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Tell me about the worst places you have lived and why they are so god drat bad. For me its 100% the central valley of California. For those that are unfamiliar with the central valley it is approximately 5 hours north of San Diego and 2 hours south of San Francisco and 2 hours inland from the coast line. It boasts these wonderful qualities: worst air quality in the country, highest crime in the state, huge poverty and education problems, unbelievable drug problems (specifically meth). To expand on the air quality issue, the valley is surrounded by mountains and is largely farmland so all the pesticides and pollution from places outside the mountains sinks into the valley and gets trapped, causing the air to be borderline toxic. This causes a sharp rise in lung related issues for both children and adults alike(there is also something called valley fever which is caused by a spore you can ingest just from kicking dirt which will cause your lungs to pretty much fail), the groundwater is also terribly polluted from all the poorly regulated pesticides so you end up with water that A. tastes like sulfur and chemicals or B. is so chlorinated it tastes like a pool. It is hot as gently caress in the summer with daily temperatures in the summer ranging from 95-115 every single day. It is almost all farmland with small hick towns that have buildings like you would expect to see in the movie deliverance. The largest city in the central valley is Fresno, a place lovingly referred to as "The meth capital of the world". Aside from Fresno there is a very distinct lack of any real places to go, you will find yourself driving 2-3 hours to find anything to do. Oh yea and it also smells like cow poo poo literally everywhere. If you would like a better feeling of how lovely the Central Valley is here are 2 unrelated videos promoting a town by using a slideshow featuring a K-MART and a community college as attractions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMqvL8nKT3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tDeEoXLA6s FUN FACT: A large majority of COPS is filmed in King's County AKA the central valley
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At first I thought the slideshow was being ironic, but it's in earnest. gently caress.
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Sep 10, 2016 17:32
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Most of COPS is filmed in central California because that's where Fox's studio is, you rube
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Sep 10, 2016 17:39
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Living in Lexington, Kentucky sucked. You can't buy liquor on Sunday and all the bands that come through are total poo poo.
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Sep 10, 2016 17:41
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i knew that if i clicked on this thread it would be some california dickhead try living in syria you piece of poo poo try being a gay woman there and see what happens
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We didn't have nowhere to live We didn't have nowhere to go Till someone said: "I know this place off Burnett Road" It was on the 15th floor It had a board across the door It took an hour To pry it off and get inside It smelt as if someone had died The living room was full of flies The kitchen sink was blocked The bathroom sink not there at all Oh, it's a mess alright Yes, it's Mile End And now we're living in the sky I never thought I'd live so high Just like heaven (If it didn't look like hell) The lift is always full of piss The fifth-floor landing smells of fish Not just on Fridays Every single other day! And all the kids come out at night They kick a ball and have a fight And maybe shoot somebody if they lose at pool Oh, it's a mess alright Yes, it's Mile End Nobody wants to be your friend 'cause "you're not from round here", oh (As if that was Something to be proud about!) The pearly king of the Isle of Dogs Feels up children in the bogs And down by the playing fields Someone sets a car on fire I guess you have to go right down Before you understand just how How low How low a human being can go Oh, it's a mess alright Yes it's mile end Mile End
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Sep 10, 2016 17:49
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have they actually made california into one big walgreens/chilis palace yet??
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ethanol posted:have they actually made california into one big walgreens/chilis palace yet?? i think youre thinking of san diego and answer is yes
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ethanol posted:i knew that if i clicked on this thread it would be some california dickhead try living in syria you piece of poo poo try being a gay woman there and see what happens first i will try being a gay woman in california, i think
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Grody posted:Tell me about the worst places you have lived and why they are so god drat bad. All of these problems improved significantly after OP left.
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hth posted:i think youre thinking of san diego years ago and last time i drove up from san diego to temecula to see my grandpa before he died im pretty sure they had succesfuly connected the entrie section of i15 with one big walgreens parking lot so id be suprised if they haven't leveld the entire state by now
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Sep 10, 2016 17:55
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Oklahoma. The reason: everyone else in Oklahoma.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:All of these problems improved significantly after OP left. WHAT
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Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania It was basically like living in a giant used up coal mine stripping pit.
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Grody posted:WHAT After you left; The air quality improved The crime rates went down The education levels went up The drug problems went down I am saying you are a drug addict criminal with no education. And you stink.
