Redditor Just_Pizzy wanted everyone to share about the places to avoid when traveling, so they asked:
"What city is extremely overrated in your opinion?"
In my travels I've been very satisfied.
But tell me where to avoid.
Ouch
will smith miami GIF by RomyGiphy"Miami. A city of narcissists and attention wh*res."
_kevx_91
"I swear Miami Beach is the poser capital of the world!"
Cetophile
Value
"Scottsdale, AZ would be a close 2nd."
TWOCHOPPAS
"I’m visiting here right now, and am seriously wondering why I’m here. If I want high end, there are a million ritzy suburbs that do it better. Scottsdale is a ton of neighborhoods that all want to claim the Scottsdale name to increase the real estate values."
"But only 5% of it is actually high end Scottsdale. The whole Phoenix metro area seems like one long expanse of concrete and chain stores. The only reason I can see that Pheonix has so many urban hikes is that the rest of the city is completely unwalkable. What am I missing?"
Seachica
What is This?
"Nothing personal, but Dubai. And I'm not a city designer, but I don't think you call it a 'downtown' when there's a 12-lane highway cutting through a bunch of skyscraper walls and that's it."
GreatNameLOL69
"This city is so stupid. Instead of creating the palm island, they could have dug into the land, it still would have looked amazing, except much easier to build."
"They started from scratch with unlimited money, they could have made an awesome city with Arabic style and culture, something different. Instead they took the worse cities (from the US) as an example, and built something stupid."
Arvi89
But it has Luck...
"Dublin is a complete tourist trap. I am Irish and I see people coming to Ireland expecting the full Irish experience in Dublin, when really all the good stuff is outside the capital spread out all across the country. They head up to Temple Bar for the Irish pub experience and pay 3-4 times more for drinks than anywhere else in the country."
"The city itself is a product of British occupation, same style of city you will find up and down England with Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian architecture along with generic modern design. Look, there are historic places and nice places to eat but nothing out of the ordinary."
"If you want to see the real Ireland go to the countryside, the unique landscapes of the ring of Kerry, the Clare Burren and cliffs of Moher, the Connemara and donegal mountainous areas along with tonnes off historical locations all across the country. If you want an Irish city experience go to Galway instead."
Historical_Line7109
Not the Happy Place
mickey mouse vintage GIFGiphy"I don't know if anyone but children and retirees actually like this city, but lawd I hate Orlando."
notafanofwasps
"My best friend moved from Seattle to Orlando for financial reasons. His parents live in Orlando and had to move in with them. A year later they said f**k this and moved back. Drove cross country both times."
SubduedChaos
Orlando isn't that bad. I've had fun.
Bad Queen
Muriels Wedding GIF by Sundance NowGiphy"Gold Coast, Queensland. It tries to be Australia's Miami, but really, it's a tacky over-developed sh**hole."
otherpeoplesknees
"It is really bad, I loved every place I went to in Australia but the Gold coast was terrible. Reminded me of the cities in Spain where PPL only go to to get drunk at the beach (Ballermann in Palma, Benidrom, Lloret….)"
trbo91
“trendy”
"Not a fan of the 'trendy' cities like Charlotte or Nashville. A lot of younger people my age are moving there and they act like going to a mediocre brewery and spending $30 on a craft beer and tiny cut of brisket is some type of unique southern cultural experience."
"Not to mention the cities are now barely affordable for the people actually from there and every other block is full of those cookie-cutter gentrified apartments that just look bland as hell. Both cities have some cool parts to them but to me they just aren’t as special as people make them seem."
yinzerthrowaway412
Sounds with Problems
"The worst city I’ve ever been to is Oklahoma City, which is rated appropriately. No complaints on the current rating."
Shut--Up--Bird
"I have traveled to Oklahoma City a good number of times over the past six years, usually for a couple of weeks at any given time."
"Some areas of the city are okay, and I was pleasantly shocked upon the sight of a functioning streetcar service downtown. That being said, parts of OKC and its suburbs are so miserable that I almost convinced myself that Grand Theft Auto had become real life."
wheresaldopa
Off Tune
"Nashville. It’s a bunch of honky tonks and bachelorettes. It’s just a big party town now. I might be salty because I live here and remember old Nashville that was quiet and civilized, where locals could enjoy going downtown and we still had Opryland instead of a giant mall."
iwishiwereonabeach
Bad Falls
hanna barbera animation GIF by Boomerang OfficialGiphy"Niagara Falls. Even if it’s poorly rated, that rating is still too high."
vanityfear
"It’s pretty cool to see once though. The area is just meh."
