JetBlue777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 1427 posts, RR: 1 Posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 9250 times:
Since we have a thread about the best place you've ever been, I decided to create the opposite. It doesn't really have to be really bad, some place you expected to be soooo great but it's actually not that great as people said to be. I've gotta say mine has to be Hollywood, CA. I expected it to be glamorous but all I saw was hobos everywhere. Another one would be Los Angeles , oh the smog and pollution! Though I'm a fan of orange county and the outskirts of LA and of course, San Francisco. So I'm not hating on California! in fact, it's the best state I've ever visited, but NY is better
THEBATMAN From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 829 posts, RR: 10 Reply 1, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 9238 times:
For me, LAX. If I can help it, I will never set foot in that place again.
Pilots without aircraft mechanics are just pedestrians with sunglasses and a leather jacket.
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8209 posts, RR: 28 Reply 2, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 9233 times:
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14323 posts, RR: 26 Reply 4, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 9222 times:
1. West Virginia
2. The American South (including any part of Missouri that isn't St. Louis or Kansas City)
3. Rome (Southern Italy in general isn't too wonderful)
4. Terminal 2 at JFK.
Why do Aerospace Engineering students have to turn things in on time?
type-rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4345 posts, RR: 20 Reply 5, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 9211 times:
Huntsville, AB. Horrible city. I haven't been there in years. Last time I went the taxi driver was a woman that weighed in excess of 300 lbs, was taking swigs from a bottle of Jack Daniels while telling us that the water beds at the local Ramada were something else.
The mall we went to near the airport was filthy dirty. I vowed never to return, and I haven't.
Fly North Central Airlines..The route of the Northliners!
JetBlue777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 1427 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 9198 times:
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38501 posts, RR: 80 Reply 7, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 9193 times:
Quoting type-rated (Reply 5): Last time I went the taxi driver was a woman that weighed in excess of 300 lbs, was taking swigs from a bottle of Jack Daniels while telling us that the water beds at the local Ramada were something else.
That's it?
Despite the 300 ilbs part, she sounds like a pretty cool chick!
Any hotel with waterbeds is fantastic in my book.
Quoting JetBlue777 (Thread starter): Hollywood, CA. I expected it to be glamorous but all I saw was hobos everywhere.
Those weren't hobos, those were transvestites. Hollywood isn't what it used to be in the 1950s but the place still has a soul unlike the rest of southern California.
Tell us about your experience that made it so bad.
The worse places I've been would be parts of the south side of Chicago. East Saint Louis, Illinois, North Las Vegas, NV and Fresno, California.
Very rough environments with lots of crime, street thugs and people will be rude to you if you talk different.
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14323 posts, RR: 26 Reply 9, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 9174 times:
AR385 From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 4844 posts, RR: 28 Reply 10, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 9138 times:
Hartford, Connecticut
Rio de Janeiro
Barranquilla, Colombia
Sugarland, Texas
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Managua, Nicaragua
Cancún, Mexico
Santiago, Chile
Barajas, Spain
Eagle Pass, Texas
Friburg, Switzerland
Venice, Italy
Ventimiglia, Italy
Genova, Italy
Reynosa, Mexico
Zurich, Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland
Berne, Switzerland
Why the grief about Switzerland? Essentially because it is boring. To the death. Yes, it´s pretty, picturesque, people are nice (Xenophobic) but nice. It´s just a boring place to be. You can easily Rosti, Raclette, or fondue yourself to death there. And boy, do Zurich people have an obsession with Lipton Lemon Iced Tea on Tetrabrick containers.
ABQ747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 833 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 9105 times:
Los Angeles, California
New Orleans, Louisiana
El Paso, Texas
Phoenix, Arizona
The reason New Mexico is so windy is because Texas sucks and Arizona blows.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38501 posts, RR: 80 Reply 13, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 9100 times:
Quoting BMI727 (Reply 9): If you're going to Illinois, you'd better keep going until you get north of Peoria.
National Lampoons Vacation was no exaggeration when they got lost in Saint Louis. It was actually an accurate representation of East Saint Louis.
Richard Pryor (from Peoria) made jokes about getting lost in southern Illinois.
Rather than giving directions, they'll tell you a story and direct you to someone who 'might' have better directions.
That happened to us when we got lost in East Saint Louis in 1984 on our drive from Chicago to Los Angeles.
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6294 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 9086 times:
This is a pretty good question. I love traveling and always enjoy and airport or train station even if its terrible.
Since its airliners worst airport: FCO
Worst Place: I can not really think of one place I hated but I guess Canberra Australia. Just a pretty boring place. I went there for a basketball tournament but the city was just small and well boring.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
NWAdeicer From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 154 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 9083 times:
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14323 posts, RR: 26 Reply 18, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 9037 times:
I've heard that there is a marked difference economically and otherwise between northern and southern Italy, with the north being more well off, similar to America.
But Rome and Naples are dirty and cramped. Pretty much everything seems poorly maintained and little care is put into the appearence of things. If you want to know how old something is, find the earliest date in the graffiti. Plus it has a pretty uncomfortable climate. It isn't all bad though, Sorrento and the Amalfi coast weren't bad and the clutter and chaos of Rome definitely does not extend to the Vatican.
Why do Aerospace Engineering students have to turn things in on time?
