I lost my lunch in ...

[Henrik]

Hannover, Germany.

[Provost Harrison]

Grimsby: revolting derelict place completed with a fragrance of rotting fish...

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by Oerdin


I liked Bangkok. You have to understand it is a third world country but once that sinks in things aren't so bad. The international hotels are great and there are plenty of things to see. The royal palace, the floating market, the old main city market place, Wat after wat after wat after wat...

It's also interesting to go to the tourist district just to look around. Sure you will be mobbed by prostitutes but there are lots of bargins to be had in fack western designer goods & computer software plus the food is world class if you go to the right places.

I did say i liked it. It just took some getting used to. I got a culture shock to say the least. I'm a laid back kind of guy and Bangkok is definately not a laidback kind of city. I was only there on a stopover for a couple of days but I saw the sites and they were nice. The food OTOH, it tasted good but it just wasn't compatible with my system

[Shogun Gunner]

East St. Louis. Name a disgusting human condition -- find it there.

[Enigma_Nova]

My long list of populated places I liked:

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Then again, I've not left the Australian East Coast...
Bloody Australians. Thick as bricks because they just don't care.

I hope to go to Stockholm, Montreal or Tokyo some day - I hear that Japanese, Swedish and Canadian folk have brains...

[Q Classic]

tsk, you're quite the moper today, aren't'cha ?

tokyo's nothing special. it's like ever other east asian city.

montreal is filled with canadians who want to be french.

and stockholm is filled with swedes, who aren't finns. 'nuff said.

[Juggernaut]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
and stockholm is filled with swedes, who aren't finns. 'nuff said.

Actually, there are loads of Finns in Stockholm. Just visit nearest park bench.

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Juggernaut

Actually, there are loads of Finns in Stockholm. Just visit nearest park bench.

And look under it. That's a likely place to find them. There are actually social security clerks in Finland who tell their clients to abuse the Nordic Agreement of Free Movement and move to Stockholm because the social security benefits are better there (just to remove the thrashy yunkies from their own district, off course). Most of the homeless in Stockholm are Finns.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
tokyo's nothing special. it's like ever other east asian city.

I thought Tokyo was much cleaner then most other east Asian cities. It was interesting to go to but I wouldn't go there specifically for a visit. If I was in east Asia I'd totally go back but I've seen all the sights so it's not worth the 16 hour trans-pacific flight.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
Most of the homeless in Stockholm are Finns.

Is that because Swedish employers don't want to hire Finns or is it for some other reason?

[Chemical Ollie]

It's for the reason I posted. The Nordic region has an agreement of free movement of any citizen between the countries. Sweden has a system of quite generous social security benefits. An unemployed alcoholic could get the rent payed (in a junky apartment), and some money for food. Some Finnish social security clerks tell their clients to move to Sweden, just to save Finnish tax payer's money.

But then the junkies are too proud to ask for social security money or they don't qualify for other reasons. and are doomed to hit the street.

[ICBM]

I can't believe this thread could have went so far without anyone mentioning Baltimore. It's the worst place that ever existed. In the summer, it's suffocatingly hot, and the traffic is reminiscent of scenes of trains in India... terrible. Plus, it's impossible to go there without getting lost. I once tried to find Eutaw Street and almost ended up in Pennsylvania.

That said, I have to second NYC. The only thing I liked about going to New York was kicking a pigeon in Central Park. That was fun.

[Enigma_Nova]

Which Baltimore?
That one in the US or the one in England?

[Drake Tungsten]

tokyo's nothing special. it's like ever other east asian city.

Tokyo does suck; Osaka is a million times better. Tokyo is still better than the ****hole that is Seoul, however.

[Drake Tungsten]

Oh, and I vote for Grand Junction, Colorado. May god have mercy on their souls...