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Originally Posted by SpongeG
If you watch YouTubers, we are researching a trip for next month and every single one we watch they all do the same things, they all go to X restaurant to have the famous X food, they all go to the same museum or the same park and they all do the exact same things but they try to present it in a way that they are not tourists but "travelers" and its quite funny cause they are just following the herd.
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Most travel content (YouTube, blogs, books, etc.) have always leaned towards regurgitating the most popular attractions. This is why I prefer travelling to walkable cities because I can get lost in a neighborhood and avoid driving around a city, ticking off tourist boxes as I go.
I think if you look hard enough you can find content creators who cater to more than just tourists (avoid travel bloggers at all costs). E.g., for our NYC trip we took some restaurant recommendations from a apartment broker who mostly creates content for people moving to the city, so he provides a mix of the tourist mainstays but also a lot of hidden gems in off-the-beaten-path neighbourhoods.
Also, if you're traveling to the United States I recommend using Yelp for food recommendations over anything else. The service has a higher barrier to entry than Google, so I find most reviews are more detailed and intentional. And sorting by rating instead of by recommended in any given neighbourhood usually helps me find some less popular gems.