What Cities Do You [I]Never[/I] Want to Visit?

[Disco King]

Los Angeles- I dunno, it just seems irritating.

Toronto- Most people I've met who were visiting from there have been insufferable.

Miami- My understanding is that it's a city of vapid, roided-up, filler-faced wannabe influencers where you don't matter to anybody unless they think they can climb you to a prettier ledge. And it's in Florida.

Paris- Sounds like a filthy, overrated city where the streets are filled with garbage and everybody is rude. It sounds like it's a destination for people who have zero thoughts about art to go to feel cultured for taking cellphone pics of the two paintings and sculptures they've ever even heard about. I'd wager that most of those tourists have never bothered checking out the art galleries or museums in their own cities. And it sounds like service people there will treat you like they're doing you a favour by even looking at you, and trying your best to learn their language instead of being the entitled tourist will just offend them even more because they feel your tongue is sullying their mother.

Any sundown town in the United States- For obvious reasons.

Anywhere in Russia- A lot of the country looks beautiful from the photographs I've seen, but I don't want the Russian government to plant drugs on me so they can put me in prison and hold me as a bargaining chip to be exchanged for lifting some sanction on some Russian oligarch. I think I'd even be safer in North Korea than in Russia if I legitimately didn't do anything and respected their laws while there.

Dubai- "What if we built a whole city to be a tacky shopping mall for people with more money than taste to get their dicks sucked in while the slaves who built it survive in something that looks like something you saw in Judge Dredd?"

Caveat: I'm a stupid, uncultured person who has never traveled anywhere and relies on possibly racist prejudices to characterize places I've never been to. Because I'd take the opportunity to travel anywhere, I'd even visit these places if they were my only options.

[FoolofaTook]

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[FoolofaTook]

sry for joking, dk

here's my serious answer:

1. Konya
2. Kuching
3. Cusco

[ninsp]

I live in Dallas, it's a terrible place, literally do not visit. Denton is cool but that's an hour north.

In the US: Atlanta, Portland, LA
World: Dubai, Cairo

[Disco King]

Hmm, I've heard good things about Houston, but I guess Dallas sucks?

Having done more research on Miami, I've changed my mind on it. Apparently it's vibrant and full of Latin culture and art deco architecture, and there's a lot to get out of it if I stay out of the annoying influencer parts.

I think this will be a learning experience where I gradually overcome my prejudices toward places I've never been.

[Squish Squash]

I live in NYC and I hate it. It's probably a blast to visit if you're a neurotypical but I have autism and it takes forever to get places and you have to be around a zillion other people to do it. The one thing I do like is it's an extremely diverse city, way more than anywhere else I've lived.

[ilikeplanets]

I've been subject to the negative opinions of Paris, too. I don't think I'd enjoy it there if there's much truth to those stereotypes. But I've never been to Europe as an *obvious American* so I really don't know how I'd be treated. Europe in general has that reputation here. The only countries in Europe I do actually want to go to are Italy, Greece, and maybe Spain. I like their specific art and style. I'd also like to go on a castle tour around the continent. So I guess everywhere else in Europe that doesn't have castles, Renaissance art, ancient Grecian history, beautiful clothes, or amazing food, and compassion to tourists isn't on my travel list.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Paris: FUCK GERARD DROUOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[relaxor!]

Originally Posted by Disco King

Having done more research on Miami, I've changed my mind on it. Apparently it's vibrant and full of Latin culture and art deco architecture, and there's a lot to get out of it if I stay out of the annoying influencer parts.

I think this will be a learning experience where I gradually overcome my prejudices toward places I've never been.

Loving the personal growth you've accomplished between this and the first post/tone:sincere.

Like yeah, in most places there are people who suck, but fuck 'em, you know? Who cares. Miami is pretty and has good food.

[ovary]

just got back from dallas and can confirm it fucking sucks. you know how every american city has some areas that are just cheaply built stripmalls with big parking lots, really kind of corporate boring architecture? imagine that, but for miles and miles in every direction with nothing else, besides totally nuts interstate clovers rising intricately into the air. also, there's fucking trash everywhere. it's just a city of road and dusty dirt and strip-mall and parking lot. fuckin' shit. shit fuckin' sucked.

we went to a park to kill some time, had to drive like twenty fuckin' minutes to get to this park. we pull in and there are like ten cars in the parking lot, and we're like oh, great, must be a nice park. the cars are all full of people and idling. drug shit? who fuckin' knows. we get out, there's a huge boulder with some benches around it. cool. there's a hole in the boulder. turns out the boulder's fuckin' fake. it's plaster. why? who knows. there's a little shitty pond just filled with trash. there's trash fuckin everywhere. trash on the trails. three feet of trash lining the shore. mud. big gas pipleline going through the middle of the park. smelled like sewage. fuckin' shit, man! what the fuck???

had to give a toast at the wedding. i told all those assholes that their city fuckin' sucks! in so many words, you know. i had to be nicer about it, but that was the implication.

drove out to Waco, that wasn't as bad. once we were in the country, it was fine, just country stuff. i kind of like the flat. feels like you can get a good big breath. feels like you can float right up into the air. kind of feels like you're living up in the air. the sky is very present. i like it. run down buildings, little farms, goats, grass. pleasant.