SparklyRoniPony
Go to Wendy's
"Vegas."
Calm-Associate-214
"I used to go there every summer for tech conferences. I always use the analogy that Vegas is a lot like KFC. It’s gross, greasy, and messy, and you wonder what possessed you to go there in the first place. 6 months later, for some inexplicable reason, you get the urge to go again. You remember what it was like the last time, but somehow you’re still drawn to it."
Ikarian
So many places in the world... NOT to go!
What destinations should we strike from our bucket list? Let us know in the comments below.
Redditor Likali2 wanted everyone to fess up about accents just don't do it for them?
"What accents do you find least attractive?"
I haven't heard an accent I wasn't intrigued by. So tell me....
SHARONNNN!!!
Oh Burn Ozzy Osbourne GIF by Sky HISTORY UKGiphy"People mentioning Birmingham accents. I started watching peaky blinders and have to ask if this is an accurate representation."
No-Town-4678
"Ozzy Osbourne is probably the best representation of a Birmingham accent, most people think he talks like that because of the years of drug abuse but that’s just how brummies talk."
Chris_M1991
The Lisp
"My answer is very specific: Spanish people from Spain who learn to speak English in Australia sound ridiculous. Those two accents are fine on their own but they must never be combined."
FarmerMKultra
"Visited Modern Languages uni friends doing their six months in Spain and met a scouser there who spoke Spanish with a scouse accent. 'Co-mo estasss...' Unreal."
Johnny_english53
"Honestly, just Spanish from Spain, especially catalan... I cannot stand the lisp!!!"
NeatArtichoke
Too Thick
"My own. I have a thick Mancunian accent and my dialect is a mess. I'll provide an example as best I can."
"Normal: Hello! how are you? I am good, I am going to the shop. I will see you soon."
"Me: Ya'reet mate wot's been goin' on n that? Nah mate I'm sound me just nippin f**kin' shop n that for sum cigs n sh*t innit, f**kin text me in a bit yeah alright in a bit man safe G."
CommunityMountain720
So Aggressive
"People from northern Ireland sound like they want to murder you but they're just saying hello."
Silly-Perception8689
"Kevin Bridges has a joke about being heckled a little in Norn Iron. Friendly audience member says 'don't worry about them.'"
"'I wasn't until you said that.'"
ScottyBoneman
"As a Northern Irish person I agree, but some of the accents are less murdery here. I mean Liam Neeson's isn’t bad."
punkerster101
Geographical
The Wire Roland Brice GIFGiphy"Baltimore, I don't have to explain this."
Hypn0tism
"'AARON EARNED AN IRON URN... damn we really talk like dat?!'"
ChainmailleAddict
I've never heard some of these until now. Research to be done.
That's Me?
renee zellweger chicago GIF by MIRAMAXGiphy"I’ve heard myself talk… Chicago."
Notch99
"Currently living in Chicago and raising my children here. I'm worried if I start hearing that accent in their speech, I might have to move. My wife is convinced we can teach them to speak without it."
jeffsang
Mixture
"Singlish (Singaporean English)."
j0bl0w
"Midwesterner from US. Three years in Singapore. My favorite memory is being the interpreter for an Aussie and a Singaporean. Neither could understand a word of the other’s English."
WG50
"Singaporean here. Worked overseas and heard some Singaporeans speaking... good gosh that was when I realised our accent sounded awful. Most of us code switch to a western accent when we’re overseas anyway (so ya’ll can understand us)."
thepotatolives
Like OMG!!
"Valley Girl. Absolute cringe."
GetABodybag
"Luckily it's falling out of use. I live in the valley and nobody talks like that anymore. Certain groups of rich, white people still have that accent though."
Upnorth4
"I used to mock the valley girl accent and the sksk thing, like, the turtle straw water bottle girls. They had a name, I just don’t recall. But now I unironically say 'like' too much and I can’t stop."
LPOLED
Cringe
"Bogan Aussie."
coolfreeusername
"Yeah, nah, get farked. It is startling to hear an Aussie accent after travelling through Europe for months without hearing one, then hearing one in the distance... and cringing a little. Not as much as when I hear Aussie, Aussie etc That really makes us sound like Bogans."
WokSmith
"I’m Australian, and I that this is one of the worst accents. It makes me really embarrassed when ‘proud Aussies’ talk like this as some sort of showcase of how we talk. We don’t all sound like this, I promise."
jayjayhxc
Interiors
Waking Up Sun GIF by MTV CribsGiphy"Ornate curtain rods."
