But instead, they quickly realize that the cities that they have come to see are rapidly degenerating.  Today, our major cities are filthy, they are teeming with predators, and violent crime is completely out of control.  Let me give you an example of what I am talking about.  New York City is the financial capital of the world, and millions of tourists still visit each year.  But now the Big Apple has such an enormous rat problem "that rat tourism is fast becoming a boom industry"…

As the city grapples with a major rat problem – sightings doubled last year, prompting the mayor to advertise for a "somewhat bloodthirsty" head rat-catcher in December – the rodent issue is, according to some, New York's latest must-experience trend.

As visitors to New York demand rat action, some of the city's tour guides have started to add stops at notoriously infested sites, the New York Post reported this week.

It means that rat tourism is fast becoming a boom industry.

One study concluded that there are about 3 million rats in New York City today.

And with each passing day, the population grows even larger.

The east coast may have rats, but if you want to really have an experience with the crime wave that is sweeping across America the best place to do that is the west coast.

Some tourists from Malta recently found that out the hard way.  When they visited a beach in the San Francisco area, they had all of their possessions stolen from their vehicles within just 10 minutes…