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The Worst Place You've Ever Been
July 31, 2013 at 4:45 pm
What's the worst place you've ever been? I've been to India, so that wins hands down. I saw guys without legs sleeping on carts. Abandoned dogs eating garbage. It was awful.
But in the United States, the worst place I've been is Cullman, Alabama. It's a famously German town with lots of neo-Nazis. It's racist as FUCK. If I ever go there again, I'll be seriously conflicted about it.
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RE: The Worst Place You've Ever Been
July 31, 2013 at 4:52 pm
The Texas panhandle. It's so barren and dry that hardly any life can survive there, and the people are racist as hell.
It's the part of Texas that even Texans think is shitty.
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Re: The Worst Place You've Ever Been
July 31, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Barking, London. Every other stall on the market was either a Christian book stall or a Christian nick-nack's / music stall. Every bench had a drunk consuming cheap cider and the hotel was terrible.
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RE: The Worst Place You've Ever Been
July 31, 2013 at 5:02 pm
(July 31, 2013 at 4:52 pm)Faith No More Wrote: The Texas panhandle. It's so barren and dry that hardly any life can survive there, and the people are racist as hell.
It's the part of Texas that even Texans think is shitty.
I'm a native Texan and I can agree with that. It stinks, too. You know where else offends the nostrils? Montana. Beautiful state if you like miles of nothing, but it smells. So do parts of Canada, ironically those near Montana (hmmm . . . wonder if there's a connection?).
For me, the worst place so far has been Alaska. Apparently I don't function well with lack of or over-abundance of sun, and the summer I was there practically the whole state was on fire. Temps got into the 90's with no AC in the house, and did I mention that practically the whole state was on fire? I cleaned soot out of my TV for 2 years.
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RE: The Worst Place You've Ever Been
July 31, 2013 at 5:09 pm
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My parents and I went on a short drive once and ended up in this little town west of Jacksonville, FL. It was late and we decided to stop at this little BBQ restaurant. It was small business mom & pop type place. I don't remember much about the food, but every around us were locals. This one table the restaurant manager was sitting at talking to a friend I guess who was a farmer. This farmer guy was loudly telling the most obnoxious story about birthing a calf. It was disgusting and me and parents were having to eat while listening to it.
The manager came up to us to talk to us (I hate it when they do that). Somehow, the manager started talking about their newly painted men's restroom. He decided to show my whole family the men's room. We looked inside and saw that he a painted tree on the wall surrounding the urinal. When we FINALLY left the restaurant and got into our cars, we (my family) started laughing about it all. That was the worst restaurant I've ever been to. Maybe it'll be on Kitchen Nightmares someday.
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RE: The Worst Place You've Ever Been
July 31, 2013 at 5:13 pm
Nebraska. What a shithole - yes, the entire fucking state.
I don't even want to fly over the fucking place unless I'm dropping bombs on it.
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