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		DanBC on Aug 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paradise Lost: How Tourists Are Destroying the Pla... You can take a "Last Minute Trips"[0] approach and just throw a dart into a map. You'd have to work a bit harder to find out the interesting stuff about the place you're going to. You're going to miss some of the huge popular stuff. But it's going to be a nicer experience. Somewhere like England is small enough that if you end up throwing your dart in Swindon[1] it's a short drive from a nicer place. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KL8yc-AUuo&list=PLxx9HYDHVI... [1] Just kidding. Swindon is awesome and has some nice industrial museums and is pretty close to amazing countryside.

kwhitefoot on Aug 27, 2018 [–]

> Swindon is awesome

I think that is the first positive statement about my birthplace that I have seen in years, and by far the most positive.

It's just a pity that so much of the centre is so run down. Hardly any real improvement in the last thirty years as far as I can see.

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