Cities you'd never return to

Any City in Bulgaria, Sofia - You seriously need to watch yourself.
Sunny Beach ! Fook me what a Crap hole and imagine Irish people bought apartments out here and actually though it was cool.
I have never seen such a corrupt, dangerous country in my life and its in the EU !!!

I would never go so far as to say I would never return somewhere but I wasn't overly impressed with the people of Madrid, place was okay.

Barcelona is nice during the day but lots of pick pockets at night. Aggressive brazzers also.

Was only in Miami for one night and didn't really like it. Lots of peacocking going on with sports cars and jewellery, seems very about how much cash you have. Did find an okay bar there though eventually.

As someone else said, Niagara is a dump but the waterfall is cool.

Buffalo NY is pretty run down, feels like an abandoned city really with lots of mad people on the public transport but I'm strange and kind of like that.:o

Moore Haven Florida is a city I passed through and that was a proper sh*thole. A lot of crackheads at the petrol stations begging and bugs EVERYWHERE as there is so much cornfields.

lufties wrote: »

wow, thats a good heads up, I won't be going there.

I hear the women are amazing though.

Yes true, but you can't be sure if the hot bird you are chatting up is a Prostitute or not ... everything is a scam, I mean everything, anyone who says otherwise is not street wise.

after reading about the tv show "scam city" here, ive watched a few episodes and i have made the decision that i will never visit a foreign city again

MarkY91 wrote: »

after reading about the tv show "scam city" here, ive watched a few episodes and i have made the decision that i will never visit a foreign city again

Poor you!!

I have visited many cities and found something to like about them all!!
They do have some negatives, but I would not dwell on them.

Have been to New York, Boston, Washington DC, Barcelona, Rome, Sydney,
Melbourne - to name but a few!! A friend who once heard I had visited New
York asked me if I had been mugged!!! Was surprised to hear that I hadn't!!
I have not been pickpocketted in Barcelona or Rome, either. Guess I would
have nothing to contribute to that TV programme!!!

brooke 2 wrote: »

Poor you!!

I have visited many cities and found something to like about them all!!
They do have some negatives, but I would not dwell on them.

Have been to New York, Boston, Washington DC, Barcelona, Rome, Sydney,
Melbourne - to name but a few!! A friend who once heard I had visited New
York asked me if I had been mugged!!! Was surprised to hear that I hadn't!!
I have not been pickpocketted in Barcelona or Rome, either. Guess I would
have nothing to contribute to that TV programme!!!

i was just kidding. ive been to many cities around europe and never had any problem or any complaints.

well only one. a hobo in amsterdam saying he will stab us next time he sees us cos we didnt give him spare change. but what could happen anywhere lol

MarkY91 wrote: »

i was just kidding. ive been to many cities around europe and never had any problem or any complaints.

well only one. a hobo in amsterdam saying he will stab us next time he sees us cos we didnt give him spare change. but what could happen anywhere lol

Thought you might have been!!

Have travelled on my own to most of those places - so far, have had no negative
experiences, bar a white knuckle taxi ride in Rome from the airport to our hotel!!
It was at night, but our first view of the Colosseum lit up at night almost made up
for it!!

Aglomerado wrote: »

Stayed in Golden Sands a few years back before Bulgaria joined the EU. Knife fights in the hotel opposite ours! Prostitutes lining the "strip" grabbing any unwitting men - us girls had to act as "bodyguards" for a male friend.

We hired a taxi to take us into Varna, and to collect us later. When returning to the taxi rank we saw a uniformed police officer taking money from our driver. The driver gesticuated at a police station on the way out shouting "Russian mafia!"

It was dirt cheap though and the restaurants were great. One waitress made an effort to find some paracetamol for me when she overheard me complaining of a headache.

I'd go back to Bulgaria, but I'd steer clear of the resorts!

I totally hear you, now I have been in a lot of Sh!tHoles in my time and I have to say the Cities of Bulgaria take it for me. Its so unbelievable that they are in the EU, its a third world country !!! Loads of Irish got stung on property out there.

Pretty sure every European capital has been mentioned by now.

The message from this thread is simple: don't travel.

I haven't traveled extensively but I'm not getting the hate in this thread for some places. I've just come back from Barcelona and I thought it was brilliant. The old Gothic area is stunning and great place to wander around for a few hours, the port area is also beautiful. The food was some of the best I've ever had and the architecture is so impressive all over the city (especially Gaudi's stuff). Also we stayed in the Sant Marti area right beside the Poblenou Rambla, a pedestrianized street with loads of cheap restaurants and bars and was only a 10 minute walk to a beautiful clean beach. The only negative I experienced was on the main Las Rambla at night. From about 1am on it is very seedy but I didn't think it was anyway dangerous. Stay away from the Rambla and you will have such a great experience in Barcelona. Also if you are anyway savvy and tuned in you won't be pick-pocketed. Great city and I'll definitely return.

London is also a fantastic city; full of life and has so much to see and do. Haven't got a single negative thing to say about it.