We all know what the top rated worst cities in any given country. But they don't really tell you why. Well that ends now, We the people have a voice and i want to hear why you think a city is the worst.
For me, The worst city is Kansas city, Either KS or MO. There as been a shooting every couple of days killing multiple people in each case. These shootings have been black on black and white on black. One has just been called a hate crime. Just about every water main has broken and has had to be repaired. And not to mention, The Kansas City Chiefs.
What do you guys think? What is the worst city in the world and why?
Im going to put Flint Michigan into the hat. Im not kidding, people that live around Flint, usually talk about just leveling the entire city, residents still inside, with bombs, and then turning it into a world record parking lot. It looks pretty even with KS Missouri, though its a bit worse in the violent crime area
Missouri 2012 crime statistics
http://www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/missouri/kansas-city.html
I think the property crime is down due to most people living in apartments and not actually owning property at all, so the violence just pours out into the streets Its a fething terrible place to go, Im not even kidding, there are places in Flint, as a white person, you simply dont go to, specially after dark, youll end up on the news laying face down in a ditch
Wow, I never thought i would actually come across how bad KC, KS sucked in nice colors, You might be right about flint. But that list doesn't include drug labs being raided. That would be a fun list to look at. Sorry to say this, But i think alot of cities in russia might take the cake. Along with a ton in africa. Any where, where its either burning hot or freezing cold takes to the cake. You have to put up with a craptastic city and yet its to hot or cold to do anything else. Ouch... That would suck. Atleast in alabama you could screw your cousin. (Yea i went there) More, I must know more about the worst cities in the world!
Boston's nice. Jay-Walking is acceptable to cops. But not to Drivers. Watch the feth out crossing the street.
Also, we used to have full scale Mob Wars. That was so much fun. They still pull bodies from the Charles River.
You can't go to Southie (Southish Boston) without an escort or knowledge of the land. You better watch your ass, or you're gonna get robbed and beaten up if you ask a question.
Either Antioch or Berkeley in cali.
Antioch. My prayed everytime i went through there, I eventually stopped going to antioch.
Also Despite me wanting to go to school there i haate berkely. Been down town once. Only shops there are those strange liberal snotty shops that think their better then you because they know what strand of hair bob marly used to play the guitar with.
Or those damn incense shops.
In Texas either
1. Houston. Swamp heat + mosquitoes + occasional hurricanes + larger than some countries + Frazzled lurks there during the week, kind of like the smog monster.
2. McAllen. Its hot and dusty. Occasional Mexican cartel happy funtime. Did I mention its hot like surface of the sun hot?
Head shops... Yea they run wild in my neck of the woods also. damn hippies trying to push their hemp loving crap on us red meat eating gun toting americans. Its hard to say what makes a city so craptastic, Maybe a guide line will help some of the other people feel free to make a comment on how much they hate their city.
Crime is a huge thing here, The higher the crime rate the worse the city can be called. But then again, A really low crime rate is also something else that will make a city hit the tops of this list. No one wants to live in a city thats perfect.
General discontentment for the business in your city. Head shops spike this list. Also, the fact that there are 5 banks all on the same intersection. Here in lawrence we got rid of a burger king, The only one on the side of town i live on, and we replaced it with a health food store for hippies and yuppies.
Highways, Personally i don't like driving to the store and have to take a high way. See dallas or austin. Nothing but roads to get to where you need to get. Thats just not my bag.
Police, Either good cops or bad. I live 15 mins away from a town that will pull you over if you have long hair. Then again, I have been questioned by police that are the coolest people ever. So what do you think of the law enforcement
Good place to raise kids? This is one for the older people. I wouldn't want to raise a child in a small town or a huge city, this could bump up a crappy city on the list just because of to many pedos.
I hope this helps, I you run this check list and find that there isn't a positive thing about the city you are thinking about. Its more than likely a craptastic city.
Camden, NJ. Guns get hauled in from across the Delaware river. people shoot each other, nonstop. The police just try to keep themselves safe, and nearly allow the shootings to resolve themselves as long as no innocents get injured (most of them have moved out anyway). It's the closest thing to a post-apocalyptic hellhole warzone I've ever encountered.
PapaPiggy wrote:Head shops... Yea they run wild in my neck of the woods also. damn hippies trying to push their hemp loving crap on us red meat eating gun toting americans. Its hard to say what makes a city so craptastic, Maybe a guide line will help some of the other people feel free to make a comment on how much they hate their city.
General discontentment for the business in your city. Head shops spike this list. Also, the fact that there are 5 banks all on the same intersection. Here in lawrence we got rid of a burger king, The only one on the side of town i live on, and we replaced it with a health food store for hippies and yuppies.
I hate those places. They tried to get a whole foods up near my school.
Not to mention. I could fine a FLGS anywhere in Berkeley.
I think head shop and hippie hate could make its own thread and get more posts than anything. i might try this out... Hippie hate... I don't think it would be allowed. Might make some hippies really mad and make them protest dakka... God forbid they get their way and we can no longer say anything bad about anything again on dakka... damn hippies, They lost us the war.
Borås in Sweden. Its a small crappy town. Rains most of the year and it snows during the spring. And the population are indoctrinated to think its the best town ever.
I'm sorry, but no where in America or western Europe should even be mentioned in a "worst cities in the world" debate. At worst, you're talking about bad weather or some local gun violence.
Compare that to, say Mogadishu in Somalia, where there's a civil war that's been going on for 20 years now, and bandits walk the streets with AK-47s. Bogota, Colombia or Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where violence and murder is a constant part of life.
Or, perhaps you should compare to Dallol, Ethiopia. It's in the middle of the desert, with temperatures reaching 148F, and has pretty constant earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and rivers of acid flowing just underground. And, the only real employment is working in the mines to mine salt.
Grakmar wrote:I'm sorry, but no where in America or western Europe should even be mentioned in a "worst cities in the world" debate. At worst, you're talking about bad weather or some local gun violence.
Compare that to, say Mogadishu in Somalia, where there's a civil war that's been going on for 20 years now, and bandits walk the streets with AK-47s. Bogota, Colombia or Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where violence and murder is a constant part of life.
Or, perhaps you should compare to Dallol, Ethiopia. It's in the middle of the desert, with temperatures reaching 148F, and has pretty constant earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and rivers of acid flowing just underground. And, the only real employment is working in the mines to mine salt.
But!!!!
I have to walk 30 minutes for a decent burger.
I've heard from Navy friends that the worst hell-hole someplace in India. Passed a dead body in the gutter while on shore leave, 3 days later saw same body rotting in gutter while on way back to ship.
Anywhere in Britain where you might find the lower dregs of society whose only experience of existence has been reproducing and spongeing off the state.
I'd say that Orwell's proles are real - but at least they worked.
Grakmar wrote:I'm sorry, but no where in America or western Europe should even be mentioned in a "worst cities in the world" debate. At worst, you're talking about bad weather or some local gun violence.
Compare that to, say Mogadishu in Somalia, where there's a civil war that's been going on for 20 years now, and bandits walk the streets with AK-47s. Bogota, Colombia or Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where violence and murder is a constant part of life.
Or, perhaps you should compare to Dallol, Ethiopia. It's in the middle of the desert, with temperatures reaching 148F, and has pretty constant earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and rivers of acid flowing just underground. And, the only real employment is working in the mines to mine salt.
But!!!!
I have to walk 30 minutes for a decent burger.
First off, FUNNY. I have to drive thirty mins to get a good burger. And hate to tell you dude. but when you don't live in a third world country the problems change. Here in america we don't have war lords killing every one. I get people like the BTK killer, who you don't know who he is, At least a warlord you know who not to screw with. Around here Who knows, you could be shot by a nice little old lady. You could die while picking up your children from school. Doesn't mean our cities aren't any worse, Just means they are on a different scale.
Kinda like lower class problems and upper class problems. I don't have the season packet to my Ramen noodles, They don't have a $500 bottle of wine, Different problems for different people.
PapaPiggy wrote: And hate to tell you dude. but when you don't live in a third world country the problems change.
Then you should have titled the thread "Worst cities in the (first [post-cold war definition]) world."
Until you include that caveat, no where in the US can rightly qualify.
If I was going to suggest a city in the "first world", I'd probably say East St. Louis. I've been lost down there before, and it's I think the only time I've ever felt genuinely scared in my life.
Can I cast a vote for the entire state of New Jersey? The drivers are awful, traffic is always backed up, and the central/east portion of it gets NYC's crap (literally and figuratively). Only the western portion of Jersey is decent, and it's all woods-no people. No wonder the western portion is okay...
The bulk of the people that have posted on this thread got the meaning behind it off the back and have had fun with it. I didn't mean for this thread to be any thing more than fun, Not funny. But fun. If you think about it... Only people from first and second world countries will even see this, and very few second world countries will be playing any of the games this web site was made for. So why address any thing other than the people who would actually be on this site?
I am shocked that no one has said Branson Mo... The third red neck capital of the world. After las vegas and grace land. But hey,
Speaking of foreign countries Louisiana: New Orleans. Seriously*. Its like the city was started in 1765, and hasn't fixed anything or even painted since then. Have you people not heard of Home Depot??? I remember being there as a kid and the water smelling of sulfur. What kind of hell hole has water that smells of sulfur and rains more than Houston? Its like you took the Scots love of "damp" and ramped the temperature 40 degrees to make it "sauna."
Don't get me started on Diboll Texas, the speedtrap Mecca of the South. . .
Makarov wrote:For the US I would have to say Detroit.
I got lost in Detroit whilst driving around in a brand new Mustang Convertible. I was fecking terrified until I got back on the Interstate.