Vmcavmcg From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 9024 times:
Was just in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Can honestly say it was one of the worst, if not the worst places I have ever been. Spent 48 hours there and it seemed like 48 years!!!
gosimeon From Sweden, joined Jan 2008, 655 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 9020 times:
Skid Row in LA. Felt bad for the kids being brought up there TBH, pretty hopeless place. A real eye-opener though, so sad to see such squalor in a city with so much.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38501 posts, RR: 80 Reply 23, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 8993 times:
Quoting Vmcavmcg (Reply 21): Was just in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Can honestly say it was one of the worst, if not the worst places I have ever been. Spent 48 hours there and it seemed like 48 years!!!
I'm reading stories that slavery still exist there.
here is a BBC article from 2004. Has anything changed in the last 6 years?
Braybuddy From Ireland, joined Aug 2004, 5285 posts, RR: 35 Reply 24, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 8986 times:
In nearly forty years of travellng, I can truly list only four places I hated.
In no particular order:
Las Vegas
Singapore
Monte Carlo
Dubai
And I'm easily pleased . . .
25 Superfly: I think I know what you're getting at but Singapore? Yes the place is boring but not offensive. What was your experience?
26 Braybuddy: One big shopping mall. And no chewing gum. Spare me . . .
27 Flyer732: N'Djamena, Chad... worst city in the worst country on the face of the planet. I've been probably 10-15 times and it always seems to get worse.
28 Superfly: I found the place to be very boring and strict. Nice people though.
29 AustrianZRH: Aberdeen, WA. Simply an ugly town. My tip: hang out with foreigners, much more fun .
33 noelg: Difficult to say the worst place, as I am generally in "holiday" mode and enjoying places I go to London is definitely up there, it is one place that
34 Superfly: Sounds like a city that would have two large hills, very scenic, very warm and pleasant place to be....
35 SepulTALLICA: New York City - noisy, dirty, cramped and full of New Yorkers. Chelmsford, Essex - Chav Capital City of the UK. Milan & Bologna (where i currently
36 MasterBean: Swindon town centre, it's full of pikeys and is pretty run down now. Accesorize in Cirencester because it sells stuff which serves absolutely no purpo
37 GrahamHill: Paradoxically, the worst places I've been are the cities of my own region: Normandy. I'm not talking about small villages or small towns, and I'm obvi
38 11Bravo: Rock Springs, Wyoming Bakersfield, California Gary, Indiana Houston, Texas Oklahoma
39 lh526: I expected North Korea, Chernobyl, Pripyat or the Sudan to be listed here, but not these gems above!
40 EI747SYDNEY: Hello everyone, For me it would be Los Angeles- Big disapointment-Smog everywhere
41 NoUFO: At least this question is easier to respond to. Minsk, Belarus - what a depressing city Leverkusen - ugliest German city I have ever been to, fortunat
42 TZ757300: Los Angeles, CA Pittsburgh, PA Concourse D at PHL Camden, NJ
44 us330: Vang Vieng, Laos Pretty little town, but corrupted by the westerners who go there to abuse drugs and "volunteer" in bars for free rent, taking away jo
45 TurkishWings: Pattaya, Thailand. Full of prostitutes and their very old Western lovers... And you can't tell if they are boys or girls. And the worst part is, most
46 STT757: Albany, NY Brunswick, GA Camden, NJ Venice Beach, CA Myrtle Beach, SC (beaches were nice though) Naples, Italy Kurt Cobain's hometown.
47 AustrianZRH: My girlfriend put it that way: "That explains his suicide..."
49 Quokka: Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt. Sure Alexandria's Corniche and my accommodation at the Helnan Palestine, next to Montaza Palace, were very nice but the b
50 Superfly: Thanks for the heads up. I've been wanting to go up to Laos to check it out. I can't stand those "volunteer" types you speak of. Lot's of those types
51 ajd1992: My hometown, Runcorn. Click below for proof. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runcorn http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=5...tngH_N7-yr6g&cbp=12,1
52 Mudboy: In a marriage with the psycho fruitbat ex of mine!! ANYWHERE is better than that!! Seriously though, That is the funniest thing I have heard in a whil
53 L410Turbolet: Ostrava, Czech Rep. - dirty industrial city and locals with laughable "pride" about their dump of a city Dubai, UAE - everything's is fake Los Angeles
54 TransIsland: 1. Tumbarumba, NSW/Australia not a very close second: Memphis, TN/USA and a distant third: Dortmund, Germany
55 ANITIX87: I'm sure you're not the only one who think so, but you're honestly the first person I've ever encountered who didn't completely and utterly fall in l
56 alwaysontherun: Nobody mentioned Nigeria yet……………Oh well, then I will: Nigeria! Port Harcourt to be more specific………but I don´t go anywhere in that c
57 ajd1992: I went to Geneva and I hated it. It was dirty, the people were rude and I got mugged at Geneva Central Station (not sure what it's actually called, b
58 Hywel: I've been to several places which I haven't liked: Las Vegas: Went there when I was 18 so I guess I wasn't able to "enjoy" the city in terms of alcoho
59 Superfly: My favorite borough of New York is Brooklyn. Brooklyn seemed to have more of a soul, friendlier and I liked the Caribbean flavor of Flatbush & su
60 max999: My friend who lived in Singapore for two years said living in a cardboard box is more exciting than living there. Regarding the strict part: another
62 4holer: L.A., CA, - driving W on the I-10, everything after the windmills by Palm Springs is just crap. Tool got it right in Aenima. Truth or Consequences, NM
63 Stabilator: Grand Forks, North Dakota. Inverness, Florida - Sorry Grandma, but that place was a dump. Grand Forks, North Dak....oh wait.
