Another one of my "unpopular" opinions is that Aulani is in an absolutely sucky location on Oahu. And confining oneself to the compound of some AI in the Caribbean? Why, just why? 
I think from the responses here, that liking camping is the unpopular opinion.
It's because of the 'community' they are in. Ko Olina has the rep but we found the man-made lagoons far inferior to the beach we had.
We stayed in Makaha in a residential part. No the housing areas weren't pretty (they were fairly run down) when driving right in the area but seeing the landscape sure was beautiful. A draw back was there wasn't too many food options right near it but we didn't mind at all driving to other places.
Give me a Waikiki Beach-view room on the 20th floor of a hotel right smack on Kalakaua Avenue please. We wouldn't stay any other place.
To be honest, most of the subway stations I've been to in the US smelled of piss. Definitely New York, Boston and Philadelphia. I think it's par for the course.
Try flying into NYC from the orient you think you are in a third world airport. We went hiking this past winter and skiing near the Pa WV border and spent a few days at the Drury in Pittsburgh. The Maple Leafs were playing the Pens. We walked across 5 of the bridges and all over the city and had a very nice time. Found the people a bit clannish and unsophisticated but other than that enjoyed our time there.While we like Disneyland, the rest of the area is a dump. The area near rental car pickup at LAX looks like a 3rd world nation. Hollywood is hyped to be the great looking place, the walk of fame, etc, but in reality it was full of trash with 31 folks dressed as Elmo harassing you while trying to take a photo of a star you wanted to see-if you weren't knocked over by pedestrian traffic first. Our day trip to San Diego was impressive though.
The entire area around Pittsburgh lives up to it's name, the pits. Visited twice and was completely unimpressed both times. We do have a son now as where we were staying was scary so we didn't venture out at night-other to get Tums and anti nausea meds for my wife.
I spent a week in California recently and hated it. I could not wait to get home and don’t care to ever go back.
(I actually lived there as a kid and have lots of happy memories, but it has changed, or I have...)
Give me a Waikiki Beach-view room on the 20th floor of a hotel right smack on Kalakaua Avenue please. We wouldn't stay any other place.
This is us exactly!! We loved it and felt so glad we hadn’t taken advice that the only way to do Hawaii was in a condo on Maui.
