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Avoid Chinatown

It doesn't matter which one -- San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto, New York, wherever -- every Chinatown in the world distills the worst of the obligatory tourist trap. They're loaded with worthless trinkets that look even more worthless once you remove them from the context of reeking fish markets and Chinese calligraphy. There are no public bathrooms. The food is never as good as you think it's going to be. The service blows. The fortune cookies are always stale.

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