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We've had Most Favorite City or Best City threads. Now, what is your least favorite city in the world?

Mine is Las Vegas, Nevada. I visited the city this summer, and I will show you how Vegas became my Least Favorite City.

I was on a five week summer program at UC San Diego. One weekend, we went to Las Vegas. And I am totally serious when I say that all the good parts of the trip happened on the ride there, the ride back, and in my room.

We headed out early in the morning. Though the drive from San Diego to Las Vegas is rather long, I wasn't concerned about getting bored. I had brought books (including a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows, purchased the night before when it came out), and we had movies. The movie we watched wasn't bad. I can't recall what it was called - it had a crime lord who kept pigs to dispose of bodies, a jeweler who was a wannabe Jew, and a Gypsy boxer. It had some nice pwnage at the end of the movie, when the Gypsies ambush the goons sent to burn their camp to punish the aforementioned boxer. Also, the air conditioning on the bus worked.

When I got off the bus in Vegas, I was greeted with a hot dry wind. It felt very good, and brought back fond memories of the previous summer, which I spent in Israel. I even volunteered to help unload the bus, because the hot wind felt good, and because I'm a generous bastard.

We settled in our rooms at UNLV (University of Nevada - Las Vegas). Presumably, they were cheaper than a hotel. Not to mention it was easier to keep an eye on the students. About the students: There were 80-something of us. A large proportion were internationals - French, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, you name it. Only two of them (one of which was me) were 18. I didn't get along with a lot of them. Fortunately, I got along with my roomate. I spent most of the time in my dorm room playing Age of Empires III.

Later that evening, we headed into Vegas. We had dinner at Planet Hollywood, and I got really pissed when nobody let me sit at their table. I was with a group that planned to sit together, but the table was just too small, so they booted me off. I ended up sitting with a bunch of Japanese students, who talked in Japanese. Sitting there, I made a vow that I would not spend a single penny of my money while in Las Vegas. I would not support the Las Vegas economy.

After dinner, we wandered around the hotels in groups. I drifted from group to group. Sometime I hung out with counselors, other times with students who I could at least tolerate. I often went with the girls, thinking of myself as their chaperone. Nothing serious happened - one group got cards from a nightclub, but nothing came of it (the nightclub was outside the area we could go, and we didn't know where it was). It was fairly boring for me.

At one part, we walked along the Strip itself. Here there were advertisements for strippers and hookers littering the ground. I was disgusted. This was not a city I liked. If the trip had been optional, I would have stayed behind. Frankly, the prospect of being the only person in my dorm besides a counselor would have been fairly attractive. EVE and NSG could have fulfilled my social needs.

The next day wasn't so bad. We went to a gaming center, and I got to actually enjoy myself for a bit. Also, I actually kept my vow. The tour paid for the food and the gaming center tickets, and I did no shopping of any kind. I should mention that if I had found a decent bookstore, I might have splurged on some sci-fi (I had finished Harry Potter on the bus).

The bus ride home was no worse than the ride out. I took out my computer and played Age of Empires III (fortunately, even running AOE III doesn't murder my battery. It drains at about 1% a minute, which means I get 100 minutes - 1 hour 40 minutes - of game time). I read a bit. I watched some of the movies.

So, there you have it. My most recent experience with my least favorite city.

Now share yours.

I was there a year and half ago I found the place so boring and waste of time. It is large and while there is plenty of history and culture to see it was just not fun. I was bored by the people the nightlife sucked and the hostel I stayed in was run by a sketchy Spanish man. On top of that I got dragged the Hungarian ballet. I think I would prefer almost any other city in Europe more interesting than that one.

Bakersfield, CA. I don't know that it qualifies as a "city", but it certainly is a scale model of hell on earth.

I doubt very much that Lost Wages, Nevada would suit me. IMHO, cities are great places to visit, but terrible places to live. I haven't had any bad experiences but I haven't stayed in any cities long enough to have a problem. I'm in a smallish town of approximately 35,000. Anything bigger would probably get on my nerves.

I know I hate on Los Angeles a lot, but it has some redeeming features.

