Cities That Travelers Hate
October 25th, 2009 Posted in Destination reports, General, International living/working, Travel funniesLonely Planet has a piece on 9 cities travelers hate, based on feedback from readers.
I won’t steal their thunder by posting them all here, but I agree with some more than others. I lived in a suburb of Seoul for a year and while I’ll agree that there’s not much soul in Seoul, it does have a great subway system (with announcements in English even!), some fun markets, and good food—until you live there long enough to get sick of it that is. There are certainly worse places to be…
…like Detroit! Can you imagine being the head of tourism for Detroit? You’d have to be a real masochist to take that job. But hey, if you have a rock band or are an artist who needs studio space, I hear you can pick up a house there right now for less than the price of a used gas-guzzling SUV.
Madras/Chennai is a real shithole. No doubt about that.
Chetumal is not great, but again I’ve seen far worse. I think it’s just a sucky place to hang out when you’d rather be in Belize or Tulum.
I haven’t made it to San Salvador yet. But everything I’ve heard backs this up: “Widely acknowledged as the grubbiest of the Central American capitals.”
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4 Responses to “Cities That Travelers Hate”
By Mike on Oct 25, 2009
Hate:
London
Dislike:
Singapore
Santiago
Kuala Lumpur
Bogota
Miami
Chicago
Love-Hate:
Paris
New York
Bangkok
By Chris on Oct 26, 2009
I’m also surprised that Seoul is in the top 9. Just come back from a week in Seoul and I was surprised that it had quite a few distinctive historical districts and that it’s relatively green. Also loved the food and the fish market.
London – I can understand why travellers hate it but as a city it’s got to be one of the most interesting in the world. Perhaps, it’s a city to be travelled when you live there – there’s so much cultural diversity, history and unique places in London to keep anyone busy for a very long time.
The worst cities that I’ve been to have been in Central America. San Juan is grey, Tegucigalpa and Gualamala are uninviting and sound pretty dangerous. I’ve stayed in El Salvador but it was in a nice district, so it seemed ok.
By Nomadic Matt on Oct 26, 2009
hate: atlanta, athens, milan
By Jean - OurExplorer Tour Guide on Oct 30, 2009
So far the cities I traveled won’t go as far as hate feeling. As a traveler, I don’t stay long in a place. For certain things, I take it as different. Rather than the great negative feeling, some places won’t attract you back, while others you hate to departure. :)
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