What is the worst place you have ever visited?

[Washingforweeks]

I saw a thread on instagram about this and found it really interesting and wanted to hear more. What is the worst place you have visited and why?

Brighton - seedy and horrible

New York the last time I went. Dirty and crowded. I’ve been many times and I used to love it but won’t go again.

And I’m not keen on Barcelona. I’ve been a few times and just can’t take to it.

Oh fgs. And a whole continent. 🙈

Sunderland is fab. One of the best nights out and close to beautiful seaside resorts.

OMFG!

Weirdly Florence. They understandably seem absolutely fed up of tourists and I in turn was fed up of of the blatant rudeness even when we were customers We went out of season too. Obviously it wasn’t everyone but we wouldn’t go back.

Sam Ratulangi Airport, Manado, North Sulawesi - ten years ago.

It's vastly improved now, but used to be a roasting hot metal building in a cleared space in the jungle. With awful toilets.

I had a lovely visit to Dublin in 2018. Went in January so got cheap hotel and flights. Didn't have to prebook anything. Nicely compact. Main museums free as in UK. Very friendly people.

Penrheidol estate, Penparcau, Aberystwyth. Tiny estate of about 8 houses. I was house hunting, and just driving in, felt horrendous sense of impending doom. Felt sure I would kill myself if I had to actually live there.

Niagara Falls town (Canadian side). The falls themselves are obviously beautiful but the town is ghastly. It’s all strip malls, awful themed restaurants, souvenir shops flogging cheap tat, and fast food places.

I didn't like Hong Kong, expensive and was harassed on every corner in Kawloon by Indian men trying to get you to buy a designer bag or suit. Never again

Also went to Llandudno the other day, that was a tad depressing 😕

The people were mostly great when I went to New York, but yes, it does stink!

Morocco. Anytime I was more than a few feet away from my dad I was really uncomfortable and tbh there were even a few moments when I was with him I was uncomfortable - and he’s a tall, scary looking man.

I will say though one place I enjoy that most mumsnetters don’t is Blackpool. I wouldn’t take my kids but me and DH have been for a night out a few times over the years and you always meet a character. Also the Blackpool Dungeon is the superior one in the UK, the actors just have better banter (yes I’ve been to all of them plus the one in Amsterdam).

Vegas. Just full of homeless people and prostitutes.

The entire county of Cornwall is bad?? No, it's beautiful and spiritual. I had a great time at the Eden Project. I love it all. I wouldn't go in Summer though.

Kent. Every time I’ve been it’s been bleak and dull. A trip on the Romney and Hyde railway was a real low. I’m sure bits of it are lovely, and people from Kent seem to really like it, but honestly I think we should just unhook it and let it float off to sea.

Oh, and I forgot to give a shout out to Bradford. I live here. It’s dire, although wasn’t always like this. Dirty, lawless and soulless. Don’t be fooled by the ‘City of culture’ label. It’s as far from cultured as you can get, and I feel embarrassed that people might want to visit on the back of that label.

indeed but you can only speak as you find.

It wasn't one visit, but sadly a prolonged stay in Pontefract. Absolutely horrible people who scammed us out of a huge sum of money, everywhere we went people were horrible and everything extremely expensive and miserable. 😞 I felt like unless you're a "Northerner" they totally take advantage of you

So Pontefract has tarred the WHOLE of Yorkshire.

Budva in Montenegro (really liked other parts of the country).

it was filthy, the old town had buildings with PVC windows, and seemed to cater only for Russians looking for cheap beer.

Also found both Clacton and Great Yarmouth really run down and a bit scary.

Wow, three places I think are great 🤣

I’m in no rush to return to New York. Brooklyn was nice enough, the rest was pretty underwhelming relative to its reputation.

Not a fan of Miami either. Miami Beach area is quite nice, but the city of Miami is pretty dull, just concrete everywhere for the most part and 100% car culture.

Warsaw

Kensington. The place has no soul.

Yorkshire is huge and contains four counties!

I love it when Strictly goes there and the celebrities gush about how much they love it. I don't see any of them booking their holidays there.