Las Vegas is an excellent call. A city entirely devoid of merit, completely free of achievement of any kind.

The movie you watched was Snatch btw

Green Bay. I've never been there, but I hate the Green Bay Fudge-Packers.

Calgary, Alberta, is an irredeemable suburban sprawl pretending to be a city.

Plymouth, UK. It's an old naval town that's never recovered from the loss of its importance as a strategic port to the UK. Many cities in the UK have recovered from a loss of their reason for existence, but not Plymouth. It's just stuck in a soulless time-warp.

Detroit

Houston, TX.

Naples, Italy. Sucked horribly. It was the only time that I felt unsafe in my entire time in Europe, and I travelled extensively in Turkey and Romania. The only redeeming factor was their pizza.

It's a tossup between El Centro and Holtville, CA. They're both located in the Imperial Valley. The humidity is always 50% plus, the temperature never goes below 80^F and frequently tops 125^F. They smell like overloaded stockyard and the water tastes like it went through the stockyard. The cockroaches are 2" long and fly. There are only two seasons, cricket season and cockroach season. I only lived in the area for 10 months, it seemed like forever.

Bakersfield is better, but not much.

Phoenix, AZ

It's LA with all the sprawl but without the charm.

Bakersfield, CA, is pretty bad indeed.

I also hated Pisa, Italy, outside of the tiny piece of real estate that holds the Leaning Tower and the adjacent building.

It's a tossup between El Centro and Holtville, CA. They're both located in the Imperial Valley. The humidity is always 50% plus, the temperature never goes below 80^F and frequently tops 125^F. They smell like overloaded stockyard and the water tastes like it went through the stockyard. The cockroaches are 2" long and fly. There are only two seasons, cricket season and cockroach season. I only lived in the area for 10 months, it seemed like forever.
That does sound awful.

Most of Hull is absolutely terrible. The uni bit is nice (is my insurance if I don't get into Sheffield for whatever reason), as is the nearby village of Cottingham, but the fact that it hasn't recovered from the loss of its fishing fleet in the 1970s and 1980s, despite the literally billions of pounds invested in it (last year it got more money in modern terms than the GNP of Communist Hungary) is a bit sad, and it's horribly polluted.

I'm hardly the only person in the world to dislike most of Hull, but still. Eugh.

Wait... what?
We settled in our rooms at UNLV (University of Nevada - Las Vegas). Presumably, they were cheaper than a hotel. Not to mention it was easier to keep an eye on the students. About the students: There were 80-something of us. A large proportion were internationals - French, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, you name it. Only two of them (one of which was me) were 18. I didn't get along with a lot of them. Fortunately, I got along with my roomate. I spent most of the time in my dorm room playing Age of Empires III.

Later that evening, we headed into Vegas. We had dinner at Planet Hollywood, and I got really pissed when nobody let me sit at their table. I was with a group that planned to sit together, but the table was just too small, so they booted me off. I ended up sitting with a bunch of Japanese students, who talked in Japanese. Sitting there, I made a vow that I would not spend a single penny of my money while in Las Vegas. I would not support the Las Vegas economy.

After dinner, we wandered around the hotels in groups. I drifted from group to group. Sometime I hung out with counselors, other times with students who I could at least tolerate. I often went with the girls, thinking of myself as their chaperone. Nothing serious happened - one group got cards from a nightclub, but nothing came of it (the nightclub was outside the area we could go, and we didn't know where it was). It was fairly boring for me.

At one part, we walked along the Strip itself. Here there were advertisements for strippers and hookers littering the ground. I was disgusted. This was not a city I liked. If the trip had been optional, I would have stayed behind. Frankly, the prospect of being the only person in my dorm besides a counselor would have been fairly attractive. EVE and NSG could have fulfilled my social needs.

The next day wasn't so bad. We went to a gaming center, and I got to actually enjoy myself for a bit. Also, I actually kept my vow. The tour paid for the food and the gaming center tickets, and I did no shopping of any kind. I should mention that if I had found a decent bookstore, I might have splurged on some sci-fi (I had finished Harry Potter on the bus).

