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Worst City You've Ever Been To?
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ZackieChan
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Never been to Bridgeport, but I used to study Jeet Kune Do and grappling in Waterbury. Yikes, what a city.
Wondered how far back I'd have to go to reach Birmingham! I live in the city center and just got back from Barcelona. I can't imagine anyone visiting and thinking much of it, but it's a lovely city to live in and yeah, it's just getting better and better at the moment.
So much more to see and eat, so many more interesting clubs and groups and festivals..
90s Birmingham though, irredeemable shit hole.
Zelenogorsk
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I can't explain why but St. Louis Missouri has filled me with a sense of dread everytime i've been there. But then again I don't like big cities and i don't travel much.
Architecturally amazing is probably a bit of an exaggeration but it has many beautiful buildings although yes, some of it is pretty run-down.
I'm not trying to suggest that it's as beautiful as Siena, Parma, Bologna, Venice etc. just that it has a lot to offer and when a city has such a spectacular coastline, such amazing food, friendly people, lovely old buildings and a warren of medieval streets to explore, great museums and friendly people it's hard for me to see it as one of the world's worst cities.
Yes, compared to Northern Italy it's rough, run down and pretty scabby in places but is full of charm. I personally can't wait to return, neither can my gf.
We did go in January to be fair, I imagine it's less pleasant in the height of summer.
As for why go there instead of Florence?
Florence is more overrun with tourists, Naples is cheaper and has the best pizza
I was there in early February this year so I think I would have gotten the same experience. It was still very busy and we got pick-pocketed, so it just didn't work for us. I'm not saying it's among the worst cities in the world, but in terms of expectations and payoff, it was the worse that I experienced. I didn't do enough historical stuff in the city to be fair, I mainly just hopped on the train and explored the attractions around its outskirts.
I went to Florence straight after and I didn't find it too busy. Sure, still plenty of people, but no major lines or anything like that. It was a good level of activity and the streets, history, architecture and food was insane. I had the best pizza of my life in Florence: Pizzaman.
You're very right though, the food was brilliant in Naples too.
Little Rock, Arkansas. Filthy and smells. It's worse than NYC. I've driven through worse but staying a night in a Holiday Inn there was a pretty grim experience
Interesting viewpoints, because I loved Little Rock. It was a destination on our road trip last year and by the end of our stay we didn't want to leave. We went to the baseball, hit up a bar called The Flying Saucer and had the night of our lives, then checked out some of the historical sights the next day. Really fun city.
I forget the name of the town, somewhere is southwestern Virginia, but it was a lot like that. Only everything was fairly nice and they had a "main street" type of situation with a pretty decent saloon / restaurant and no boarded-up shops. If I didn't need broadband as much as I do to be happy, that's the kind of place I'd retire to.
Yeah Waterbury is pretty bad, but at least they have cheap rent. Brigeport is bad and expensive.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
I read this as West Virginia. I've heard some...bad things about the place as a whole. Wonder what the most dangerous city is there.
Chuckie
Member
They had a governor who was actually willing to (and starting to) solve some of those problems. But he is in jail now for 'blasphemy'.
Personally I hate Surabaya more than Jakarta. Hotter, more mosquito's and less to do.
I live in WV.
There's some bad places fo' sho', but it has some liberal hot spots like (most) every other state.
Andrew Korenchkin
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mcz117chief
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London for me. Pretending like it's something special while it is just another hyper-modern city while there are far superior hyper-modern cities around the world like Dubai which I really like.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Santiago, Chile. As someone who's half-Chilean, I have to admit, it's a very bland city. Bland food where some of the highly touted places to eat are overpriced, American chain restaurants. Abundance of robbery. Tons of smog. Pollution is rampant. Awful transit system. Stray dogs in every corner. Nightlife is weak & ends early. Not very walkable either compared to cities like Buenos Aires at least.
It's just not very interesting tbh, don't think there's anything that really makes it stand out compared to other major cities.
It's just not very interesting tbh, don't think there's anything that really makes it stand out compared to other major cities.
i've been to japan three times and wouldn't put osaka anywhere near my 'worst city' list, but it does seem to be grossly overrated by almost everyone.
This... hated everything about it
LA.
Sorry, LAGaf, I know your city has some very nice parts.