64 seb146: Huh? Really? It is not on my top 50, but I would rather be there than a lot of places. SLC sucks as there is no windows, but the town itself is okay.
65 Alias1024: Lancaster, CA - Makes Bakersfield look good. You've got to be spectacularly bad to do that. Asbury Park, NJ - Drove by the beach on a summer night abo
66 AustrianZRH: A friend of mine was robbed at knifepoint in his apartment twice in three years, so it's really not the nicest place of CH... What the hell did you d
67 MoltenRock: The place has no soul. The gay bars there are filled with spiritually abused and closeted Mormons / exMos. You can't talk about rated R or PG13 movie
68 ER757: Elizabeth and Jersey City, NJ - they should bulldoze both towns Barstow, CA - spent a week there one afternoon San Jose, Costa Rica - loved the countr
69 AR385: I did not like the smell of the canlas, which basically make the entire city smell like drainage for many days on end. The big fat pigeons, those rat
70 WrenchBender: Two places I really would not like to see again, Vladivostok, Russia and Callao, Peru, another spot that is borderline on the list is Qingdao, PRC all
71 GrahamHill: And what does that mean exactly? Sorry, but I fail to understand the parallel between Geneva being France and your friend being mugged.
72 Cadet57: Add Troy to that and you have a winner. I have the misfortune of being there every Friday. The capital region is the arm pit of New York, and thats s
73 AustrianZRH: Sorry, didn't want to offend you. That was entirely unconnected. The France stuff is just a running gag around Zurich, because Zurich people like the
74 4holer: That's pretty hellish also! And Monument Valley is just up the road. The whole Navajo Reservation area is very strange to look at. It can be simultan
75 ER757: My one experience there was less than pleasant. Had been wanting to visit Monument Valley for many years and the day I passed through the area (inclu
76 Luftfahrer: Not too surprising, I happen to agree. Other than that, there is not really a place that I recall as the worst I've ever been to. I just wouldn't go
78 ANITIX87: No offense taken! I'm sorry I came off that way. I was just surprised, as I haven't heard anyone say Switzerland bored them, yet, and was curious as
79 2707200X: One truly hellish place I have been to is the Bellflower, CA DMV two years ago, the line was not moving and the guards where yelling at everyone after
80 GrahamHill: No offense taken and thank you for your explanations
81 flanker: Heathrow takes the win here. and Carbondale,IL.
82 Wolverine: Budapest, Hungaria. The historical spots were nice, the rest dirty and grey. Frankfurt, Germany. Here also some nice spots, the rest is just boring. W
83 connies4ever: Yah, wasn't all that impressed with Rome & S Italy, for same reasons explained in another post: dirty, crmaped, not very well taken care of. Had
84 aerdingus: Veronicas Strip, Playa de las Americas, Tenerife Filthy Burned out ominous McDonalds Thieves everywhere Cockroaches Sign on bar "No dogs, No Irish" hm
85 hka098: I was also dragged to a Janet Jackson concert once. That was tough...
86 iairallie: Fallacy. SLC & UT have a large number of award winning local breweries the private club rule is gone now. Sounds like you are a bigoted closemind
87 AR385: Mmmmh. Do you look below the bed in hotels as a usual practice, or only that one time? If you do it as a regular practice, please do tell how many mo
88 PSA53: Ok,since I mentioned California as a "Best" equal time to the worst. Bakersfield.(lol) Maybe the city council should vote to put out a sign,"The Worst
89 aloges: Ciudad Guayana/Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela What a dump. Getting stuck there in mid-August of 2004 didn't help, but instead of giving me relief, the place
90 Wolverine: No, I did only one time. Maybe it was all the sand on the floor, that made me curious, what was under the bed... I don't know.
91 Springbok747: Los Angeles, CA Concord, NC Canberra, Australia My hometown - Adelaide, Australia Coober Pedy, Australia - would never ever go back there again. A rea
92 seb146: Seriously? I have been all over Seattle and found every kind of food imaginable! Queen Anne probably has the fewest restaurants, but any kind of food
93 Boeing744: Essen, Germany Marysville, WA Niagara Falls, ON and NY... The falls are nice, the towns suck. Duncan, BC Los Angeles, CA České Budějovice, Czech Re
94 GoBoeing: Essington, Pennsylvania, USA (just west of PHL airport) I sat here for several minutes thinking of more and I really can't. Boring ones come to mind (
95 Aaron747: Some of the worst: Indianapolis. So bad I can't even waste neurons on it. Ewa Beach/Kapolei, Hawaii - repetitive suburban wasteland in beautiful Hawai
96 lewis: I am surprised that Los Angeles gets so many hits, it is not that bad! Mine: *Brussels - the most boring place I have every visited, everything shutti
97 JRadier: Mariupol, Ukraine - It's basically one big steelmill and the following quote from wikipedia basically says it all "Mariupol wins first place in Ukrain
98 L410Turbolet: Is it really that bad? As mentioned earlier in my post, I crossed the border from Thailand at Poipet and got stuck there overnight. It was not a plea
99 JetBlue777: It wasn't, I mentioned it because people might think I'm hating on Cali (its a great place btw)
100 JetBlue777: Oh no you didn't! haha, a lot of my friends outside from NY hate New York because it is noisy, some place (not all) are dirty and cramped as you said
102 BMI727: I've only ever used T5, so my opinion of LHR is pretty good. Nice place really. Like I said, don't go south of Peoria. It just seemed like southern I
103 flykev: Chelmsford, really? I've lived there the last 3 years, and coming from Romford which is just 25 miles down the road; I have to say your wrong. Grante
104 MaverickM11: Kaolack, Senegal. Lonely Planet said don't bother spending more than a day or two here; the locals in Ziguinchor said it was a flaming dump. Turns out
105 Aaron747: Yes...though my experience was soured somewhat by the bus that broke down twice on a muddy unimproved road.
