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Originally Posted by Captain_Obvious
^ Not sure why you'd go back numerous times over several visits. Granted it is not a good idea to stay there, eat and shop there exclusively, but it is without a doubt worth a visit for a first timer, for the views alone.
Not buying trinkets, staying in over priced hotels and eating at over-priced restaurants, I get... but to act like that isn't a place a first time tourist should go is just silly.
It's a really just about a must for a first time visitor. Not sure why someone would go for the first time and spend all their time taking trips out of the city.
If you're a frequent visitor absolutely, but there's a reason those tourist places are popular for first time tourists.
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A couple times had to pass along to get to the Alcatraz tour on the east end and other times because some of the better restaurants are close by so you just kind of end up there. Does anybody ever buy the junk they sell in those shops? People watching you have a point though. If you are going for a week or more then absolutely you should be making day trips around the Bay Area, why limit yourself to San Francisco alone when there is so much to see in the greater area.