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Ones that come to mind for me are Vegas, Toronto, Paris

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[–] Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Dallas is a soulless corpse where you can't walk anywhere due to highways, but it you use the highways then it's like trying to dodge clicking on sketchy ads trying to trick you to click them on PC, except the ads are toll roads. Also every car is trying to kill you.

I tried to go to a music show once. It was in a really run down part of town with sketchy people standing around staring at us. There was no signage. We weren't even sure we were in the right place and no one looked friendly so we just left, and got hit by more surprise tolls on the way back. You can't leave your house there without having to pay money. It is the most miserable place I've ever been.

Second runner up is Port Arthur, Texas. Going to take the scenic route down the coast, are you? Well it's nothing but pipes and smoke stacks. You can see only a little bit of the marsh that used to be there. The city itself is run down, rotting houses leaning sideways with the pipes and industry always being in the backdrop. Clearly the town is receiving no tax money from the oil corporations infesting their coast in what would otherwise be a nice place. It was a mostly black population I saw outside. Inside stores the people I saw wearing plant uniforms were white or Hispanic and clearly didn't live in the immediate area. The story writes itself.

I Google the town and it turns out it used to be a nice place with a little permanent carnival on the coast with a ferris wheel and rides with a flourishing tourist industry, but all those people who could afford it moved out when the oil industry moved in and drained the town. Now the only people there are the ones who can't get out.

It was the most depressing town I've ever been through.

God I fucking hate Texas.

[–] nuclear_wizard@startrek.website 1 points 17 hours ago

Literally read a Texas Monthly article asking What's Wrong with Downtown Dallas today: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/whats-wrong-with-downtown-dallas/

I grew up in one of the (many) suburbs of Dallas in the late 90's early 00's and the problem I had with it is it's the most extreme form of gentrification I've ever witnessed. You can probably estimate an individual's annual salary within about $20k based on their zip code. The city is so concerned with seeming like a good place to visit, they don't seem to care if it's a good place to live.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

I used to be a trucker, and ya Dallas had bad vibes. It was always so sad seeing all the stray dogs running around.

[–] sqauffle@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

I'm from Dallas and this is exactly how is describe it too. It's an absymally failed attempt to create a human society.

[–] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Glasgow in the 90s. I live in rural Scotland, but while studying in Edinburgh I used to travel through to see my girlfriend. As soon as I got off the bus I'd get this weird, hostile vibe. I was approached all the time by folk trying to hustle me for money or crazies just being weird AF. The city aggressively prides itself on being friendly, but I always found it intimidating.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

I was in Glasgow a fair bit during the Commonwealth Games and the locals were almost aggressively friendly, it was pretty funny. I live in Edinburgh and I like going to Glasgow for a break from all the tourists.

[–] spidermonkey23@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

it's not that bad any more. west end is tame too

[–] Lazer365@feddit.nl 9 points 1 day ago

Memphis, TN. There was literally no one there on the streets and the high crime didn’t make it any more appealing. Your city really sucks when the best thing to see there is a Bass Pro Shops lol

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Dubai is the most liminal fucking city in the world. If a hospital corridor was a city, it would be Dubai.

The opposite of this would be Hanoi. That's a city where each street feels like a living, breathing animal.

As someone who grew up and lived in Dubai in the 80s to the late 2000s I cannot find fault in your assessment.

[–] textik@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fucking Dallas, TX. Of all the major cities in North America, Dallas is the most devoid of culture. It is a city inhabited by cars, not people. If you took the average of all North American cities, it would be Dallas, but not in a way that derives any value from the cities included in the average. If you asked an LLM to generate an American metroplex, you would get a low-resolution, but otherwise one-to-one map of Dallas and Ft. Worth. Dallas is the backrooms except with a clear view of the sky.

[–] Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Dallas is Night City without the cool tech or culture, just the crushing capitalism and roads..

Edit: I wrote this on a base level comment but I'm going to put it here too:

Dallas is a soulless corpse where you can't walk anywhere due to highways, but it you use the highways then it's like trying to dodge clicking on sketchy ads trying to trick you to click them on PC, except the ads are toll roads. Also every car is trying to kill you. I tried to go to a music show once. It was in a really run down part of town with sketchy people standing around staring at us. There was no signage. We weren't even sure we were in the right place and no one looked friendly so we just left, and got hit by more surprise tolls on the way back. You can't leave your house there without having to pay money. It is the most miserable place I've ever been.

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Charlotte, NC. That place is still segregated

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 21 hours ago

Me personally, I don't like Irvine, CA. It feels fake, corporate, unnatural. It's most likely because everybody there is high income and they're just corporate slaves.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I see your Luton and raise you a Swindon.

[–] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

The Swindon lot are little slugs, little slugs with no personality who are just jealous of us because we're better than them at everything.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

For me, Richmond, VA. I’ve never felt more uncomfortable for no reason at all than the 2 days I was in Richmond. Can’t explain it.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trenton, NJ
Newark, NJ
actually just the whole New Jersey

wait no Asbury Park is nice.

most of New Jersey

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Jersey City has its own charm in a gritty sort of way.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 22 hours ago

oh man I do not enjoy Jersey City
the PATH train and having to wait 20+ minutes for it can fuck all the way off

although at least there is a train I guess

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Bakersfield California, drive through it once. It was like someone was making the most depressing movie about drugs and prostitution and dilapidated infrastructure so they built Bakersfield to be the backdrop

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow, New Orleans? I love that city.

Downtown Clearwater FL has been pretty much taken over by Scientologists and is quite creepy now.

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

I love Nola too but I could see it overwhelming people that are unacquainted or less… let’s say libertine

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 88 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (17 children)

Salt Lake City, Utah. Utterly gorgeous, but strongly reconsider moving there if you aren't a Mormon. The whole valley/arguably state has a constant fog of oppressively bad juju looming over it, despite being truly breathtaking.

Definitely SLC. Hands down.

Shit is like walking through the looking glass.

And not in the cool, drug-induced way. Not like that at all.

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