The bus ride home was no worse than the ride out. I took out my computer and played Age of Empires III (fortunately, even running AOE III doesn't murder my battery. It drains at about 1% a minute, which means I get 100 minutes - 1 hour 40 minutes - of game time). I read a bit. I watched some of the movies.


so you're pissed at the city because your friends wouldn't sit with you?
you went to Planet Hollywood for your meals?

sorry, but if that was your trip, then the failure was in the planning. not the city itself.

and if you looked at those 'advertisments of hookers', you'ld note that they are not located in the city of Las vegas. A point people fail to note.

you were 18, thus too young to enjoy the casinos (good thing too) but did you see the free shows, like the pirate fight outside Treasure Island? the Volcanic Eruption at the Mirage? what about the other shows around like the Bellagio's dancing fountains, the talking statues at the Ceasar's Palace.

I would say your trip failed you, not the city.

some of the areas I would've sent the group would include...
Las Vegas Mini Grand Prix
many shows that are family friendly, including Circus Circus.
the Ripley's wax mesuem.
Fremont Street Experience.

(sigh) that sounded like a piss poor trip.


hmmm... my worse city? can say really.

Most of Hull is absolutely terrible. The uni bit is nice (is my insurance if I don't get into Sheffield for whatever reason), as is the nearby village of Cottingham, but the fact that it hasn't recovered from the loss of its fishing fleet in the 1970s and 1980s, despite the literally billions of pounds invested in it (last year it got more money in modern terms than the GNP of Communist Hungary) is a bit sad, and it's horribly polluted.

I'm hardly the only person in the world to dislike most of Hull, but still. Eugh.

Hull is good to go to uni in, though. You're right about the uni area being nice, theres about a mile radius around the uni that is actually a really good place to live if you're a student, around Cottingham Road, Beverly Road, and Newland Avenue, and there are some decent clubs about the place. Oh, and the city centre's alright, I suppose. The rest of the place is a dump, though.

Cottingham is only decent because the halls are there.

Later that evening, we headed into Vegas. We had dinner at Planet Hollywood, and I got really pissed when nobody let me sit at their table. I was with a group that planned to sit together, but the table was just too small, so they booted me off. I ended up sitting with a bunch of Japanese students, who talked in Japanese. Sitting there, I made a vow that I would not spend a single penny of my money while in Las Vegas. I would not support the Las Vegas economy.

After dinner, we wandered around the hotels in groups. I drifted from group to group. Sometime I hung out with counselors, other times with students who I could at least tolerate. I often went with the girls, thinking of myself as their chaperone.

dude, i'm pretty sure the addition of 'vegas' to your story adds no explanatory power. you could literally change it to any city in the world and get the same result.

Shanghai, China enough said.

Detroit

If you hate it so much living on the opposite side of the planet, imagine how I feel, living here!

Slough. No need to go any further.

Slough. No need to go any further.

Quite a lot of need, considering it isn't a city.

Well, I suppose it depends on how you classify a city in the UK - We've got a very strange method of doing it, which means that somewhere like Ely is a city, yet Reading doesn't count. Slough could be classed as a city if you went for what used to be its industry, but it is a hell-hole.

Calgary, Alberta, is an irredeemable suburban sprawl pretending to be a city.

Sounds like Ottawa.

Victoria, BC. *dark look*

The city has so much potential to be beautiful... instead, it's dangerous, dirty, overrun with drugs and homeless, has lousy weather, is boring as hell, and generally, the sooner I get out of this place the better.

Plymouth, UK. It's an old naval town that's never recovered from the loss of its importance as a strategic port to the UK. Many cities in the UK have recovered from a loss of their reason for existence, but not Plymouth. It's just stuck in a soulless time-warp.

Hastings is even worse. And it's my nomination.:(

Paris

when people complain about being stressed I can easily think back to my trip and remember that they don't know what stress is

Shanghai, China enough said.
Granted, Chinese cities have a bit of a pollution problem and aren't particularly attractive to look at either (in parts at least), but surely Shanghai isn't the worst city in China. It's got some very nice areas adjacent to the river. I quite enjoyed it.

