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What is the most overrated destination you have ever been?

809 replies

Meltinthemiddle · 04/09/2023 18:24

Mine is Dubai l.

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Jackienory · 05/09/2023 08:10

China, bloody awful. The worst. I couldn’t get on that plane home quick enough. Shocking waste of money.

bluebell34567 · 05/09/2023 08:15

Alondra · 05/09/2023 03:55

London. I've been there 5-6 times (first time in the 90s) and always loved it. Last time I visited was last year and was surprised how run down, dirty and unsafe it was.

especially dont get on the northern line. so dirty.

faffadoodledo · 05/09/2023 08:18

clotheshorsegym · 05/09/2023 07:07

Oh yes Cornwall too. Strange people.

Strange how?
Vested interest here because I am Cornish. Lived and studied and worked away for decades and came back.
I have my own views but am curious to read more objective ones.

Nopenopenopenopenopenope · 05/09/2023 08:22

San Francisco 💯

Applesaarenttheonlyfruit · 05/09/2023 08:22

Jackienory · 05/09/2023 08:10

China, bloody awful. The worst. I couldn’t get on that plane home quick enough. Shocking waste of money.

This is the best so far 😂

UseOfWeapons · 05/09/2023 08:24

New York

aziza21 · 05/09/2023 08:24

Barbados

IcedPurple · 05/09/2023 08:28

BlackForestCake · 04/09/2023 23:34

To be fair to Dundee, it's better than Aberdeen.

Or Perth, which makes Dundee seem like a throbbing metropolis by comparison.

Bowbobobo · 05/09/2023 08:29

Brilliant!

TheaBrandt · 05/09/2023 08:35

We really liked Dublin! Bog men in the museum found a fun pub for dinner with a little Irish band playing and Dd had a ghost in her room. As a family we remember it fondly.

Barbadossunset · 05/09/2023 08:37

clotheshorsegym · Today 07:01
Barbados. Non locals greedily buying and building on any bit of beach they can get their grabby hands on. So sad.

True - and this has been happening since the 1950s in Barbados. Afaik most of the houses on the west coast - some of which are really lovely - are owned by non locals.
I wonder if the Prime Minister Mia Motley will try to put a stop to it.

FettleOfKish · 05/09/2023 08:43

TheaBrandt · 05/09/2023 08:35

We really liked Dublin! Bog men in the museum found a fun pub for dinner with a little Irish band playing and Dd had a ghost in her room. As a family we remember it fondly.

I initially read Dublin as Dubai and was thinking I'd got the place all wrong! Grin

Bowbobobo · 05/09/2023 09:00

Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit · 04/09/2023 21:10

North London. Its like a weird alternate universe version of South London rinsed entirely free of character.
Also I loved Blackpool. Nottingham was also very exciting, I have never seen so many proper fights with actual punching.

I meant, this is brilliant!

IvorTheEngineDriver · 05/09/2023 09:04

Cornwall. Launceston ain't bad but as for the rest of it.......

Zebedee999 · 05/09/2023 09:14

Matchinglipsandfingertips · 05/09/2023 07:54

I worked in Paris last year. The food was awful. I have worked there many times but last year was a new low. Also no help for disabled people. I had to stand for four hours at the Eurostar.

New York City was fab in the noughties, I hope its OK in November but I have been told it smells of weed. I am going before they vote Trump back in.

Sadly I agree on Brighton. I worked there for a year. Dirty, smells of weed with no BAME people. They only have two curry houses. Car parks unsafe and used as toilets. Take a clothes peg for your nose.

However a big vote for Florence, I loved it as did the DH. Expensive but worth it. We went in November.

So Brighton is bad because it has too many white people?... don't hold back on your racist views. You need to get yourself into the 21stC.

IvorTheEngineDriver · 05/09/2023 09:14

Oh, and Munich.

IvorTheEngineDriver · 05/09/2023 09:15

Bowbobobo · 05/09/2023 09:00

I meant, this is brilliant!

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On behalf of South Londoners everywhere, Well said!

IDriveMySupernova · 05/09/2023 09:20

@Matchinglipsandfingertips

Sadly I agree on Brighton. I worked there for a year. Dirty, smells of weed with no BAME people. They only have two curry houses. Car parks unsafe and used as toilets. Take a clothes peg for your nose.

Err, really? I agree it’s dirty and smells of weed, but they have lots of curry houses and there’s lots of BAME people.

Maharajah20 · 05/09/2023 09:22

AlisonDonut · 04/09/2023 18:47

Rome.

Graffiti ridden pick pocketing nasty creepy men all in a stinking hot shithole

This!! 💯

Comedycook · 05/09/2023 09:25

I found Brighton to be pretty ethnically diverse... Bit surprised by that comment.

Matchinglipsandfingertips · 05/09/2023 09:27

@Zebedee999 excuse me. I am a racist? You are nuts. My family is mixed heritage.
People think Brighton welcomes everyone, not in my experience. And before you insult me again I have a LGBT DC.

Poofurburrball · 05/09/2023 09:29

I will defend Cornwall, we have holidayed there many times in all seasons and weathers. Most recent this August -probably our best holiday yet! We camped near Land's end and found it very easy to get away from the hordes, heading to the quieter beaches some you can only walk to. Kids had wetsuits when they felt chilly. Paddle boarding in quiet harbours, kids tombstoning off piers at high tide.
Got out early before too busy, eg went over to St Michael's mount as soon as it opened = hardly anyone about. Crowds were arriving as we left!
Day trip to Scillies, yes the boat was busy but as soon as we arrived we took a small boat to a different island - hardly anyone on the beaches.
We like all the history in Cornwall, so we will use our map and explore ancient burial chambers, standing stones and old mine engine houses and museums. We booked a mine tour which was more like caving, lots of ropes and abseiling - kids loved it.
One day of bad weather = museums, ancient churches, cosy cafes, cinema and driving round to look at the crazy waves at an empty Sennen cove. It's really not hard. Get a map and walk to interesting places! If you only go to the tourist honeypots of course it'll be busy. Sorry rant over!

Delatron · 05/09/2023 09:30

Thighdentitycrisis · 04/09/2023 23:29

Blackpool
😁

Surely nobody rates Blackpool so it can’t possibly be overrated!

I mean I wouldn’t go back if you paid me but my expectations were already low.

AnIndianWoman · 05/09/2023 09:31

Comedycook · 05/09/2023 09:25

I found Brighton to be pretty ethnically diverse... Bit surprised by that comment.

Depends where and when you go. I work there and have the same experience as OP. It’s pretty commonplace not to see any people of colour in some parts. I also find that during Pride, parts of Brighton tend to fill up with white racists. You need to be really careful as a person of colour during those times.

Endlesssummerof76 · 05/09/2023 09:32

Tatslookawful · 05/09/2023 07:25

Why? Parts of it, Coatesville to live etc, seem idyllic (?) Stunning scenery.

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Many, many other parts of the world, including those in the UK, can surpass anything New Zealand has to offer - just my opinion obviously!