Places you will never go to again

China.

My husband and I had a layover there between flights home, several hours long. As it turned out, the gate we landed at and the gate of our next flight were at DIFFERENT AIRPORTS. We had to apply for a visa, leave the airport, take a non-AC bus in a Beijing August for an hour, then check in and go through security AGAIN, defending why we were in China at each step. We barely made the flight in time.

 

KY-399 between highway 52 and Crestmont rd.. SO MANY LOOSE DOGS!!
Fuck crestmont rd too, for that matter. Todds rd was ok. New Virginia rd was ok too.

 

The Northeast. Kinda stuck there but yeah. As a Californian, it just doesn’t have an agreeable vibe for me.

Jackson, MS although not for the same reasons as everyone else - I had a cousin murdered there along with her pregnant friend. It’s just too sad, and it’s not like it was an awesome place to begin with.

Ollie’s discount stores. Back in my truck driving days, I hated Ollie’s loads. Didn’t matter if you were on time to pick up or not, they’d claim you were late and make you wait. Then, when dropping at the store, half the time their unloading crews were short or late…I had to clear the entire day for the drop because it was 50/50 whether I’d be out of there on time or hours upon hours late.

Austin, TX. Dragging two young kids along (7 and 5 years old at the time), it was much more oriented towards singles than kids, there really wasn’t anything there to do. I’m not really into the whole bar scene so even the adult “hip” stuff wasn’t all that appealing…and sorry, coming from the west coast, Austin isn’t that “weird”. Really overrated and overpriced IMHO, just nothing there I would seek out.

 

Miami Florida.

The most horrible traffic jams I ever saw.

Florida keys were pretty cool but Miami Fl is awful. Avoid the place at all costs.

 

NY is the very worst.

 

Bognor Regis.... Just no..

 

McDonalds. Yep, never again will I be under those golden arches. Worst fast food restaurant (if you can call it that) in the world. Even though its a very successful corporation they have done it with deceit and contempt. Many lawsuits have been filed by the corporation over the name including the simple use of Mc. They even filed a suit against an owner running his self named restaurant Ronald McDonalds Family Restaurant. Yes that is his real name yet the bastards at corporate had a fit over it. Well, ole Ronnie said fuck you and even after years and years of legal suits the restaurant continues to use his name despite corporate objections.

 

Yes I agree 100%, what they serve shouldn’t be referred to as food.

 

This is a whole mood.

I have family in the northeast and I can visit for a week or so, but after that I start to feel out of place. Like I'm in a whole other country or something. It's familiar but also too different to relate to.

 

Alabama......obvious and personal reasons, lol.

 

My home town. I was there in May to attend my mother's memorial service. With her death no one in my family lives there anymore and I went to some of my old haunts including a tavern I used to hang out in and saw no one I used to know. The town as I knew it no longer exists, so I've decided to put it behind me.

 

I totally get the “whole other country” thing. It does feel the same, but different, a bit like going to Canada. It’s culturally a different ball game from out west. I think it has to do with a certain amount of emphasis put on orderliness and conformity up here, vs. other places putting more value in scrappy disorderliness, “move fast and break things”, “southern engineering”, etc. Especially out west where it was a more hardscrabble existence and you had to adapt with minimal resources, that still shines through. Southerners just don’t like being told what to do. Both are more “my tribe” if you will.

 

Cobb County Ga. Used to be an amazing place, then they purposely moved in massive numbers to swing voting. The entire Atlanta area has gone to pot, especially Cobb County. Droves are moving out and away. There is less voice more dictatorships there now. You speak up and you get squashed.

 

Utah-Gorgeous area, lots of truly awful people

 

Eh, I think NYC skews that. I know that where I was in WNY, there’s a MASSIVE difference between the folks in the city proper, and those in the burbs or own in the sticks as far as courtesy goes. Most people are polite enough, but what I don’t like is a bit more subtle than that.

 

In my experience, the same could be said about most countries in Europe. For example, generally, the French don't like the Parisiens and the feeling seems to be mutual.
People in London, again generally, are different from those in the 'quieter' parts of the country. It's not that they're horrid - they're human, after all.
It's just that they are so pushed into focus on work, to cover their overheads and meet work deadlines and targets that they lose sight of a lot else.

I was amazed the first time I was in London many years ago how 'cold' it was compared with home. And isolating too.
It was nothing like Bath in the Southwest which I particularly like to this day. And nothing like most 'northern' towns and cities.

 

But aren't you? Humour me; I'm from UK.

Each country is a State. So, surely, therefore, each State is a country? I mean; people used to speak of a united states of europe if the EU grew and took control. Now, I doubt that will happen but, regardless, Germany will never be the same country as France. Likewise Italy, Spain and all others. Heck, the apparent Majority of the UK didn't even like Europe! lol

So, what I'm getting at is that I view each State in the US, which recognises each to be it's own State, (consequently the term 'United States'), which means when in NY state you would be in a different country from California/Texas/the other 47.

Makes sense? Help me understand, if I'm wrong.

Years back, there was a 'country' called Yugoslavia. That word, Yugoslavia translated to mean 'united states'. Different context from US of A. It was the US comprising Boznia, Hertzegovina, Macedonia and another 1 or 2.
They were and are their own countries and today they are independent states, ie, no longer united.

 

When I was in the US, I was settled in DC. No one wanted to accompany me to NY. I thought: I can't let this opportunity pass me by; I may never return to the United States and New York is just a step away. So with my bad English I took a bus and went alone. The streets were crowded and I couldn't find anywhere to go to the bathroom.
But I don't regret it; It was a unique experience

 

No. The country--overseen by the federal government--is the United States of America. We are a single country comprised of 50 separate states. Kinda like Voltron I guess.

But each state is not a separate country.

 

Each country anywhere else in the world is a State. The former Yugoslavia was a multi-state entity with its name be Slavic for 'United states'.

The EU comprises 27 member states - each being a country, and governed by its umbrella govt, the EU. Also referred to by some as the United States of Europe.

And in the USA, each State has its own unique history, identity and culture just like each EU country. No two US states are the same AFAIK.

And each State has its own Governor, which infers its own government.

That's a more detailed explanation of my thought process.