The worst place where you have lived?

[Flag Guy]

You suck so bad at life that you're never going to get married. I think you have a flaw in your system. :wink:

It isn't a flaw, it's strategy. It can only be passed on to me at my wedding, which means if I never marry, I stick one of those other bastards with it :wink:

 

[Dryburn]

Augusta, Georgia. I lived there in the 90's. It was stuck in the 50's/60's.

 

[Erik4Cy]

Muscatine, IA

My hometown and I don't totally disagree with you, it sucks overall. Although I did hear once that Muscatine has more millionaires per square mile or something stupid like that than anywhere in Iowa and growing up there it makes sense. There was/still is a huge discrepancy between the rich and poor in the city. Every is either money making upper management for one of the fortune 500 companies right on the mississippi or they are a factory assembly line worker living on the south side. It can either be really good or really bad for ya. Out of the places I've lived for extended periods (all in Iowa) I know this will sound like hawk bashing but Iowa City was the worst. It really had nothing to do with the university, I had no problem with the aspect of it having a college there. It was just unsafe at times and very dirty city. Des Moines was alright, love WDM. I didn't mind Ames too much either, the pros and cons of Ames are well documented on here. I love Cedar Falls, cold as can be especially around the campus in winter, but where doesn't suck in Iowa then. Beautiful nature trails. Tons of great bike trail, the floods hurt some stuff but not too bad. Decent food options. College hill for younger nightlife, main street for the older. And the city just flat out seems recession-proof.

 

[heitclone]

This is going to surprise a lot of people, but after spending nearly 3 weeks there on a work trip, one of the last places in the world that I would want to live is Honolulu, HI. Yeah, early on early on in the trip you are mystified by just being in Hawaii, and you can't believe just how beautiful the place is. Then, as some time passes by, you begin noticing things. It's absolutely crowded and the traffic tends to be worse than in New York City (particularly on I-H1). It's far dirtier than anyone would ever realize. Waikiki is becoming run down, or at the very least, is showing its age (every resort on that beach looks at least 40 years old). It's industry and ports are either mixed in with or at least in plain sight of its touristy areas. There are a lot of rough areas in town, a lot of them close to Waikiki. It's hot and humid all the time, it's expensive as hell, and quite literally, once you're there, there is no escape.

Look, I'm not saying I didn't enjoy my visit there, because I did. The North Shore of Oahu is absolutely beautiful, Diamondhead gives you the best and most striking view of Waikiki, Mauna Loa Trail might be the most beautiful nature trail I've ever walked, the Pearl Harbor visit was mandatory and sobering, and the U of Hawaii might just be the most gorgeous college campus in the United States. But after almost 3 weeks of visiting there, I had seen enough to know that I would never want to live there, and if I ever go back to visit I want to go to another island.

I've only visited Oahu as a tourist and just from what i've seen the couple weeks I spent there I completely agree. It's just a very poor city and state, they have all the same problems of anywhere else in the U.S. but seeing those things in such a beautiful place really seemed to magnifiy the negatives. I'd really encourage you to check out other islands, not as many people live on them so they have kind of a rural feel to them and while there are still some of the same problems of Oahu its just not on the same scale.

As far as places I've lived I guess I'm pretty lucky. I've only lived in 3 different towns (that are essentially the same) and have pretty positive things to say about them.

 

[AlleyAddict]

friley... easily