What is the worst place you have ever visited?

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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?

St Helens - nothing to do and no soul

50% of Turks are secular and not Islamic but let’s assume otherwise and bash Muslims as ever through our arrogant western warped perspective.

Bridlington a few weeks ago. Within 5 minutes I wanted to leave. It was tired, run down, dirty, seedy, litter, smelled of cigarettes and depression, and was thick in seagull shit dripping off everything. Had a very expensive waffle on the front and it was awful. Hated it. We stayed an hour.

Daytona Beach, Florida. Awful.

We loved Ischia, but I'm sure it helped that we didn't go during the busy season. We had a fantastic Airbnb that wasn't ridiculously expensive, very close to the beach, and got up early to see an amazing sunrise over Mount Vesuvius, There's a fantastic garden on the other side of the island, and the castle is lovely to visit. Fun shopping too.

i agree Cairo being the filthiest place I have ever visited. Men shitting in the street in broad daylight. Shit all over the walls of the museum toilets, I couldnt wait to leave

I'm sorry to hear that as they might have been within walking distance, depending when you were there.I live in nearby Beverley and went to the "arts quarter" for the first time this year, near the marina. Admittedly we did have a lovely day weatherwise but it was like being on holiday - little bars and cafes, lots of people sitting in the sunshine, yachts etc

I realise most of the places I have visited are lovely as we go to places we think we will like.
I found the island of Kos a bit barren when you compare it to the lushness of Corfu
i love most coastal areas but very disappointed with Weston as I like blue sea not brown !

Marrakesh. Dark, dirty, maps couldn't help, no street names that we could see, everyone was either trying to steal (my handbag went immediately), beg or haggle.

I agree - there’s so much about Malta to love - Gozo is also one of the best places ever

I love it too, especially the Dales. And you're right about the people, too.

We were out walking one hot day, came down into a village and a woman doing her front garden said hello, commented on how hot we looked and insisted on refilling our water bottles, and got a bowl of water for our dogs!

It's fine. It used to be like a mini Blackpool but now it's all been cleaned up and not much of a resort.

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Carol Vordermann and John Prescott were born in nearby Prestatyn, as was Mike Peters from the Alarm.

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Reno, Nevada. We've been to lots of areas of the US, and usually walk around to soak up what makes the city unique - especially in less 'touristique' areas. With Reno, we didn't even get out of the car: the lack of anything but low-grade casinos and strip malls, the people looked desperate/ scary/ zombied, the lack of anything worth stopping for.

New York. The moment I arrived I hated it. It was the moment I realised I actually despise cities. All my holidays since have been in places with lots more nature! The skyscrapers just felt overwhelming and made me feel trapped, and I'm from London!

It annoys me when people write off whole countries. It’s like going to Blackpool and thinking youve seen all of England what people do with places like Turkey

Well not her grandfather as his Thai wife was only a few years younger than him but she said she'd go out with her partner and see old fat decrepit dirty old men, usually westerners, with young Thai kids in restaurants and bars. Obviously not their kids. She had a go at a couple of them but they were brazen. She said it made her feel physically sick. She couldn't wait to move on elsewhere. This was 2009 so maybe Thai authorities have cracked down on it. Her grandfather said lots of people had guns for protection.

I agree

"American" cockroaches rang a bell, so I checked, and it's an actual species. Long brown ones rather than round black ones. Apparently they turn up in the UK as well.

Marrakesh as a young (20) single female traveller. Eastern turkey wasn’t much better but at least the women looked out for us and loudly pulled up any male who was hassling or being disrespectful of us. I did however get several proposals! 😂 in both places.
Hanoi, Vietnam was too much for me. Loud, chaotic, damp and the humidity was unbearable. And as someone with very fair skin people kept touching me and bringing their babies to touch me as apparently it’s good luck.

Egypt - there were lots of creepy men and I didn’t feel safe.
Weymouth - I found it grey and desolate.

I really like Norwich. It has loads going on, lots of nice pubs and places to eat, some interesting architecture and decent shops. I think the whole city has a nice atmosphere.

Brixton Prison. You never forget the clanging of doors, the dead eyes of the warders and the smell.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Quite a while ago. It was a right load of crap! It even had a fixed (as in non moving) installation pointing at all the planets with information about how far away they are. You know, those things that are constantly moving. Some of it looked like a derelict car park, some of the site was an abandoned police training college, some of it was an abandoned university building (no access to them, they were just there and crap looking), and in one fairly proper looking exhibition space, there was a snotty person telling you off if you attempted to lift your child up so they could actually see into the sculpture - no steps or any way of viewing it if you weren't a full grown able bodied adult, meanwhile the toddler of a very posh family was having photos taken INSIDE a sculpture!! Which was apparently fine. It was just a weird, weird, incoherent non-entity of a place. I just didn't get it at all. Ooh it feels good to get that off my chest. The various sculptures they have at Chatsworth from time to time are great!

Hownslow London for me. I felt on edge and rather scared.

New York here too, I’ve never seen so many people injecting and we saw the police take away homeless people who had died. Put that with the wealth of the shops and it’s appalling. Wealth vs living on the street. Gave a guy in a wheelchair 20dollars and he started crying and asked were we sure.

My DB lives in Jaywick. It is truly awful, although they have actually got round to resurfacing the roads. They're no longer full of massive potholes.