somewhat off topic

Hello! I have used Japan Guide for my past 3 trips to Kanto, Kansai and Hokkaido regions. This site is a godsend for many travelers who are new to the country.
Just wondering -- does anyone know a site similar to Japan Guide for USA travel (specifically NYC)? There's Trip Advisor but I haven't found it as useful as Japan Guide. It will be our first time to travel to USA. Thank you!

With exception of a good forum, you can use travelwiki (Which is btw also a good source for japan):
http://wikitravel.org/en/United_States_of_America

& there are offline apps whith that you can download the whole wiki content into your smartphone while traveling.

Sorry, I haven't found a forum similar to this for anywhere else. I think that Japan is sufficiently different to need this forum while still being a popular enough destination to support it. I am immensely grateful to the people who run it.

Japan-Guide good because the members on here help out a lot on the forum. On your smartphone download app called Triposo, it works same way too but without forum.

http://www.triposo.com/loc/New_York_City

https://www.triposo.com/loc/New_York_City/miniguides

I use triposo on my first trip to Japan it help me out a lot. also with triposo it still works without internet.
it looks like their website is having problem but it works time to time. if you refresh the page a few time.

Thank you so much Stan, Kay, and Glimpi!

Try reddit - there's /r/travel to start, and I'm sure there's one specific for the US.