bought one right before we got married and have been collecting memories for almost 15 years, including our honeymoon in Hawaii (7 parks), our 10th anniversary (Dry Tortugas NP off Key West), and numerous family vacations. We have Passports for each of our kids now too, so they can collect their own memories! There are plenty of places you could check out within a day or two drive (or Amtrak ride) of NYC. (Washington DC might be a good place to consider.)

I don t know nice winter vacation places on the East Coast. However, check hostels. If you re a student you get a great rate. I ve stayed at one in Yosemite and San Diego. The atmosphere is fun and breakfast is usually included. You share a bathroom. I enjoyed visiting Branson, MO. I liked driving the woodie go cart. There s lots of shows to see.

What is it like living in NYC? -

I live in upstate NY currently and after college, I want to move down to NYC and work at Google. I really want to do this so people, do not tell me why I should not live there, tell me why I should and what it is like living in NYC. Thank You guys! Even though it will be 6 years until after high school and college, I want to see what it will be like and what I am working towards.

You know what I love about it, you get to take subways, you dont have to drive because so much traffic. The deli s there ROCK! Many stores, brace yourself its expensive. The people are always on the go but it looks good to the eye. Especially coming from upstate NY.you know, what you see in movies.

Whats up with these people saying bad things about Nyc, Thumbs Down for most of you. They re judging new york on the fact that you have to clean up poop after your dog. O-k-a-y-y-y. New York has good and bad things just like any other place. It all depends on your personality if you want to live here. Yeh there s some ghetto areas and there s some rich areas, there s also middle class areas. That s what makes it nyc. That s not true that the people are rude. Usually people help each other a lot here. You run into some who are tired and annoyed, well that s because life in nyc isn t easyyy, sometimes it gets to you. So people shouldn t be blamed. Thats why if you re a laid back, understanding, and forgiving type of person then this is a good place for you, If you re not those things then it s a bad idea for you to live here. New York City has a lot to offer, you will find anythinggg here, you just have to be open-minded and you will really like it..Traffic can sometimes suck, but that s why we got the subway. One thing about nyc though, is there s too many tourists. The overcrowding and traffic are because of them not the locals !! *sorry for the long essay

well i live on long island but i m in the city every weekend and i absolutley love it. cannot wait to move there. but yeah i mean there are some areas you want to stay away from, but you will find that anywhere you go. it s amazing to just look up and see buildings. and people everywhere. i guess that can be a bad thing to some, but i love it. you will find such a diverse group of people there, it s incredible. there s always something going on. as long as you are aware of what is going on around you and stay out of the sketchy areas the oppertunity is endless.

its bad, iwent to stay wit my older bro and sis, wit their spouses (almost), they paid like $140 a month, lower east side, I had like $10, i was 12, my little sis less, they had us aty in their kitchen, 14th floor or somethin, some drunk guy came in and stayed on the couch in the night, stepped on me i think.

too many people. overcrowded. traffic jams everywhere. concrete jungle. tall buildings. everything is overly expensive and unnaffordable including food and cheap things. nothing dangerous or any crime anywhere. rude people. all the real ghettos of NYC is gone. dog poop on the street and sidewalks. its cold and rainy most of the time.

u got lots of gang tall buildings u cant own a pet unless u want to Clean up its poop if u live in some parts of the city u got lots of traffic eny more u can look at the city on google earth or maps and go to satilt imagesps at night u may not want to go out depending were in the city u live

I love living in NYC its so awesome you got trains taking you everywhere so you don t have to take a car Always something to do, Awesome delis when you are in a rush

ghetto peoplerude peopleno one helps youlol haa well i dont live in new york but i heard good things and bad thingsit is the biggest shopping center..the towers, liberty ,ect...mix ppl

claustrophobic

good luck

Something fun for a guy to do in vegas during the day? -

my husband is a beer and football kinda guy. I ve planned madame tussaudes, eiffel tower, jubilee, and stuff like that...what s a great place for him to go to have a good time? I was wondering about espn bar or margaritaville. thanks

A guy can have fun just about anywhere in Vegas. Liking sports, just about any sports book would be fun for him to sit and watch the sporting events from around the world on those huge screens. The auto museum at Imperial Palace is always a treat for most guys. How about the Titanic exhibit or Bodies at the Luxor. Travel to the top of the Stratosphere and check out the view from up there. There are lots of things for a guy to do to enjoy himself here.

