What City is really "HELL ON EARTH"?
Jul 20, 2005, 10:10 am
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Originally Posted by Tad's Broiled Steaks
washington, dc
as a student there it's great to have headlines in the local paper that "three people stabbed three blocks from the white house" or "transient caught defecating in shrubbery by the world bank"
a few other us cities come to mind as well...
as a student there it's great to have headlines in the local paper that "three people stabbed three blocks from the white house" or "transient caught defecating in shrubbery by the world bank"
a few other us cities come to mind as well...
My vote for hell goes to Rochester NY. The town is dieing and has a serious lack of decent restaurants, or my grandparents just have no idea where they are.
Tad where do you go to school?
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Jul 20, 2005, 10:26 am
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Hey -- I think Fresno is fabulous in comparison to Bakersfield. 
Originally Posted by mallthus
Honestly, all these folks bashing LA, Houston or the rust belt need to visit Fresno for a week in August. Context people, please.
Jul 20, 2005, 10:31 am
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Originally Posted by snorkmaster
Hey -- I think Fresno is fabulous in comparison to Bakersfield.
And Bakersfield is fabulous in comparison to Helendale/Barstow
Jul 20, 2005, 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by SJCFlyerLG
Then there is Elizabeth, NJ - home to more burned-out warehouses than anywhere else in America.
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Jul 20, 2005, 5:50 pm
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Across much of the southeast United States this weekend, it will be about 100 degrees. Come down and get a little taste of hell. The heat coupled with the humidity will make you think that preacher was right about the fire and brimstone.
Jul 20, 2005, 8:44 pm
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Originally Posted by diana
My vote goes to Lompoc, California. It is the cesspool of California. I thought it would be nice since there was Vandenberg Air Force Base and Nasa within a few miles. Instead, I found the Medi-Cal (state welfare) fraud capital of the state, thanks to Santa Barbara county and it's lax formulary for welfare drugs. Everyone there gets Soma and Vicodin and a "Jazzy" or something like it (a motorized cart). It's also very windy every day.
Granted, it ain't Santa Barbara, Savannah, or Tampa but it sure ain't hell in my book. I do a lot of travel to Lompoc (3-4 times/year) and look forward to it every time. Not necessarily for the town itself, but more for the weather, golf, and food. Yes, it's breezy, sometimes windy. But when it's perennially 65-70 degrees, I'll take it.
Try La Purisima Golf Course.
Try Sissy's cafe.
Try the Hitching Post restaurant.
Jul 20, 2005, 8:53 pm
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Originally Posted by greenery
To start things off my vote goes to Lagos (in Africa).
Jul 21, 2005, 7:23 am
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Originally Posted by JBLUA320
Odysseus, now I believe there are 4 flights a day from Podgorica-Belgrade where you could pick up more aircraft.. Interesting what you have said about Podgorica, I've heard it's quite nice.
it isn't that bad, and actually lagos isn't that bad, either (I stand firm on Dhaka, though).
what I hated most about podgorica was getting in and out - I would fly in from rome on monday and fly out to Budapest on Wed, montenegro airlines has one plane which flies to different cities every day. you can take Yugoslavian airlines (I do't remember if that is actually the name) to Belgrade, and then fly out from their, but that isn't so easy, either. and montenegro air only takes cash - actually 2 or 3 years ago, when I went comminly to montenegro, nobody took credit cards, so you needed a lot of cash with you. and the taxi drivers were always drunk, and the hotel was crappy.
aside from that.....
the women were hot, and wore skimpy clothes. that is the best thing I can think of.
Jul 21, 2005, 7:42 am
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
Hell is where no airplanes can land for six months of the year
Where the geese have all disappeared far to the north
Where water is sucked down the drain the opposite direction,
that is if there is any water to be found
Where the few that live there tire of darkness that goes on and on
Where it is too cold even for penguins
The South Pole - where such beauty is protected by the hellish environment
Where the geese have all disappeared far to the north
Where water is sucked down the drain the opposite direction,
that is if there is any water to be found
Where the few that live there tire of darkness that goes on and on
Where it is too cold even for penguins
The South Pole - where such beauty is protected by the hellish environment
Jul 21, 2005, 8:32 am
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Originally Posted by Odysseus
it isn't that bad, and actually lagos isn't that bad, either (I stand firm on Dhaka, though).
what I hated most about podgorica was getting in and out - I would fly in from rome on monday and fly out to Budapest on Wed, montenegro airlines has one plane which flies to different cities every day. you can take Yugoslavian airlines (I do't remember if that is actually the name) to Belgrade, and then fly out from their, but that isn't so easy, either. and montenegro air only takes cash - actually 2 or 3 years ago, when I went comminly to montenegro, nobody took credit cards, so you needed a lot of cash with you. and the taxi drivers were always drunk, and the hotel was crappy.
aside from that.....
the women were hot, and wore skimpy clothes. that is the best thing I can think of.
what I hated most about podgorica was getting in and out - I would fly in from rome on monday and fly out to Budapest on Wed, montenegro airlines has one plane which flies to different cities every day. you can take Yugoslavian airlines (I do't remember if that is actually the name) to Belgrade, and then fly out from their, but that isn't so easy, either. and montenegro air only takes cash - actually 2 or 3 years ago, when I went comminly to montenegro, nobody took credit cards, so you needed a lot of cash with you. and the taxi drivers were always drunk, and the hotel was crappy.
aside from that.....
the women were hot, and wore skimpy clothes. that is the best thing I can think of.