ByGrabthar
"Throw pillows with uncomfortable fabric textures."
loathenstein
Brummie
"Regional accent from the UK.....Birmingham. By god it makes people sound so thick."
Oatydude
"I'm laughing but I've just come on to this comment section and knew someone was going to say it......Do you actually know what a Brummie accent is though!? Because most attempts you go Dudley and think we're apart of the Black Country and just surrounded by it!"
Jack-Rabbit-002
Boston
"I have a Boston accent and I annoy myself with it! Who says "pizzer for suppah?" I do. Wicked annoying."
hobbiesaremygame
"I was recently speaking at a conference when introducing myself I said we had offices in Syracuse, Albany, Boston and DC. Can you guess which one I am from?"
"Later that week I was drinking with some guys from Texas, when another from Texas came in the room. A guy looks at me and says 'hey Boston, say it again.' So I did the 'Pahk the Cah in Havarhd Yahd' thing. The guy from Texas goes 'Y'all talk funny up there.'"
SnooLobsters4636·
Deep Southern Fried Accent
"The deep southern accent is hard for me to take. I really have trouble understanding it sometimes. I live in Alabama, and have to lie and say I’m hard of hearing, please talk slowly. Words like “Jordan” are pronounced “Jurden”. LafayETTE is pronounced La FAYette. Vienna is pronounced VI-enna. Shrimp is srimp. Lots more, too tired to remember them."
Hollywood Scottish
Hollywood’s version of Scottish. I’ve met real Scots, IN Scotland. Hollywood makes them sound like a stereotype. On that note, Hollywood’s version of a southern drawl. Same thing. I actually live in the South, born in Memphis and raised in Mississippi. Yes, we have an accent."
This_Personality3731
Karma Balanced
"I grew up in Memphis. One time, when I was in grade school, a kid moved into our neighborhood from Alabama and we all teased her about her country accent. The next summer my family moved to Seattle. Learned a little about karma, I did."
nowherehere
No bagels for you
"Everyone is going to get mad. I hate the New York Italian and New York Jewish accent."
Kiwi-Latter
I still love all accents. I guess life is just subjective.
Unbreakable
Episode 1 GIF by The SimpsonsGiphy"The counter at every business has bullet proof glass."
lookinforbobo
"do not deliver after dark"
"I found out I lived in a 'bad' neighborhood once when I was told pizza places didn't deliver to our house."
supahfligh
"I work as a pizza delivery driver. This is a real thing that a lot of chains (and most likely independent stores) do! My store has two areas blocked off as 'do not deliver after dark' due to drivers being assaulted/stolen from."
"There are also individual houses that are marked do not deliver (our system normally tracks it via phone number, but if we get 2 phone numbers for 1 address, we block the address too), due to 'milder' bad behavior (ex. threatening a driver, fake bills, abusing refunds, etc)."
houseplantpunk
Poor Thing
"When you mention to locals where you live and they just have a brief look of pity."
Arcinbiblo12
"I'm sure it's nice!"
"But for real, I think that some neighborhoods get a lot more crap than they deserve. Semi-poor neighborhoods are often talked of like you'd better clamp your car before someone runs off with the tires."
ploki122
Cash Issues
"Cash Advance Business close by."
Myke190
"Check cashing -> pawn shop -> check cashing -> liquor store -> check cashing -> MetroPCS -> check cashing -> mine resistant ambush protected convenience store -> check cashing -> shoe store -> Dollar General."
ResidentBarbarian
"Don't forget Boost Mobile and Cricket Wireless."
lucky_ducker
Shoe Safety
the amanda show nicksplat GIFGiphy"Armed security guard at the strip mall Foot Locker."
lookinforbobo
Yeah, those are all good flags. Why so much bullet proof glass? Honest question...
Advertising
season 1 GIF by Sneaky PeteGiphy"The 'bail bonds' billboard next to the 'having a problem with your heroin addiction' billboard."
Public-Dig-6690
Empty Spaces
"Storefront church, long-abandoned storefronts covered with graffiti, liquor store, gutted pre-war movie theater filled with garbage, chicken & Chinese food takeout. And on some of the empty stores, shadows of the old signs can be seen. Finkelstein's Delicatessen. Morris Haberdashery. Sanitary Grocery. Lucille Millinery. And from a later generation, Willie's Rib Shack; TJ's Voodoo Lounge."
