The ugliest place in the world

[Martin Red]

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An art critic, writing in an American magazine, has likened Walsall in the British Midlands to "Ceaucescu's Romania with fast food outlets."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/1102254.stm

The critic, Theodore Dalrymple, writes that there is nowhere in the world where it is possible to travel such long distances without seeing anything grateful to the eye.

Councillors reacted with fury, saying his criticisms were totally unwarranted. Walsall hit the headlines last year when a local resident launched an "Ugly Walsall" website.

Mr Dalrymple said that it was possible that there were uglier towns in the world, but he didn't know them. Do you? Which place do you think deserves the title?

[Mah'chew]

That's rough mate, I would have personally said, Huddersfield, nothing like coming into Huddesfield on the train with smog clinging to the valley from the council incinerator..

The worst place I can remember was a small town in New York State called Watertown - I remember driving through this town and thought it was like one of those shanti towns you'd see on the BBC.

This was NY State in 1985 and people were using polyurethane as roofing on their houses & building shacks on empty lots - scary!

Sorry to any heads from Huddersfield or Watertown, NY.

[ April 17, 2003, 04:22 AM: Message edited by: Mathius ]

[ramar]

what about Corby?

[Monny JcIntosh]

There's tons of desolate, piss ridden old mining towns in Fife. I dunno if my antipathy's purely motivated by drives back from Glasgow visiting my gran, asking if we're nearly home and invariably hearing "we're just into Auchtermuchty", or Windygates. I can't remember if they're all that bad but Methil definitely sucks.

My little brother lives in Portsmouth. There was that great gag where Geoff Hoon had compared Umm Qasr to Southampton and some squaddie quipped, "It's nothing like Southampton: there's no beer, no prostitutes and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth".

[Red D]

Come to the 'Texas of Flanders', the industrialized area some 30km southwest of Ghent, now THAT'S ugly, with the village of Oostrozebeke a serious contender for the #1 ugliest town in the world.

RD

[ngeso]

Hanover is the most nondescript place in the world.

[Jolyon]

My parents are from Barnsley. Nuff said.

[Martin Red]

Baghdad must be pretty danm ugly by now.

Better off in ya "dads bag" than in "Baghdad".

[Clarkeecat]

scunthorpe in the house!

Matthew

[mdpm99]

Originally posted by Martin Red:
Baghdad must be pretty danm ugly by now.

Better off in ya "dads bag" than in "Baghdad". :D

d

[RX]

detroit...it's the ugliest, most ridiculous city in the world...it's like germany AFTER the WWII...

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[ April 17, 2003, 12:44 PM: Message edited by: DJ Efabulous ]

[Ish]

Buffalo, NY is about the ugliest damn place ive ever stepped foot in or around...

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[nev m]

Rhyl (Wales) uk

[YUJI-SAN]

Originally posted by Ish:
Buffalo, NY is about the ugliest damn place ive ever stepped foot in or around...

graemlins/puke.gif HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA !

[liL Ray]

Originally posted by Ish:
Buffalo, NY is about the ugliest damn place ive ever stepped foot in or around...

graemlins/puke.gif Agree...there is nothing there.

Some parts of Jersey gets my vote...you would think it was straight outta 1940s mississippi....it's the truth, no hate. Flatbush Ave, brooklyn runs a close 3rd.