Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2013 16:54:25 GMT -5
Pennsylvania...ohhhh NEVER going anywhere near that gawd damn state ever again. I live in Pa. Granted, I have less than a small desire to stay.. but it doesn't suck *that* badly, in my opinion. Weather's decent (we have all four seasons!), and we don't often get the major disasters (tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.) Blizzards occasionally, but even those aren't too bad. Roads are s***, though, and our bridges are starting to fall apart.. and we're always doing construction.. what was my point? Our sports fans are awesome, too. It's not terrible. Pittsburgh is a nice area. F*** filthadelphia though. :-P
|
|
|
Post by Porky's Butthole on Jan 10, 2013 18:03:59 GMT -5
Pennsylvania...ohhhh NEVER going anywhere near that gawd damn state ever again. Our sports fans are awesome, too. You're a god damn liar. Pittsburgh sports fans are the most know-nothing, front-running, elitist douchebags I've ever met. That being said, I LOVE the city of Pittsburgh.
|
|
|
Post by Alexander The So-so on Jan 10, 2013 18:27:23 GMT -5
I've heard it said by people who live there that the Franco/Anglo tensions in that city are much higher than they are in the rest of the province. I heard the same and from my few interactions with Québecois people, I can believe it. They seem extremely proud of their language, which wouldn't be a problem if they weren't so narrow-minded about it. Ironically, over here, I think people aren't proud enough of our language, what with everyone's fascination with randomly including English words to discussions, whether it makes sense or not, and even when we have an equivalent in our language. And yes, I said "their language" because Québec French and France French are so different they really can't be considered the same language. Are the languages really that different? Like, more far apart than, for example, American English and British English? As an English teacher, I have some knowledge of the differences between American and Commonwealth English, but imo, they're easily intelligible despite minor differences. Do Quebecois and European French have much bigger differences? For me, I really regret going to college in Washington D.C. It was really disillusioning living there. The very center of the city has the monuments, pretentious politicians, and pretentious college students. Everything outside of that center is a giant ghetto. I mean, there aren't any problems in terms of infrastructure (the streets are well-organized, and the metro is good). But the center being rich and self-important, and the surrounding areas being full of homelessness and crime, just make for such a bad contrast. I remember going out one day with a South Korean exchange student who I liked and was trying to become intimate with, and being a foreign exchange student, she was typically all excited and starry-eyed about seeing what America was like. Then, as we were walking by the Smithsonian, we were cornered by a homeless guy who demanded we buy his newspaper, and wouldn't leave us alone until we finally gave him $20 each. She looked so disillusioned and traumatized by this, and I just felt so embarrassed for my country.
|
|
|
Post by Free Hat on Jan 10, 2013 19:06:53 GMT -5
I heard the same and from my few interactions with Québecois people, I can believe it. They seem extremely proud of their language, which wouldn't be a problem if they weren't so narrow-minded about it. Ironically, over here, I think people aren't proud enough of our language, what with everyone's fascination with randomly including English words to discussions, whether it makes sense or not, and even when we have an equivalent in our language. And yes, I said "their language" because Québec French and France French are so different they really can't be considered the same language. Are the languages really that different? Like, more far apart than, for example, American English and British English? As an English teacher, I have some knowledge of the differences between American and Commonwealth English, but imo, they're easily intelligible despite minor differences. Do Quebecois and European French have much bigger differences? It's so different that when English TV shows/movies/etc are translated into French, there are often separate dubs produced specifically for the Quebecois market. And there are definitely some unusual dialects of English in North America. The English spoken in some of the more rural parts of Newfoundland is often completely unintelligible to other Canadians.
|
|
|
Post by Bishblast on Jan 10, 2013 19:08:47 GMT -5
Yeah, I think I have to agree... or Orlando.