106 Alias1024: The Riders are the main reason I put Saskatoon on my list instead of Regina. That and Regina is a little farther south so it is marginally warmer. Al
107 us330: These people don't even have that pretense. They are there purely so they can drunk and high everyday. Laos is beautiful though--well worth visiting-
108 JetBlue777: It's funny how this thread got over 100 replies and the "Most Beautiful Place.." thread got 60+
109 lh526: Seems like we both have a point of truth here: Rio ... depends on where you're going. extremely beautiful on one side, with awfuly dodgy ends on the
110 PlaneWasted: Oulu in Finland. Worked there for a week or two. Boring, cold and small city. And the Pizza was bad everywhere. They did not like Swedes either.[Edite
111 ER757: Wow, it's been so long ago that I forgot. I need to add Freeport to my list. Great snorkeling but pretty much everything else bout the place is unple
112 ShyFlyer: Prescott, Arizona. Toured the ERAU campus there, was not impressed with either. Carlsbad, New Mexico. The only reason to go there is to tour the Carls
113 thegreatRDU: Los Angeles, CA Kinston, NC CDG airport (racists) Canada in the winter Jasper, GA Pomona, CA Belgium ( In general)
114 MaverickM11: ...is the WORST place you've been? It may be a quiet place but if that's the worst place you've been you're doing pretty well
115 NoUFO: I think that is because "ugly" is easier to define than "beauty". Is this more beautiful than this or this? And those are only three places in German
116 TSS: I should say up front that I've never been to Finland, but sight unseen I wouldn't expect to get even a passable pizza there since not one component
117 NoUFO: Uh oh, you want to take that back. Wheat: Tomatoes: Mushrooms: Onions: Cows (milk -> cheese + Salami): Pigs (-> Salami + ham): Not sure about c
118 comorin: Every morning I wake up and feel so blessed to be living in New York City. It's hard for me to diss someone else's neighborhood, not just out of decen
119 Superfly: That doesn't bother me anymore. Used to seeing drunk taxi drivers here in Bangkok. You should check out the San Francisco DMV. Has all of the bad qua
120 TSS: I stand corrected. The mushrooms, onions, and cow/pig products I'll give you without argument, but I've got to wonder about the relative quality/suit
121 747m8te: Port Headland, WA, Australia... I have been to many minging/heavy industry towns before, but this place has to take the cake as one of the crappiest d
122 seb146: Wha.....? Really? We were just there this summer and I thought it was a beautiful town! Smaller than I had imagined, but still very nice. I don't kno
123 FlyDeltaJets87: New Jersey. This thread can now be locked.
124 Aloha717200: Some of these are really surprising! Why? What was wrong with the Gold Coast? I haven't been, but I've wanted to pay it a visit. Advice? I'll agree th
125 TOMMY767: I've driven through a lot of America. IMHO, bottom of the list has to be Baltimore or Phoenix and Houston is a dump as well (I'm partial to Austin and
126 474218: I have have visited 20 plus countrys and all but five (5) of the United States and have yet to find a place they I didn't like. Granted there were som
127 Stabilator: I agree! Perhaps I should have been a bit more general than "the MOST". I hope people will keep posting their favorites. I enjoy this thread though,
128 YVRLTN: For me, it was Johannesburg and Nairobi. Dumps and didnt feel safe in either of those... Blantyre (Malawi) and Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) were also dump
129 ual777: Agree. Absolute shithole. Nothing like the smell of raw sewage every morning to get the senses flowing.
130 bookishaviator: Very intrigued to know what turned you off about Zagreb. I don't mind spending time in Canberra. I know I shouldn't admit that in public. Dirty, tack
131 KiwiRob: Astrakhan, Russia, a tip if ever there was one, hot dirty, smelly, no decent hotels, not a place I will go to again if I can help it. Kherson, Ukraine
132 PlaneWasted: Pizza is local cuisine in Sweden, Norway and Finland. They are not as the Italian pizzas, but they are nice in other ways. The ones in Oulu are bad.
