Cities you'd never return to

DubVelo

Ann Landers wrote: »

You're doing it wrong.



It having more crime some other random world city doesn't mean it's full of pickpockets or is even that crime-ridden.

I just picked out Quito because that was mentioned a few times here. It's higher up the list than a whole load of cities. You seriously DON'T think Dublin is crime-ridden!?

I think it's full of pickpockets because when I was moaning to my friends about having had something nicked in town it turned out nearly all of them had had stuff pinched in the last year in Dublin as well.

markfinn

Dublin.
Filthy kip with nothing going on except binge-drinking and junkie-dodging.

von_catsworth

budapest

awful food
rude people

everyone trying to rip you off

miserable feel to the place

lufties

This thread has been really informative. I've learned people really do make a city. Its also pointed out cities that I won't bother visiting.

Ann Landers

DubVelo wrote: »

I just picked out Quito because that was mentioned a few times here. It's higher up the list than a whole load of cities. You seriously DON'T think Dublin is crime-ridden!?

Not especially, no, and I've lived here for eight years.

lufties

von_catsworth wrote: »

budapest

awful food
rude people

everyone trying to rip you off

miserable feel to the place

I just paid about 8k foringts for a soup, and lamb main course with a glass of wine and tea. You'd pay less in London.

eisenberg1

DubVelo wrote: »

Yes it is.

Also I was curious and bored and found this list of crime stats by city. Dublin is more dangerous than Quito and London is more dangerous than Barcelona according to the stats, so there you go:
http://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings.jsp

NO, its not.

I have spent a bit of time in Dublin, and never had my pocket picked, and I don't know of anyone who has had a pocket picked ( that's not to say it never happens). I was in Barcelona only one day and had my wallet lifted, and my friend had a camera stolen.....all in one day.

And I loved Barcelona....

jacksie66

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Dunnie1982

Dublin if I could help it, horrible city, the people in general are unfriendly and it's a kip. Also junkies and beggars everywhere.

London, like a bigger Dublin & the people are nothing like those in the north of England who are much friendlier.

Not a city, but Anacostia in Washington DC, the scariest place I've ever been, I had to meet someone at the metro station there once and they were over an hour late, an experience I enjoyed but wouldn't do again.

Bruges, the most boring place I've ever been to.

My favourite cities: Lisbon, Boston & Newport Rhode Island.

lufties

jacksie66 wrote: »

Christchurch NZ.
Once I leave this place I won't cone back in a fit. A miserable, soul destroying place at the moment. Run down mess after the quake.

sad to hear. I went to aucklanx a few years ago, nice town but 2 nights was enough.

von_catsworth

jacksie66 wrote: »

Christchurch NZ.
Once I leave this place I won't cone back in a fit. A miserable, soul destroying place at the moment. Run down mess after the quake.

havent been there since 1998 but i remember it to be very dull and boring , thought it was quite pretty however

its definatley the most conservative city in new zealand , a bit like adelaide in australia

lufties

von_catsworth wrote: »

havent been there since 2009 but was there four times in total from 2005 , the economy is in much worse shape there now

i remember asking for turkey and ham in a particular restaraunt , they gave me sliced sandwich ham and it was cold

I'm not suprised, the people are feckin awful..I'd never ever ever ever return to Hungary again.

Wompa1

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

Galway – I’ve never felt so unwelcome in all my life. We got kicked out of every pub due (apart from the spear tackle incident) to no fault of our own. We even got kicked out of a wedding the bride invited us to crash. We were staying in the same hotel, having some craic with the guests and even though the bride had a huge argument with the security guy that she wanted us to stay, he still wanted to kick us out..

I don't tend to stick up for Galway too often but I lived there for most of my life. Getting kicked out of a pub tends to only happen when warranted. Also, the staff were correct in trying to get rid of yee from a wedding party. Some would use outsiders crashing the wedding as a way to complain and get money back. I'd say give Galway another a go, it's not that bad.

The Backwards Man

von_catsworth wrote: »

i remember asking for turkey and ham in a particular restaraunt , they gave me sliced sandwich ham and it was cold

You were lucky you survived.

lufties

Wompa1 wrote: »

I don't tend to stick up for Galway too often but I lived there for most of my life. Getting kicked out of a pub tends to only happen when warranted. Also, the staff were correct in trying to get rid of yee from a wedding party. Some would use outsiders crashing the wedding as a way to complain and get money back. I'd say give Galway another a go, it's not that bad.

I like galway, but the smug, buckfast drinking arty fartys put me off it.

James__10

Newport in Wales is a kip as well.

Olive8585

lufties wrote: »

I'm not suprised, the people are feckin awful..I'd never ever ever ever return to Hungary again.

Never been to Hungary, but all the Hungarians I've met over here have been lovely. Do all the nice ones leave?

