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The Most Disappointing Cities For Visitors, According To The Internet

Sometimes a big city can't actually deliver on the promise of bright lights and countless possibilities.

2 months ago · 44.3k reads ·

There are so many incredible places you could visit on your next vacation, but there are countless more nightmare locales just waiting for you to slip up and book a week in hell. Redditor u/TheStylishInsider wanted to know which cities are huge bummers, and the rest of the Ask Reddit group replied with their hottest takes imaginable.

What city disappointed you the most when visiting?
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An unbearable 14,000 comments have been made on this single controversial prompt, so we took the time to select a few of the best responses. Who knew people hated Nashville that much?

Atlantic City is no Vegas, so don't expect anything to stay there

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Casablanca is nothing at all like that one movie

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At least now we know where to shoot the next big zombie movie — Jackson, Mississippi

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Monaco has the lifestyles of the rich and the boring

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Waikiki, Hawaii: It feels like there was some sort of song about a of parking structure being built on top of beautiful scenery

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The Portlandia dream is dead, blame the pandemic and the ultra-greedy

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Paris isn't that bad if you hold your nose

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The home of the country music industry, Nashville, Tennessee, has attracted some unsavory behavior

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Gerard Hayes 1 month ago

I 'd better not go to these cities
Dave Christian 2 months ago

"Atlantic City is no Vegas." I had to laugh. I fully expected Las Vegas to be on this list. It is just a terrible, pre-fabricated place. Fun to visit once.
n p 2 months ago

The old joke about New York City was it's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. That's never been truer than it is now. It's getting so that it's not even nice to visit anymore. Start by asking tourists robbed or killed. Well, not the latter.
1. Mike McHale 2 months ago
  
  Derp derp derp
2. Derek Prospero 2 months ago
  
  How about asking a native who grew up here in the 1980s, when the crime rate was 11x what it is today. I live here now and it's statistically the safest it's ever been. Yes, ever. Let me repeat: there has never been a time in all of NYC history where it is as safe as it is now. So, don't believe old biases and agenda-news. Yes, there's crime. There's also about 20 million people in a few dozen square miles, so it's easy to cherry-pick crimes and paint the whole scene with it.
  1. K J 2 months ago
    
    Statistically sure. When a large percentage of the crime that does occur goes unreported, it is probably statistically true. We have seen this very thing on multiple west coast cities. We see it with illegal immigration. The problem is that being statistucally true and actually being true or two very different things. New York has been on a slow downward spiral for more than a decade now. It isn't as bad as the 80s but good lord it isn't what you describe.
    1. Brian Martinez 2 months ago
      
      So your argument is all the data and strawman from people that live there is wrong but there is super secret data that says it's bad because you saw it on TV.
      
      Cool - Makes total sense. You better stay home then, just to be safe.
    2. bombignants 2 months ago
      
      I have friends and family who live out there, and they're on the same page as Prospero. I think most if not all New Yorkers would agree...and if we're talking dangerous, then violent crime matters a lot more than petty crime, and NYC's not on that list right now. I live in the Twin Cities, the cold north metro, and it's more dangerous than NYC (also a good deal of the US, but...oh well).
      This goes for everything on this list, if you are averse to crime/danger, stay away from big cities. Also, seriously, just look into where you want to go before deciding to go there. Spend a half hour online and I think you'll be less disappointed and/or realize you should skip that trip.