As for saying London is a dump, what the hell are you smoking? London is one of the best places in the world to live. And even if the gang crime is bad in some parts (and believe me, I know. I am just thankful I am just barely on the fringes of it, not mixed up right in it like some people I know) then most of London is as safe as anywhere in the world.
Gangs in London? What is this world coming to? What you guys have drive by arguments? Not to troll, but it is just hard to believe that there are violent gangs in London.
Makarov wrote:For the US I would have to say Detroit.
I got lost in Detroit whilst driving around in a brand new Mustang Convertible. I was fecking terrified until I got back on the Interstate.
As for saying London is a dump, what the hell are you smoking? London is one of the best places in the world to live. And even if the gang crime is bad in some parts (and believe me, I know. I am just thankful I am just barely on the fringes of it, not mixed up right in it like some people I know) then most of London is as safe as anywhere in the world.
...Most of the country is "safe" to live. There is more to life than fear of criminal gangs. London is a dump; it smells, there's too many people, everyone's rude, you can't talk to strangers.
PapaPiggy wrote:Gangs in London? What is this world coming to? What you guys have drive by arguments? Not to troll, but it is just hard to believe that there are violent gangs in London.
The riots were not all that much to do with gangs.
I am Head of Year for an inner city school. One of the kids who is theoretically still part of my year group is actually in prison for a murder he committed when he was 12. Another of my pupils got stabbed twice in the neck and also in the lungs last July, on his way home from school, and was lucky to live. Back in November I had to throw himout of school because he was found with a knife on the way into an exam. Another kid had to go when a sawn-off and ammo was found under his bed by the police.
From other year groups, we had a 14 year old put away on high-level drug distribution charges. A pupil got stabbed in the back of his thigh just outside the front door of school and nearly bled out in reception a few years ago. At least five or six more kids have been stabbed in the last coupld of years. Last week, an ex-pupil for put away on drug-dealing charges. Two girls got put away trying to bring almost $1,000,000 of drugs back from the Caribbean.
That is the stuff I can remember off the top of my head, so it includes most of the worst stuff, but there is a constant stream of less serious stuff. And I haven't even spoken about the deprivation and child neglect issues I deal with on a weekly basis, just the actual violent stuff.
Makarov wrote:For the US I would have to say Detroit.
I got lost in Detroit whilst driving around in a brand new Mustang Convertible. I was fecking terrified until I got back on the Interstate.
As for saying London is a dump, what the hell are you smoking? London is one of the best places in the world to live. And even if the gang crime is bad in some parts (and believe me, I know. I am just thankful I am just barely on the fringes of it, not mixed up right in it like some people I know) then most of London is as safe as anywhere in the world.
There is a reason why everyone I known who lives near Detroit has a Concealed weapons license. I know there have been issues with wild dogs in the city, and I remember here they found a bear well within the city limits.
Albatross wrote:Is PappaPiggy a real person, d'you think?
Or do you think he's just excellently playing the character of the 'ignorant Yank' stereotype, for humourous purposes?
It makes me feel better about humanity to believe so.
I'm going to get hate for this, but Chicago is the most overrated city in America and possibly on earth. I've been there a few times, and I have hated it more with each visit. If Adepticon wasn't in the area I'd never set foot in that area again. Honorable mention goes to Portland, Maine. Nuke it from orbit.
Ah. I was thinking about Chicago for next year, when me and the missus cross the pond for our holiday. Actually, this thread is good in that it helps me know where to avoid!
In terms of the UK? Don't go to Bradford. It's a gak-tip.
Everyone goes to New York though, don't they? I just wanted to try something different. I was thinking of heading further south, maybe visiting my uncle. He trains race horses in N. Carolina.
I love telling people that. It makes me sound debonaire.
PapaPiggy wrote:Gangs in London? What is this world coming to? What you guys have drive by arguments? Not to troll, but it is just hard to believe that there are violent gangs in London.
According to some recent statistics London has a violent crime rate 3 times higher than New York...
I vote Toronto for the sheer level of utter stupidity that pervades the city...
- Because we have a Conservative federal government and a Conservative Mayor, the citizens of Toronto decided to vote the provincial 'Fib'erals back into power just to avoid having conservatives at all three levels of government.
So, instead of 'usefull' things like 'job creation' and killing moronic programs like the 'go green initiative', we instead get to pay-out 1.5+ billion dollars for tax-payer funded all-day daycare. (otherwise touted as 'full day kindergarden')
- Toronto wants to call itself a 'world class city!' on the level of New York, London et all. What do all world class cities have in spades to keep people moving? Subways!
Toronto has some of the worst gridlock in the entirety of North America! (Yay! We're even worse than LA!!!) The 'leftist loonies' & 'moronic middle' on city council vote to reduce commute times by building... Light Rail Transit... On a street that's already jam-packed with vehicles... In a climate where the rail lines typically freeze in the winter months.
So, what were the area residents asking for? Yep, you guessed it, subways! Why did city council vote for LRT's? To peeve-off the Mayor and make him look bad.
- In January 1999, the city of Toronto declared a 'snow disaster' and at taxpayers expense called in the army reserve to... shovel snow!
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Meanwhile, the rest of Canada, simply called it 'winter'!
- Toronto hockey fans willingly pay the highest ticket prices in the entire NHL. The 'cheap seats', will run you around $80-$90 per ticket.
The 'Make-ya-Laughs' as they are known, haven't played in a single play-off game since 2004! (longest streak of any team in the entire league IIRC!)
The seats of the Air Canada Center are still full every single night...
The 'fans' decry the woefull state of the team and lament endlessly about how awful things are demanding change...
Somehow, with the money still rolling every single year even when icing one of the worst teams in the league, nothing has changed?!!
Squidmanlolz wrote:Camden, NJ. Guns get hauled in from across the Delaware river. people shoot each other, nonstop. The police just try to keep themselves safe, and nearly allow the shootings to resolve themselves as long as no innocents get injured (most of them have moved out anyway). It's the closest thing to a post-apocalyptic hellhole warzone I've ever encountered.
Albatross wrote:Is PappaPiggy a real person, d'you think?
Or do you think he's just excellently playing the character of the 'ignorant Yank' stereotype, for humourous purposes?
I don't know if i should be mad at this, Or are you calling me a robot? Either way i don't know how to feel about this. First off, living in the USA, We see and get it all. Gang violence to a level that its hard to believe. Drug labs out the ares. You name it and we got it. But i personally was half joking about the gangs in London. I had always thought gun laws in London made it harder to get a gun.
But when it comes to gangs, Not warlords or warring bodies with in a country, The us takes the cake. You walk about certain parts of La wearing certain colors and you get shot. Not even the freedom to wear colors.Its just hard to believe the same crimes happen in jolly old London, A year ago the police raided a home i have past a ton of times, only to find a full scale meth lab, and three bodies burried in the back yard. And if you couldn't tell yes i am a real person. And yes I might be a ignorant yank, But then again calling me a yank is a stereotypical brit, now isn't it.
My vote is still for KC,KS-MO, Mo is a lot worse than KS, Its like the KS side is the rich side, and the MO side gets poor very fast. But if you stay to the street lights and don't get out of your car, they are both ok.
And i try and be funny, There isn't a point in talking about how screwed up our cities are with out some humor. It keeps us focused on the fact that this wasn't made to mock or point out the deaths of so many it was made to mock and make fun of the cities we all know and hate for what ever reasons. Please remember this when you post. We aren't posting in this thread to disrespect those who have died or their families. This thread is here to compare cities to one another and to pass the time. Thank you
Grakmar wrote:I'm sorry, but no where in America or western Europe should even be mentioned in a "worst cities in the world" debate. At worst, you're talking about bad weather or some local gun violence.
Compare that to, say Mogadishu in Somalia, where there's a civil war that's been going on for 20 years now, and bandits walk the streets with AK-47s. Bogota, Colombia or Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where violence and murder is a constant part of life.
Or, perhaps you should compare to Dallol, Ethiopia. It's in the middle of the desert, with temperatures reaching 148F, and has pretty constant earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and rivers of acid flowing just underground. And, the only real employment is working in the mines to mine salt.
But!!!!
I have to walk 30 minutes for a decent burger.
First off, FUNNY. I have to drive thirty mins to get a good burger. And hate to tell you dude. but when you don't live in a third world country the problems change. Here in america we don't have war lords killing every one. I get people like the BTK killer, who you don't know who he is, At least a warlord you know who not to screw with. Around here Who knows, you could be shot by a nice little old lady. You could die while picking up your children from school. Doesn't mean our cities aren't any worse, Just means they are on a different scale.
Kinda like lower class problems and upper class problems. I don't have the season packet to my Ramen noodles, They don't have a $500 bottle of wine, Different problems for different people.
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PapaPiggy wrote:Gangs in London? What is this world coming to? What you guys have drive by arguments? Not to troll, but it is just hard to believe that there are violent gangs in London.
Every country has scum:
Though tbh they're a tad too comical to be gang members...
That's more illustrative, but of course it's because of 'people abandoned by society' with 'no prospects', waah waaah waah people do bad things because we poor liberals have failed them. Nothing to do with the prevalent sense of entitlement amongst a lot of folks... A Gangster got in iffy circumstances (I'm not really bothered - at the end of the day a bad man was removed from the world) and a legitimate protest came out about it; but then people used that as a veneer to engage in common looting.
Not really sure what I can say about gangs without getting censored by the mods... Racial profiling is a hot topic after all and, ultimately, a sheltered white middle class kiddy like myself is going to give a very skewed and biased view about London gangs that is formed entirely by what I see in the media; but if we look at gang stabbings there's a pattern in the victims.