But
(1) Your obsession with cars and the fuck-off-giant-ass-streets necessary to accommodate them sucks. It's especially grating trying to go for a walk in your city because getting anywhere means walking like 10 miles next to these omg-wtfisithis noisy-ass four-to-six-lane streets. Not roads. STREETS. That's when you can walk of course -- because some streets don't even have footpaths!
(2) Your public transportation sucks. I was riding the new Expo line and the train stopped to give way to cars. WTF?
(3) Your airport sucks. It's huge, noisy, polluted and it's hard to get anywhere on foot. See also points (1) and (2).
(4) Your shopping centres suck. Like Macy's in North Hollywood. Holy shit man! It's an island in a sea of parking. OKOKOK I know this is an North American problem more generally but but it seems worse in LA.
(5) The income inequality gap in your city is fucking awful. Like there's super rich dudes in one area and literally across the road are some of the most poverty-stricken-down-trodden-probably-homeless individuals I've ever encountered. It's such a weird sight. Pull your socks up and share the wealth.
Sorry, LAGaf, I know your city has some very nice parts.
But
(1) Your obsession with cars and the fuck-off-giant-ass-streets necessary to accommodate them sucks. It's especially grating trying to go for a walk in your city because getting anywhere means walking like 10 miles next to these omg-wtfisithis noisy-ass four-to-six-lane streets. Not roads. STREETS. That's when you can walk of course -- because some streets don't even have footpaths!
(2) Your public transportation sucks. I was riding the new Expo line and the train stopped to give way to cars. WTF?
(3) Your airport sucks. It's huge, noisy, polluted and it's hard to get anywhere on foot. See also points (1) and (2).
(4) Your shopping centres suck. Like Macy's in North Hollywood. Holy shit man! It's an island in a sea of parking. OKOKOK I know this is an North American problem more generally but but it seems worse in LA.
(5) The income inequality gap in your city is fucking awful. Like there's super rich dudes in one area and literally across the road are some of the most poverty-stricken-down-trodden-probably-homeless individuals I've ever encountered. It's such a weird sight. Pull your socks up and share the wealth.
Only counting major cities but some years ago Mogadishu, Somalia was an absolute shithole of a city. There was nothing, you couldn't go anywhere or do really anything and the security was absolute shambles. Of course it was fucking unbearable heat all the time during the day.
It's been getting a lot better lately though and the security situation has improved from abovementioned to "still pretty crap".
EDIT: Not counting cities which were dealing with war/open conflict at the time I visited - that would not be fair.
It's been getting a lot better lately though and the security situation has improved from abovementioned to "still pretty crap".
EDIT: Not counting cities which were dealing with war/open conflict at the time I visited - that would not be fair.
MrChocolate
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The bolded is laughable.
DorkLord54
Member
I don't know, it has a nice mountain view surrounding it, a really nice-looking capital building, and is right along the riverfront. I don't think it's that bad.
weremichael
Member
there are a few good breweries there though; that has to elevate it a bit above the worst city.
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Facism
Member
Yup yup. I remember it being a proper shithole as a kid, really rough.
Great pub culture these days.
MetaCircular
Member
Beijing. The air was poison. Concrete inhumanity.
discospider
Member
How long ago did you visit Cleveland? Downtown is greatly improved now.
Nah, St. Louis is so fragmented that for as many bad areas there are, there's likely to be a good place pretty close by.
East St. Louis though, holy fuck. I have lived in St. Louis all of my life and I would never actually willingly go to East St. Louis.
discospider
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Every major city in Uttar Pradesh, India. Corrupt, rapey, filthy.
Agent_ShortBus
Member
+1
Had the cops try and impound my vehicle because I wouldn't pay for their lunch after getting pulled over because I had a "suspicious looking vehicle". Let me go after they noticed I was recording everything with my dash cam. We agreed that I'd be on my way if I got rid of the video.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Yeah, but were the motels expensive? There's nothing in Butt[e] Montana, but if for some reason you have to stop there expect to spend $100 on a motel room, plus a $200 deposit on the room, part of which they will refuse to give back to you. Except the La Quinta Inn, they're halfway reasonable.
That would b the east end. I live in the north end, no nearly as bad but yeah Bridgeport sucks.
Two Left Shoes
Neo Member
Tacoma, Washington.
It even sucks to drive past it. To be fair though I hear it has some nice neighborhoods.
Don't diss my city! I do agree the transit sucks.
matt360
Member
Hopefully it wasn't my dad.