133 Quokka: Sorry mate: that's Port Hedland. Don't worry too much. Even QF has made that mistake in the past. But you are right. The town only exists as the port
134 GrahamHill: Seriously? What do you dislike so much about Belgium? I've always enjoyed this country: good food, friendly people, nice areas like Brugges or Spa in
135 luckyone: I take it none of you have had the pleasure of checking in at EVN in the middle of the night
136 simonriat: Ok really starting to worry now. Probably not the place to ask but feel the need to now. Many of you have mentioned LA. I am planning on taking my wif
137 RussianJet: What on earth is so wrong with Bremen???????
138 iflykpdx: I will add to the CA hate with my addition of Sacramento. Hotter than hell in the summer and occasionally covered in smoke from forest fires. Unfortun
139 Revelation: How exciting can you expect a place called the Insurance City to be? Bad planning/luck on your part to be stuck there. But not the absolute worst pla
140 Superfly: Maybe hard to believe but Sacramento is the crown jewel of the Central Valley. As others have mentioned, other cities in the Central Valley are compl
141 iakobos: Your tour guide was Greek and you visited on an icy November 1st ? you are joking, right ? For as long as rankings exist, Brussels remains in the top
142 steeler83: I actually thought that the Big Easy was rather nice. It was one of my favorite road trips. Then again, I was there roughly 8 months exactly before K
143 2H4: Newark. The city and outlying area...not the airport. Whomever was most responsible for the disarray and general stupidity that is their system of roa
144 TOMMY767: I lived in LA for 5 years and it's an AMAZING city but it's also an acquired taste. It's still my favorite city in America. Don't let the haters spoi
145 tarheelwings: Santiago Chile? Gee, what a surprise, an Argentinian making a negative comment about a Chilean city I've been to Santiago and found it to be a wonder
146 comorin: Totally. I feel your pain, I lived in Stamford for a year. There are plenty of lousy places to be elsewhere, like Newark, but at least you won't die
147 Flighty: Yup. Beautiful state, ugly / poorly laid out city. Flint, Michigan. Eureka, California. Boston. (sorry! I hate it) Orlando. South Dakota. Omaha. Coos
148 TSS: Huh... I learn something new every day. So Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish pizzas are to traditional Italian "pizza" as apple martinis, chocolate mar
149 747m8te: lol funny you should mention the spelling of the name...i got two fridge magnets (i usually get magnets everywhere i go lol) and one had the same spe
150 Revelation: For this and several other posts, welcome to my RU list!
151 JRadier: Ding Ding Ding! Although I must say, I didn't visit Ukraine for the beauty of it, but more for the experience. If you go into it with that mindset th
152 ER757: I've always felt they should put a sign on I-90 at the border coming west from Idaho that says "Welcome to Washington - keep driving, it gets better.
153 us330: If it wasn't for Yale, new haven would be bridgeport--a.k.a. industrial wasteland usa
154 Fly2HMO: I lived 5 years in Prescott AZ during college. No complaints on the school itself but holy crap, does that town blow or what? Living there was torture
155 jetblast: Scranton, Pennsylvania. The most depressing, generally boring place in the world.
156 Alias1024: News flash, that's why I said it was ten years ago! It may be much improved since then, but at the time it was a shithole.
157 comorin: [quote=Revelation,reply=150]For this and several other posts, welcome to my RU list! Revelation, thank you and let me reciprocate for the same reasons
158 lewis: I don't know why most people here dislike LA, yes it is polluted and has too much traffic, but there are very nice things to see and do here and the
159 oa260: Brussels I have been to many times including spending Christmas in it. I quite enjoyed it but I wouldnt call it in the top 10 liveable cities. There
160 TransIsland: Yeah, but Yale is there... wonderful place. And then there's New Haven pizza. Sorry, disagree. Love the place.
161 JetBlue777: I live in Queens and I have to agree with that! Though I live in Forest Hills/Kew Gardens which doesn't feel like NY at some places (meadow lake, etc
162 simonriat: Thank you Tommy and thank you Lewis for responding. Just thought of another hole. Rotterdam, Holland
163 TZ757300: Where have you traveled in the state? Much of the state has come past what you see in that movie...though there are still definitely parts of it like
164 TZ757300: Have any of you been to the real New Jersey (South Jersey)? It's a whole different place down there, and actually tolerable for the most part.
165 AR385: Santiago looks like it was never important to the Spanishe, everything is small, little and badly planned.
166 airtrainer: Helper, Utah Atlanta, Georgia Macau Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia Charleroi, Belgium Alicante, Spain
167 PPVRA: Recife's old airport terminal. Good lord it was horrible. MAO's terminal isn't very nice either as wasn't POA's old terminal. Aside from that, I don't
168 ltbewr: East St. Louis, IL In 1970, I was with my parents and brothers on vacation. We had just seen relatives in a St. Louis, MO suburb and on or way east. D
169 FlyDeltaJets87: Yes, I have. My roommates in college were from Point Pleasant. I visited them twice up there (once in January for New Years and again this past May f
170 TOMMY767: Jersey's got it's fair share of crap areas but Morris and Somerset counties are rather charming. Basking Ridge where I grew up for instance is beauti
171 OA412: Evanston, WY is pretty bad. The town is about an hour north-east of Salt Lake. The place pretty much revolves around fireworks and alcohol sales to Ut
172 comorin: My apologies, I don't want to diss anybody or the place they live in. I lived in Fairmont, WV for a year in my early career. I would frequently fly i
173 Fly2HMO: Yeah you're not the first guy I hear that from. I knew a lot of DAB transfers and they all said they liked PRC much more, but mostly strictly speakin