Noosa, Queensland, various small inland country towns here in Oz, Llucmajor on Mallorca, Spain and Wittdün on Amrum, Germany.

New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia are tied for worst for me...

Oxford. They hate cars, and unless you have a degree or a trust fund the size of Sweden, they hate you.

(Happy my home town isn't on here...)

Oxford. They hate cars, and unless you have a degree or a trust fund the size of Sweden, they hate you.

thats because any rational man would of gone to Cambridge

thats because any rational man would of gone to Cambridge

Word.

EDIT: Northampton? Not far from me then!

Shanghai, China enough said.

"Shanghai is not nice this time of year. Why not try hell?" - Saito Hajime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sait%C5%8D_Hajime_%28Rurouni_Kenshin%29)

Word.

that why Cambridge wins overall on the boat race ;)

EDIT: Northampton? Not far from me then!

Rugby?

Rugby?
Other direction my friend. I'm an MKer.

Other direction my friend. I'm an MKer.

Roundabout Land! That is what I have come to call it after visiting various family members there.

Sounds like Ottawa.

Having lived in both, I can tell you Calgary is much, much worse.

Roundabout Land! That is what I have come to call it after visiting various family members there.
LOL! Can't argue with that one!

But once you get past all the roundabouts, Milton Keynes is a good place to live. Rather here than Luton or Corby...

Washington D.C.- I went on a class trip in 8th or 7th grade durring winter break. Political views aside; the only good buildings were the government buildings and museums. The rest of the city was a ghetto. Run down houses, ambulences, and homeless people everywhere we went. We even passed by a crazy homeless guy singing "I'll spread my goo all over you..." then gave us a quick history lesson on the assassination of President Lincoln. "He weren't shot. He was torn to bits by pitbulls in the whitehouse basement." We even had the chance(s) to buy cheap 'RoIexs' and sunglasses on most corners. I have to say though I did like the cherryblossoms and Geogretown. Given the option to do it all over again... hell ya I would.

thats because any rational man would of gone to Cambridge

"would of"? Is that a Cambridge education speaking?

Lansing, MI. I hated it there. It was a hell-hole, grimmy and cold. I hated even Spring there. I hated every aspect of that city, and the people looked so gloomy all the time... It was an unbareable place to live at.

But I do apologize if I hurt anyone on the site that lives there.

"would of"? Is that a Cambridge education speaking?
WE ARE CAMBRIDGE! WE DENY THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY! UP GOLDIE!

Slough. No need to go any further.
Quite. I used to live in the UC paradise that is Cirencester (being quite LMC, there were about 30 houses in the whole bloody place for people like myself, and the rest of the town is slums for the peons), not that far away, and we went to Slough a couple of times, and maybe-possibly-worse Swindon, which also has the irritation of the Magic Roundabouts en-route.

WE ARE CAMBRIDGE! WE DENY THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY! UP GOLDIE!
"ALSO WE PREFER TO KEEP THE BRITISH 'S', INSTEAD OF THIS SELLOUT 'Z' RUBBISH IN THE OXFORD DICTIONARY!"

Houston, TX.

Agreed.

Agra, India...

Anyone who's ever been to the Taj Mahal will know this place. The Taj and the Red Fortress are beautiful, but the poverty there was the worst I've ever seen.

Having lived in both, I can tell you Calgary is much, much worse.

I highly doubt it. Sure Calgary is redneck centre Canada but it's got nothing on Ottawa and its total self-absorption, and its obsession with the Sens,. It's cold, wet and that's just the weather!

I don't travel much so I haven't been to any low-quality cities, so...

Pretty much any city that uses sharia law and/or is in north korea.

Richmond VA and Birmingham AL. Jesus, what terrible cities. Everytime I drive through Richmond, something smells like it died on the roadside.

Seattle.

Of course you hated Las Vegas. You didn't do half the things that makes Las Vegas fun, and you seem morally opposed to the other half. Las Vegas is a social city, one of noise and gambling and alchohol and sex. If you don't like those 4 things...there's not a lot for you.

