I don't think Paris is very attractive - - simply too much grey monotony from street to street with virtually nothing to redeem it except the bistros.

I would agree with Paris. Not that there was anything wrong with it, we simply found it very underwhelming after all of the over-the-moon comments that we'd heard and read about the city.

Rome.

Dirty and everything is in pieces. (Insert sarcasm) Unfriendly locals. Lots of gypsies and pickpocketing. Overrated.

Gravesend, England. Brought my boat over from Holland to Gravesend to pick up some gear stored there. I had come up the French canals from the Med about a month before to Amsterdam, and had docked across from Central Station. Within a week of tieing up I had made friends that I have to this day, despite not knowing a word of Dutch. People in pubs were genuinely open, welcoming, and friendly. In Gravesend I spent a very lonely two weeks while I visited local pubs for company. The barmen and customers were universally surly, cold and uptight. I couldn't even make an acquaintance, much like a friend. And I do speak English.

I know it's not europe, but I really hated bangkok. Never going back.

I read through the whole thread and have decided I'm staying home. Oh, wait, my city was cited by someone here.

Oh, wait, my city was cited by someone here.>>

no-one mentioned mine!

sanne - i love Rome, dirt, graffitti and all. you not going there will leave more space for me.

I will never go back to the city annhig lives in.

I looked at the thread again and became even more convicted those posters who declared some of my favorite
cities dirty and full of graffiti have probably stayed in a completely different parts of the city than
we did.

shame, vincenzo - I'm sure you'd love it.

Lots of flowers, good food, nice friendly people, and no graffiti.

I hate flowers. I'm fasting. I'm a misanthrope. I'm a graffiti artist.

I remember the first time I came to New York City. My thought was … who would evrer want to live here.

50 years later I"ll have to be dragged out by my heels -

Grandma,
I felt the same way the first time in NY...stayed in a lousy hotel in Time Square for three days
It was 100 degrees( August!)... the impression was of a dirty , crowded city , horrible airless subway
and fast food restaurants on every corner..
Luckily , I came back many times since and discovered a very different and great city.
I may be wrong, but I have a feeling some posters have had a similar experience in other
big cities and (unfortunately) will never go back.

I hate flowers. I'm fasting. I'm a misanthrope. I'm a graffiti artist.>>

we're all so nice, we'd still like you. and the town's walls could do with some brightening up!