Worst destination you have visited
Feb 14, 2013, 5:51 pm
#151
formerly known as Tad's Broiled Steaks
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Feb 14, 2013, 7:18 pm
#154
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: SEA/YVR/BLI
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Feb 14, 2013, 8:36 pm
#155
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 56
Like others in this thread, I can usually find something to appreciate in every place I've visited, even Detroit (Art-Deco architecture downtown, the old Motown studios). There are only two places where I couldn't find anything...
1. Recife, Brazil-a dirty industrial city with a huge beach full of dirty unswimmable water, a huge shopping mall and not much else.
2. Tangiers, Morocco-Casablanca takes some heat for being boring and chaotic, but at least it has a beautiful mosque and some decent restaurants. Couldn't find much of anything like that here, and wasn't interested in having the most aggressive and annoying panhandlers I've ever encountered "guide" me to anything.
Feb 15, 2013, 4:12 pm
#156
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Scotland - ABZ
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Al Ain, in the Abu Dhabi part of the UAE, embodies the very essence of fleeridden pit in the middle of nowhere
I'm one of those optimists that sees the good in everywhere ... but some places I'd find hard to recommend to others would be Atyrau, Uralsk and Aksai in Western Kazakhstan. Boring when they're not violent, although I've had good times in all. Likewise Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. Nothing a jug of honey vodka couldn't cure though.
Pointe Noire and Port Gentil are kinda nice ... for West Africa. Luanda has hopefully improved since the war stopped. Hanover's a bit dull. Slamannan in central belt Scotland is grim and nearby Skinflats ... well the name says it all.
Feb 15, 2013, 6:46 pm
#158
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Aussie in ORD
Programs: Marriott Plat, Ua Gold, GE.. Sucker for punishment
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Feb 15, 2013, 10:44 pm
#159
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP >3 Million miles,HH Lifetime Diamond
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A more accurate description of Chicago is segregated not necessarily racist. Very ethic More poles than anyplace except Warsaw and many foreign newspapers radi and tv and great food.
The best big city in the us.
The best big city in the us.
Feb 16, 2013, 6:59 am
#160
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Singapore
Programs: SQ KF (ex-UA)
Posts: 588
Whatever Detroit's problems (and there are many) it has more character and cultural vibrancy than most American cities. I'd rather spend a weekend in Detroit than, say, Cincinnati or even Houston.
Feb 16, 2013, 7:16 am
#161
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: トロント
Programs: IHG Gold
Posts: 4,819
Aside from the Browns (as a native Pittsburgher it's in my blood to hate them :-D), Cleveland is OK. Some interesting architecture, and the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame is a fun (if a bit expensive) experience. My only real problem was the second-most aggressive and annoying panhandlers I've ever encountered.
Feb 16, 2013, 7:26 am
#162
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: トロント
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Posts: 4,819
Welland? Why would anyone go there? Just another dumpy small town. But if you are going to mention towns like that, how about Fort McMurray Alberta. 4 hour drive from Edmonton (hardly the highlight of the western world). Go in winter to make it even more "fun".
Feb 16, 2013, 10:06 am
#164
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: YYZ
Programs: BA Gold/Marriott Gold/HH Diamond/IC Plat Amba
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Guess the Rose City didn't come off smelling like a rose then.
