What's the worst city you've ever been to and why?

Chicago. I've driven through that place several times. Always makes me wish I had an assault rifle and body armor.

Cairo. Overcrowded, sh!t food, considerably polluted, very unsafe, locals take advantage of foreigners and terrible terrible public sector.GazaAli

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]Cairo. Overcrowded, sh!t food, considerably polluted, very unsafe, locals take advantage of foreigners and terrible terrible public sector.hippiesanta

Quebec City. Beautiful city, but I don't speak alot of french, so the people were incredibly rude.

Anywhere outside of major cities in Kentucky.

I have family in Kentucky and when I cross over from Cincinnati to Newport, there isn't much change... But when I get farther south outside of the city, it is like I have crossed a border into what would be considered a third world country.

I strongly dislike most big North American and European cities.

Manchester in the UK. It's like london with a small mans complex.

I'm gonna have to go with LA. Filthy, old, rundown, expensive, overcrowded, high crime and crazy smog. I can't think of anything good about that craphole.

Pirate700

Los Angeles.

Had a friend that lives and works out there, it's such a dirty city. Seriously I was sick the entire time I was down there because of how bad the air is, on top of this everything there is crazy expensive, I have no idea how an average person would expect to live there. There were drug beggars everywhere, I saw an entire street full of tents and make shift homes, while a block or two away there were expensive as hell high-rise apartments. And I had never seen a prostitute before until I went there, and worst of all is that some of those girls looked like they were teenagers. They were all on every corner literally.

Seriously LA is probably the worst city in the entire country.

Chattanooga it defines the word hell hole.

New York City is probably my least favorite big city to go to. But I am going to Boston in March, so my opinion might change.

Hemet California, Nothing out there and smells like cow terds.

New York City is probably my least favorite big city to go to. But I am going to Boston in March, so my opinion might change.

airshocker

Boston is awesome

There was a town I drove through in Oregon, not a city by any means. Place gave me the heebie-jeebies. Actually left it to get gas elsewhere.Ace6301

I haven't been to a lot of cities, but I had a really unpleasant time in Nashville. In its defense it had flooded a month before I arrived, but it just seemed kind of dirty.

jim_shorts

I actually really like Nashville, but I'm sure after the big flood it wasn't too savory. I'd say that the worst city I've been in (in the US) was either Baltimore (we were on the west side, I've heard the rest is nice) or Gainesville, Fla. The UF campus is pretty nice (still, screw the Gators), but the rest of the town is a dump.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

New York City is probably my least favorite big city to go to. But I am going to Boston in March, so my opinion might change.

wis3boi

Boston is awesome

Manchester in the UK. It's like london with a small mans complex.

Evil_Saluki

Chattanooga it defines the word hell hole.

EasyStreet

Santa Barbara is probably the worst city I've ever lived in as it's so corrupt, unable and unwilling on doing anything to improve the city that it makes L.A. seem like an oasis of sanity. Thankfully the UC there is very good with some very good teachers with some impressive influence to pull in international talent. But othet than that the place is a smelly craphole bured under mountains of political and aesthetic posers.

Manchester in the UK. It's like london with a small mans complex.Evil_Saluki

Quebec City.

I don't speak French, but my ex-wife did. We went to a resturant once while we were in the city on business, and my wife ordered first in French. I then began to order in English, and the waitress said "Sir, we speak French here" in perfect English. Yeah, we walked out and didn't pay for the sodas.

At the hotel I was told "if you don't speak French you probably want to let your wife speak for you here," again in perfect English by the bellhop. And then when it looked like a deal on some property was forthcoming and I was going to be able to open a store to help support the one I had in Ontario (I would have staffed it with locals) I was asked about my French proficiency. When I told them I spoke little to none, they started telling me there was a whole different proceedure I had to go through and get a waiver for this or that, and that I wouldn't be able to prominently display English lettering on my sign, in the windows, or within the store itself.

If English existed at all, it had to be a certain ratio smaller than the French lettering.

I walked out on that one, too.

Quebec City.

I don't speak French, but my ex-wife did. We went to a resturant once while we were in the city on business, and my wife ordered first in French. I then began to order in English, and the waitress said "Sir, we speak French here" in perfect English. Yeah, we walked out and didn't pay for the sodas.

At the hotel I was told "if you don't speak French you probably want to let your wife speak for you here," again in perfect English by the bellhop. And then when it looked like a deal on some property was forthcoming and I was going to be able to open a store to help support the one I had in Ontario (I would have staffed it with locals) I was asked about my French proficiency. When I told them I spoke little to none, they started telling me there was a whole different proceedure I had to go through and get a waiver for this or that, and that I wouldn't be able to prominently display English lettering on my sign, in the windows, or within the store itself.

If English existed at all, it had to be a certain ratio smaller than the French lettering.