PapaPiggy, untwist your knickers. Your thread is depressingly dismissive of the problems that are faced in the third world and gives me a negative impression of you. When posting on an international board, you've got to post with a sense of scale and think about this stuff, and you should reflect rather than getting defensive.
You want to talk about gang violence, talk about mexico. Talk about columbia. You think warlords are somehow better than gang members? Gimme a break. Go read about it. Then come back.
Da Boss wrote:PapaPiggy, untwist your knickers. Your thread is depressingly dismissive of the problems that are faced in the third world and gives me a negative impression of you. When posting on an international board, you've got to post with a sense of scale and think about this stuff, and you should reflect rather than getting defensive.
You want to talk about gang violence, talk about mexico. Talk about columbia. You think warlords are somehow better than gang members? Gimme a break. Go read about it. Then come back.
You're getting awfully preachy; the board over-represents Westerners and ultimately that's the PoV that will be over-represented. OP was just making a fun thread about cities we knew. Are you really so tetchy as to jump down peoples' throats because of ways in which the phrasing of a topic could possibly be construed?
Do you feel like a white knight? A noble crusader defending the destitute and the helpless? Was jumping down OP's neck your good deed for the year?
You're not this guy and until you are you shan't have my respect (though you do seem to talk like him):
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Actually, I'm a huge hypocrite because I just jumped down *your* throat without reading what OP had written in response to the allegations (the original ones being silly). I think saying the US 'takes the biscuit' is a wee bit silly and the phrasing is certainly off; but at no point does he deny that Mogadishu is a gakhole. I think the original purpose of the thread still stands.
Da Boss wrote:PapaPiggy, untwist your knickers. Your thread is depressingly dismissive of the problems that are faced in the third world and gives me a negative impression of you. When posting on an international board, you've got to post with a sense of scale and think about this stuff, and you should reflect rather than getting defensive. You want to talk about gang violence, talk about mexico. Talk about columbia. You think warlords are somehow better than gang members? Gimme a break. Go read about it. Then come back.
Everyone might untwist theirs as well. Again the OP noted craptacular cities in each country.
Sure Dallas doesn't have the wanton violence of Detroit, or to a lesser extent Somalia. Sure Dallas isn't as hot as the Sahara. Sure Dallas isn't as stuck up as say Manhatten. Sure Dallas isn't as flat as say Oklahoma. but you know, its Dallas.
*To the unknowing its the law in Texas that people from Houston and Dallas make fun of each other. Its what we do. Its not personal, unlike our mutual disike of Austin metro. Thats personal.
The thread was made for fun, Its in the off-topic forum of a website that is geared toward people with enough money to waste on plastic men. Now if you want to be a d-bag about how i worded it then fine, But that isn't going to stop others from having a little bit of fun.
Gang members vs warlords, Are they the same. No they aren't. Now I have never heard of a gang trying to take control of a country to rape the land of its diamonds or drugs. Gangs don't have control over the general population. Gang members are low level hoodlums that want to control very little. And its not the people they want to control its the other criminals that they want to control. So they can sell drugs and what not with out being harassed by other gangs. That isn't the same thing as ENSLAVING YOUR OWN PEOPLE TO WORK DIAMOND MINDS AND DRUG LABS. Maybe you don't know what a gang is, or you are crossing the line between them.
Do i honestly care about third world nations that can't feed their own people because they are in a civil war every other week because their leaders can't control them? No... I really don't. Its their leaders job to lead. Should i feel bad because there are places in the world with out clean drinking water? No, Its not my problem, I have to worry about feeding my child daily, I can't worry about the countries in the world that haven't done anything to help them selves in the last 60 years. China Needed to feed their people, what did they do? Found a way to get the most use of their land to feed their people, What are the people in africa doing? Killing one another for the few crops they can get. and the few supplies that come in. Why haven't they come up with ways of growing food? Ways of distilling water to make it drinkable? Why hasn't any of this happened? Because that would take to much time and raping and killing your own people works better.
Don't talk down to me. The sheer fact that you bring it up means that you have white people problems. You don't care about the people in your own country going through the same things, but will jump on a chance to donate to countries that have ruined themselves. When was the last time you helped a single mother with buying diapers? Or did you just yell at them to get a job?
As for the bigger American cities its parts of the cities that suck. New York is a great City, but when you get closer to the older parts. They start to get run down and rather crappy. I haven't heard any one name a place that no one knows . Personally i can't stand Bladwin city KS, There is nothing going on there. Their only Mc Donalds is in the same building as a gas station. I swear time stops there. Or Alma KS, The local hang out for teens, the only gas station. Cities like that never get named. Don't know why though.
Of the places I've visited, parts of Philly and almost all of Baltimore.
Back in the UK, Coventry, bloody awful place.
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PapaPiggy wrote:Gangs in London? What is this world coming to? What you guys have drive by arguments? Not to troll, but it is just hard to believe that there are violent gangs in London.
There were 5,500 knife crimes in inner city London in 2011.
There were 2,600 gun crimes in inner city London in 2011.
There were 36,000 personal robberies in inner city London in 2011.
There were 137 murders in inner city London in 2011.
There were 170,000 physical assaults in inner city London in 2011.
Do you seriously think we all go to work on penny farthing bycycles and wear top hats? Are you that naive? Most of them don't possess guns, so actual fatalities are far lower, but many criminals carry knives and the overall reduction of risk by firearms leads to a massive rate of physical assault and attack. If you have no fear that the other guy is packing, you're far more likely to beat snot out of him, especially if drink is involved, and the British are a nation of drinkers.
Manchu wrote:Considering how many people live in London, those figures tend to support the impression that it's a rather civilized place.
Note the figures did not include Greater London; which is a pretty big place.
Not so many people live in the inner city.
Also in other places crime is common; I imagine this is normal in the US too, but I'd say everyone has a friend who has been a victim of a mugging/assault in the last few years.
Manchu wrote:Considering how many people live in London, those figures tend to support the impression that it's a rather civilized place.
It is, but the notion we don't have crime or that some parts of any major city in the UK are dangerous places smacks of trolling.
Bristol, where I lived for several years, is, overall, a mild city with rural tendencies. Yet go skipping merrily though St Pauls or Western at night and see how long it is before you're bereft of your valuables or missing a limb.
I will name several, but I want to argue on the side of the humble gak hole. I kinda like gak holes, I went on shore leave in Senegal and it was funny as feth... only funny because I was with 20 blokes though obviously, I got the impression that they were desperate to try a mugging but didnt have the bottle.
Some rough nightspots there.
Gibraltar is a gak hole, that's funny as well, whore houses, cheap pints, much drinking and thuggery by the random mobs of soldiers and sailors that wash up there... its like something out of Pirates of the Caribbean!
Same goes for Union street in Plymouth.. Its chaos but wonderful.
I would rather drink in a cesspit than a bar with a dress code. And they wouldn't let me in a pub in San Diego because I only had a British passport for ID?
I didn't mean to bash London, Its just that here in America we only hear about what parents killed their children and who killed who, We don't hear alot from other countries unless we are waging a war against them. I always thought London was a more peaceful place because of the lack of fire arms. But then again you don't hear about very many muggings in Texas, just because you don't know who has a gun under their coat.
Where are the other countries in all this? What about France? Now there is a safe country to make fun of. The one thing the brits and the Americans agree on. France sucking, This is said half jokingly. Here comes the wave of back lash...
Squidmanlolz wrote:Camden, NJ. Guns get hauled in from across the Delaware river. people shoot each other, nonstop. The police just try to keep themselves safe, and nearly allow the shootings to resolve themselves as long as no innocents get injured (most of them have moved out anyway). It's the closest thing to a post-apocalyptic hellhole warzone I've ever encountered.
I gotta agree with Squid here. Camden would be a rat infested hellhole.... if the rats hadn't already fled to Trenton. Flint looks like a picnic area when you compare the crime rates: Camden is 454% higher than the National average... Flint is only 368% for violent crimes... though Flint takes the property crimes.
And the main reason that Arson is down in Camden is because all the torchable buildings are already burned down.
mattyrm wrote:
Same goes for Union street in Plymouth.. Its chaos but wonderful.
Been there plenty times on the booze, never ceased to amaze me that wanky students and 'Plimuff' chavs would go out drinking and starting fights with chaps who spend lots of time training to kill people and be physically fit.
PapaPiggy wrote:I didn't mean to bash London, Its just that here in America we only hear about what parents killed their children and who killed who, We don't hear alot from other countries unless we are waging a war against them. I always thought London was a more peaceful place because of the lack of fire arms. But then again you don't hear about very many muggings in Texas, just because you don't know who has a gun under their coat.
Where are the other countries in all this? What about France? Now there is a safe country to make fun of. The one thing the brits and the Americans agree on. France sucking, This is said half jokingly. Here comes the wave of back lash...
I've heard that France has it as bad if not worse than Britain with regards to Chavs, white trash and ethnic crime.
Or did you mean 'safe' in that we all like to tease the French?
mattyrm wrote:
Same goes for Union street in Plymouth.. Its chaos but wonderful.
Been there plenty times on the booze, never ceased to amaze me that wanky students and 'Plimuff' chavs would go out drinking and starting fights with chaps who spend lots of time training to kill people and be physically fit.
Also, Plymouth girls are easy.
Quality isnt it?
Union street in 2000 was just pub, pub, pizza shop, pub, strip club, pub, bookies, pub, pub, nightclub, pizza shop, stripclub, bookies, pub,pub, pub.. and loads of mucky birds, and thats excluding the Navy ones!
