Creepiest, bleakest places you've ever been to

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forks, WA - almost ruined the Olympic National Park for me

This summer, a mixed-race family & their kids were camping in Forks. They had a short-bus that had been fitted up as a camper. When they drove into town for supplies, a mob set upon them, since they HAD to be "a busload of BLM/Antifa." The mob felled trees to prevent them from returning to their campsite.

Teenagers with chainsaws came to the rescue but did not want to be identified in the news story I read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Salinas California. Drive through on way to northern ca. The local deli that we saw got great reviews on Yelp had bars on the windows and the town just seemed dilapidated.

Near Cumberland pa (on the way to deep creek). Weird downtown vibe. Sort of abandoned and sort of functional at the same time.


Do you mean Cumberland, MD?

I don't think the PP has experienced creepy if they think Cumberland, MD is creepy. PP poster needs to try Gary, Indiana.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm talking about desolate downtowns, creepy abandoned houses, lonely streets and eerie vibes. I'm not talking about poverty, crime, or abandonment so much as a sense of gloom and despair.

I'll nominate Utica, NY.

Without a doubt southeastern Oklahoma. Close to the Arkansas line.

[Anonymous]

A decade ago, we stopped on a Subway restaurant in Front Royal. Couldn't get out fast enough. Straight out of a David Lynch movie.

[Anonymous]

*At, not on!

[Anonymous]

Trona CA

[Anonymous]

Aspen Hill, MD

[Anonymous]

Trona CA
Tijuana

[Anonymous]

Ashburn, VA

Strip malls and housing developments. No character.

[Anonymous]

Elkins w.va

[Anonymous]

Any neighborhood that looks like this. Mostly found in CA, AZ, and NV.

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6501583,-117.6200709,2016m/data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8606286,-117.7233989,3a,75y,95.39h,89.69t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sl40MtpBQNtE1VHIJ04HMzQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dl40MtpBQNtE1VHIJ04HMzQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D75.90575%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1609633,-117.5265908,3a,75y,53.76h,97.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sULpL0GBCmyRMXvZ-R8R7WQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aspen Hill, MD

Nah. I live there and western PA is 100% creepier. And I'm white, I'd hate to go to Western PA as a person of color.

[Anonymous]

Kutna Hora, CZ. It has a church chapel made of human bones. Not really in line w the rest of this thread as it’s a major tourist attraction and not actually that creepy or bleak but I felt it had to be mentioned.

For an actually creepy and bleak place: the Mississippi Delta. Beautiful but creepy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I visited the DMZ in Korea in the mid 80’s. Outside the DMZ, the North Koreans have built a “city”. Lots of concrete and weird Soviet architecture. There is a massive North Korean flag flying and patriotic music blaring 24x7. You can’t visit it just view it from the ROK/US side.

The weird thing is no one lives there. Truly bizarre.

The thinking in Asian cultures is that the government is providing jobs by giving them structures to build - huge structures like giant office spaces and giant condos - all skyscraper size. The odd thing is that most of the spaces sit empty, as they have been for years.

[Anonymous]

In the 90s I stayed in a hostel outside Prague that had formerly been some sort of military barracks. That place still haunts me.