In Poland - basically almost every large city, from Warsaw to Torun. In Croatia I have been in Split and in Dubrovnik.

I'm looking at things like pavement construction, overnight leftover trash on the streets, quality of business signs, cleanliness of buildings, bike parking spots and infrastructure on them, % of restaurants trying to scam you, etc. That sort of things.

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techcode 2 days ago | parent [-]

IMHO it's not really good comparison?

What would be ultra touristic places in Poland? Both Split and Dubrovnik are ultra touristic, and say Amsterdam is similar. Also the part of really old streets/buildings that are UNESCO and such protected and not supposed to be renovated.

And to me - Krakow seemed very similar to Belgrade (Serbia) and Zagreb (Croatia).

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egorfine 2 days ago | parent [-]

Yeah it's not a really good comparison due exactly due to factors you have mentioned.

But I have been in ultra touristic places in Poland restaurants genuinely don't want to scam you, which is the case in almost all of the restaurants in Croatia I have visited.

	▲	techcode 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I didn't get the scam feeling in restaurants in Croatia. Might be due to us (wife born in Croatia, myself in Serbia) being "effectively local". The only unusual (though turns out it's the new norm) thing was brown skinned (probably from Southeast Asia) fastfood employee pronouncing our order number and telling me "Dobar tek!" (Enjoy your meal). For me peak tourist scams are things like: - hop on hop off busses/boats (that cost more, and are usually worse for getting around than normal public transport) - all the hustlers like stereotypical Amsterdam RedLight or Barcelona Rambla "drugs" dealers, or random people (not waiting staff) trying to get you to enter way overpriced clubs/restaurant/etc. - restaurant selling €3-€5 frozen pizza as a "Real Wood Fired Italian Pizza Oven" Otherwise - same as back home (used to be Belgrade Serbia, now Amsterdam NL) and when traveling. I try to go into restaurants or fast food where locals go. Often recognized by police/ambulance/firefighters/taxi cars and uniformed clients, bunch of school age kids or student going there during scheduled breaks.