When you think of a city full of garbage, what kind of place comes to mind?
Well, if you're wondering, you can find the answer in this travel forum on Reddit. When a Redditor asked other users to “name me the most vile, tasteless trap city in the world,” nearly 3,000 comments were left under the post, dragging destinations from all over the world.
A user from the US said: “I love cheap tourist kitsch, but I'm tired of pretending it's not. I live in the US and there's no shortage of places like this.'' ” he said.
Already citing some examples from their home country, including Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Branson, Missouri, the user asked, “Can you recommend places like this in other countries?”
And then there were the British seaside towns that people quickly set foot in.
Blackpool, Lancashire, where the town's pleasure beach resort is located, was described as “beyond rubbish” and “very lame” by fellow Reddit users who contributed to the discussion.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort has been named one of the world's best family-run theme parks in a list compiled by attraction industry publication Blooloop.com, according to the Manchester Evening News. mentioned, but that didn't stop it from making the list, regardless of how good the town's top attractions are.
Several comments mentioned seaside towns located to the north.
One person said: “Come to Lancashire, England, and go to Blackpool. You can put on your 'kiss me now' hat, do karaoke all day, and all the food will be fried, and you can top it off with some rip-off ice cream.” .”
In response to the original post, another added: “I'll give it 100x for suggesting Blackpool, the height of British lameness. Enjoy and thank me later!”
Yet another wrote, “Blackpool, England is a great example of a guesthouse with shoddy, awful food, terrible weather, and more rules and restrictions than the Cold War Soviet Union.”
Tourists on Reddit may have been critical of northern towns, but in recent years Blackpool has welcomed huge numbers of tourists – more than 20 million a year – and the town is drawing people back. It's clear there's something calling.
