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In reply to the discussion: Flipside: What is the worst city you ever visited and why? [View all]slutticus
(3,428 posts)261. i love oakland
Great food, AWESOME bars, none of the pretentiousness from across the bay, BEAUTIFUL neighborhoods up in the hills (i wish I had money!!!!!!). But it's a terribly mis-managed government, and really a fucking shame for this city. Yes, the crime is quite bad in some areas, but it seems like no one really wants to step in and clean it up (mayor, police chief, residents, etc...)
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When's the last time you were there? It's clean and full of life. Noisy, yep, part of the charm.
HERVEPA
Aug 2012
#28
New York is great - yes it's dirty and noisy, but it's also the most alive, exciting
smirkymonkey
Aug 2012
#52
I liven in Dayton Ohio for a few months in 1978 whilegoing to grad school @ UD.
MarianJack
Aug 2012
#106
My vote goes for Camden, NJ. Eons and eons ago it was bad, haven't been there for
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#56
That was a few years back. Have you read The Abortion by Richard Brautigan?
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#19
I chose cities that I've visited with combinations of crappy features
taught_me_patience
Aug 2012
#201
The part I stumbled on was dramatic. One block had well-maintained Victorian row houses,
slackmaster
Aug 2012
#22
My cousin bought and renovated several rowhouses in a part of B-more called Canton
crimson77
Aug 2012
#26
Yup, that's what I remember. Blocks and blocks of boarded-up houses in Baltimore.
E-Z-B
Aug 2012
#203
Ogden, Utah....sorry but where we went was absolutely filthy..The nice city/county Park Ranger...
Tikki
Aug 2012
#23
Well, in Camden's case it's greedpolitics and politicians which have caused so many of the problems.
nc4bo
Aug 2012
#63
But what about the feelings of the other people who expect but don't see their hometown on the list?
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#71
Just about the only place in the city you can get away from it is Chinatown. I won't
kelly1mm
Aug 2012
#87
Do tell. I lived in that shithole for too many years, but my experiences in TX put them below
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#95
Houston, TX. Filthy, smelled it long before we saw it, the 2nd worst drivers I've ever encountered,
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#92
I was standing on the sea wall in Alexandria, looked down on the beach and there was a rat king
DonRedwood
Aug 2012
#178
UCLA has a beautiful campus, and like you say, there are nice enclaves and so forth there ...
Arugula Latte
Aug 2012
#283
Most of the beautiful old homes along Hwy 90, which parallels the coast, were wiped out by Katrina
fleur-de-lisa
Aug 2012
#180
a weird little boonie town in idaho that consisted of a dirt road cut through a narrow canyon
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#119
really? most of the towns in central idaho look like that one i saw? weird. i would like to see
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#320
There are three towns in south Idaho that still have one telephone line for the whole community
jmowreader
Aug 2012
#333
Someone tried to run my DH down in NC! I know a state not a city let me explain
Heather MC
Aug 2012
#133
I've done a lot of travelling and I can't honestly think of a city that I hated. Every city has...
Locut0s
Aug 2012
#134
Houston: Governor of Texas, George W Bush, & Mayor of Houston sued Feds to stop clean air act
twins.fan
Aug 2012
#156
I would never nominate Orlando as the most beautiful city in the world, however....
steve2470
Aug 2012
#250
I have to agree. Lived near Ogden, attended college there for a little while--
TwilightGardener
Aug 2012
#196
Thank you for your opinion enjoy visiting the places, I will never go back to either place.
FAHQ69_7
Aug 2012
#193
The Oakland Hills and adjacent Piedmont rival anything in SF in terms of beauty and scenic splendor
spiderpig
Aug 2012
#287
it *used* to be a nice working class town. now it's yuppie central with all its quirks commer-
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#319