Sure there are comedians and other pg13 shows but...well, you can get those anywhere.

Houston, TX.

why?

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How is that the fault of Las Vegas?

I hate LA, they have all the famous people and such.

Birmingham, UK. The worst dog-hole you'll ever see.

I see some guys mentioning Bakersfield. I remember that being used as the location of the necropolis in fallout, looks like the guys at interplay had a sense of humour.

Seattle.

It's not the worst, but whenever I go there I feel like i'm gonna be mugged.

There's some city in Maryland with a name like Williamston, or Wilmington...Williamsburg, maybe? It wasn't too great a spot, although it did have a canal that was fun to walk across.

Dallas, Texas is the worst city on the planet!

At the very least, Houston is home to NASA, which is its one and only redeeming factor.

Dallas just... ugh...

I highly doubt it. Sure Calgary is redneck centre Canada but it's got nothing on Ottawa and its total self-absorption, and its obsession with the Sens,. It's cold, wet and that's just the weather!

You're from Toronto? Pot, meet kettle.

The Foolish Woman.

A Married Woman, whose lover was about to reform by running away,
procured a pistol and shot him dead.

"Why did you do that, Madam?" inquired a Policeman, sauntering by.

"Because," replied the Married Woman, "he was a wicked man, and had
purchased a ticket to Chicago."

"My sister," said an adjacent Man of God, solemnly, "you cannot stop the
wicked from going to Chicago by killing them."

-Fantastic Fables, by Ambrose Bierce.

I hate La Corredoría, a sector of Oviedo. Nasty little place.

Hartford, CT. Simply driving through it was maddening, I can't imagine actually living there. Some assmaster blew his horn at us right when the light turned green when we were at some intersection and nobody knows how to use the damn turn signal. On several occasions we nearly ended up in an accident because the people there are retarded. It's also dirty and ugly as hell. In fact, most of Connecticut is worthless.

Lived in Connecticut for nine years, and I hated it. :mad:

LA is awful, the exact opposite of NY in all the worst ways.

apart form Hull which i hate with a passion as its biggest council estate its even worse than Grimsby, i hate most big cities as i often or not come back with a bad case of coughing fits and dodgy lungs, also they seem not to understand my dialect that much in the big cities

Houston Tx, L.A. Ca. and Townsville Queensland.

Houston and LA are horribly dirty and polluted, Townsville, Queensland is full of Stupid Racist Rednecks. I watched a pack kick the crap out of an aboriginal guy just cause he was black. The victim was a friend of the band I was touring with. The boys told me it happened every trip through. :eek:
I have a great friend in Townsville, he says it's shit too.

I highly doubt it. Sure Calgary is redneck centre Canada but it's got nothing on Ottawa and its total self-absorption, and its obsession with the Sens,. It's cold, wet and that's just the weather!
Replace Sens with Leafs and you have a perfectly good description of Toronto. In spite of the fact that the government lives in Ottowa, most people still hate Toronto more...

I pick Edmonton for my least favourite city. Why? I have only been to two cities, Vancouver and Edmonton. I live in(ish) Vancouver, and am quite know it decently enough. Edmonton was the closest place to Fort McMurray, which I live in during the summer. Every time we went to Edmonton, the food sucked unless we went to a well established chain. Chinese food sucked everywhere. Neesika blames for being an idiot, I blame Edmonton because each shit place we visited some local recommended we go there. Course, both of us are idiots, it is really Toronto's fault.

Least favorite of the cities I've been to: New Orleans, LA. Maybe also Branson, MO and most third ring suburbs of Minneapolis-St Paul. But I try not to go to crappy cities.

Didn't read the whole thread, but I lived in Las Vegas, and loved it. If I didn't have family here in Ohio, I would go back. Anyway, worst city:

New Philadelphia, Ohio. Smallish, but it has the combination of everything I don't like about small towns (everybody is nosey, clannish, and hypocritical) combined with everything I don't like about cities (traffic congestion, corrupt politics, massive crime, which goes sadly unreported and uninvestigated).