174 Braniff747SP: Baker, CA Kingsman, AZ both bland, ugly towns.
175 Fly2HMO: Oh definitely. Kingman is little more than a big truck stop. However, one major redeeming factor is that it has an In-N-Out Oh, and usually interesti
176 OA412: In-N-Out? So it has NO redeeming factors?
177 Aloha717200: What's wrong with Scotland? I spent a decent amount of time there. It does have some crime problems, but I'm curious as to why people consider it so b
178 simonriat: 1. Its Scotland 2. Its Scotland 3. Its Scotland Seriously though. The Scots dont particulary like the English just my opinion of course. Example. My
179 iakobos: Publius Aelius Hadrianus (aka Emperor Hadrian) knew what he was doing when he instructed to erect a big wall all across the border, to separate Roman
180 TZ757300: Haha, I never heard that one before It may not be the best place in the world, but it sure beats North Jersey. Living here for almost 4 years here, I
181 wexfordflyer: Budapest was a disappointment for me! I think it was mostly down to the people not being overly friendly!!
182 Derico: Well in our defense he's Mexican who just happens to be in Argentina right now. To be brutally honest, 20 years ago Santiago was pretty unremarkable.
183 seb146: Huh. A fishing village on the ocean that smells like fish? I don't believe it! I have been through Susanville a number of times. Nothing to write hom
184 Stabilator: I'll add another specific place: Mall of America, Minnesota, USA. I have a few buddies from out of state and they always ask me if I go there every da
185 iairallie: Fair enough the lake is stinky but it is distant enough from the city and other populated areas that you rarely can smell it. I often wonder the same
186 steeler83: Eh, I probably should have said that I'd agree with you, or that my wife would anyway. I've never been there until a couple of years ago, but my wife
187 4holer: Not to startt an off topic divert, but as someone living in the heart of the Jello Belt (Gilbert, AZ), I'd disagree. If that were the reality I'd hav
188 luckyone: 1. It takes years to move past a mentality that defers all the responsibility in your life to the state. It can take even longer to sort out and dele
189 Mortyman: Don't understand this one. I can agree that downtown Papeete is not much to write home about, but the island of Tahiti is actually pretty beautiful i
191 2707200X: About twenty years ago me and my family took a vacation to the Grand Canyon and we stayed near the rim of the canyon in a crappy motel we stayed for t
192 steeler83: Sounds like the Clark W Griswald Hotel!
193 oa260: Very true and there was a restaurant called Chez Leon near Grand Place was quite nice for a quick meal.
194 high_flyr69: Elizabeth/Salisbury, Adelaide, Australia. Dirtiest Filthiest rotten A$$ end of the earth place 20 years behind those considered to be 20 years behind
195 asuflyer05: Some of my least favorite cities include: Orlando, FL Dallas, TX Tucson, AZ Montego Bay, Jamaica Couldn't agree more. I've driven through a number of
196 BMI727: I forgot to mention Boothbay Harbor, Maine. The whole place is just damp and covered in mildew. Also the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
197 comorin: This thread is utterly fascinating and helpful. I had dreamed of visiting many of the places mentioned here but won't- thanks for saving me time and a
198 KiwiRob: Pizza in this part of the world is more like the crap you get at Dominos or Pizza Hut, as an American you'd probably be at home with nordic pizzas.
199 Springbok747: I think you just described the entire state of South Australia
200 TSS: Ah, but I'm an American who grew up in a predominantly Italian neighborhood (yes, we have those even in Alabama), so I have a pretty good idea what r
202 Mortyman: Please read my previous post about Tahiti before you make up your mind.
203 MD-90: Huntsville, what? Alabama? For me it's Aberdeen, MS. I did my student teaching there and lived there during my last spring semester of school. A dyin
204 Wolverine: I totally forgot, to mention this one: Oberhausen, Germany. Grey, cold and dead. I was there for one day, had to go there for work. We tried to find a
205 comorin: OK, Tahiti is back on my list! I've been to Hawaii twice now (Big Island) but was not bowled over - somehow I thought the place would be greener. It
206 johns624: Moose, bear, wolves, deer, lynx, eagles, loons, Pictured Rocks, Isle Royale, Porcupine Mountains, Keweenaw Peninsula, etc, etc, etc...what's not to l
207 BMI727: The almost complete lack of useful things. And what there is seems pretty old and run down.
208 johns624: What do you mean by useful things? Throw a backpack on and disappear for a few days. That's all you need...
209 BMI727: That's not fun. That's self imposed homelessness.
210 johns624: I saw in the other thread that someplace had "too many trees". That explains alot. You're a "city person". Why did you go to the UP in the first plac
211 Pyrex: Actually, for the same reason you hated Rome... The are around Arles may be nice but I didn't get to see any of it. I took the train in and all you s
212 wn700driver: Lol. I've been to that town too! I've always liked Brooklyn and found it to be very small-town esque in its own way... Also Type O Negative being fro
213 AR385: I suppose I have to clarify my position about Hartford. I was sent there to lead a team managing the absorption of a Data Mining Company ENRON had bo
214 comorin: Funny but true. Hard to explain unless you've been there. It's like being stuck in a bad dream. Forever.
