Cities you'd never return to

Yurt2 · 14-07-2015 09:26PM

Buffalo NY, dead eyed locals and colder than a nuns tit.
Changsha / Wuhan. Massive, densely populated, charmless and polluted. Both look like the chief architect planned their cities on the back of fag packet.
Oslo. Most boring European capital and hideously expensive.
Jakarta. Something like the third biggest city in the world and next to no public transport options. Nightmare.
Bangkok - Thais just want to fleece you and it's stressful as hell.
Derby - just nuke it from orbit.

wakka12 · 14-07-2015 09:35PM

I like when people say places like lagos and nairobi as if it will shock people or that they were expecting any different

wakka12 · 14-07-2015 09:37PM

anto9 wrote: »

How can anyone not like Amsterdam ?

Its edgy and cool to not like the cities that millions of people flock to each and every year without fail due to them being amazing places.

born2bwild · 14-07-2015 09:43PM

Donetsk.

Great place when I lived there - decent locals, great local football team, beautiful women, get drunk for 2 euros, beautiful women....

Ain't going near the place anytime soon.

anto9 · 15-07-2015 11:41AM

wakka12 wrote: »

Its edgy and cool to not like the cities that millions of people flock to each and every year without fail due to them being amazing places.

Old Noodler lives in rather grotty Raheney ,Dublin ,and does not think much of Amsterdam .Go figure.lol:D

MarkY91 · 15-07-2015 11:46AM

wakka12 wrote: »

Its edgy and cool to not like the cities that millions of people flock to each and every year without fail due to them being amazing places.

Maybe he simply did not like it? I liked it myself but without the coffee shops and the crazyness of the RLD then I'd say it's a rather boring place with stupidly expensive beer.

fleet_admiral · 15-07-2015 11:51AM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Galway. Been three times and each time it was a disaster. Booting us out of the championship on Sunday didnt help matters but mainly just because every time I've gone there it's been, for a variety of reasons, total shit.

Didnt like it either, locals have this sense of superiority. Kip

15-07-2015 11:56AM

Anywhere in Bulgaria, That is some dump, don't know how it is in the EU

Vojera · 15-07-2015 12:29PM

anto9 wrote: »

How can anyone not like Amsterdam ?

Depends on your experience, I suppose. I didn't enjoy it when I went, I much preferred the other parts of the Netherlands that I visited, but then I was travelling with a friend who was only really interested in getting stoned and that's not my scene. If I went back with someone else I'm sure I'd enjoy it much more.

anto9 · 15-07-2015 12:35PM

MarkY91 wrote: »

Maybe he simply did not like it? I liked it myself but without the coffee shops and the crazyness of the RLD then I'd say it's a rather boring place with stupidly expensive beer.

Its expensive for drink around the Dam ,and Leitseplein ,but plenty of the old brown pubs have pints for around 4 euros .
I like it for its sence of history and i love to just walk around the canals to see what i will find .Also i find the Dutch friendly and being interested in Gardens and Horticulture i like to see their flower/Plant markets etc .(Having lived near Amsterdam for 3 years a long time ago ,and having visited it many times ,as recently as 2 months ago ,i still have a fondness for the place ).

fleet_admiral · 15-07-2015 01:36PM

6541 wrote: »

Anywhere in Bulgaria, That is some dump, don't know how it is in the EU

I work with a Bulgrian, Ive never met someone so permanently grumpy

fullstop · 15-07-2015 01:47PM

irish_goat wrote: »

Bergamo (the Milan airport Ryanair fly to) is lovely as well. Would go back there no problem.

Was going to post the same. The old walled city is beautiful with some lovely bars and restaurants.

walkingshadow · 15-07-2015 02:33PM

Africa

fullstop · 15-07-2015 03:04PM

walkingshadow wrote: »

Africa

Big city, that.

LorMal · 15-07-2015 03:22PM

anto9 wrote: »

Old Noodler lives in rather grotty Raheney ,Dublin ,and does not think much of Amsterdam .Go figure.lol:D

What part of the States are you from?

River Song · 15-07-2015 03:25PM

Strasbourg - dirty kip
Miami - mentally scarred after 10 minutes on South Beach

anto9 · 16-07-2015 03:32AM

LorMal wrote: »

What part of the States are you from?