I lived there for three years and enjoyed every minute of MOVING OUT!

paris or london. probably london. paris smells of dog shit and piss but london is just too oppressive.

Well, in Las Vega you have to be rich to have fun. If ur not don't bother going.

Replace Sens with Leafs and you have a perfectly good description of Toronto. In spite of the fact that the government lives in Ottowa, most people still hate Toronto more...

I pick Edmonton for my least favourite city. Why? I have only been to two cities, Vancouver and Edmonton. I live in(ish) Vancouver, and am quite know it decently enough. Edmonton was the closest place to Fort McMurray, which I live in during the summer. Every time we went to Edmonton, the food sucked unless we went to a well established chain. Chinese food sucked everywhere. Neesika blames for being an idiot, I blame Edmonton because each shit place we visited some local recommended we go there. Course, both of us are idiots, it is really Toronto's fault.

You never did live in Ottawa did you? 12 of the most miserable years of my life, the people are anal pricks, and that's just the neighbourhood I lived in. Never mind the discrimination I felt because I couldn't master the French language despite being on the English side of the river. The neighbourhood pretty much was hell long before we got there.

The neighbourhood acted like it had a smalltown mentality. Do you have any idea what it's like to walk by someone who asks you something really strange and block your way because of rumours started by someone who hates you? I get far more privacy here in Toronto. No one knows me, and I like it that way. No fucking shit to put up with because some fucking tool from school started a malicious rumour about me.

People hate Toronto because they have the common sense of a gnat. Most who have been had never ventured beyond the downtown core where it's all highrises and cement.

Edmonton can't be that bad. It's not Calgary, and it's got the Oilers. ;)

LA is awful, the exact opposite of NY in all the worst ways.

Wow, you're still around?! :)

You can't help but wonder if people saying New York, Paris, London etc have atually been to any other cities.

Wiesbaden, Hesse*! The city is either inhabited by rather annoying people or they all ganged up to bother me on my trips there.


* yes, I imitate the habit of saying the name of the city and then the state to imitate (and make fun of) US-Americans.

Other direction my friend. I'm an MKer.

omg stay away from my car Chav :p

Birmingham, UK. The worst dog-hole you'll ever see.

see sig

the advantage of living in Northampton is that the above 2 black holes suck all forms of boy racer like moths to a flame...at least in theory

paris or london. probably london. paris smells of dog shit and piss but london is just too oppressive.

I feel sorry for all the unsuspecting tourists who suddenly find themselves being ID'd for lemonade

The neighbourhood acted like it had a smalltown mentality. Do you have any idea what it's like to walk by someone who asks you something really strange and block your way because of rumours started by someone who hates you? I get far more privacy here in Toronto. No one knows me, and I like it that way. No fucking shit to put up with because some fucking tool from school started a malicious rumour about me.

Well now we're getting somewhere. You don't hate Ottawa, you hate teenagers (who could blame you?). Living in a city, any city, as an adult is a much different experience.




People hate Toronto because they have the common sense of a gnat. Most who have been had never ventured beyond the downtown core where it's all highrises and cement.

Edmonton can't be that bad. It's not Calgary, and it's got the Oilers. ;)

Okay, cards on the table: I don't hate Toronto. It's not as sexy as Montreal but it's cosmopolitan and relatively fun (for Canada, anyway). I was miserable for the year I lived there, but I've come to realize that had more to do with my personal circumstances at the time than the actual city. In fact, I hope to move back one day.

Ottawa can be pretty buttoned-down. I've lived here for two years and I haven't yet met anyone who works in the private sector. The market can be fun, albeit fratty, the canal is kinda pretty, and its surprisingly easy to get around if you don't have to drive. When I was living in the Glebe I could walk or cycle just about anywhere worth going. It's also pretty affordable relative to it's size.

Edmonton, admittedly, is an armpit. 'Nuff said.

But seriously, Calgary? Imagine Brampton, only ten times as large and with no Toronto to escape to. Calgary is a soulless void of big box stores, overbuilt homes and atomized middle-class drones. It has no cultural life, no intellectual life, no night life....and either you own an oil company or an oil company owns you. Hideous place, Calgary.

