An avid traveller has shared his go-to way to find the best areas in a new city (stock image) (Image: Getty)
If you’re planning a city break to somewhere you’ve never been before, it can be difficult to know what area to stay in.
While most prefer to stay within an easy commute to the hustle and bustle of all the city’s highlights, you’d most likely also want to make sure you’re within a good neighbourhood. One traveller named Will Watts went onto to share his unique of how to find the best neigbourhoods if you’re going to a new city. All it takes is using Maps to look for one specific store.
“I travel quite a lot for work, and every time I visit a new city, I have a fool-proof way of finding where the nicest neighbourhood is. It’s called the Lululemon strategy,” Will explained.
He went on to explain his method by saying: “Every time I go to a new city, I look up Lululemons in the area on Google Maps and use a process of elimination to find the neighbourhood with great walkability and $10 matcha.”
Using his upcoming trip to Montreal, as an example, he showed how he used the locations of the clothing stores across the city to determine where the best places to stay would be.
“And as you can see here, this Lululemon is in a mall so I’m gonna eliminate that from my search results,” he shared, showing how he uses the method. “What we’re looking for are those stores for Lululemon, and that’s where you’re gonna find the bars, restaurants, and a bakery dedicated to f**king brookies.
But what if there are no Lululemon stores where you’re going? Nick went on to share his second method, which he used in case the Lululemon method didn’t work.
“It’s called the method,” he told viewers, before brining up another map of all the Whole Food supermarkets to show how he uses the method. “So I’m going to New Oreleans the week after Montreal and boom, we know that Magazine Street is gonna be a nice place to walk around and hang out.”
He went on to share a disclaimer, explaining: “Now, listen. I am not saying the Lululemon strategy and the Whole Foods method are the way that you should travel. But I will say it’s a great way to get a lay of the lands before you go somewhere, cause they don’t just build Lululemons anywhere.”
Lululemon is a Canadian clothing company that currently has over 700 stores in 26 countries all over the world, with around 40 of these stores being located in Europe.