215 Superfly: You shouldn't go by other people's opinion of a place. You should see places for yourself. Some of those places listed are nice and some of the stori
217 Superfly: Pattaya, Thailand is nothing like what was described. There are no under aged girls working there. Laws here in Thailand are very strict about that a
218 futurepilot16: New Jersey, without a doubt. Went to Rutgers-Newark for a Fraternity get together, and that place was gross. Among the highlights were some disgusting
219 BMI727: Yeah, if I never get around a reservation again, I don't think I'll miss it. I used to think that the Appalachian Emergency Room bit from Saturday Ni
220 tarheelwings: Are you sure you were in Santiago? If you're ever lucky enough to go back check out Las Condes, Vitacura, Providencia, Apoquindo, the financial distr
221 AR385: Thnak you for your kind suggestion. Yes, I´ve been to those neighborhoods, and the only thing that they show is the reason why Latin America is a ch
222 QFKangaroo747: The Outer Western Suburbs of Sydney, San Francisco's Tenderloin district, parts of Jersey City and Newark NJ
223 Superfly: ....and you didn't even see the worse part of town. Tenderloin is where most of the homeless and crack addicts reside. It's dirty & filthy but is
224 BMI727: Probably, but the ones I saw in Oklahoma looked like little more than machine sheds. If you want to gamble I'd suggest finding a proper casino (thoug
225 Superfly: A proper casino has attractive women serving free booze. I'm not much of a gambler so on the rare occasion I'm at a casino, I want to see attractive
226 tarheelwings: Actually, I lived in Chile for a number of years so, yes, I have seen the marginal neighborhoods as you call them. If you want to use that as your me
227 ogre727: Yet I would live in Santiago or visit 1000 times before visiting again Mexico City or living there... yes BIG, yes important to the Spanish, but dirt
228 N6238P: I've seen in these posts the name of the city I went to college in and the city I currently work in but not the place I live in. Hmmm... Anyways worst
229 AR385: 1. Please remember this is a subjective, personal thread. Where one gives an opinion. My opinions have not been insulting, nor accompanied by insulti
230 Kent350787: I've come to this one late, but.... 1. Barnsley, Yorkshire. Very glad that my great, great grandfather emigrated, especially to a place with nice weat
231 PITingres: I'll vote for: a) St Louis. Ugh. I saw a fair amount of it, and everywhere I went was either ugly, or dangerous, or both. b) Dayton, OH; specifically,
232 Kent350787: I forgot the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. A strip of highrises overshadowing OK beaches, all tacky and touristy. I last passed through in 1993 a
233 tarheelwings: That's not insulting? Talk about tit for tat...what does this have to do with the topic at hand? You mean like the one that hit Mexico City in 1985?
234 BMI727: I wouldn't spend too much time in the city of St. Louis if you can help it. It is much better to stay out in the county. The white flight from St. Lo
235 ogre727: LOL, it seems that if anybody, you took this really personal.... I am not from Chile, and all I was saying is that I cannot understand how someone fr
236 AR385: Read again what I wrote: "2. In an Earthquake like the one that hit Santiago, Mexico City will be unscathed. Building codes are among the most advanc
237 Derico: Well it was a 6.5-7.0 I believe that hit Santiago and Valpo, remember the 8.8 epicenter was 400 kilometers south. The difference between that and the
238 lewis: LA is such a vibrant city, the weather is mostly great year-round and so many different places form the LA area so I am surprised that people cannot
239 flanker: Englewood hands down. I would rather walk the streets of Cairo on a 60C day and the Gypsy slums than to ever step foot in Englewood again.
240 tarheelwings: No need, I was right the first time....that's why you wrote the following: Changes things, doesn't it? Hyperbole anyone? I'm pretty sure Chile wasn't
241 BAViscount: I've been trying to think of anywhere I may have been that wild horses wouldn't drag me back to. I can think of a few places that I wasn't that impres
242 ogre727: I work for an insurance company, and was assigned to Santiago right after the earthquake to help sort things out... I believe there was one building
243 Derico: No Santiago proper, brand new places. Not many like I said. Anyway the main point is I'm not sure the quake was 8.0 in Santiago. In general though, I
244 AR385: Yes, that´s why I rectified. Go do some Google, search pics and not for the nice parts of Chile and we´ll talk. Entire towns were obliterated. Mmmh
245 tarheelwings: Errrr, I was referring to your slam on the Chilean Navy, one of the most professional navies in the world. After the Tsunami event took place, intern
246 wn700driver: Lol, someone has to be. I love almost everything they did, but I must admit it is an aquired taste... I stopped at the Winstar casino once... Could w
247 babybus: Yes, horrible and grim. Yes, horrible and grim too. The beach is an eyesore. I save my big thumbs down for Czech republic. It's a big downer.
248 UAL747DEN: Couldn't agree with you more, I hate the LA/Hollywood area! The outskirts are very nice and pretty but you still have the freeways and people. The wo
249 N776AU: Yeah. It's quite possibly the most boring place I've ever visited. Great to set foot in just to say I have, but I don't ever want to again.