I can see none of you have ever been to Riyhad, Saudi Arabia. Hot as hell during the day even in September-October. Night life there is shopping because that's the coolest time of day. Even at that I remember the low temperature of the day was a cool 100 degrees F, at midnight.:(

Melbourne,Sydney and Brisbane

Green Bay. I've never been there, but I hate the Green Bay Fudge-Packers.

Minneapolis and ST. Paul are the pits. They are horrible. My sister moved there from Wisconsin. I think it was a dumb decision. Seh works in the Hennepin county court house. So much crime. Brutal crime too. Why anyone would want to live there is beyond me. Not to mention the Vikings are there. That makes it even worse. Those dumb vikings. Bad team although they are going to go 16-0 this year...16 arrests...0 convictions.

Melbourne,Sydney and Brisbane

Whats wrong with those cities? :eek:

Minneapolis and ST. Paul are the pits. They are horrible. My sister moved there from Wisconsin. I think it was a dumb decision. Seh works in the Hennepin county court house. So much crime. Brutal crime too. Why anyone would want to live there is beyond me. Not to mention the Vikings are there. That makes it even worse. Those dumb vikings. Bad team although they are going to go 16-0 this year...16 arrests...0 convictions.Crime isn't bad in the Twin Cities compared to other metropolises. Just use common sense, don't hang out in Near North, and you'll be fine.

Crime isn't bad in the Twin Cities compared to other metropolises. Just use common sense, don't hang out in Near North, and you'll be fine.

I read a poll where Detroit is placed as the top capital of criminality in the US. I wouldn´t want to live there.

From Spain, I don´k like Teis, a neighborhood of Vigo. It´s a violent area and hilarity with danger ensues when La Coruña comes to Bernabé Stadium to play against El Celta of Vigo. I was in one of those games, I thought I was going to die...:(

Newark, New Jersey.

New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia are tied for worst for me...

Why? :(

Also: Lancaster, PA. It's not the ghetto, it's not dangerous, it isn't crowded with asshole drivers, but it's incredibly boring. Suicide inducing boredom. Seriously.

LA would have to rate as my least favourite city I've visited. Superficial, smoggy, sprawling, with crap public transport.

Metropolis.... goddamn Lex Luthor.

Melbourne,Sydney and Brisbane

Whats wrong with those cities? :eek:

Probably because they're on the east coast & West Australians are often very parochial.

Shanghai, China enough said.

I thought Beijing sucked a lot more than Shanghai. Although, Shanghai was pretty boring...

All of them, i equally hate all of them, see equality in practice.

Newry
Everything from its canal, where everything looks the same (sucks for racing on it) to the quayside which is just useless. Without a doubt, Newry is the armpit of N.Ireland. Driving past it on the way to Dublin and an abandoned building was on fire, I wouldnt be surprised if I wasn't the only one who felt like cheering.
Only good part I've heard from Newry was a story about a vet. It was back in the day durring The Troubles. There was a lot of british helicopters flying about and occasionally a low-flying helicopter would terrify a cow and it would die from a heart-attack or something along those lines. In cases like that, the british army would pay compensation.The vet would send in forms for compensation for farmers whose cows had died, regardless if it was due to helicopters or not. The IRA noticed that the vet was in regular communication with the British army and suspected him of being an informant and starts to threaten the vet
The vet is obviously frightened and heads round to the Sein Fein representive in the area to explain himself and basically asking him to get him out of trouble with the IRA. The sein fein representitive agress and publishes it in the repbulican newsletter, saying that the vet wasnt an infromant and was actually doing a lot of good for the people of newry. Of course the British Army read the newsletter to try and keep an eye on the republicans and notice how many cases that the vet is referring and decides to put him on trial for fraud. Unfortunately for the British Army, the only evidence they have is circumsential, on one day, the vet apparently appeared to perform 250 autopsies. In response the vet's lawyer showed a video of the vet performing an autopsy in less than 10s. In the end, they couldnt get the vet for it but managed to get the assistant vet because he had signed an autopsy on a date when he was out of the country.