I was based at 42 commando for the best part of 5 years so I stopped appreciating it, but I'd fething love to go back down there now.
Teasing is what i meant. Come on its the french, We all remember learning about WWI and WWII... Making fun of the French is the one thing that the whole world agrees on. Of course not the French, but no one really listens to them.
Manchu wrote:I'm asking in all seriousness, do criminals actually take people's limbs off over there?
That's something we don't see in the States.
Eh..... Boston mob used to do some fethed up gak.
Also, Boston has more crime than 90% of the entire nation.
I always thought Boston was pretty nice!?
It is. Boston's a great city, and it's a great place to visit. But the natives (Me) will tell you that there are parts of Boston you just don't go to without an escort.
You're not going to get killed in Boston. The police are amazing at stopping crime here. But you are going to get into a heap of trouble if you start anything. Not only trouble from the Cops, but the locals. They show no mercy.
mattyrm wrote:
I would rather drink in a cesspit than a bar with a dress code. And they wouldn't let me in a pub in San Diego because I only had a British passport for ID?
Happens in Tempe and Phoenix too, and St. Paul and Chicago.
And don't frown on the dress code, nothing like kicking back with a little bottle service with a nice view of the dance floor.
Union street in 2000 was just pub, pub, pizza shop, pub, strip club, pub, bookies, pub, pub, nightclub, pizza shop, stripclub, bookies, pub,pub, pub.. and loads of mucky birds, and thats excluding the Navy ones!
I was based at 42 commando for the best part of 5 years so I stopped appreciating it, but I'd fething love to go back down there now.
I was also there around the same time, remembered enjoying the company of a most accommodating young lady in the toilets at jesters. It's not what it used to be, from what I'm told, many of the clubs closed and the area is crawling with the law, both coppers and MPs now. I think it got tamed.
PapaPiggy wrote:I didn't mean to bash London, Its just that here in America we only hear about what parents killed their children and who killed who, We don't hear alot from other countries unless we are waging a war against them. I always thought London was a more peaceful place because of the lack of fire arms. But then again you don't hear about very many muggings in Texas, just because you don't know who has a gun under their coat.
Where are the other countries in all this? What about France? Now there is a safe country to make fun of. The one thing the brits and the Americans agree on. France sucking, This is said half jokingly. Here comes the wave of back lash...
I've heard that France has it as bad if not worse than Britain with regards to Chavs, white trash and ethnic crime.
Or did you mean 'safe' in that we all like to tease the French?
A very large population of very disaffected North African immigrant youth in Paris.
Remember the riots of 2005? That was across the country and effectively shut the major cities down.
The "late night kebab" has become an icon of urban food culture in the United Kingdom, with kebabs often purchased and consumed following a night of drinking. In some cities, it is common for clubbers to flock to Pakistani chip shops after a night out. Kebabs are considered suitable following consumption of alcohol due their high content of lipids (fats) which aids in metabolism of alcohol. Another variation found commonly is the "donner and chips in a tray." This is a take-away tray with a layer of chips, doner meat and either chilli or mayonnaise sauce on top. It is also common to add lettuce, onion, tomato or cheese on top.
Manchu wrote:@MGS: What is that chappy doing under the queen alien's ovipositor?
Shaving delicious slices off to put in a pita bread with lettuce, tomato, pickled chilli, cucumber, raw onions, ketchup, mayo, chilli sauce and a side of fries.
It is the food of choice for the drunken hordes of the UK.
Personally, I was introduced to the falafel on moving to Bristol and I never looked back. Your mouth feels far less like a rat nested in it when you wake the next day...
Hey by the way Dogma's pizza looks fething nice, but I am partial to a doner meat pizza as well when im ten pints deep.
Oh and Henners is right mate, I meant "quality" as in a proper good craic, not quality as in the pubs, pizzashops and strip joints in question are actually of a good standard.
MeanGreenStompa wrote: I've had a true philly cheese steak and very much enjoyed it.
Oh, they are not comparable. Chicago Italian beef, properly, has different spices and giardiniera...maybe some provolone...nd always gets dipped in the gravy. It looks like this...
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mattyrm wrote: Hey by the way Dogma's pizza looks fething nice, but I am partial to a doner meat pizza as well when im ten pints deep.
They make 'em here too, but we call them Greek pizzas, or some such nonsense.
Also, if you ever make it Chicago-side, we'll have to indulge in some of the tastier staples.
London is a gak hole,
but if your looking for a nice place to eat, try borsch and cheers.
And if the guy with an acoustic guitar is there chuck him a few bob.
He'll play anything you like.
mattyrm wrote:
It reminded me a place in LA you must have heard of cos its super famous in CA, I think ive ate there about 100 times. They do Pickled eggs as well.
Well WTF lads. I came in here to see how terrible our countries are, and instead Im leaving with my mouth watering and wishing I had lunch already made. I hate you all
PapaPiggy wrote:Ok what happened to this thread? It was all about hating on cities, Now its all about food... This doesn't look good for us fat war gamers.
I have often heard that KC has the best BBQ in the US, Is that true?
PapaPiggy wrote:Gangs in London? What is this world coming to? What you guys have drive by arguments? Not to troll, but it is just hard to believe that there are violent gangs in London.
People are killed in gang war around London. Sad but true. Everyday someone seems to get murdered. And who doesn't remember the London riots.
Worst place to live? In the West: Fife in Scotland. Creepy little place. Anywhere else? Sangin, Afghanistan.
PapaPiggy wrote:Ok what happened to this thread? It was all about hating on cities, Now its all about food... This doesn't look good for us fat war gamers.
I have often heard that KC has the best BBQ in the US, Is that true?
Well I dunno if I have the best BBQ in the US, but certainly in this thread
PapaPiggy wrote:Gangs in London? What is this world coming to? What you guys have drive by arguments? Not to troll, but it is just hard to believe that there are violent gangs in London.
People are killed in gang war around London. Sad but true. Everyday someone seems to get murdered. And who doesn't remember the London riots.
Worst place to live? In the West: Fife in Scotland. Creepy little place. Anywhere else? Sangin, Afghanistan.
Sorry chumm, everyday some one gets murdered in most large cities, the big smoke is bio different (arguable a little safer than most defo the ones youn list).
Once again Ive had another Great night out in London, the beer was awesome the lades were better I got offered another job, did I mention the beer?
It's all speculative chums; if you are scratching your areas in crapsville USA then it always seems rubbish at home. Me, I've liked most places I've been, even Belgium... The beer always helps btw.
I was going to reply to PapaPiggy again, because his post made me angry. But seeing as the thread has devolved into something more amusing, I'll leave it be.
Henners91 wrote:I LOVE doner kebabs and most of the time just have them as an evening treat rather than a post-drink recovery aid.
Same. I fething love a kebab, me. Matty couldn't believe I ate them sober when he first came to visit with me at my new gaff, but kebabs are pretty much uniformly awesome in Manchester.
I also love a doner pizza, too. I'm not alowed those, though. Too much of a fat bastard at present!
rockerbikie wrote:Wollongong. Too many Street Gangs, Youth Unemployment, Crime and other bad things.
No where as bad as blacktown though.
But worst place I've seen is Kingston Ontario. Just across from detroit... with none of the charm. So polluted you leave you models on the windowsill to strip them... if they haven't been stolen.
PapaPiggy wrote:Gangs in London? What is this world coming to? What you guys have drive by arguments? Not to troll, but it is just hard to believe that there are violent gangs in London.
People are killed in gang war around London. Sad but true. Everyday someone seems to get murdered.
Ali G: Jezzy, iz you wearing green? I knew it - you iz defected to the Iver 'Eath posse, innit? Come on - let's stab him!
Jezzy F: No, no - wait! Me mum, yeah, she put me yellow top in the wash with me brother's blue football socks even though they ain't colourfast.
Ali G: All right. But you tell that slag, that in the ghetto, washing non-colourfast synthetics at 60 degrees could cost you your life...
PapaPiggy wrote:Gangs in London? What is this world coming to? What you guys have drive by arguments? Not to troll, but it is just hard to believe that there are violent gangs in London.
People are killed in gang war around London. Sad but true. Everyday someone seems to get murdered. And who doesn't remember the London riots.
Worst place to live? In the West: Fife in Scotland. Creepy little place. Anywhere else? Sangin, Afghanistan.
Sorry chumm, everyday some one gets murdered in most large cities, the big smoke is bio different (arguable a little safer than most defo the ones youn list).
Once again Ive had another Great night out in London, the beer was awesome the lades were better I got offered another job, did I mention the beer?
It's all speculative chums; if you are scratching your areas in crapsville USA then it always seems rubbish at home. Me, I've liked most places I've been, even Belgium... The beer always helps btw.
I've said this before in this thread, London has a violent crime rate 3 times higher than New York...
Johnny-Crass wrote:Colorado.... I know it is a state but have you been there? Lethal bit of the state is you die of boredom.
I would just like to point this out as an example of a profoundly incorrect statement.
QFT, colorado rocks, all times of the year there is always something to to(at least in the western half of the state, the eastern part is basically just west kansas lol
Johnny-Crass wrote:Colorado.... I know it is a state but have you been there? Lethal bit of the state is you die of boredom.
I would just like to point this out as an example of a profoundly incorrect statement.
Maybe I was just stuck with boring people. I dunno there was nothing to do all day for 3 weeks. So it left a taste in my mouth, sorry for my jab at the rockies
Featherston (Feddy Town!), its a town in the region of the Wairarapa in NZ, its got like P-lab in every second household and people that live there are just crazy. (Thought it's not really a city, its more or less a village to world standards.)
