Worst City in the World???

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-05-04 12:46am

I've heard unpleasant things about these, any others?

Koenigsburg-Industrial Armpit.

Mexico City-Largest slum on the planet.

Detroit-Crime ridden capitol of the rustbelt.

Manchester-Industrial Armpit.

Or is there someplace you'd rather nominate?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-05-04 12:53am

I'd put Mogadishu somewhat below those

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-04 12:57am

Detroit-Crime ridden capitol of the rustbelt.

Michigan is actually very prosperous now and Detroit is doing quite well. The problem is we have a shit head mayor and a ghetto full of dumbass gangbangers that'd rather blast away at each than get an education. Even then crime is down to more reasonable rates.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-05-04 12:59am

I assume this list is being restricted to cities in first-world nations.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-04 12:59am

Obviously third world shit holes like would be at the bottom of the "Worst Of" list.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-05-04 01:00am

Calcutta?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-05-04 01:03am

Darth Wong wrote:I assume this list is being restricted to cities in first-world nations.

Either that, or ones that I remembered from the 1976 Book of Lists worst tourist destinations.

Having said that, you'll never find me in any city in India, or on the continent of Africa....

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-05-04 01:04am

Id have to vote for Mexico City on this list.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-04 01:12am

Assuming First World, I'd go with some of the old Russian Naval Ports. I know a Russian immigrant that used to live in couple of those. Pretty appalling from what he's told me. War in the streets, drug violence all the time, press gangs for the army. Nasty indeed.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-05-04 01:20am

I studied Mexico City a while ago in school, didn't come off too bad at all.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-05-04 01:26am

Sydney

The funnel web spiders will own you

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-05-04 01:34am

Gandalf wrote:I studied Mexico City a while ago in school, didn't come off too bad at all.

The abhorent air pollution, do-it-yourself sewers for entire neighborhoods, and 26 million people don't sound too bad?

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-05-04 01:40am

Well i picked other for Los Angelos again, but you all make mexico sound so bad ... i think i want to take my vote back. Isn't the tap water there totaly not safe either ?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-05-04 01:45am

aphexmonster wrote:Well i picked other for Los Angelos again, but you all make mexico sound so bad ... i think i want to take my vote back. Isn't the tap water there totaly not safe either ?

I got a nice case of traveler's diarrhea from drinking iced tea in Puerto Penasco(Rocky Point), mild fever, liqui-shits for a few days. If it's not bottled, don't drink it. Unless, of course, you want to acclimate your body to those microscopic nasties.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-05-04 01:46am

Frank Hipper wrote:
Gandalf wrote:I studied Mexico City a while ago in school, didn't come off too bad at all.
The abhorent air pollution, do-it-yourself sewers for entire neighborhoods, and 26 million people don't sound too bad?

Well, there have to be some good parts, right? As for the pollution, it's partly because the city is built in a valley, which traps the air in. Because of that, it makes Los Angeles look like a hike in the woods by comparison.

Anyway, I'd say in the world, probably some place like Lagos, where the population is exploding and not enough intersfracture is being built, or some war-torn city, but that's a no-brainer.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-05-04 02:05am

Frank Hipper wrote:
aphexmonster wrote:Well i picked other for Los Angelos again, but you all make mexico sound so bad ... i think i want to take my vote back. Isn't the tap water there totaly not safe either ?
I got a nice case of traveler's diarrhea from drinking iced tea in Puerto Penasco(Rocky Point), mild fever, liqui-shits for a few days. If it's not bottled, don't drink it. Unless, of course, you want to acclimate your body to those microscopic nasties.

Welcome to Montezuma's Revenge

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2003-05-04 02:07am

I've been to Mexico City, but the part I was in was nice, and there was no smog because it had just rained.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-05-04 02:34am

What Koenigsburg are you talking about? The only Koenigsburg, Germany I can find is a relatively small city in Northern Bavaria.
Germany used to have a bigger city called Koenigsburg, on the Baltic Sea, but IIRC, the Russians renamed it Kaliningrad, which it's still called.

As far as German cities go, the worst I went to was Chemnitz.
And as far as US cities go, Barstow, CA and Ely, NV are fucking horrible. Avoid them at all costs.

For all major nations, India excluded, I'd hazard a guess and choose Ciudad de México.

BrYaN19kc · Post by **BrYaN19kc** » 2003-05-04 02:35am

I've been to Mexico City on four occasions. I found it a very interesting place to visit. Actually, I was quite impressed with several portions of the city, as well as the Aztec ruins.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-05-04 03:44am

Robert Treder wrote:What Koenigsburg are you talking about? The only Koenigsburg, Germany I can find is a relatively small city in Northern Bavaria.
Germany used to have a bigger city called Koenigsburg, on the Baltic Sea, but IIRC, the Russians renamed it Kaliningrad, which it's still called.

As far as German cities go, the worst I went to was Chemnitz.
And as far as US cities go, Barstow, CA and Ely, NV are fucking horrible. Avoid them at all costs.

For all major nations, India excluded, I'd hazard a guess and choose Ciudad de México.

Here I thought I was just missing an umlaut. Oh well....
Barstow definetly is an anal fissure masquarading as a town, but world class? Maybe on the suck-o-meter, but it's just too small.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-05-04 03:50am

BrYaN19kc wrote:[img]http://the-populace.com/pagebanner/mexico5.jpg[img]

I've been to Mexico City on four occasions. I found it a very interesting place to visit. Actually, I was quite impressed with several portions of the city, as well as the Aztec ruins.

For a while lead poisoning in the cities water was directly linked to lowering student IQ about seven points. Though I'm not sure if that’s still the case.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-05-04 04:18am

What about Gloucester, Massachusetts?? According to folklore, it was the town which H.P. Lovecraft modelled Innsmouth upon.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-05-04 07:51am

BIRMINGHAM!!!

(what's wrong with Manchester, for Gods' sake?)