FreshYoungBalkiB
Troubles
"Bars on the windows everywhere. Even the church."
cat_daddylambo
"I've not seen that even in areas with significant religious tensions. I grew up during the Troubles and had to go through the North every time we visited my cousins in Donegal, and the churches never looked different from the ones near where I lived. Their police stations looked like fortresses though."
Porrick
“ACME is real”
"1981, I and four coworkers were walking to a convenience store in Detroit. A patrol car pulled up to the curb in front of us and through a loud speaker an officer said, 'what are you doing walking through this area? Leave.' And then drove off. We continued for another three blocks to the store where we were buzzed in, the door locked behind us, and there was a counter going all the way around the perimeter of the store."
"Plexiglass an inch thick went from the top of the counter to the ceiling with a few slots here and there through which to pay. After paying we were buzzed back out. I couldn’t tell you the exact neighborhood, but we passed by the ACME Bolt company on the way, and I remember us all remarking, “ACME is real.”
"Before then, ACME was something we thought only existed in cartoons."
zuazo5
License Please...
music video 90s GIFGiphy"An adult man riding a child's BMX bike down the center of the road."
uninc4life2010
Differences...
"Really worn old beat-up cars right next to brand new extremely expensive cars."
WhatIsLoveMeDo
"Or brand new cars next to really crappy homes."
kearlysue
"You see a lambo in a neighborhood that doesn't match, something is wrong."
smallz86
Being 17
"When the cops stop you and tell you to follow them out of the neighborhood with specific instructions to not stop for any reason, even stop signs, after you explain you made a wrong turn and really aren't trying to buy crack. Happened to me on the east side of Cleveland when I was 17."
wigg1es
out the window...
"It's 3 o' clock in the morning, remember its 3 o clock in the morning. I look out the window... and there's a freakin' baby standing on the corner."
keywest8690
"I've straight up seen this sh*t. Took a wrong turn in Houston, it's about 1AM and there's a kid no older than 4 years old hanging out on the corner. Other random people milling around didn't seem the least bit concerned."
hellraisinharda**
Closed
Barricade Lock The Door GIFGiphy"Wood on the windows. Many buildings boarded up means bad business."
Dooty_Shirker
Before Google
"I was doing Geotech work on site for a potential cell tower years ago and had to give directions to a coworker (years before google maps were a thing). I told him it was across the street from the burglar bar manufacturer and the attack dog training school. -pause- 'really??? Yep.'"
Constant-Bet-6600
On the Corner
"The Bodega is the best restaurant."
Sensitive-Wall-5777
"Some of those guys do make a mean sandwich. One of the best I had was steps away from my sh**ty $450/mo roach infested Brooklyn apt that didn’t even have a window or buzzer on the building door. No mailbox either. My room was 6ft by 9ft. Thank goodness I got out of there in 3 months."
"I actually only really stayed there every night for 1.5 months and then preferred to basically live homeless wandering all day when I wasn’t working, and crashing on the couch at work or at friend's places. I’d only return to the awful apartment for the occasional shower. Work had a shower so I’d try to use that when I could."
iStealyournewspapers
Lock your doors...
"When you're not supposed to lock your car doors. Good neighborhoods: you don't need to lock your car doors. Bad neighborhoods: you need to lock your car doors. Really bad neighborhoods: you should not lock your car doors, because if someone really wants to steal your crap, they will have no qualms about throwing a brick through your window to get in. It's better to just let them use the door than pay for a new window."
primkolor
“gross”
I’ve been in a lot of bad areas in South America, Southern Africa, and the US and the worst of the worst places smell like urine. My reaction to that smell isn’t even like 'gross' It’s like 'watch your freaking back.'"
Jigbaa
"Civic Center BART Station, San Francisco. urine smell so strong, it will burn our sinuses. Wonder how much longer before the uric acid causes some serious infrastructure damage."
mxcxhxx
Empty
Shopping Corona GIF by jjjjjohnGiphy"Liquor store, empty building, gun store, liquor store, empty building, empty building, convenience store, liquor store, liquor store."
But**oleBanquets
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And newsflash: Contrary to some people's belief, the earth is not flat.
Did you know the Amazon River has 1100 tributaries? Or that you can walk from Gibraltar all the way to either South Africa or Malaysia if you so desire?
It's okay if you didn't. There's a reason why some geography facts are considered useless information.
Curious to hear more trivia from strangers on the internet, Redditor IcelandSushie asked:
"What's a useless geography fact?"