Da Boss wrote:I was going to reply to PapaPiggy again, because his post made me angry. But seeing as the thread has devolved into something more amusing, I'll leave it be.
You finally get it! Now join in and make fun of something already. Cut loose and have fun.
And Colorado isn't bad. Its the drive from Topeka Ks to Denver CO that would kill you. There isn't a single thing all the way. Besides an adult super market. There are plenty of trees, but that is it. And the reason behind higher crime rate in London over New York city, Is because the criminals don't live in New York city, Even they know better than that. They just come in on the week ends do what they need to do and leave.
Speaking of New York city, It could have the lowest crime rate in the world and would still be a crap hole. Have you seen pictures of it? You can't drive any where because of the traffic. Every where in half the city is high end places that no one can afford. And not to mention, Ever see a Wal-Mart in new york city? I haven't seen one yet. And if a city doesn't have a Wal-Mart, Its not worth going to or living in!
Dude, no way. London is one of the best cities in the world. Its up there with Paris, Rome, Istanbul, and all my other favorites.
Its a good laugh on the piss, I think that generally people think London is a dump because compared to our little towns and shires, Its massively crowded and dirty.. but I think you could say that about any big city in the entire world personally. I fething loved it in New York, but it IS dirty.
Most times In the US, The little cities get really dumpy and the bigger ones (for the most part) stay clean. But then again, In the US we do have towns that are only one big trailer park.
Worst in the world?
Mogadishu - No real govenment and violent as hell
Cape Town (In SA, a supposidly "first world" country). Violent with massive poverty
Grozny (Again, in Russia, a first world country) Bombed to hell after many years of war
Karachi. Pakistan has all the problems of India with non of the good bits. War on its boarders, internal violence and Karachi is a distilled version of the rest of the country.
Finaly:
Detroit (From what I have seen parts of Detroit look like a war zone). Poverty, violence, gang problems. People may have been saying "oh look at us and our western problems" but parts of the US are very violent.
London & New York are nice places (for a given value of nice). And FYI the violent crime rate in NY is not that high, and has not been since the mid 90's. http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm
Also, whilst the UK is not the bastion of politeness some in the US seem to think, nither do we have the problems people from the UK seem to think. Thanks to the way policing and govenment is funded in the UK we do not have the funding problems parts of the US do. Because they have a direct link between local funding and local tax a poor area can quickly sink in to a spiral of distruction where less money is raised in taxes, so less is spent on police, roads, sanitation etc, so the well off move out, so less taxes are raised etc etc. In the UK we do not have this link.
Johnny-Crass wrote:Colorado.... I know it is a state but have you been there? Lethal bit of the state is you die of boredom.
No way, Great Falls MT has CO beat by a rocky mile.
The only place I've actually been frightened in has been the Richmond/Vallejo area. And I've been all over the crappier sides of the SF Bay. Once walked lost through downtown east Oakland with a backpack and a duffel searching for the BART, and was guided by not one but two very nice vagrants/crackheads. Only one of them tried to roll me up before the second one steered me in the correct direction.*
PapaPiggy wrote:Speaking of New York city, It could have the lowest crime rate in the world and would still be a crap hole. Have you seen pictures of it? You can't drive any where because of the traffic. Every where in half the city is high end places that no one can afford. And not to mention, Ever see a Wal-Mart in new york city? I haven't seen one yet. And if a city doesn't have a Wal-Mart, Its not worth going to or living in!
1) If you're in a major city (New York, Paris, London, Chicago, etc) and are driving, that's your problem. They all have amazing mass transit systems. Use those.
2) Yeah, there's a lot of expensive housing in New York. But, that's because it's really nice and because the people there make enough money to afford it.
3) Wal-Mart isn't a good thing. It's low-quality merchandise for cheap.
mattyrm wrote: Its a good laugh on the piss, I think that generally people think London is a dump because compared to our little towns and shires, Its massively crowded and dirty.. but I think you could say that about any big city in the entire world personally. I fething loved it in New York, but it IS dirty.
Dude, the grime is half the fun.
Speaking of Istanbul, you haven't live until you've had to leg it from a bouncer because you danced with the wrong girl.
Grakmar wrote:
1) If you're in a major city (New York, Paris, London, Chicago, etc) and are driving, that's your problem. They all have amazing mass transit systems. Use those.
2) Yeah, there's a lot of expensive housing in New York. But, that's because it's really nice and because the people there make enough money to afford it.
3) Wal-Mart isn't a good thing. It's low-quality merchandise for cheap.
Manhatten (which is what most people mean when they say New York) you can walk most places, never mind mass transit. It's only 13 miles x 3 miles, and the top 4ish miles (north of 125th) don't have much you would need unless you live there, in which case you are already there. I'm sure there is Wal-Mart in New York, and there is definatly cheep housing, just not in Manhatten. Any place without a Wal-Mart is a good thing in my eyes.
If I had the money I would get a house in London, a flat in Rome and have a motorbike in each for when I wanted to go a long way, and cycle/walk the rest of the time.
PP: Oh, I "got it" from the start, but what I got pissed me off.
As for worst city in Ireland (the republic- I've only been to Belfast up north) Hmmm. Well, probably Limerick. We call it stab city and it's got the worst gang problems in Ireland. Which still aren't very bad.
I still hate Cork more though. Bloody cork people.
Grakmar wrote:
1) If you're in a major city (New York, Paris, London, Chicago, etc) and are driving, that's your problem. They all have amazing mass transit systems. Use those.
2) Yeah, there's a lot of expensive housing in New York. But, that's because it's really nice and because the people there make enough money to afford it.
3) Wal-Mart isn't a good thing. It's low-quality merchandise for cheap.
Manhatten (which is what most people mean when they say New York) you can walk most places, never mind mass transit. It's only 13 miles x 3 miles, and the top 4ish miles (north of 125th) don't have much you would need unless you live there, in which case you are already there. I'm sure there is Wal-Mart in New York, and there is definatly cheep housing, just not in Manhatten. Any place without a Wal-Mart is a good thing in my eyes.
If I had the money I would get a house in London, a flat in Rome and have a motorbike in each for when I wanted to go a long way, and cycle/walk the rest of the time.
I thought a cyclist in Rome would has a shorter life expectancy than a WW1 fighter pilot.
Le Havre is probably one of the worst cities in France.
It has the highest pollution rate, it's surrounded by highly toxic chemical plants and a had a serious gang problem when I used to live there (not sure if it has changed);
rockerbikie wrote:Wollongong. Too many Street Gangs, Youth Unemployment, Crime and other bad things.
No where as bad as blacktown though.
But worst place I've seen is Kingston Ontario. Just across from detroit... with none of the charm. So polluted you leave you models on the windowsill to strip them... if they haven't been stolen.
Warwilla is probably just as bad as Blacktown. Also, Claymore is terrible.
Electro wrote:Worst in the world?
Mogadishu - No real govenment and violent as hell
Cape Town (In SA, a supposidly "first world" country). Violent with massive poverty
Grozny (Again, in Russia, a first world country) Bombed to hell after many years of war
Karachi. Pakistan has all the problems of India with non of the good bits. War on its boarders, internal violence and Karachi is a distilled version of the rest of the country.
Finaly:
Detroit (From what I have seen parts of Detroit look like a war zone). Poverty, violence, gang problems. People may have been saying "oh look at us and our western problems" but parts of the US are very violent.
London & New York are nice places (for a given value of nice). And FYI the violent crime rate in NY is not that high, and has not been since the mid 90's. http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm
Also, whilst the UK is not the bastion of politeness some in the US seem to think, nither do we have the problems people from the UK seem to think. Thanks to the way policing and govenment is funded in the UK we do not have the funding problems parts of the US do. Because they have a direct link between local funding and local tax a poor area can quickly sink in to a spiral of distruction where less money is raised in taxes, so less is spent on police, roads, sanitation etc, so the well off move out, so less taxes are raised etc etc. In the UK we do not have this link.
Im guessing you breezed over all the FLINT things Ive been saying. I live a few minutes away from Flint, and have been to Detroit a few times. Trust me, Flint is far worse then Detroit.
Jacksonville, Florida. My cousin moved there and got his motorcycle stolen in the first month of living there. He hasn't gotten it back yet, and he never will.
mwnciboo wrote:SWANSEA - "Pretty Sh*tty City" - Twin town. or "Swansea is the Death of Ambition" - Dylan Thomas. nuff said.
or if including Towns.
Merthyr Tydfil - There is a reason it's called "Merthyr Land-Fill".
Merthyr Council built a tourist information center so that strangers could ask for the quickest way out of town. This lowered the crime rate until someone burned it down.
In terms of actual cities, bits of Bristol are pretty bad but at least it has good bits. Also, I met 2 lovely Japanese girls there (they were on student exchange) which made me happy.
Nuneaton isn't high for death, but muggings are insane. My cousin got mugged with a butter knife, i was jumped 4 times in the space of about four months. Someone i know sliced someones face open with a penknife etc etc etc
Urban Dictionary wrote:small town in England near Coventry and Birmingham. It is known for its high population of inbreds or chavs. A slow walk around Nuneaton will likely result in death or serious injury. Obi-Wan Kenobi once described Nuneaton as being 'a wretched hive of scum and villainy.'
I would go to Nuneaton, but I'd probably be killed by the chavs or inbreds.
Monster Rain wrote:I'm going to get hate for this, but Chicago is the most overrated city in America and possibly on earth. I've been there a few times, and I have hated it more with each visit. If Adepticon wasn't in the area I'd never set foot in that area again. Honorable mention goes to Portland, Maine. Nuke it from orbit.