Wompa1

Dusseldorf was one of the most boring places I've ever been to. Very grey and bleak. I was pretty disappointed. I had been to that region of Germany before and enjoyed it but that city is pretty lifeless.

Los Angeles....but I will be returning in 3 weeks, I'm presenting at a conference there. It's a pretty terrible place though. Very few redeeming features.

Amsterdam. I don't smoke Pot and I'm not a big drinker. Also at this point of my life, I have no interest in the women in the windows. Some of the architecture around the place is pretty cool but you can find similar in other cities. I will say that the people I met there were very nice. If they could get rid of the pot, it might make the place more interesting.

lufties

Olive8585 wrote: »

Never been to Hungary, but all the Hungarians I've met over here have been lovely. Do all the nice ones leave?

Maybe who knows, but the ones here are miserable.

DubVelo

lufties wrote: »

Maybe who knows, but the ones here are miserable.

Hmm... reminds me of somewhere... :P

Duggy747

lufties wrote: »

I like galway, but the smug, buckfast drinking arty fartys put me off it.

I like Galway but the hippy / hipster smugness really does get old really fast.

Only so many times I can hear someone tell me how "The Man" is controlling all "the sheeple"...............except them cuz they've it all figured out :pac:

lufties

DubVelo wrote: »

Hmm... reminds me of somewhere... :P

where?

Wompa1

lufties wrote: »

I like galway, but the smug, buckfast drinking arty fartys put me off it.

That's a much more valid complaint! Had an American over there a few months ago. I regret that Galway was the first place we went. It was a bad first impression. I never realized how few smiles you see when walking through Shop Street. The place doesn't really cover itself in glory in terms of quality of service either. And then making the mistake of going out at night there!

Put it into contrast. If you go out to Clifden or up to Westport. Go walking around and people will give you the 'oul nod of the head, maybe a "Howya!?" I hated Dublin when I was younger. So many scumbags around the place...the scumbags are still there but in the last few years I've seen some of the nicer areas. I also brought the same American there. Stayed by the airport so went to take the Bus from the airport into the city. The guy selling the tickets was the nicest person we met the entire time we were in Ireland. An amazing ambassador for the country, I wish he was the person working at the border patrol in the airport itself. He'd be a great welcome for all. Service in general seemed much better in Dublin too.

deaglan1

A stranger arrives in a city and asks a local what the people are like here?
The local looks puzzled, then ponders for a moment, and asks the stranger - "What were they like in the city that you have just come from?"
"Just terrible" said the stranger, "unfriendly, rude, always staring at me - I was always on the alert because the place gave me a very bad feeling, I was sure that they would mug me or steal my valuables."
"I see" said the local, "then I am afraid that that is exactly how you will find them here too."!!!

Dai John

Melbourne is a beautiful city with a fantastic public transport system, lots of different nationalities but everyone so polite, will go back again, loved it.

1huge1

Frankfurt

Lived there for 6 months and honestly they were the most miserable 6 months of my life.

Small Financial center that has no culture at all, go on any of the streets that surround the financial center and it almost turns into a slum.

I may go back to visit some friends, but that is at a stretch.

Sir Chops wrote: »

Luxembourg and Limerick

lufties wrote: »

spent six years in limerick and loved it there.

Most Irish people who say they don't like Limerick have never been there I've found.

I imagine this is the case here too.

razorblunt

Manchester
Budapest
Las Vegas - it's a once only thing to scratch off the list, saying that I have to go back next year!
Paris - disgustingly smelly and dirty, thieves everywhere

miss no stars

LA
Dallas
Budapest - just wasnt taken with it at all
Cape Town - gorgeous and so lucky to see it when I did, but it was unsafe then and it's a whole lot worse now. If things got better there I'd be back in a heartbeat.
Laganas (in Zakynthos)
Milan - locals seem to play a sport involving by how much they can overcharge the anglophone tourist.
Alicante

WilyCoyote

jane82 wrote: »

I went to thermopylae once. 300 hundred locals turned up at a narrow passageway coming into the town and all huddled together and wouldnt let us through.
We had to camp there took us months to get in.

You look so good for someone that's around 2500 years old

Daveysil15

Ann Landers wrote: »

No it's not.

Yes it is. In the city centre there's fecking loads of them. I've never seen a city as bad Dublin for pick pockets, and I've been to Barcelona.

Green farmer

I found New York to be claustrophobic and expensive. Having said that the natural history museum is cool.
I passed through Naples another time. It didn't look the best either

Frank Lee Midere

Christ some strange opinions in this thread.

Paris is clearly one of the most beautiful and complete cities in the world or history of the world. If not the greatest.

Rome while less completely perfect has so much history only an imbecile couldn't like it.

Budapest is unfriendly by Western European standards but is clearly not a kip.