Bodies Of Water
The following factoids tend to sink beneath the surface.
Lava Land
"There was an island originated by volcanic eruption below southern Italy. Different countries argued about which one should have been its rightful owner, but some time later there was another eruption and the island disappeared."
"Posiden's Island."
– aibaron
Land O' Lakes
"Canada has the more lakes than every other country combined."
– Potensh
"The United States has more land area than canada, but not if you count the lakes."
"The United States has more land area than Canada even if you include all the lakes. Because the land area of a lake is zero."
Deepest Lake
"Lake Baikal contains approximately 20% of the world's surface freshwater."
"Holy crap, it would take over three years for the Amazon River (discharge of 6500 cu km/yr) to fill Lake Baikal (volume of 23615 cu km)!"
"And the Amazon River is f'king huge, more discharge than the next seven rivers combined."
Head Scratchers
Don't think too hard. You might break your brain from these statistics involving size, direction, and borders.
Same Destination
"If someone were to travel in any of the four cardinal directions from anywhere in Los Algodones, Mexico (due north, due east, due south, or due west), they would cross a U.S. border."
French Border
"France shares its longest border with Brazil."
"Yup. People forget that French Guiana and also the island of Reunion (Indian Ocean) are not mere overseas territories... they are actually France on the same basis that Paris and Bordeaux are France."
The Biggest State
"Alaska, the largest state in the US, is almost 3 times larger than the second largest state in the US which is Texas."
Beyond Our Borders
Were you aware about these interesting tidbits from abroad?
Word
"not exactly a geography fact but some cool wordplay."
"the first three letters of Sweden and Denmark spell Sweden while the remaining letters spell Denmark!"
Thing About Switzerland
"Switzerland is a third world country. Third world simply means not a NATO aligned country (first world) and not a Warsaw pact aligned country (second world). Other neutral countries are also third world - Finland, Austria and Ireland being capitalist examples and Yugoslavia being a communist example."
– mordenty
Barely Exists
"Because Finland is .2% of the global population, and the number of people in the world is always at +/- .2% of the number, there is a chance that Finland doesn't exist."
– teb_22
Reversing River
"The St. Johns river in New Brunswick reverses flow depending on the tides."
"There is a section called the reversing rapids. This is due to huge tides in the Bay of Fundy, the largest in the world which can be over 15m (50ft) difference."
- Dakens2021
French Revolution
"France is the only country in the world which has territory in all the five continents."
"They have a tiny territory they control in Israel."
- 1_789
Why In July?
"You can stand on a mountain in California and see both the lowest point (Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park) in the contiguous United States and the highest (Mount Whitney)."
"An annual marathon runs from one to the other...in July."
- NoahtheRed
Nobody Claims Bir Tawil
"Bir Tawil is a small stretch of landlocked desert that is a terra nullius because neither Egypt nor Sudan want it."
"It seems to be the only terra nullius that is theoretically habitable (though I haven't been able to find out if anyone actually lives there)."
"Both Egypt and Sudan want the far larger and more profitable Halaib Triangle."
"The Halaib Triangle was within the borders of Egypt according to the straight 1899 political border drawn between the two countries along the 22nd parallel; but within the borders of Sudan according to the uneven 1902 administrative border that was meant to reflect the actual tribal use of the land."
"As a result, Bir Tawil, which is an adjoining stretch of land south of the 1899 border but north of the 1902 border, is not claimed by either country."
- [Reddit]
Building Borders
"The border between the states of New York/Vermont and Ontario/Quebec is not straight, because of the limitations of surveying at the time they were surveyed."
"As a result, there are some buildings that are bifurcated by the international border, most famously the Haskell Free Library and Opera House between Derby Line, VT and Rock Island, QC."
- drsameagle
Fun With Words!
"An exonym is what a country is referred to as in other languages, and and endonym is what a country and its landmarks are called in the country's own language."
"For example, in their own languages, Ireland is Eire, Scotland is Alba, Egypt is Misr, Bhutan is Druk Yul, India is Bharot, and Japan is Nipon."
- reallygoodbee
While these alleged "useless" geography facts will not increase your chances of getting a high-paying job, your now increased awareness will make you the talk of the town.
So the next time you're at a dinner party and you don't know how to start a conversation, try saying: "did you know Alaska is three times larger than Texas?"
Either you'll be frowned upon as a crazy person giving unsolicited information OR you could bring life to that party. It's worth a try, right?
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What are the pros and cons of where you live?
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