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smileymike13 Jul 20, 2005 9:36 am

Jackson, MS

GWU ESIA STUDENT Jul 20, 2005 10:10 am


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...

Oh come on now really, that can happen any where in the world not just DC. However the weather over the last week or so has made it feel like hell.

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. :D

Tad where do you go to school?

snorkmaster Jul 20, 2005 10:26 am

Hey -- I think Fresno is fabulous in comparison to Bakersfield. :p


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.


laguardiaguy Jul 20, 2005 10:31 am


Originally Posted by snorkmaster
Hey -- I think Fresno is fabulous in comparison to Bakersfield. :p


And Bakersfield is fabulous in comparison to Helendale/Barstow ;)

indufan Jul 20, 2005 10:59 am


Originally Posted by SJCFlyerLG
Then there is Elizabeth, NJ - home to more burned-out warehouses than anywhere else in America.

I was thinking of Paterson, NJ but you might be right.

vickiburton Jul 20, 2005 5:50 pm

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.

AspenPowder Jul 20, 2005 5:58 pm

Detroit, Peroid.

PSUhorty Jul 20, 2005 8:44 pm


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.

I'm gonna politely disagree on this one.
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.

essxjay Jul 20, 2005 8:53 pm


Originally Posted by greenery
To start things off my vote goes to Lagos (in Africa).

Oh yeah! My good pal, Counsellor would second that in a, well, second. Truly gawdawful and not just a little scary. :eek:

essxjay Jul 20, 2005 9:04 pm

Post script
 
Okay now, I can't believe no one's said this but ...

Um, how 'bout Death Valley, CA as being truly Hell. On. Earth.

:buh da bumm:

:D

Odysseus Jul 21, 2005 7:23 am


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.

roundtheworld Jul 21, 2005 7:42 am


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

hear hear !!

martian Jul 21, 2005 8:06 am

LaFayette, TN

Trust me!

GUWonder Jul 21, 2005 8:32 am


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.

Jat? ;)

HeathrowGuy Sep 30, 2006 1:18 pm

Georgetown, Guyana.


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