No hate here, but I think you're in the minority on that one. Chicago is a great city, but it has its own vibe much like NYC and LA have their own vibes. If you don't like the vibe, you don't like the city. However, Chicago most certainly does not belong in a worst cities conversation that also involves Detroit. The two are worlds apart in every measure.
All gets left to personal thoughts on the matter. I can tell you right now that both are pretty dumpy places when compared to other places.
I just realized that best city to live in. And that city is Lawrence KS, And I know this is the worst cities in the world, But i just got to mention that in the mist of all the tornadoes, Lawrence hasn't been hit by one, and the violent storms we where suppose to get turned out to be a little wind and some rain. Where as 30 mins away got hit, and is no longer standing.
Personally i think the worst cities should be ranked by what pizza they have. And if they don't have pizza they aren't counted because with out pizza it might as well be considered hell on earth. Whos with me?
Electro wrote:Worst in the world? Mogadishu - No real govenment and violent as hell
Having been there it's a world class ruin not a city. If you levelled a Hive you'd get Mogadishu. It's pretty bleak, I remember escorting a UN World Food Program Ship into the harbour and we were waiting an hour for the Pilot. After much back and forth over the VHF radio, and being told the Pilot had left an hour ago, we watched as past the breakwater came a small rowing boat being rowed by a pair of skinny little Somali's, against a good swell from the Indian Ocean. Hilarious. I have never been anywhere the pilot was rowed out to a ship. It's the 21st Century for Christ's sake.
We sat about 1nm off the Breakwater and it was like the Wild West, there was so much gunfire all over the city it was like an Arabic Wedding. No one shot at us, although a few armoured vehicles aimed their turrets at us and when a Warship aims it's main gun/guns back at you, your bottle tends to go and you make for cover. Good times.
Hyenajoe wrote:Le Havre is probably one of the worst cities in France.
It has the highest pollution rate, it's surrounded by highly toxic chemical plants and a had a serious gang problem when I used to live there (not sure if it has changed);
No offense, because I love France, but whenever I've been accosted in French I've had to suppress laughter. That language is not good at expressing malice.
Conversely, English is pretty bad at expressing affection, so stilted.
KingCracker wrote:I mean in about 1o-15 minutes I can be in Flint, so pretty local. But Im with your friend, 50 miles is close
In Chicago, everything is within 15 minutes...provided there its 2 AM when there's no traffic.
Granted, it generally takes me about an hour to drive to my parents' place, which is ~25 miles from mine.
Monster Rain wrote:I'm going to get hate for this, but Chicago is the most overrated city in America and possibly on earth. I've been there a few times, and I have hated it more with each visit. If Adepticon wasn't in the area I'd never set foot in that area again.
You realize I must now take your head and hand it to Chris Chelios, while saying "Da Bears", yes?
Also, pizza and hot dogs may be involved.
gorgon wrote:
No hate here, but I think you're in the minority on that one. Chicago is a great city, but it has its own vibe much like NYC and LA have their own vibes. If you don't like the vibe, you don't like the city. However, Chicago most certainly does not belong in a worst cities conversation that also involves Detroit. The two are worlds apart in every measure.
I think Chicago is a bit too highfalutin. It simply doesn't have the mystique of LA, NY, Paris, or London. It is fundamentally a working class town that's trying to pretend to more, but location is against it. Honestly, were I not born there, I would never be there, and I would certainly never make the move without great incentive.
Eastbourne (not really a city). I spent my formative years there and it was honestly so boring and stifling at the same time. Your career choices are kiss old touristy butt or wipe old butts in care homes.
I took the only sane option and got the hell out as soon as I could.
Sonophos wrote:Eastbourne (not really a city). I spent my formative years there and it was honestly so boring and stifling at the same time. Your career choices are kiss old touristy butt or wipe old butts in care homes.
I took the only sane option and got the hell out as soon as I could.
Clearly you've never been to Swindon, it's the epitome of boredom.
I cannot believe you are equating Boredom with crime ridden hell holes. I would trade living in a lawless hell hole, rife with crime and fear for your life for a lifetime of dullness (remember you've always got your hobby).
Dull is good, it means no surprises and means you can focus on your own life and pastimes without fear. Do you want to live inside an Action Film or something?
gorgon wrote:
No hate here, but I think you're in the minority on that one. Chicago is a great city, but it has its own vibe much like NYC and LA have their own vibes. If you don't like the vibe, you don't like the city. However, Chicago most certainly does not belong in a worst cities conversation that also involves Detroit. The two are worlds apart in every measure.
I think Chicago is a bit too highfalutin. It simply doesn't have the mystique of LA, NY, Paris, or London. It is fundamentally a working class town that's trying to pretend to more, but location is against it. Honestly, were I not born there, I would never be there, and I would certainly never make the move without great incentive.
Hell, I'm trying to escape.
Oh, I get you...Chicago is kind of a bigger, more cosmopolitan Pittsburgh (which I love for what it is and accept what it's not). I think NYC and LA fall more into that world-class category than Chicago. However, living in either place long-term would almost certainly drive me nuts, for very different reasons. Chicago probably not as much. One really nice thing about living in the Philadelphia area is that NYC is a short train ride away. I can visit whenever without having to live there.
gorgon wrote:
No hate here, but I think you're in the minority on that one. Chicago is a great city, but it has its own vibe much like NYC and LA have their own vibes. If you don't like the vibe, you don't like the city. However, Chicago most certainly does not belong in a worst cities conversation that also involves Detroit. The two are worlds apart in every measure.
I think Chicago is a bit too highfalutin. It simply doesn't have the mystique of LA, NY, Paris, or London. It is fundamentally a working class town that's trying to pretend to more, but location is against it. Honestly, were I not born there, I would never be there, and I would certainly never make the move without great incentive.
Hell, I'm trying to escape.
Oh, I get you...Chicago is kind of a bigger, more cosmopolitan Pittsburgh (which I love for what it is and accept what it's not). I think NYC and LA fall more into that world-class category than Chicago. However, living in either place long-term would almost certainly drive me nuts, for very different reasons. Chicago probably not as much. One really nice thing about living in the Philadelphia area is that NYC is a short train ride away. I can visit whenever without having to live there.
Chicago is a lot like Philly or Boston. It's a big city, with plenty for the locals to do. A few tourist attractions, but not nearly the same amount you get in the more "cultured" cities.
The only real difference with Chicago is that we're hundreds of miles away from another major city. So, we don't get the same amount of cultural cross-pollination as places on the East Coast. It's allowed us to develop our own unique identity, but it also means that there's no where interesting to go, outside of the city.
Grakmar wrote:
Chicago is a lot like Philly or Boston. It's a big city, with plenty for the locals to do. A few tourist attractions, but not nearly the same amount you get in the more "cultured" cities.
I would invert that claim.
Plenty of tourist noise, not much else.
Then again, I hate the Midwest, as a whole, because I'm still here.
Castiel wrote:Naples. Purely because the traffic is insane. I was there for about 20 mins and I was almost run over about 5 times.
So you were not too bothered by the camorra that run the city, the only city on earth that is entirely run by the Mafia? lol got to admit that made me laugh, talk about elephant in the room.
I can just imagine you walking around, bodies floating down the river, shoot outs, heists , piles of garbage everywhere, you turn to the missus and say "Look at the traffic, i wish they would sort out the traffic it's like being stuck on the M8 in Glasgow"
Some people just like to moan about living in hell. I'm from Cleveland and I actually like it a lot. I have to admit though this video is pretty funny.
The tag line says it all. "At least we are not Detroit!"
Castiel wrote:Naples. Purely because the traffic is insane. I was there for about 20 mins and I was almost run over about 5 times.
So you were not too bothered by the camorra that run the city, the only city on earth that is entirely run by the Mafia? lol got to admit that made me laugh, talk about elephant in the room.
I can just imagine you walking around, bodies floating down the river, shoot outs, heists , piles of garbage everywhere, you turn to the missus and say "Look at the traffic, i wish they would sort out the traffic it's like being stuck on the M8 in Glasgow"
It's okay, it's one of those things. I went there for a NATO conference, (NATO JFC HQ is there) and we had a security brief about it, pretty hair raising stuff and absolutely insane that in a supposed 1st world country they cannot maintain Law and Order nevermind security. (shouldn't surprise me they barely in control over their economy and Taxes, maybe not having a major organised crime syndicate operating freely is affecting their tax raising, I would suggest so. )
Castiel wrote:Naples. Purely because the traffic is insane. I was there for about 20 mins and I was almost run over about 5 times.
Sounds more like that's due to the fact that foreigners (especially Italians) should not be allowed to use automobiles. Italians don't even slow down when you're crossing...
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Sonophos wrote:
Henners91 wrote:My girlfriend is from Swindon and I have never met a more boring individual.
If you find your GF so boring why is she your GF?
Not all men can be titanic love stallions like Matty.. Some guys gotta take what they can get.
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Castiel wrote:Naples. Purely because the traffic is insane. I was there for about 20 mins and I was almost run over about 5 times.
Sounds more like that's due to the fact that foreigners (especially Italians) should not be allowed to use automobiles. Italians don't even slow down when you're crossing...
Castiel's travel advice: When in Naples DO NOT wait for the green man to cross the road. You will die.
St. Louis a while ago was ranked as the worst city in the USA, Any one else see a pattern? The worst american cities just happen to be in the mid west... The bible belt. Kinda funny? Or very sad. I can't tell. Either way. I know here in Kansas at least the est part of it, We haven't been hit by jacked up storms. So its nice to know the weather won't kill me, Just the random guy wanting my wallet.
