Gadling

I loved the Haight when I went!!! SF is a great vacation spot.

My top 5 worst destinations:

Disney World (after the first time)
Myrtle Beach
Key West
New Orleans
Anywhere Kansas and Nebraska

My Top 5 BEST destinations (for families):

Niagara Falls
Sedona, Arizona
South Padre Island, Texas
Yellowstone National Park
A Carribean cruise..
try holding the hands of your husband and children in Grand Cayman over the Coral Reef as everyone, for the first time snorkeling, puts there face in the water to see this magnificent artwork of God.

ELVIS...white trash??? Are you kidding me??? Wash your mouth out with soap! (and you call yourself an American?) Yes, his place (the community) he called home has certainly been run down, but that has nothing to do with HIM! Graceland is an amazing place and I DO agree his heirs exploited him...but put the blame where it belongs and watch the name-calling. It's not an attractive asset you have! ELVIS, the American ICON is still fully in place!

A tourist trap is only a tourist trap if the only reason one goes there is because everyone else goes there. There are, however, many legitimate reasons for one to choose to go to so-called tourist traps, not the least of which are the experience itself, the history involved (Wall Drug being a prime example), and the beauty or magnitude of the location or object.

Ground Zero isn't what you should be looking at anyway. it's the store across the street, you should be looking at. Century 21 dept store.
forget ground zero. go to the store and get some of the best bargains NYC has to offer!!!!!!!