Comments on: The Saturday Cities I Don’t Like

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:57:39 +0000

The first time I went to New York City, I hated it! Then I went back 6 years later and I fell in love with the Big Apple. I love Toronto (hometown), Quebec City, Chicago, San Francisco, Mexico City, Panama City and surprisingly Las Vegas. I’m not a fan of Los Angeles (I found it dull), mediocre time in Habana (it wasn’t the city, it was my experience. Totally my fault), and no matter how many times I keep going back to Montreal I just don’t like it!!!
Sometimes I like to know what cities people don’t like and not what they do like, it gives you a different perspective. A cousin of mine lived in Habana for 6 months and when he found out I was going there he was thrilled. I got to Habana and anything that could go wrong, WENT WRONG! Suffice, I lied when I told him I liked Habana, I actually don’t. Not to say I won’t go back, but I’ll be more prepared. Montreal, I don’t know…I guess its their hatred toward Torontonians that put me off. I can’t argue that Montreal is a beautiful city and people wonder why I don’t like it? Put it this way, if Montreal was a gorgeous model, I still wouldn’t be attracted to him just because I don’t find anything interesting towards Montreal. Maybe I just didn’t give it a chance? Put it this way, I went to NYC twice…first time I hated it, 2nd time I loved it. I’ve been to Montreal EIGHT TIMES and I still just don’t know why I don’t like it…it’s just meant to be that way.

By: Puppy

Puppy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:29:34 +0000

What??? Phuket, Siem Reap, LA, Athen are my favourite cities… i think we have different preferences… But i do agree for Phnom Penh, it’s beautiful

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:11:59 +0000

I can say whatever I want. This is my website. I don’t like the cities, hence why they are in a post about places I don’t like. I don’t need to be objective. I’m just giving my opinion. Some people HATE Bangkok but it’s one of my favorite places in the world. People have their own opinions and it’s no better or worse than your own.

By: Mark Gwilliam

Mark Gwilliam — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:41:40 +0000

Sorry – but disagree with your comments about Auckland. Perhaps those of you who visited didn’t take the trouble to discover some of the islands and whale & dolphin safaris within 10 minutes of downtown, or the rainforest 45 minutes away, or the natural hot pools 20 minutes away or any of the dozen or so city beaches 10 minutes away, etc. But I do recognise that some people prefer to visit cities with smog, endless traffic, skyscrapers, expensive food & drink, poor weather, etc – none of which Auckland suffers with. Choice & freedom of speech is a wonderful thing!

By: anjci

anjci — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:10:36 +0000

Glad someone feels the same. This post is written without a slightest attempt to be objective or consistent. Regardless of whether I like Athens or not (after living there for a year, I can discuss both the pros and the cons with equal passion), brushing aside cities for reasons like “lack of character” (each of us has their own understanding of character, anyway) is just plain misleading to other travellers. Only publications of the Lonely Planet calibre can get away with it. And this blog frankly isn’t.

By: Erja

Erja — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:16:50 +0000

LOVE Athens! You must have Stayed in the wrong part of the city.

By: Lucie

Lucie — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:38:46 +0000

Too bad for Berlin, one of my favorite cities. People are very relaxed there and it’s a very multicultural city. Hope you can get back there and enjoy it more some day…

By: ianjg83

ianjg83 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:55:51 +0000

I agree with you on Auckland. I stayed with friends there in Feb 2008 for a week & a half – great company, and Aucklanders in general seemed pleasant enough, but the city itself has little to recommend it, and public transport is abysmal.

If you do have reason to go there, the one part of the city I’d recommend is Karangahape Road (locally, ‘K Road’). It’s Auckland’s answer to London’s Camden, and well worth a visit. Otherwise, get out and see the rest of the North Island, there’s some beautiful scenery and great places such as Rotorua, Taupo and the Coromandel Peninsula to visit.

By: NomadicMatt

NomadicMatt — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:13:57 +0000

Wellington is way better!

By: Lis

Lis — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:16:39 +0000

Yeah I’m not an Aucklander – but when the option came up to moving there or Australia – the option was obvious – Austtralia. As a NZer who owned a nice big house in Wellington not 10km from the CBD – but in Auckland we would have been miles out.

I think its tragic that next year’s World Cup has the big games in Auckland – it wouldn’t be a good experience for the visitors