Well Celine Dion murdered enough songs over the years. (why do people sign their posts? do they think we are unable to look at the name above their avatar? Shriker does it as well.)
mwnciboo wrote:Well Celine Dion murdered enough songs over the years. (why do people sign their posts? do they think we are unable to look at the name above their avatar? Shriker does it as well.)
She didn't murder them, she gave birth to those dark monstrosities, spewing forth those venomous atrocities from her vile innards like some kind of Satanic breeding sac.
mwnciboo wrote:. (why do people sign their posts? do they think we are unable to look at the name above their avatar? Shriker does it as well.)
Probably just habit as this isn't the only forum I visit and on the others I change my display name often, so if I sign it, it's easier to know that it's me.
PapaPiggy wrote:We all know what the top rated worst cities in any given country. But they don't really tell you why. Well that ends now, We the people have a voice and i want to hear why you think a city is the worst.
For me, The worst city is Kansas city, Either KS or MO. There as been a shooting every couple of days killing multiple people in each case. These shootings have been black on black and white on black. One has just been called a hate crime. Just about every water main has broken and has had to be repaired. And not to mention, The Kansas City Chiefs.
What do you guys think? What is the worst city in the world and why?
I couldn't agree more. I live in the boredom capitol of the world, the Argentine district. It's all the way at one end of KCK, and all the nice parts (Cabela's, Nebraska Furniture Mart, the speedway) are at the other end, and between them are twenty miles of urban blight. It seriously started going downhill when Indian Springs mall closed. Now for every open business, there are three that are closed, windows broken, weeds coming up through the parking lot.
Monster Rain wrote:I'm going to get hate for this, but Chicago is the most overrated city in America and possibly on earth. I've been there a few times, and I have hated it more with each visit. If Adepticon wasn't in the area I'd never set foot in that area again.
You realize I must now take your head and hand it to Chris Chelios, while saying "Da Bears", yes?
Also, pizza and hot dogs may be involved.
Sorry brother.
Though, honestly, I think my east coast upbringing might have made me inherently distrusting of major cities that aren't near an ocean.
My city. kathmandu, nepal. a holy man was recently gunned down by either
A: Indian secret service
B: the mob.
C: disgruntled insurgents.
we have so much smog that the rain comes down brown, when it does rain, we get cobras in our potato cupboards and end up wading through waist high water to get down the street, sharing said streets with lizards, snakes and a pack of stray dogs.
A pack of stray dogs. Sounds like a really bad name for a biker gang.
Its kinda funny no one has mentioned cities with the highest rates of pregnant high school drop outs that develop crack addictions. I don't know what city would be the worse in the world, But i am pretty sure its in America, (First world countries) We are currently picking our next president on his coolness factor. And let us not forget, What ever city the person who Came up with the show Glee, where ever he was born must of been in a city where the 9th circle of hell is. So maybe just out side of LA
A list the of cities in the world where women get pregnant easily i don't know if i would want to go poking around there... Pun was intended, No birth control... and easy women. Bad idea.
And glee is the worse thing to happen to tv since they took married with children off the air. Nough said. And please don't hate on me because i don't like craptasitc tv like glee
PapaPiggy wrote:A list the of cities in the world where women get pregnant easily i don't know if i would want to go poking around there... Pun was intended, No birth control... and easy women. Bad idea.
And glee is the worse thing to happen to tv since they took married with children off the air. Nough said. And please don't hate on me because i don't like craptasitc tv like glee
I won't hate on you for glee, I will hate on you for that terrible pun [/hate]
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Castiel wrote:
PapaPiggy wrote:Its kinda funny no one has mentioned cities with the highest rates of pregnant high school drop outs that develop crack addictions.
What is up with the hate for water world? There has to be at least 300 other movies that suck harder. I could start listing them, but come on... Manos the hands of fate is still around.
Canada, home of the very nice people who probably eat people in their basements. I don't trust any country that hasn't started a war. Those people are way to nice, till you meet them in the U.S. then a screw comes loose in their heads and all hell brakes loose. There is a reason that cannibal and Canadian use a bunch of the same letters, and sound a like...
The worst cities in the world have no real names. They are typically on the outskirts of major ports in third world countries. In essence they are giant dumping grounds for first world countries. The worst of the worst are in south america and asia. Here are a couple pics:
FUN FACT!
Did you know the original description for hell was a place called Gehenna, it was a trash dump outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem, and looked much like the pictures I posted. Fires everywhere from people burning trash, dying children and diseased corpses strewn about.
BlapBlapBlap wrote:It's near the sea, therefore easier to escape from?
Ha! You think the people of Glasgow have discovered the concept of buoyancy? If it's made of wood, it's used to build shelters, as fuel for their eternal worshiping flames, or as weaponry.
Still not as bad as parts of Dundee. It's like a pre-stone age society there, like standing in a Scottish version of I Am Legend.
BlapBlapBlap wrote:It's near the sea, therefore easier to escape from?
Ha! You think the people of Glasgow have discovered the concept of buoyancy? If it's made of wood, it's used to build shelters, as fuel for their eternal worshiping flames, or as weaponry.
Still not as bad as parts of Dundee. It's like a pre-stone age society there, like standing in a Scottish version of I Am Legend.
Take a drive through rural Dorset.
Everywhere you turn, you'll either find a private school, a field or some ancient National Trust occupied ruins.
BlapBlapBlap wrote:It's near the sea, therefore easier to escape from?
Ha! You think the people of Glasgow have discovered the concept of buoyancy? If it's made of wood, it's used to build shelters, as fuel for their eternal worshiping flames, or as weaponry.
Still not as bad as parts of Dundee. It's like a pre-stone age society there, like standing in a Scottish version of I Am Legend.
Take a drive through rural Dorset.
Everywhere you turn, you'll either find a private school, a field or some ancient National Trust occupied ruins.
I'd argue a surrealist alternate universe where surviving humans live in well-guarded but isolated public schools after a cataclysm occurred during the medieval age is slightly more optimistic that a society where they revere you as a god because you have magic called 'shoe laces'.
BEGONE FOUL DAEMON! PLAY YOUR UPBEAT MODERN HITS ELSEWHERE!
Hey there's got to be one guy amongst Wargamers who prefers pop to Heavy Metal and all its associated nonsense?
I understand that puts me in a very slim demographic, but still...
Hey dude, I find 99% of metal to be a pathetic attempt at soliciting the attention of one's parents - I love pop music. I dunno man... it isn't that Glee is pop, it's more than that. It's just... super, super gay.
I mean, I'm pretty gay, but it's too much even for me, and I sculpt my guns to ABBA, in addition to watching Jersey Shore, Sex in the City, Desperate Housewives etc. Glee is just a step too far, as far as I'm concerned. I can't hack it.
BEGONE FOUL DAEMON! PLAY YOUR UPBEAT MODERN HITS ELSEWHERE!
Hey there's got to be one guy amongst Wargamers who prefers pop to Heavy Metal and all its associated nonsense?
I understand that puts me in a very slim demographic, but still...
Hey dude, I find 99% of metal to be a pathetic attempt at soliciting the attention of one's parents - I love pop music. I dunno man... it isn't that Glee is pop, it's more than that. It's just... super, super gay.
I mean, I'm pretty gay, but it's too much even for me, and I sculpt my guns to ABBA, in addition to watching Jersey Shore, Sex in the City, Desperate Housewives etc. Glee is just a step too far, as far as I'm concerned. I can't hack it.
The fact that you 'sculpt your guns' at all means you can never join me amongst the ranks of the Bishōnen. The new millennium has allowed us men to discard masculine traits altogether; I've had people think I'm gay... and mnyah, I prefer that image to being perceived as some sweating, testosterone-fuelled lug with a beef steak for a brain (not to imply that you are; merely that it's the polar alternative)
The fact that you 'sculpt your guns' at all means you can never join me amongst the ranks of the Bishōnen. The new millennium has allowed us men to discard masculine traits altogether; I've had people think I'm gay... and mnyah, I prefer that image to being perceived as some sweating, testosterone-fuelled lug with a beef steak for a brain (not to imply that you are; merely that it's the polar alternative)
Well, I'm intelligent and I wouldn't like to be perceived as a super masculine steroid addled brainless fether.
But at the same time, at least they would get approached by them slutty tanned women who wear too much jewerly and put out on the first date, who is a gay guy going to get coming onto him?
I think id rather look like a macho man than a raving homo like Lamar off Mannequin. You dont look like him do you?
It is my understanding that picking up women in gay bars is a 'pro tactic' for seeking the thinking women who don't want to get picked up and so go to gay bars...
There's no contradiction there...
Hard to get maybe?
Nope. To be honest I just look like a cliche nerd nowadays... I used to rock this getup:
Spoiler:
FEAR MY ADOLESCENT DEVIANCE. MY LONG HAIR SHOWS THAT I DO NOT CONFORM TO YOUR WORLD.
Where the number of parasites outnumbers the number of people.
Henners91 wrote:It is my understanding that picking up women in gay bars is a 'pro tactic' for seeking the thinking women who don't want to get picked up and so go to gay bars...
Or perhaps they prefer to be "picked up" by other women?
Presumably the women are less creepy than the pick-up artists, who you swear are probably date rapists anyway, and even if they aren't they're creepy douchebags and usually worthless trash to begin with.
Where the number of parasites outnumbers the number of people.
Henners91 wrote:It is my understanding that picking up women in gay bars is a 'pro tactic' for seeking the thinking women who don't want to get picked up and so go to gay bars...
Or perhaps they prefer to be "picked up" by other women?
Presumably the women are less creepy than the pick-up artists, who you swear are probably date rapists anyway, and even if they aren't they're creepy douchebags and usually worthless trash to begin with.