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by relaxor!

Loving the personal growth you've accomplished between this and the first post/tone:sincere.

Like yeah, in most places there are people who suck, but fuck 'em, you know? Who cares. Miami is pretty and has good food.

Hey, there's still time for me to pick up entirely new prejudices! I hate Dallas now, for instance.

[Machinist]

Originally Posted by ovary

drove out to Waco, that wasn't as bad. once we were in the country, it was fine, just country stuff. i kind of like the flat. feels like you can get a good big breath. feels like you can float right up into the air. kind of feels like you're living up in the air. the sky is very present. i like it. run down buildings, little farms, goats, grass. pleasant.

I spent 3 months in WACO. Despite the reputation it was ok - although this was 25 years ago!

In terms of cities I haven't visited yet but have no desire to see - I don't think that there are any that come to mind. Everywhere has some kind of value, even if large parts of it fucking suck.

Even the cities of India (ie: Delhi) in which the streets flow with piss and shit, and overcrowding would likely give me some kind of breakdown have things I'd like to see. Although given the former, I probably never will.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

if you can handle paris, you can handle new delhi.

[Machinist]

After I fought that piece of shit GERARD DROUOT in the sewers of Paris, anything is easy mon ami

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by Squish Squash

I live in NYC and I hate it. It's probably a blast to visit if you're a neurotypical but I have autism and it takes forever to get places and you have to be around a zillion other people to do it. The one thing I do like is it's an extremely diverse city, way more than anywhere else I've lived.

my nyc motion is up rn we should link

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by Disco King

Toronto- Most people I've met who were visiting from there have been insufferable.

Miami- My understanding is that it's a city of vapid, roided-up, filler-faced wannabe influencers where you don't matter to anybody unless they think they can climb you to a prettier ledge. And it's in Florida.

two of the best trips of my life were to these cities

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by ourruseoffools

two of the best trips of my life were to these cities

https://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=189173

[redbreegull]

all these joke cities u have in the us

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by ourruseoffools

my nyc motion is up rn we should link

matter of fact @Squish Squash you a broke bum f*** yourself bro

[smashingjj]

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

all these joke cities u have in the us

A couple billion people listening to Metric would be pretty dumb

[MyOneAndOnly]

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

sry for joking, dk

here's my serious answer:

1. Konya
2. Kuching
3. Cusco

What's your fucking problem with Cusco?

[MyOneAndOnly]

every city in Florida is a wet armpit. Everywhere in Texas is despotic hell. Bunch more horrible cities in between these two states.

[Squish Squash]

Originally Posted by ourruseoffools

matter of fact @Squish Squash you a broke bum f*** yourself bro

Jesus this was uncalled for. Getting out of the house is difficult for me and I'm pretty wary on meeting people I don't know.

[ourruseoffools]

Originally Posted by Squish Squash

Jesus this was uncalled for. Getting out of the house is difficult for me and I'm pretty wary on meeting people I don't know.

i was being silly

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by MyOneAndOnly

every city in Florida is a wet armpit. Everywhere in Texas is despotic hell. Bunch more horrible cities in between these two states.

I like Austin. And some of its satellite areas are fine, too. Some are not.

And I like parts of Florida, but there's definitely a gross factor here. And I say here because I'm in a hotel a few hours away from my new house in FL, where I'm enjoying the armpit palm trees amongst the 2.5 star seafood restaurants and Save Me Jesus posters taped to the streetlights.

[FoolofaTook]

I hear Khan Yunis is nice this time of year, ILP.

[ilikeplanets]

I'm really a boring person to try this with, Took. Try someone more insecure.

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by MyOneAndOnly

every city in Florida is a wet armpit. Everywhere in Texas is despotic hell. Bunch more horrible cities in between these two states.

I've heard good things about Houston I think? Or one of those big Texas cities. Isn't one of them known for being a progressive queer capital with good food, even if it is stuck in a Taliban state?

[ilikeplanets]

That's Austin

Houston is crap, and smells accordingly