250 luckyone: Agreed! Prague was a huge disappointment. Absolutely nothing there but the buildings itself, and let's face it a pretty building gets old quickly. On
251 DanVS: Kayenta, Arizona - as I passed through, I had the impression that a nuclear blast had destroyed it all. Or, one of those fake cities used for nuclear
252 WestJetForLife: Edmonton, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba have my vote. Edmonton does not have anything that is worth doing other than West Edmonton Mall, itself a tou
253 columba: Working as an attorney in the German State of Brandenburg I have to go to several courts in small towns some of which are the most depressing places I
254 Alex22: worst places ? mmmmh - Los Angeles... hell of a boring time there, terrible traffic - Miami - Been there too many times, hate the climate - Yuzhno-Sak
255 steeler83: Miami, hate the climate? What's wrong with Miami's climate? Pennsylvania's climate sucks more! Winter sucks! I hope we don't have anything like what
256 sccutler: Blythe, California. No, not really - it has little to make it attractive, but where the heck else are you gonna buy gas? I have to admit, the Peoples
257 NoUFO: I have absolutely no trouble to follow. I think Potsdam was so far the only place in Brandenburg I did not find depressing.
258 MadameConcorde: Slums in Rio de Janeiro. Streets around Omonia in Athens at night. Scary. Banlieue Nord of Paris - Some parts of Marseille.
259 MrChips: In all my traveling, I've never really been anywhere THAT bad, apart from two places: Naples, Italy - Been there twice, the last time was at the heigh
260 keagkid101: I hated Detroit. It's disgusting. I will never go there again unless I'm connecting at DTW.
261 baguy: I'm sure it's very nice in parts but Bari, Italy was sooooo boring. Was only there on a cruise for a day though. Otherwise, Marbella, Spain is way to
262 Alex22: The thing is I hate high humidity but I love snow and winter....
263 steeler83: THANK YOU! Pittsburgh really is quite nice and not anywhere nearly as bad as some people say and/or perceive it to be. Granted, Pittsburgh has its ba
264 BMI727: I think that St. Louis has the worst climate in America. The hot sticky summers like the South and freezing winters with ice and snow storms.
265 aerorobnz: That's in my top 3...lol You obviously hate chinzy fake places... I concur. This was a city that immediately sprang to mind. Tho to give it it's dues
266 AirPacific747: Indeed horrible. The most annoying part (which is a general problem for a large part of southern europe), is the massive amount of scooters. They mak
267 chrisair: New Jersey (specifically, Sewark and Camden). It's one of the most disgusting places I've ever set foot in. I'll never know how anyone is proud to be
268 dba4u: Used to live in Senftenberg and thought it was pretty bad, but after visiting such magnificient places like Schwedt and Eisenhüttensadt I really lea
269 mham001: Tunisia. Also most every other mid east country stuck in the 7th century. Bridgeport would make my list too. I was living in one of those neighborhood
270 steeler83: How about Oklahoma for that matter... They can get brutally cold winters with snow and ice storms. Then every spring they're hit with hail and tornad
271 zippyjet: Does that include Baltimore, MD. I feel we skew toward Southern (accent, Hon big hair, popularity of Country Music. I find it all amusing but, I'm pr
272 Nitrohelper: That's certainly obvious if you think that Oklahoma is 90% corn fields...
273 lewis: I have heard the same thing from a lot of people. Gran Canaria are not on the top of my list either. I don't know when you were there last time, but
274 BMI727: Hard to say since I've never been there. But any part of Virginia not near DC definitely counts. When I was there it seemed like 90% indian reservati
275 Superfly: Interesting that you'd say that about one of the last conservative republican bastions in California. I was a bit surprised about that seedy area of
277 Superfly: Is that what the fuss is all about? Big frikkin' deal!
278 columba: Don´t mention Senftenberg, I was there at the Labor Court two weeks ago. Because of the snow and Deutsch Bahn it took me 6 hours to go back to Berli
279 BMI727: Well, if I have the choice between a beach with guys in speedos (usually guys who shouldn't be shirtless at all) and one without, I know where I am g
280 sw733: Some of mine would be: Anniston, Alabama USA Kinshasa, DR CONGO Zinder, NIGER I don't mind Huntsville at all. I love the south, but Missouri is a dump
281 lewis: Nope, its not the speedos, but when you are at high school you want to go somewhere with more exciting people than Germans in their 60s. Seeing them
282 Superfly: None of us are still in high school are we? Who goes on vacation to 'look' at other people? Just spend New Years this last weekend down on the island
283 Dreadnought: I lived in Geneva for the better part of 20 years (moved out 5 years ago). It has greatly deteriorated, mainly because of all the foreigners that hav
284 dba4u: ...and Hoyerswerda is even worse... Anyway, I was kind of baffled when I found out that some of those Plattenbauten (mine included...) are not even h
285 Superfly: I don't go to the beach to look at other guys. I'm not a fashion cop and would never pontificate what others "should" and "shouldn't" wear. What ever
288 lewis: Nope, but I was in high school then and expected something more exciting from Mallorca than a place where old people go for holidays. Even now that I
289 Superfly: If their in their 60s, I wouldn't look at them regardless of what they're wearing. I was in Mallorca when I was in middle school. Yes there were lots
290 dba4u: Then you picked the wrong time! Sep-Mar is old people's time over there, try the summer months next time. Personally, I prefer the quiet to be found
291 Tommione: Though I didn't reed all replies, I miss places in India being mentioned a lot. I went around the south of India and have to say that Chennai (formerl
292 2707200X: I have two of the worst restaurant experiences I have ever had. One was at a Denny's in Barstow, CA a year and a half ago. We had to wait 45 minutes f
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