Having never done it, I can't talk from experience... but the theory is that you'll have more luck actually trying to start a conversation and win them over with personality than rely on that crassness that is physical attraction...
I'm one of those sad few individuals who was insecure enough to read just about every motivational guide on the web when it came to finding a significant other... neurgh.
Ignore the pickup artists. They're creepy douchebags, and not worth paying attention to, only caring about getting in the girl's bed and nothing more.
They're just a bunch of sluts, essentially, and generally unfun to hang around. Just being a nice person is better, but you have to MAINTAIN the nice attitude-- be nice, don't cheat, try to be considerate, etc. A lot of "nice guys" aren't quite so nice a month in to the dating.
I find it hard to believe that you would experience difficulty in attracting women (or dudes, whatever), Henners. Assuming the picture you posted is of you, you're a good looking kid, truth be told. Certainly better-looking than me, and I've shagged my fair share.
And Christ, look at Matty! He looks like a chimp with a shaven face - he's slayed more birds than me, and I'm in a band!
I think you need to work on your confidence. And get some scars. Chicks dig scars.
Monster Rain wrote:I'm going to get hate for this, but Chicago is the most overrated city in America and possibly on earth. I've been there a few times, and I have hated it more with each visit. If Adepticon wasn't in the area I'd never set foot in that area again.
You realize I must now take your head and hand it to Chris Chelios, while saying "Da Bears", yes?
Also, pizza and hot dogs may be involved.
Sorry brother.
Though, honestly, I think my east coast upbringing might have made me inherently distrusting of major cities that aren't near an ocean.
Where the number of parasites outnumbers the number of people.
Henners91 wrote:It is my understanding that picking up women in gay bars is a 'pro tactic' for seeking the thinking women who don't want to get picked up and so go to gay bars...
Or perhaps they prefer to be "picked up" by other women?
Presumably the women are less creepy than the pick-up artists, who you swear are probably date rapists anyway, and even if they aren't they're creepy douchebags and usually worthless trash to begin with.
What? Picking up women in a Gay Bar is a Pro-tactic? My friend is Gay and has a brilliantly vindictive and nasty streak, he hates women who be-friend him just so he can be their gay friend. He calls them "F.ag-Hags" and blames lots of media mis-conceptions and things like sex in the city type programmes for perpetuating the "Every Woman should have Male gay friend" in their social circle.
Equally he hates straight men coming into his world as predators going for females like some kind of fish out of water turning Gay Bars into pseudo straight bars, it's the whole where can they go thing. They setup Gay bars etc for themselves because they weren't welcome elsewhere and now others are coming in and colonising their own institutions. It is a bit a strange thing to be honest. I think any man going to Gay bars to attract the opposite sex is a sleaze.
KingCracker wrote:Thats true, they do for some reason. Even women that pretend they dont like a hardassed man, do.
That's certainly not true. Hardasses are obnoxious to deal with and are best just ignored cause they certainly won't be paying attention to YOUR needs.
Albatross wrote:I find it hard to believe that you would experience difficulty in attracting women (or dudes, whatever), Henners. Assuming the picture you posted is of you, you're a good looking kid, truth be told. Certainly better-looking than me, and I've shagged my fair share.
And Christ, look at Matty! He looks like a chimp with a shaven face - he's slayed more birds than me, and I'm in a band!
I think you need to work on your confidence. And get some scars. Chicks dig scars.
'D'aww fanks.
'S'an old picture... I laugh at it now just as I'd laugh at anyone who tries too hard to cultivate *any* kind of image.
I'm happily in a relationship now, wear my hair short and just act like my actual self
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There's nothing like the hate in a chocolate-addicted woman's eyes as you munch a bar in front of her, totally guilt-free.
Melissia wrote:They are sleazebags, there's no doubt about that.
KingCracker wrote:Thats true, they do for some reason. Even women that pretend they dont like a hardassed man, do.
That's certainly not true. Hardasses are obnoxious to deal with and are best just ignored cause they certainly won't be paying attention to YOUR needs.
Henners91 wrote:Anywhere in Britain where you might find the lower dregs of society whose only experience of existence has been reproducing and spongeing off the state.
I'd say that Orwell's proles are real - but at least they worked.
Ok, i think i got lost some where in all this, i Started a thread about the worst cities in the world and some how ended up going through food, and now a quick side bar to talk about what music people listen to and now a trip to homo village... This has got to be the best random thread on dakka. I love it so... First off not all people who play warhammer like metal, its just the metal heads have the balls to speak up and yell at other people. And i don't know about the rest of the men out there, but i wouldn't mind having a six pack and some guns. Personally that would be better than trying to pick girls up with a keg and some beef arms.
Now back to the comments about men who don't care. The reason men don't care about women's needs, IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T TELL US, Men have to try and find it out for our selves and we will always get it wrong because women are made for the devil's tooth. Women are evil, Nough said.
A murder capital of Canada? So what like three murders a year? Do people in Canada even know how to take another persons life? I guess i have lived in the united states to long. our view on the murder capital is something like 2-3 murders a day.
PapaPiggy wrote:Ok, i think i got lost some where in all this, i Started a thread about the worst cities in the world and some how ended up going through food, and now a quick side bar to talk about what music people listen to and now a trip to homo village... This has got to be the best random thread on dakka. I love it so... First off not all people who play warhammer like metal, its just the metal heads have the balls to speak up and yell at other people. And i don't know about the rest of the men out there, but i wouldn't mind having a six pack and some guns. Personally that would be better than trying to pick girls up with a keg and some beef arms.
Now back to the comments about men who don't care. The reason men don't care about women's needs, IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T TELL US, Men have to try and find it out for our selves and we will always get it wrong because women are made for the devil's tooth. Women are evil, Nough said.
A murder capital of Canada? So what like three murders a year? Do people in Canada even know how to take another persons life? I guess i have lived in the united states to long. our view on the murder capital is something like 2-3 murders a day.
HEY! We're the best at EVERYTHING! And I mean EVERYTHING! We're the smartest, the dumbest, the richest, the poorest, the most athletic, the fattest the holiest and the best at killing each other. Thats just how we roll man.
PapaPiggy wrote:We all know what the top rated worst cities in any given country. But they don't really tell you why. Well that ends now, We the people have a voice and i want to hear why you think a city is the worst.
For me, The worst city is Kansas city, Either KS or MO. There as been a shooting every couple of days killing multiple people in each case. These shootings have been black on black and white on black. One has just been called a hate crime. Just about every water main has broken and has had to be repaired. And not to mention, The Kansas City Chiefs.
What do you guys think? What is the worst city in the world and why?
definitely lawrence kansas......i kid i kid.....(for the record I lived in Lawrence for a few years, and would MUCH rather see a locally owned headshop on Mass than yet another chain store of any variety!)
but really, your hate on KC (either side of the state line) is more than a bit overblown. After having seen most major cities in America, and spending a lot of time hating on my adopted hometown, I've gained enough perspective to realize it's not all that bad here. Greatest city? Far from it, but even farther from being one of the worst. Shootings are common in every major city, even though water mains are aging most are holding up (yes, really).....as for the chiefs, well sorry. Little hope for them.
I nominate St. Louis, as I've never had a good experience there...also Las Vegas. Sure, its great, but it also has the worst of everything on full display.
Castiel wrote:American football is just Rugby union for wusses. Too much padding.
American Footballer: "I twisted my ankle! I'll have to skip the entire season and do Gatorade commercials instead! THE HORROR!"
Welsh Rugby Player: "What? Bleeding skull? Put on a bit of fabric and let's get back to ramming into each other!"
Your using wrestling as an example? Cmon blapblap, if your going to continue to bash America (and stay off my ignore list) youll have to do far better then that gak. I dont mind random American insults, but when its all one leads with, I tend to get bored with it
I should insert here that my above statement was intended as a lighthearted jest! I would hate to be the cause of anyone ignoring anyone else! (maybe I should have used the smilies. )
KingCracker wrote:Your using wrestling as an example? Cmon blapblap, if your going to continue to bash America (and stay off my ignore list) youll have to do far better then that gak. I dont mind random American insults, but when its all one leads with, I tend to get bored with it
Surely all I'm doing is acting like a normal OT poster?
Youd be surprised, most OT posters understand that a few funny jabs at other nations is fine and dandy. But continuing to bash the same nation over and over, gets some folks irritated. So please! Keep it up! Ive been looking forward to having a scroll bar on my ignore list for some time now!
Not to mention, if you look at my post counts, youll notice its rather high. MOST of those are in this god awful forum, Ive become a rather good judge of OT character..........
Castiel wrote:American football is just Rugby union for wusses. Too much padding.
American Footballer: "I twisted my ankle! I'll have to skip the entire season and do Gatorade commercials instead! THE HORROR!"
Welsh Rugby Player: "What? Bleeding skull? Put on a bit of fabric and let's get back to ramming into each other!"
No, Micheal Moore PRETENDS to be from here, and goes to GREAT lengths to get that message across. Hes actually from a town called Davison, which I used to live in. Its a pretty nice, upper middle, lower upper class kindda town, with very low crime rates.......soooooo
KingCracker wrote:No, Micheal Moore PRETENDS to be from here, and goes to GREAT lengths to get that message across. Hes actually from a town called Davison, which I used to live in. Its a pretty nice, upper middle, lower upper class kindda town, with very low crime rates.......soooooo
Its a fething terrible place to go, Im not even kidding, there are places in Flint, as a white person, you simply dont go to, specially after dark, youll end up on the news laying face down in a ditch
(longest streak of any team in the entire league 
hate Winnipeg...and Portage La Prairie by extension.