|
|
|
Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 10, 2013 19:14:31 GMT -5
I heard the same and from my few interactions with Québecois people, I can believe it. They seem extremely proud of their language, which wouldn't be a problem if they weren't so narrow-minded about it. Ironically, over here, I think people aren't proud enough of our language, what with everyone's fascination with randomly including English words to discussions, whether it makes sense or not, and even when we have an equivalent in our language. And yes, I said "their language" because Québec French and France French are so different they really can't be considered the same language. Are the languages really that different? Like, more far apart than, for example, American English and British English? As an English teacher, I have some knowledge of the differences between American and Commonwealth English, but imo, they're easily intelligible despite minor differences. Do Quebecois and European French have much bigger differences? For me, I really regret going to college in Washington D.C. It was really disillusioning living there. The very center of the city has the monuments, pretentious politicians, and pretentious college students. Everything outside of that center is a giant ghetto. I mean, there aren't any problems in terms of infrastructure (the streets are well-organized, and the metro is good). But the center being rich and self-important, and the surrounding areas being full of homelessness and crime, just make for such a bad contrast. I remember going out one day with a South Korean exchange student who I liked and was trying to become intimate with, and being a foreign exchange student, she was typically all excited and starry-eyed about seeing what America was like. Then, as we were walking by the Smithsonian, we were cornered by a homeless guy who demanded we buy his newspaper, and wouldn't leave us alone until we finally gave him $20 each. She looked so disillusioned and traumatized by this, and I just felt so embarrassed for my country. DC is pretty scary, I will have to agree with you on that. You literally cross a bridge and all of a sudden, slums.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2013 19:33:26 GMT -5
I've been to D.C. twice and Baltimore three times, and the cities kind of run together for me. There are homeless people everywhere (and for the first few days I was naive enough to give money to those who asked. Also, one of the times I was there with a school group, and some guy felt compelled to get into a very threatening argument with a couple of us (we were middle schoolers).
And the worst thing of all was this crazy guy standing around in Baltimore. He was eating of the trash and yelling at people who walked by. Plus his movements were erratic, including doing a split while holding onto the trash can. People were terrified.
A lot of homeless people....
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2013 19:58:15 GMT -5
Pennsylvania...ohhhh NEVER going anywhere near that gawd damn state ever again. I live in Pa. Granted, I have less than a small desire to stay.. but it doesn't suck *that* badly, in my opinion. Weather's decent (we have all four seasons!), and we don't often get the major disasters (tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.) Blizzards occasionally, but even those aren't too bad. Roads are s***, though, and our bridges are starting to fall apart.. and we're always doing construction.. what was my point? Our sports fans are awesome, too. It's not terrible. Pittsburgh is a nice area. F*** filthadelphia though. :-P Oh it's not so much that I had a personal bad experience there...just that I have an EX that lives there...so you can rest easy I do not unreasonably hate your state lol. But I will say there was this one chilli dog place basically in the middle of nowhere AND IT WAS THE BEST!!!...so if there is one thing I can say is that PA has the best chilli dogs EVER!.
|
|
|
Post by doel on Jan 10, 2013 21:05:10 GMT -5
Southend - It's basically like visiting an Episode of The only way is Essex.
Luton - This is more a football thing having coins and rubbish thrown at you because your team happened to win a football match is the kind of thing that leaves you with bad memories of a town. I've only seen trouble three times at a football match two those times were in Luton.
|
|
CM Dazz
King Koopa
Chuck
Posts: 10,475
|
Post by CM Dazz on Jan 10, 2013 22:39:06 GMT -5
I was thisclose to saying Atlanta, but then I remembered I once spent ~24 hours in East St Louis. Bad.
|
|
sryans
Don Corleone
BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN
Posts: 2,001
|
Post by sryans on Jan 10, 2013 22:56:02 GMT -5
From my experience there, I would rather live in a third world country than Cleveland.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2013 22:58:09 GMT -5
I was thisclose to saying Atlanta, but then I remembered I once spent ~24 hours in East St Louis. Bad. Aha yeah. East St. Louis is a dump.
|
|
|
Post by Piccolo on Jan 10, 2013 23:02:06 GMT -5
I don't spend much time in cities, as a rule, but Baltimore is by far the worst and has the fewest redeeming qualities to make up for its awfulness. Hate that place.
|
|
Dat Dude
Dennis Stamp
Wait, what?
Posts: 4,785
|
Post by Dat Dude on Jan 10, 2013 23:11:30 GMT -5
Mississippi, literally the entire state. My dad and I got pulled over by cops right as we traveled past the state border (cause you know, driving while black at night and such). We were questioned if we knew a guy (who was also black) that was currently on their wanted list.