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ethanol posted:years ago and last time i drove up from san diego to temecula to see my grandpa before he died im pretty sure they had succesfuly connected the entrie section of i15 with one big walgreens parking lot so id be suprised if they haven't leveld the entire state by now if you want eerie depressing developments check out the corridor between tuscon and phoenix it is truly gods rear end in a top hat
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I spent a year working in idaho. Geeze oh wheeze no paved roads and everyone lives in cabins. The moment I say I'm from Utah. The locals come out like some cargo cult. Demanding trinkets and beads. However Smitty's pancake house is great. Also I spent the summer working in Boulder Utah. drat too many germans and frenchies. At the subway in Torrey, you can tell a french Canadian apart from a french national. French Canadians can order sandwiches like pros while the other frenchies take a hundred years to order. I lived on subway all summer.
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Here you go op, I ranked every state by best to worst place to live on a scale of 1-840, with 840 being the worst and 1 being the best Alabama 113 Maine 14 Oklahoma 116 Alaska 12 Maryland 85 Oregon 77 Arizona 244 Massachusetts 163 Pennsylvania 123 Arkansas 81 Michigan 225 Rhode Island 25 California 629 Minnesota 152 South Carolina 113 Colorado 158 Mississippi 77 South Dakota 14 Connecticut 92 Missouri 215 Tennessee 253 Delaware 64 Montana 13 Texas 715 Florida 840 Nebraska 57 Utah 47 Georgia 203 Nevada 84 Vermont 3 Hawaii 20 New Hampshire 31 Virginia 141 Idaho 39 New Jersey 191 Washington 134 Illinois 593 New Mexico 72 West Virginia 16 Indiana 196 New York 470 Wisconsin 225 Iowa 70 North Carolina 263 Wyoming 10 Kansas 69 North Dakota 1 Puerto Rico 121 Kentucky 93 Ohio 246 Washington D.C. Louisiana 157 U.S. Virgin Islands 1 Total Walgreens Stores in US 8,173
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The United States of America
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It's a toss up between West Helena, AR and Lancaster, CA. Leaning more towards West Helena by virtue of it being in the rural south and a total crime ridden shithole overflowing with violence and simmering racial tension.
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Harbin, China Imagine Detroit but with cultureless howling cheats as residents and literal Siberian weather because it's (almost) literally in Siberia. 12 million residents and nothing to do. Iowa City, Iowa A bro-college city with as many students as residents, a small town where you can't park anywhere because it's overrun with cars, the college is only host to the kind of morons who attend business school and/or were lucky to clear Cs in Highschool (and the dozen or so writers in its writers program, the crown jewel of the college).
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Sep 10, 2016 18:28
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Philadelphia.
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Bangkok, only thing to do is to drink.
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Sep 10, 2016 18:52
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Zombiepop posted:Bangkok, only thing to do is to drink. You must be the world's most boring person.
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Kerpen, Germany Half hour train ride from Cologne. Surrounded by industrial parks. Want to do your laundry? You're SOL here, rear end in a top hat, there's no laundromat! Want to blow your paycheck in slot machines? Congratulations, there's like 20 gambling establishments! What do you mean, "why"? It's for laundering money, stupid! Because there sure as hell ain't enough demand to justify so many casinos in a town of like 1000 people! Main attractions: the train station which will take you away from Kerpen. I only had to live there 6 months, but it played hell on my loving liver because I was drinking myself to sleep every night.
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Sheep-Goats posted:You must be the world's most boring person. Not really, Bangkok is super fun the first week but then it's kinda meh.
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Sep 10, 2016 18:56
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Zombiepop posted:Not really, Bangkok is super fun the first week but then it's kinda meh. I lived there for two years and there's almost as much to do in Bangkok as there is in New York City. It's unquestionably one of the best places in the world to live long term.
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Sep 10, 2016 18:59
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Sheep-Goats posted:I lived there for two years and there's almost as much to do in Bangkok as there is in New York City. Cool dude, different strokes n all that.
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Zombiepop posted:Cool dude, different strokes n all that. Different strokes is one thing. Saying there's nothing to do in Bangkok is like going to an amusement part and then complaining that they don't have any rides or concessions. The only way someone could get that impression is if they stayed in the parking lot the whole time or had their eyes closed and cotton in their ears.
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Sep 10, 2016 19:04
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Ait sheepy. Cool.
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Don't try to take the high road u scum
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Oh sorry ladyboy lover! Satisfied now??? 
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If it aint jay bailey it aint poo poo bruh
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Zombiepop posted:Oh sorry ladyboy lover! Satisfied now??? oh my god you suck
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All quotes are good quotes.
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Ramadi, Iraq.
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cheerfullydrab posted:We didn't have nowhere to live Nothing on Croydon.
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For me, every goddamned city that has been democrat infested for long periods. Houston is becoming yet another mismanaged shithole.
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