Hyped up places that were crap



Brussels

Full of homeless who knock on car windows which are stuck in traffic, horrid huge dirty slums and ghettos (where the Paris bombers hailed from) just outside the centre, generally feels edgy and unsafe when compared to other major European cities.

I don't mind Brussels - it's got beer, chocolate and frittes. What more do you want?

Having said that, Ghent is better.

Worst major European city is Paris.
 
In Thailand there is a famous Buddha statue which over hundreds of years a tree has grown around it, leaving the head sticking out of the tree.

It's constantly used for marketing, but when you go it's tiny and is a real let down
 
Centre is alright. Venture just outside and it’s horrific. Same as Paris if not worse.
Where exactly? We stay in St-Gilles when we visit and it's class around there. Obviously it has rough parts but there's no reason to visit those areas.

Paris is tremendous as well. I am someone who loves cities though so probably got a higher tolerance for the crap parts than some.
 

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