Anonymous
Post 12/27/2025 03:42     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Dubai. 16 hour plane ride for basically a big shopping center. Hotel was nice, the workers are all very kind and solicitous (for depressing reasons). Also a ton of obvious sex trafficking which is probably why I ran into Andrew Tate multiple times.


+1


+2. I've had to go for work and can't believe anyone pays money to go there for fun. It's so gross.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2025 00:06     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Disney
Isle of palms (what were we thinking??)
India
The coliseum
The safari (way too much money and a terrible experience (


Tell us more about the safari… did you go mid-range (which is still thousands and thousands vs $20K+, so it’s all relative). What country?


I’m not the pp. I loved the safari I went on in Kenya and Tanzania, and it was very budget-friendly. The lodges were fine. Our guide was excellent. The people in our group of 8 were wonderful. Then I met up with a friend at a very nice lodge in Kenya (from which most people were headed out on an expensive safari) for 2 nights and I was miserable. Other guests were crazy rude—got in fights with each other. There was a group of Chinese tourists, and Australian and German tourists used racial epithets. Every person working there was constantly trying to upsell us on every single thing. And for the money this place cost, nothing was really that nice. It was miserable. I’d hired one of the drivers from my first, cheap safari to pick me up from this place and take me to the airport and I’ve never been so happy to see anyone. So, it’s not all about money you spend.



Weird. Sounds janky. Never heard of upselling at a reputable luxury lodge and I’ve been to multiple Botswana, Rwanda, and South Africa luxury lodges (Londolozi, Wilderness, Great Plains, etc).
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2025 00:04     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:Cyprus
Rome
Paris (the people)
Barcelona (overhyped)
San Francisco
Seattle
Kansas City
St Louis
Houston


Agree on Houston and San Francisco

Agree Barcelona is over hyped but I didn't hate it.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2025 00:01     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:I didn’t love the Bahamas. Felt like a cruise ship.


Same. The beach and water were lovely but that was it. I would have rather been on a cruise ship and had yummy food.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 23:56     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:I hated Tokyo but loved the less crowded parts of Japan.


Tokyo isn't crowded if you know how to find the peace the city. (Being totally serious - lived there and travel there often).

Pro tip - go off the beaten paths. Turn a corner and there is a beautiful park or alleyway with no people.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 23:24     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Cyprus
Rome
Paris (the people)
Barcelona (overhyped)
San Francisco
Seattle
Kansas City
St Louis
Houston
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 23:01     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:San Francisco.

Absolutely disgusting. Drugged out homeless everywhere.


Love SF all day every day


Serious question... how? We lived there for 3 years...in very nice high rise. My car was broken into multiple times. My family including my kids were grabbed and yelled at frequently by homeless. The streets were absolutely disgusting.

We were supposed to be there for 5 but after 3 year miserable, stressful years, we left.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 22:58     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
San Fran. It's sad what happened to that city...I question if it can ever recover.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 22:47     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Baltimore
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 22:46     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Disney
Isle of palms (what were we thinking??)
India
The coliseum
The safari (way too much money and a terrible experience (


Tell us more about the safari… did you go mid-range (which is still thousands and thousands vs $20K+, so it’s all relative). What country?


Yeah, this is wild to me -- our safari was the trip of a lifetime and we loved it all. It cost us $$$$$$ though.


The first quote I got was for $50,000. Eventually we found a tour guide that charged $15,000. It was an amazing trip.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 22:42     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:San Francisco.

Absolutely disgusting. Drugged out homeless everywhere.


Love SF all day every day
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 22:41     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:Dubai. 16 hour plane ride for basically a big shopping center. Hotel was nice, the workers are all very kind and solicitous (for depressing reasons). Also a ton of obvious sex trafficking which is probably why I ran into Andrew Tate multiple times.


+1
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 22:41     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Malta
Any red state in the US
Paris ( I hate going places that hate visitors)
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 22:39     Subject: Re:Where did you absolutely hate?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Asheville. Way too many homeless and hippies. Just too crunchy for my liking, but can see the appeal for hikers.

Too Trumpy!! NC is now a cesspool because they are all so MAGA. It has not served them well. It's so depressing.


Asheville is very, very, liberal. No clue where you were, but it wasn’t Asheville


The other confusing thing about that post is the implication that NC is “now” or has recently become conservative. Jesse Helms was a pig they voted into the senate over and over. So— not sure what that person is talking about.

Also—
I think when people say they like Asheville, they don’t mean the stinky downtown parts. No, don’t go there. But many parts of Asheville and the surrounding area are lovely. Yes, go there.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2025 22:36     Subject: Where did you absolutely hate?
Dubai. 16 hour plane ride for basically a big shopping center. Hotel was nice, the workers are all very kind and solicitous (for depressing reasons). Also a ton of obvious sex trafficking which is probably why I ran into Andrew Tate multiple times.