Rubbish TownsI once went to Basildon. It was closed, I got chased by a bunch of knuckle-dragged yobs until I was lost in a maze of concrete alleyways and got food poisoning off pie. Tell us about the awful places you've visited or have your home.
Thanks to SpankyHanky for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:07)
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Managua, NicaraguaStopped off here when heading South through Central America. The place looked like a bomb heap. The city was hit by a massive earthquake in the 70s and then suffered under the Somaza regime afterwards, so I think they pretty much decided that they couldn't be bothered (nor afford) to rebuild it.
It also oozed menace. Arriving at the main bus station by taxi I was harangued by a pack of men offering me a variety of 'services' that ran the full spectrum of Class A's through to young women ("very clean, very pretty" apparently). Stories abounded of gringos being driven off in taxis to remote parts of the city where they were then relieved of their wordly possessions. A couple of Americans backpackers were murdered around the same time I was there.
Needless to say I got the first bus I could out and vowed to never complain again about how rubbish my hometown is.
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