You can also find them at colleges, the students mostly ignore them and walk around.

I used to see them in Manhattan whenever I went in there. Usually pushed to the edges like 2d avenue and 10th avenue away from the tourists.

Not so much in Phoenix. Too damn hot for the hell-mongers I guess.

I do think it's funny how some Europeans perceive America. Like it'll be a bunch of cowboys packing around guns and street preachers. Most likely you'll just see people going about their daily business and drinking coffee.

(September 24, 2013 at 2:14 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: I do think it's funny how some Europeans perceive America. Like it'll be a bunch of cowboys packing around guns and street preachers. Most likely you'll just see people going about their daily business and drinking coffee.

Pretty much. There's certainly some shitty places, but most of the U.S. isn't that much different from anywhere else.

Mostly I've seen them at the beach in Southern California. As a young beach bum, there were preachers there in the summer many days, holding giant american flags and yelling about Jesus at the top of their lungs.

It isn't a common sight, so if you are hoping for the "American Christian Nutty Experience" on any trips over here, expect to be disappointed.

(September 24, 2013 at 2:20 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: Mostly I've seen them at the beach in Southern California. As a young beach bum, there were preachers there in the summer many days, holding giant american flags and yelling about Jesus at the top of their lungs.

It isn't a common sight, so if you are hoping for the "American Christian Nutty Experience" on any trips over here, expect to be disappointed.

So what you're saying is that if someone wants to see something kooky, Southern Cal is the place to go?

I couldn't agree more.

The So Cal beaches in the summer can reach heights of nuttiness, both religious and otherwise.

Hanging out in Hollywood, one might also run across a decent amount of crazy. Must be something in the water.

Another Brit here;
Street Preachers aren't all that predictable, (at least from the outside) though there are some general patterns.
In Manchester you'll most likely find one in Exchange Square, in Liverpool it's Bold Street or Church Street, In Chester it's Eastgate Street.
They are far less common away from city centres but there are exceptions to that. Llandudno apparently have a team of wannabe missionaries working the North Shore Promenade.

(September 24, 2013 at 1:37 pm)Moira Wrote: We don't have that type of thing here, so i've always wanted to hear a guy on the streets saying "THE LORD HAS SPOKEN!"
Etc... Just curious if it is common in some places in USA?

I would be more worried about getting robbed or conned In The streets, rather than someone trying to save your soul. Especially in tourist trap cities.

(September 24, 2013 at 2:50 pm)Mr Greene Wrote: Another Brit here;
Street Preachers aren't all that predictable, (at least from the outside) though there are some general patterns.
In Manchester you'll most likely find one in Exchange Square, in Liverpool it's Bold Street or Church Street, In Chester it's Eastgate Street.
They are far less common away from city centres but there are exceptions to that. Llandudno apparently have a team of wannabe missionaries working the North Shore Promenade.

I never see them in the suburbs of British cities (that I'm familiar with anyway).

But into the centres and you see them quite often. By the main train station in Birmingham there's always an Islamic stand with Muslims trying to peddle the Quran.

And even some hare krishna's too.