Rant about cities that are shitholes.
No politics, please (or I’ll have to move this thread behind the site members paywall).
Rant about cities that are shitholes.
No politics, please (or I’ll have to move this thread behind the site members paywall).
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Las Vegas is a shithole. Every street downtown smells like piss, tweakers are stumbling around like zombies, and it’s impossible to walk without getting hassled by con men/women. And this was before Noon on a weekday.
Last edited by Clusterfrack; 05-16-2023 at 10:06 PM.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Wouldn't it be easier to just list the cities which aren't? (Assuming, of course, that such unicorns exist.)
There's nothing civil about this war.
Hmm. Salt Lake City, Boise, Bozeman…Originally Posted by blues
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Parts of Portland. Parts of Seattle. Parts of San Francisco. Parts of Spokane. All those cities have nice parts too. I’m sure I’m missing, well… a majority of urban centers.
But you asked for a rant. One of the alluring parts of motorcycling is passing through your environment, as opposed to the rolled-up-windows car procedure of passing by your environment. Which is great fun on a twisty mountain road, a scenic historic neighborhood, or through rolling farmland hills on secondary highways. Not so much while stopped at red light, looking around at the environment—which includes several odd, sunburnt guys on the sidewalks with their pants falling down; people on all 4 corners having arm-flailing arguments with themselves; multiple shirtless young men with teardrop tattoos on their faces, riding DWI bikes the wrong way through 3 lanes of stopped traffic, and; a grey old street lady dropping a deuce/taking a leak/whatever in the grass median on the side street across from the stop n rob.
Something about that overly-long 90 seconds at the light really took some of the magic out of being on 2 wheels, with nowhere to be for an afternoon.
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
I went to LV for the first time last summer as the last stop in our Southwest tour (we all wanted to see Hoover Dam and decided to fly out of LV). We were there for a bit more than 12hrs (flew out the following morning). It was a total shithole just like you describe. Been once, won't be going back.
Chris
Parts of most large cities, sometimes the majority.
My personal complaint is with smaller cities that are total shitholes. The most recent one added to my list is Killeen, TX. If there’s a good or even mediocre part, I haven’t found it.
Ken
BBI: ...”you better not forget the safe word because shit's about to get weird”...
revchuck38: ...”mo' ammo is mo' betta' unless you're swimming or on fire.”
Agreed. I have to go there occasionally for business and in most of the nicer casino hotels it's fine but as soon as you leave the property and hit the strip it's pretty third world and the smell is always memorable. See lots of people with their kids in tow. I guess it's educational?
Still I've gotta think SF is a top contender.
Reading PA is one of the bleaker places I've ever been through.
More local to me are the parts of Annapolis that are absolute garbage. And if you ever feel the need to experience a mid-size city's garbage factor, drive the Wire Tour. Highly recommended for anyone who hasn't experienced a city that sucks the life out of the rest of a state.
With all due respect, this thread is pointless without talking about why those cities are shithole. What is the point of talking about it without analyzing policies that led to it? Those cities did not become so bad by accident. Just move this thread behind the site members paywall now.
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