Most overated place

Oranage2 · 25-03-2011 10:27PM

hmmm this is a tough one

Ansterdam is probably the most over-rated pretty much an expensive sh!thole.

Paris is a bit of a sh!thole and the people generally arent up for the 'craic'.

Vegas is a tad over-rated too like for the money it costs.

Bangkok well over-rated - pretty much just one street

Auldloon · 25-03-2011 10:35PM

Sergeant wrote: »

Amsterdam.

You did it wrong.

rebel10 · 25-03-2011 10:42PM

For me, it's probably Brisbane, it just felt souless.

25-03-2011 10:43PM

Australia - a few decent thinsgs to see / do but they are about 3000km apart. South America, Bolivia for example has so much more to offer but just doesn't have the marketing budget! (Plus, no boorish people

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Poor Craythur · 25-03-2011 10:43PM

rebel10 wrote: »

For me, it's probably Brisbane, it just felt souless.

Never been, but I've heard that said a fair few times, about a number of the Australian cities.

marilynmonroe · 25-03-2011 10:46PM

Rome-hated it, its so smelly and dirty. I would have to be paid to go back there.

sgb · 25-03-2011 10:49PM

senorwipesalot wrote: »

For me it was Paris.The food was **** and way overpriced,metro full of winos,the streets stank of piss and were so filthy your feet stuck to the footpaths and the people were rude.City of love me bollocks.

You are 100% correct I could not agree more

Squirm · 25-03-2011 10:49PM

The south of Thailand. The islands etc. I thought Bangkok was a million times better than I had heard (once you left behind the Koh San Rd that is) and the islands were a million times less good. Especially when compared to other places I have visited. Perhaps if I had not travelled much prior to going there I would rate them higher. The amount of tourists and how generic they have all become was a tab depressing though.

sgb · 25-03-2011 10:52PM

How could I ever forget Bulgaria what a kip

Daniel S · 25-03-2011 10:52PM

YFlyer wrote: »

Cliffs of Moher

I take it you're not from Clare then :P Park around the corner, that's what we all do when we bring other people too see :P Also, if you go through a field, theres much better views.

Sergeant · 25-03-2011 10:54PM

marilynmonroe wrote: »

Rome-hated it, its so smelly and dirty. I would have to be paid to go back there.

It also has the Spanish Steps, the Villa Borghese, the Trevi fountain, the Colosseum, the Vatican, the Pantheon and hundreds of other amazing things to see.

25-03-2011 10:56PM

sgb wrote: »

How could I ever forget Bulgaria what a kip

oh actually forgot about that - sh1thole with nothing to do where it is impossible to find ANY decent / half-edible food.

senorwipesalot · 25-03-2011 10:56PM

marilynmonroe wrote: »

Rome-hated it, its so smelly and dirty. I would have to be paid to go back there.

I thought it was a nice city but everyone tries to rip you off.

Pal · 25-03-2011 10:58PM

glasso wrote: »

Australia

+1

Full of Australians

YFlyer · 25-03-2011 11:01PM

mtb_kng wrote: »

I take it you're not from Clare then :P Park around the corner, that's what we all do when we bring other people too see :P Also, if you go through a field, theres much better views.

Limerick city boss

sgb · 25-03-2011 11:03PM

glasso wrote: »

oh actually forgot about that - sh1thole with nothing to do where it is impossible to find ANY decent / half-edible food.

Not just me then we stayed in a 4 star hotel and the food was ****e

Daniel S · 25-03-2011 11:10PM

YFlyer wrote: »

Limerick city boss

Go past Cliffs of Moher until you get to an "s" in the road. Take the road down to the right and just park at the side of the road.

