4. Paris: ‘Worst city on earth’
5. Venice: ‘A gigantic tourist trap’
6. Dubai: ‘Smoke and mirrors’
7. Jamaica: ‘I will never go back’
8. Bali: ‘Every beach sucks’
I loved Dubai. One of my favorite cities. I've been there 8 times, though not since 2007.
Venice was an ugly city back in the 1970s when I first visited. The place smelled musty and the buildings were dirty and falling apart. Apparently, sometime before the late 1990s when I was in Venice for the second time, it appears the city was cleaned up and the musty smell was gone. I don't consider Venice a tourist trap. It has lovely architecture, the people are nice, and a visit to the glass factory is awesome.
I liked Bali.. Bora Bora was pretty but boring..
I spent a summer there as a teen, my dad was working to onboard a textile company that his employer had purchased. We were put up in a nice townhouse with walled courtyard right in Kingston owned by the Harvard-educated Jamaican man who had sold the company. This was late 70's.
Most of the city itself was filthy. There was a big ravine that everybody dumped their garbage into, that washed right out into the bay with every hard rain, and you'd pray for rain during an infrequent dry spell, the stench could get overwhelming. Jamaican men had the disturbing habit of urinating right into the street, regardless of passing cars or maybe because of it, never did quite follow the logic. Roving bands of children would steal things from you on the beach to sell back for dollars, you couldn't leave a thing on the sand to go for a swim anywhere. Even then, you had to be careful driving up in the hills, go down the wrong road and into the drug kingpins territory, you might not come back.
But, Jamaica had it's charms. Jerk chicken roasted over a fire in a 55 gallon drum was alarming, but everywhere and people were buying it, so we got up the nerve to try and it was good. The natural beauty, the waterfalls. Most Jamaicans spoke good English and were friendly, decent people.
That may not be the case now, but it was at the time. I enjoyed my time there.
Anyone thinks Paris worst city on earth just showed their list is not relevant much
Paris is an incredible city
My least favorite city....nowadays...not in say 1977
Orlando Florida....Sao Paulo Florida.....and just overwhelmed sprawl
I used to find Houston a bit much...I prefer Dallas
Snobbiest City....
.toss up.....Boston or DC....edge Boston.... I’m talking cities...not enclaves like Beverly Hills or Rancho Santa Fe
Freakist big city in West;
Portland...... San Fran...right behind
freakiest in South......Asheville NC....A TUNA MECCA without peer
Most unique city...and great food....New Orleans....but be careful...its like second home for me....but dangeeeerous!.....no lie
Best glitzy city..... besides Vegas which I find tacky...Dallas baby....
Best beautiful women cities:
Again Dallas.....
Miami......Lincoln road whiplash....my wife’s loves to do her bikini time on Miami Beach...the Sagamore or W
Los Angeles...the finer parts......no question...it is LA
surprise beauty towns.....Salt Lake city......Washington DC....Minneapolis....
USED TO BE ON LIST.....Atlanta.....
Hipster meccas......Nashville.....Denver....Austin....
Densest grouping of babes I ever saw in my many years overseas was these slots
The rich area of Caracas on Friday nite in 1989
Capetown....again Friday nite
Stockholm airport waiting for SAS flight to Rio
Rome.....good lord.....wow
Melbourne at night in the party district....back then a kind southern USA lad could write his ticket...Aussie gals were not used to chivalry...in those days
Lists are fun..
I missed the Ukraine and the Baltic and Croatia and Budapest....all nice hunting grounds