No part .Some American suburbs make Raheney look quite good .

comewatmay · 16-07-2015 07:24AM

Dublin - Absolute dunphole

pcardin · 21-07-2015 09:47AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Another country given EU membership too soon

For your information EU is not a VIP club or anything desirable. As for Latvia, majority of it's citizens voted against Latvia becoming an EU member state, the same as most were against replacing their valuable currency with this ****ty worthless currency called Euro. This is big politics though, and if you think it's something small people decide you must be naive.

Stick that EU membership into any dark place of yourself! :rolleyes:

21-07-2015 10:12AM

Kilkenny

pcardin · 21-07-2015 10:33AM

joe swanson wrote: »

Not quite! I agree Riga is a nice place aesthetically. However, the locals tried to fight us (3 of us) a few times. Offered drugs and prostitutes at every corner and forced to pay a backhander to the local police for "drinking outside" which in reality was at the door of a pub while on the phone. Pay €100 or be arrested.

That and worse things I've seen in Paris and London. Locals trying to fight is mostly due to their past experience with English stag parties, people are still pissed. For the rest of your post, happens in every capital, not really Riga specific. And for frinking outside, just say F...O... and go back in. :rolleyes:

The Dark Side · 21-07-2015 10:42AM

Dubai, - depressingly soulless place full of sand, oppressed women, traffic congestion and shopping malls full of airhead knobs.

Faith+1 · 21-07-2015 11:17AM

The Dark Side wrote: »

Dubai, - depressingly soulless place full of sand, oppressed women, traffic congestion and shopping malls full of airhead knobs.

The last bit sounds like the Ilac Centre.

rodge68 · 21-07-2015 07:14PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Didnt like it either, locals have this sense of superiority. Kip

Jaysus I thought it was just me being a Culchie...too cool for school.
Now where are my skinny jeans and pointy shoes, must go and cut the grass dude !!

Aidric · 21-07-2015 07:15PM

River Song wrote: »

Strasbourg - dirty kip

Not having that. Was there 2 weeks ago, beautiful city and far from a kip.

Schadenfreudia · 21-07-2015 08:04PM

Geneva; a-hole of Europe. (I'm trying to fit in here with you cool guys...)

Freddiestar · 21-07-2015 08:26PM

Budapest: the rudest people I've ever come across. Shops, restaurants, bars, spas, they hate you and don't care about letting you know.
Tangiers: flies around s*ite once you get off the ferry (from Spain in my case). Taxis, money changers, umbrella holders, tour guides. They don't go away!
Zurich: €20 for a burger and chip, that's without a Coke to wash it down, not much craic there either.
San Francisco: Nice to look at but Jaysus the beggars.
Florence, Prague, Barcelona: All nice with plenty to see and do but ultimate tourist traps.

CatLou · 21-07-2015 08:34PM

Freddiestar wrote: »

Florence, Prague, Barcelona: All nice with plenty to see and do but ultimate tourist traps.

Completely agree, Prague especially left me with such mixed feelings but ultimately it was too touristy and I won't be returning so soon. I'd just add Rome to that list there

thomur · 21-07-2015 08:38PM

Cosmicfox wrote: »

Florence. I was only there for a day but I was disappointed.

Granted, I did go at the height of the summer in the sweltering heat with queues a mile long in every direction.

And Aberdeen, nice for a weekend but it's dreary and expensive living here.

I loved Florence. The only thing was the signage. Queued for an hour outside the Uffizi museum, went through scanners and eventually got to the counter only to find I was in the drivers licence centre next door

Straight Talker · 21-07-2015 08:58PM

London Belfast and Limerick.I used to find Limerick to be alright but for a small city compared to Dublin and Cork it has a very high presence of undesirables loitering around the city centre.I was on a bus eireann expressway bus that had rocks fired at it by a gang of youths right in the centre of the city at the Mallow/Henry street junction at 5pm in the evening last December.More recently i encountered a gang of youths having a massive brawl outside the Arthurs Quay shopping centre at 3pm on a Friday afternoon.There was a glass bottle fired as well that missed my head by inches.I've never seen the likes of that happen in broad daylight in any other other part of Ireland.Limerick has a lot of great qualities but the amount of thugs loitering around the city centre has really turned me off the place.

Cities you'd never return to

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