I walked out on that one, too.

br0kenrabbit

Just about everyone I've met from the area was pretty rude

Just about everyone I've met from the area was pretty rude

wis3boi

Yup. Montreal isn't so bad, but the rest of Quebec, from my experience, are snooty.

Hey, I got to use 'snooty' in proper context. Fvcking awesome.

Tea?

New York City. It's garbage on so many levels. It's too big, too much traffic, dirty, smelly, full of degenerates.

Miami. Not really awful but just the worst I've been to. The temperature was too high, the street lights see at the crosswalks seemed to favor the cars immensly and you had like two second to pass, the streets were made of concrete rather than asphalt which felt cheap. The taxis were old.

London.

Ilovegames1992

I guess pretty much any Swedish city that's not stockholm. themajormayor

Cleveland, ugly, disgusting, and miserable.xdude85

Completely relevant

[QUOTE="xdude85"]Cleveland, ugly, disgusting, and miserable.wis3boi

Completely relevant

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]There was a town I drove through in Oregon, not a city by any means. Place gave me the heebie-jeebies. Actually left it to get gas elsewhere.Pirate700

Man, that must be pretty be cool. You don't find that in Europe, everything is much more packed.

I've been to several of the cities mentioned in this thread.....

Santa Barbara used to be great back in the 90's. I'm not sure what happened since.

Montreal was great for me and family. The people were polite most of the time. We stayed at the Italian section of town during the UEFAs last year. We had a blast.

Cairo...... I visited there during the 90's. It wasn't too bad back then. Most of the people I met were courteous enough. But, I have to say it's the worst city I've been to.

Quebec City.

I don't speak French, but my ex-wife did. We went to a resturant once while we were in the city on business, and my wife ordered first in French. I then began to order in English, and the waitress said "Sir, we speak French here" in perfect English. Yeah, we walked out and didn't pay for the sodas.

At the hotel I was told "if you don't speak French you probably want to let your wife speak for you here," again in perfect English by the bellhop. And then when it looked like a deal on some property was forthcoming and I was going to be able to open a store to help support the one I had in Ontario (I would have staffed it with locals) I was asked about my French proficiency. When I told them I spoke little to none, they started telling me there was a whole different proceedure I had to go through and get a waiver for this or that, and that I wouldn't be able to prominently display English lettering on my sign, in the windows, or within the store itself.

If English existed at all, it had to be a certain ratio smaller than the French lettering.

I walked out on that one, too.

br0kenrabbit

Although it was very rude on their part, it was rude on your part to start speaking English without asking first if the waiter spoke English. When you are in a foreign country, you're the one that has to adapt, no one has to cater to your needs. At least, learn a few words so that you come across as making an effort, instead of coming across as yet another tourist who thinks everyone should speak English to serve you better. Also, not paying for the sodas makes you a thief, if you did drink them.

I find it quite arrogant when I hear English natives judge a country based on how well they speak English.

I'd also like to hear experiences of people going to the US and trying to speak in a language other than English (or in some states Spanish). Or someone who doesn't speak a word of English trying to open a business in the US and expecting everyone to speak in a foreign language.

With that said, I certainly don't excuse the French or Spanish for that matter, they generally strike me as rude even if you do make an effort to speak the language. With obvious exceptions.

Hamilton, Ontario

....there is an evil there that does not sleep

BossPerson

Shanghai, I think.

I loved the scenery but because I am used to living in cities where most people are middle class, it was quite different to see a city where people run to yuo and ditch their babies in your arms. (For money or whatever, I dont know)

[QUOTE="Evil_Saluki"]

Manchester in the UK. It's like london with a small mans complex.

jim_shorts

I have, got relatives that live there. We call it spot the white guy. I don't know what to say about it mind, I've not seen a lot of it, never explored it, is there even anything to explore? I used to go with my parents where we visit a relatives house then head back home in the next day or two. I been Birmingham lots, my girlfriend lives there, i actually like that place, wouldn't want to live there, it's very much like wolverhampton but bigger and more devloped.

Nottingham is perhaps the best city I been to in the UK, but that's not what this is about, worst city i been too is Manchester simply because the chav culture is too massive and for some reason the streets felt very unsafe at night, I don't normally get freaked out just walking 200 meters up a road but that place I always felt like I was going to get an encounter. It's a shame because it's perhaps the best city for music venues in the UK.

Although it was very rude on their part, it was rude on your part to start speaking English without asking first if the waiter spoke English.

nunovlopes

Quebec is a province of Canada. Canada has two official languges, the most-spoken of which is English. English is a required subject in Quebec public schools.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]I guess pretty much any Swedish city that's not stockholm. Ensamheten

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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]I guess pretty much any Swedish city that's not stockholm. themajormayor

I got everything except 'synvinel'.

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