If you’re a truly ambitious traveler, you probably want to visit as many destinations on the planet as you can. While you hope every trip will be memorable, there’s probably a chance you’ll visit at least one place that you’d rather forget.
One netizen decided to ask the Reddit community what the worst countries and cities they’d ever visited were, and people were only too happy to contribute their stories of places they’d never go back to, for all sorts of unpleasant reasons.
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#21
Seminole Texas -
In fairness it only has a population of about 300, but I had to stay there for a couple of weeks for work. The only motel in town was infested with scorpions, climbing up the walls, behind the furnituer, and eventually in my bed.
In fairness it only has a population of about 300, but I had to stay there for a couple of weeks for work. The only motel in town was infested with scorpions, climbing up the walls, behind the furnituer, and eventually in my bed.
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18points
#22
Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
We gave some places a wide berth the 2 nights we were there, so we didn’t see the worst things that I’m sure go on there. But it was in the air. The sleaze and the vice felt omnipresent.
Imagine a Liam Neeson or Charles Bronson vigilante movie set in a beach town run by a vaguely Eastern European mob, and you’re imagining Sihanoukville. .
We gave some places a wide berth the 2 nights we were there, so we didn’t see the worst things that I’m sure go on there. But it was in the air. The sleaze and the vice felt omnipresent.
Imagine a Liam Neeson or Charles Bronson vigilante movie set in a beach town run by a vaguely Eastern European mob, and you’re imagining Sihanoukville. .
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17points
#23
Indiana, but specifically Evansville. Broke down there. Walked from the hotel we landed at to a Honda repair shop. My son and I are walking down the side of this major road and the shoulder is carpeted in cigarette butts. And I mean carpeted. For 2 miles it looked like someone had pored out the contents of thousands of ash trays. And those were just the two miles we walked. Just a mean, angry town.
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17points
#24
Fort Yates, North Dakota.
It was September and my fiancée and I were on a road trip. We were driving from Rapid City to Fargo and we stopped in Fort Yates for lunch. We drive into town and every house is boarded up and condemned, and every building that looked like it had been a buisness at one point had long been closed. We found the town grocery store and stop to grab something. As soon as we got out of the car, the homeless people in the town began casing the car. So we noped out of there and drove to Bismarck for lunch.
I grew up in poverty so seeing it isn’t as jarring to me as it is to a lot of people. But reservation poverty is DIFFERENT. Everyone looked strung out and miserable.
It was September and my fiancée and I were on a road trip. We were driving from Rapid City to Fargo and we stopped in Fort Yates for lunch. We drive into town and every house is boarded up and condemned, and every building that looked like it had been a buisness at one point had long been closed. We found the town grocery store and stop to grab something. As soon as we got out of the car, the homeless people in the town began casing the car. So we noped out of there and drove to Bismarck for lunch.
I grew up in poverty so seeing it isn’t as jarring to me as it is to a lot of people. But reservation poverty is DIFFERENT. Everyone looked strung out and miserable.
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14points
#26
Personally, I hate Birmingham AL for its nonsensical highway layout, the fact it always meant lost time when I tried to travel through it to anyplace, and the scummy residents I've run into there.
But objectively I'd say Cairo IL is the most dilapidated and creepy town I've driven through. It's as if that [big gateway into town]
But objectively I'd say Cairo IL is the most dilapidated and creepy town I've driven through. It's as if that [big gateway into town]
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14points
#27
I was very disappointed in Reno - Nevada. I am Dutch and love the US and its people. Unfortunately Reno is one stay I want to erase from my memory. Lots of d**g addicts. Unsafe feeling especially downtown.
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13points
#28
Wichita, Kansas.
Even by the loooow standards I was expecting, it did not meet.
As a random example: In the second largest city in the state of Kansas, when we turned on the radio there were 11 preacher channels, and only two music options. Of those, only one was secular. This is on the great plains were a radio signal should travel 1,000 miles! What is this cultural black hole of a landscape?
Even by the loooow standards I was expecting, it did not meet.
As a random example: In the second largest city in the state of Kansas, when we turned on the radio there were 11 preacher channels, and only two music options. Of those, only one was secular. This is on the great plains were a radio signal should travel 1,000 miles! What is this cultural black hole of a landscape?
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12points
#29
Raqqa. Was very loud and there were a lot of people trying to [end] me. 0/10.
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12points
#30
Haven't really had any bad experiences out of country but I really did not like Texarkana one single f****n bit.
8points
#31
Lived in Omaha Nebraska for a year and it’s the biggest s**t hole I’ve ever seen in my whole life.
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7points
#32
The US state of Indiana.
Absolutely textbook flyover middle America, nothing but average clapboard housing, 4 way stops, fields everywhere. Saying there's nothing there is being very generous, there aren't any notable focal points or tourist attractions, there isn't even a foodie scene like some of the other flyover states do have.
I now totally understand why American teenagers and young people stereotypically always seem to slide off the rails, doing dumb s**t and getting into d***s and booze. Being brought up in such a boring environment where you can't do anything without a car must really wear you down after a while.
Was staying with relatives (who have since died) on a normal street in a boring crummy town and was there for four days. Absolutely dire and Indiana was hands down the worst state we went to.
Absolutely textbook flyover middle America, nothing but average clapboard housing, 4 way stops, fields everywhere. Saying there's nothing there is being very generous, there aren't any notable focal points or tourist attractions, there isn't even a foodie scene like some of the other flyover states do have.
I now totally understand why American teenagers and young people stereotypically always seem to slide off the rails, doing dumb s**t and getting into d***s and booze. Being brought up in such a boring environment where you can't do anything without a car must really wear you down after a while.
Was staying with relatives (who have since died) on a normal street in a boring crummy town and was there for four days. Absolutely dire and Indiana was hands down the worst state we went to.
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7points
#33
Seattle, WA.
Expensive, nasty weather, won't turn on the heat in public places, and the meanest/snobbiest/rudest locals.
Like no one makes eye contact, holds open a door, or says hello but then your tab will be $75 for 4 drinks. Small coffees from almost anywhere were $7+.
Most places are worth it in some way but not Seattle.
The area is absolutely gorgeous and the city's infrastructure is great for the US. But neither make up for the rest of the nonsense.
Expensive, nasty weather, won't turn on the heat in public places, and the meanest/snobbiest/rudest locals.
Like no one makes eye contact, holds open a door, or says hello but then your tab will be $75 for 4 drinks. Small coffees from almost anywhere were $7+.
Most places are worth it in some way but not Seattle.
The area is absolutely gorgeous and the city's infrastructure is great for the US. But neither make up for the rest of the nonsense.
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4points