Horse_box · 25-03-2011 11:16PM

sgb wrote: »

Not just me then we stayed in a 4 star hotel and the food was ****e

Yep I found one decent restaurant there after 1 week of completey ****ty food. Their meat is dreadful, couldn't get a good steak even in the decent restaurant

senorwipesalot · 25-03-2011 11:40PM

Horse_box wrote: »

Yep I found one decent restaurant there after 1 week of completey ****ty food. Their meat is dreadful, couldn't get a good steak even in the decent restaurant

Speaking of which I tucked into a steak in Paris only to find out later it was horse.Gawks.

cassid · 26-03-2011 12:08AM

Amsterdam, only good thing was Anne Frank museum

dx22 · 26-03-2011 12:11AM

mtb_kng wrote: »

I take it you're not from Clare then :P Park around the corner, that's what we all do when we bring other people too see :P Also, if you go through a field, theres much better views.

Ya locals at the cliffs of moher telling ya to park around the corner ... and back a bit...and back a bit more...

Poor Craythur · 26-03-2011 12:11AM

I actually know someone who found NYC overrated, and I really thought he would love it. And actually, another of my friends wasn't massively impressed with it either.

rebel10 · 26-03-2011 12:26AM

marilynmonroe wrote: »

Rome-hated it, its so smelly and dirty. I would have to be paid to go back there.

Yeah....that is so wrong. One of the most beautiful and bursting with culture, history and of course food! Cities are generally smelly, especially one with the population of Ireland living in it! It is far from dirty imo.

shamrock55 · 26-03-2011 12:31AM

rebel10 wrote: »

Yeah....that is so wrong. One of the most beautiful and bursting with culture, history and of course food! Cities are generally smelly, especially one with the population of Ireland living in it! It is far from dirty imo.

i agree rome was one of best places i ever visited its such an interesting city id go back in the morning;)

vibe666 · 26-03-2011 12:31AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Bangkok well over-rated - pretty much just one street

you went all the way to thailand and the only thing you saw was the one street in bangkok you should probably avoid at all costs unless you're a lager lout?

thailand is one of my favourite places to visit in the whole world and somewhere i've sworn to revisit, you really don't know how much you missed out on.

Pauleta · 26-03-2011 12:32AM

Clare Bear wrote: »

:eek: I've never heard anyone say they didn't like Edinburgh.

That makes me sad I love that city.

To be honest, i hate everywhere outside of South-East Dublin. Galway is the only place ive been to that didnt make me feel i need to desperately get back home

Sergeant · 26-03-2011 12:36AM

Pauleta wrote: »

To be honest, i hate everywhere outside of South-East Dublin. Galway is the only place ive been to that didnt make me feel i need to desperately get back home

The bright lights of Ballybrack.

LondonIrish90 · 26-03-2011 12:38AM

Tel Aviv. Have grandparents living there, but its horrible. I often see it described as "one of the trendiest cities on the med" but 80% of it is a tip.

oppenheimer1 · 26-03-2011 12:43AM

PolishVisitor wrote: »

Definetly DUBLIN
DIRTY, pukes and other discusting stuff everywhere
Stinking PUBS
Narrow sidewalks with huge crowds
Ripoff prices for everything
Not much to see
Shabby restaurant with shabbier kitchen and waiting staff
Terrible weather
Poor shopping
Junkies and low lifes everywhere
I never seen in my life such a poor variety of spirtis in the shops
Women who lack of any taste, most of them fat with tones of make up and other discusting stuff on them ,plus extremely stuck up
I did not see any positives

Dublin isn't over rated because most people from outside the city don't rate it that highly.

The most over rated place by far in Ireland is Galway City. Not that there is anything bad per-se about the place, but the way a lot of people wax lyrical about the place builds it up to be something its certainly not. The traffic is awful and its almost always raining save for a few days in the summer. Much of its bars are kitsch touristy overpriced holes and the place is generally over run with students.

Galway is grand in small doses, but its really just a big town and I wouldn't like to live or have studied there.

Hail 2 Da Thief · 26-03-2011 12:48AM

New York did nothing for me!

Most overated place

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