And Orlando was by far the dirtiest city I have ever seen. There was freaking shanty towns in some parts.
|
|
|
Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Jan 10, 2013 23:13:18 GMT -5
Baltimore. Most of it is a ghetto. A damn scary ghetto. I've watched enough of "The Wire" to never visit there outside of going to an Orioles game. Worst city I've been to is Reading PA. Jesus what a dump. Also the 2nd poorest city in America behind Flint MI. Funny because a poster here thought The Wire made Baltimore look too nice. I went to Washington DC when I was a kid and was surprised and not surprised by the amount of homeless I saw. I remember before we left I saw on the News that DC had the highest or one of the highest homeless rate. Also remember they had the highest or one of the highest High School dropout rate. I went with my friend to Hard Justice 2008 in Trenton, New Jersey. I can't speak for the whole city but on the way to the arena, it was getting dumpy looking.
|
|
amaron
Samurai Cop
I yam what I yam.
Posts: 2,212
|
Post by amaron on Jan 10, 2013 23:15:50 GMT -5
Baltimore. Most of it is a ghetto. A damn scary ghetto. So is it worse than it's portrayed in The Wire? Johannesburg. I didn't spend very long there and only walked around the hotel and airport (was in a car/bus for the rest of the short time I was there) but holy crap I was fearful for my life the entire time. You know a place is bad when the local urban areas have elctric fences and steel bars over their windows. Is it worse than it's portrayed in District 9? I've never seen The Wire... but it's literally dilapidated Rowhouses. My youngest son went to the Baltimore Zoo on a field trip and on the way there I saw that at least 50% of the rowhouses were boarded up or in serious disrepair. I went to Washington DC when I was a kid and was surprised and not surprised by the amount of homeless I saw. I remember before we left I saw on the News that DC had the highest or one of the highest homeless rate. Also remember they had the highest or one of the highest High School dropout rate. The bad parts of DC are pretty limited. That being said, the bad parts are catastrophically bad.
|
|
StuntGranny®
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Not Actually a Granny
Posts: 16,099
|
Post by StuntGranny® on Jan 10, 2013 23:52:35 GMT -5
- Sidney, OH: When I was there the things to do were few and far between. It had the worst Chinese buffet I've ever been to in my life.
- Lexington, KY: I base this off of one convenience store, but man, it was bad. It was every backwoods gas station you'd see in a horror movie. The guy at the counter spoke in grunts.
- Panama City, FL: I don't think I had one pleasant experience while vacationing here. If you're into drunk douche bags and ladies with no self-esteem, this is your paradise.
- Birmingham, AL: I have never felt remotely safe in this city. At this point in life, I avoid it like a plague.
- Atlanta, GA: This place has been mentioned multiple times for good reason, in my opinion. I like an hour or a little less from this place and I don't go unless I have to for a variety of reasons. Like others have mentioned, the traffic is a nightmare. When going to anything in the city, we usually have to leave obscenely early just to have the hopes of making it on time. Also, much like Birmingham, I rarely feel "at ease" here. I've lived in a few big cities. This and Birmingham have been the only two to give me constant paranoia. Unless I'm going to a Braves game or a concert I 'can't miss', I avoid at all costs.
I would also dare to say that Atlanta is home the most 'bandwagon-y' fans on the planet, this coming from a huge Braves fan. If the teams (be it Braves, Falcons, or Hawks) are good, the city is all over them. If they're bad that year, suddenly there's more Yankees or Patriots fans than usual.
|
|
|
Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 10, 2013 23:58:31 GMT -5
Dublin, Ireland. Beautiful city, but horrible experience. Got ditched 20+ miles from the airport by my travelling partner, with no money or transport. Had to walk all the way there, then spend the night at the airport, and beg change to call my roommate who bought me a ticket back to England.
Plymouth, England is one of the most grey, dreary and depressing holes I've ever had the misfortune of going to. It's like a physical personification of a rainy Monday morning.
|
|
Razor Gives It A 4/10
Unicron
Look At Me and My CRAZY Custom Title!
I'm back...and I'm pretty much the same as before.
Posts: 2,880
|
Post by Razor Gives It A 4/10 on Jan 11, 2013 0:02:20 GMT -5
Bakersfield is the asshole of California. Yes. It is. My vote is for Newark, NJ. Got stuck there in a layover and it was awful!
|
|
|
Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 11, 2013 0:06:47 GMT -5
Hull, Massachusetts? What's so bad about it... my buddy lives/lived there and it seemed nice enough to me. anyway personally Buffalo, New York only place I've ever been that had a billboard in the park that stated something along the lines of gey Drug Addicts, get your free clean needles at such and such hospital.
|
|