And Bristol and Nottingham are great British cities too. I bet the Bristol haters tumbled out of their mid town hotels to take a train to Cardiff for the game. Missing lots that way.

I get the inpression people are travelling to these places, looking outside their cheap hotel in some manky area, visiting one attraction if any ( or seeking the Irish bar) and judging it on that.

I would agree however on Brussels but since I visited it for work for a day I think I would be guilty of the same offence as most here

miss no stars

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Yes it is. In the city centre there's fecking loads of them. I've never seen a city as bad Dublin for pick pockets, and I've been to Barcelona.

I live in Dublin and have been to Barcelona. Barcelona is much, much, much worse.

beks101

Probably Miami, though it's not a very cool answer.
Found it sweaty, full of meatheads and bimbos, very superficial and the people not so friendly and open as per your usual yanks. Also a bit dirty and wildly over-priced.

Daveysil15

miss no stars wrote: »

I live in Dublin and have been to Barcelona. Barcelona is much, much, much worse.

Well I never had any problems in Barcelona myself, but I've heard a lot of bad stories about La Rambla in particular. I guess I was just lucky. Every city has its rough areas, but I still haven't encountered anything like Dublin city centre for pick pocketing.

Frank Lee Midere

lufties wrote: »

You must be joking about budapest, where is any good? been to the ruin pubs and boat pub, both a bit meh..other than that where is there? the people are horrible. I' d rather stay indoors tbh.

For ****'s sake get on a bus tour. See the actual sights. Go to the Gellert sauna. Visit the damn opera house. Jump on that cable car yoke. See the park with the communist era statues. Etc.

murpho999

From this thread I have learned that if you take out the tourist attractions , historical landmarks,museums, nightclubs and bars from every city then no city is worth visiting and everyone is out to rob you.

Kettleson

James__10 wrote: »

Newport in Wales is a kip as well.

I believe that to be true. Inspired/setting for a great song though..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bLN3hi0Q04

Frank Lee Midere

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Well I never had any problems in Barcelona myself, but I've heard a lot of bad stories about La Rambla in particular. I guess I was just lucky. Every city has its rough areas, but I still haven't encountered anything like Dublin city centre for pick pocketing.

Really? I've been walking Dublin for years without being pickpocketed. Nor do I know anyone who has been.

Bikes aren't safe though.

Daveysil15

So is Budapest good or not? I'm so confused. :mad:

EyeSight

Don't get all the hate for Paris. It's one of my favorite cities. so much to do there. In terms of being dirty and full of crime, i disagree. it's like any other major city, just be smart and you'll be fine. I find Dublin to be worse and the guards here are not as proactive or respected as the paris cops

In saying that my answers are:
Amsterdam: nice city but the pot smokers & stags put a dampener on things. The bikes get a bit annoying too, always dinging bells at you and almost hitting you(and no i did not walk on the road or in bike lanes, just stayed on the footpaths)

Limerick: Maybe cause it's smaller than Dublin, I noticed there was a higher concentration of scumbags. There was not much to do there.

The Backwards Man

Daveysil15 wrote: »

So is Budapest good or not? I'm so confused. :mad:

It depends if you like damn opera or not, apparently.

murpho999

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Really? I've been walking Dublin for years without being pickpocketed. Nor do I know anyone who has been.

Bikes aren't safe though.

Use a condom when you ride one.

Frank Lee Midere

Daveysil15 wrote: »

So is Budapest good or not? I'm so confused. :mad:

It's a very beautiful city with lots of history, fairly good restaurants, great baths, fantastic churches but unfriendly people ( which is true). I found the nightlife to be good but ymmv.

Daveysil15

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Really? I've been walking Dublin for years without being pickpocketed. Nor do I know anyone who has been.

Bikes aren't safe though.

I know a lot of people that have been pick pocketed in Dublin, and have seen it taking place myself. I've seen guys getting caught doing it. I went up with a group of lads once and everyone of them was pick pocketed except me. I've actually been very lucky - It has never happened to me anywhere.

Frank Lee Midere

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It depends if you like damn opera or not, apparently.

It depends on whether people can actually go to places and actually find an attraction which isn't a pub. It's been a decade since I've been on a weekend trip to Budapest but I know how to travel so I listed some - just some - of the stuff I did.

Frank Lee Midere

Daveysil15 wrote: »

I know a lot of people that have been pick pocketed in Dublin, and have seen it taking place myself. I've seen guys getting caught doing it. I went up with a group of lads once and everyone of them was pick pocketed except me. I've actually been very lucky - It has never happened to me anywhere.

And yet it doesn't happen to those of us here. Odd huh?

Daveysil15

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

And yet it doesn't happen to those of us here. Odd huh?

Some people are just unlucky.

Richard Hillman

Derry/Londonderry. It was an absolute dive.

job seeker

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