You have some great stuff planned! I think your husband will enjoy everything you mentioned. You should check out VisitLasVegas.com before you leave. I m working with the site and it give you more activity suggestions. If you click on the play section, there are a lot of different listings for things like shows events, dining and even sports!Hope you have a great trip -- enjoy!

Almost all casinos have a sports area he can watch horseracing or other sports. He would enjoy Jubilee due to the type (lack of) costumes LOL.

Why is Sunrise Hwy ndash; 27 and the L.I. Expressway ndash; 495, when east - west roadways are EVEN in the rest of US? -

Interstate and state routes follow the convention that east �C west routes are assigned even numbers and north �C south routes are given odd numbers. (Example: Route 66 is east �C west.) Sunrise highway and the Long Island Expressway travel east �C west. What gives?

Highway 27 is NY State Highway 27, so that has nothing to do with national roads. NY-25 is also east-west, as is NY-17 and many others.I-495 is a three-digit Interstate. Three-digit Interstates are used as extension or loop routes connecting to one- or two-digit Interstates. I-495 was intended to be a spur route connecting to the north-south road I-95. It never actually got there to connect, but the numbering stuck. You ll notice a NJ-495 on the other side of the Hudson River. If an expressway got built along 34th Street and/or through the Empire State Building as Robert Moses envisioned, that 495-to-95 connection might have happened. Similar situation with the Clearview Expressway, I-295, and its awkward end at Hillside Avenue. Moses envisioned that road continuing farther and getting back to I-95.You ll notice that the numbers for many three-digit Interstates are re-used in different parts of the country. There s I-295 in New York, then another I-295 carries the Delaware Memorial Bridge farther south. There are a few I-495s up and down the east coast as well.So, you re correct on the Interstates - one- and two-digit Interstates that run north-south are odd, and east-west are even. Three-digit ones connect to the one- and two-digit ones. The one- and two-digit ones are even laid out in sort of an ordered pattern, except for I-99, which is a story for another day.On the concept of Interstates crossing state lines - the Interstate Highway System was intended to create a network of highways that spanned the country, though each highway wouldn t necessarily cross state lines. In fact, many Interstates, especially many (most?) of the three-digit connector ones, stay within a single state. Some are under ten miles in length. Actually, the unsigned I-878, the Nassau Expressway (on the Interstate logs, but with signs indicating NY-878), is under a mile long. A few one- and two-digit Interstates serving major corridors, such as I-4 (FL), I-12 and I-49 (LA), I-16 (GA), I-17 and I-19 (AZ), I-27, I-37, and I-45 (TX), I-43 (WI), I-96 (MI), I-97 (MD), and yes, I-99 (PA), lie entirely within a single state.State roads do their own thing, such as NY-27.Good question, good observation.

I don t think that s an actual rule...we live in southern TX, and State Hwys 281 and 83 are definitely odd (in more ways than one).Plus, the LIE is also one of the few (if not the only one) of the Interstates that actually does not cross into a second state, so again, not that odd when you think of the LIE.

I have a 1789 coin from the denver CO mint. What is it worth? -

It has the key and scales. The edge is shiny and smooth

Its a fake.Denver wasn t settled till much later. Nor did they have a mint. The mint opened in the early 1900s.Sorry.Still might be worth something....to some hardcore collectors.

It sounds very much like the commemorative tokens that came with recent Denver mint sets. 1789 was the year the US Treasury was founded. It would not have much value as they are very common though it seems they can fetch a couple of dollars on eBay. I hope that helps.

that could be worth hunderds of thousands of dollars