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(Newser) - Italy? Ugly. Grand Canyon? A pain. No travel hot spot is safe after cranky readers filled Los Angeles Times inboxes with their picks for "overrated travel destinations."

• Bali: "Mosquitoes ate us up," wrote two travelers, and "there was poverty everywhere."
• Austin: "About the

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(Newser) - If you're in need of a little creative inspiration this fall, there's no better place to go than Santa Fe, New Mexico, whose azure skies and red deserts were muses to Georgia O'Keeffe. Aside from the stunning, often Mars-like landscape, there's a lively art scene. Travel + Leisure's hit list...

(Newser) - Outside magazine selects 30 sweet spots—the best towns for mixing city life with the big outdoors—and, oh yeah, getting a job, too.  Here are the top nine:

1. Santa Cruz, California
2. Jackson, Wyoming
3. Iowa City, Iowa
4. Bend, Oregon
5. Santa Fe, New Mexico