Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
You seem to be tending east so for that part of the trip at least I'd recommend NYC or Washington DC for the US urban experience. With any sort of sane behaviour on the part of visitors, both are tourist-safe and -friendly and it would be easy to see everything in either place if you had a year- I'm implying there is no lack of things to do. Boston is almost perfect too but perhaps a little small for a once in a lifetime visit scenario.

On terms of your visit, I wouldn't go to upstate NY myself: depending on the time of year and the distance I wanted to go, I'd visit Vermont and/or New Hampshire. But I acknowledge a heavy bias in that regard.

My hypothetical European couple will be able to go where ever they want and are not limited to any coast or region. East, West, South, North, or anywhere in between (except for Hawaii and Alaska). Everyone has their own interests, which is partly why I'm asking. Having lived and traveled throughout the US, what I'd put together might not be what a European couple would want to see.