If you are a traveling enthusiast, read on to know the unfriendliest cities in the world in 2018, so that you can avoid them. At least for this year.
Yeah, we all like our vacations to go as smoothly as possible, hence knowing most tolerant cities in the world, and unfriendliest countries in the world can be pretty useful. Know where to go, and what to skip, if you can choose. If tolerance is on your mind, go to Berlin or Montreal. Or, if you are looking for the friendliest city in Spain go to Malaga. If something else is on your mind don’t miss these 11 Best Countries For American Tourists To Get Laid and 16 Friendliest Countries That Love American Guys and Accents. Enough about the good picks, our focus today should be on the least friendly cities in the world in 2018.
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Unfortunately, there are no any recent polls regarding the friendliness of the cities in the world, no unfriendliest cities in the world 2017 lists, so we had to use some older polls. In order to come up with our original ranking of the unfriendliest cities in the world in 2018, we combined different sources. We used two old (a few years ago) rankings from Condе Nast Traveller and combined it with the list of most dangerous cities in the world. Since not all of the cities on those lists of least friendly were found among the most violent cities as well, we couldn’t completely combine them. For the same reason, we couldn’t use an interesting list of the rudest cities in the world 2017, which includes some beautiful European destinations such as Paris, and London (consider them the most unfriendly cities in Europe). Interestingly, our list doesn’t have a single European city, although we noticed while researching that Moscow is often mentioned. So, how did we come up with our list of the 10 unfriendliest cities in the world in 2018 in the end?
Well, the first three places on our list take the cities that were on both Conde Nast’s lists, next three are from either of those two lists, but those that were also among the unsafest cities in the world; the rest of the list make the cities that were on the most recent Conde Nast survey of those two. The logic behind this math was – first, there is a good chance that cities that were many times among the least friendly cities in the world are still among them; second, violent cities full of crime shouldn’t be considered friendly; and third, those that were more recently regarded as unfriendly are probably still there.
As you can see this was not an easy job, considering the lack of the recent relevant information (real statistics and polls), but we really did our best in trying to find the unfriendliest cities in the world in 2018.
If you have some suggestions on how to improve our ranking, please let us know in the comments below. And now, let’s see which cities shouldn’t be on your bucket list for 2018, starting with number 10:
10. Doha, Qatar
If you can’t tolerate bad traffic, that is a reason enough to skip your trip to Doha. Jokes aside, besides traffic, tourists argue that people in Doha often can be very rude. Either avoid it or check it out for yourself.
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9. Lagos, Nigeria
It should be enough just to say that Nigerian most populous city is considered also the second least livable city in the world.
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8. Maputo, Mozambique
Tourists say that the capital of Mozambique is dangerous (especially for women) and dirty. If you want more information, check this blog post of an experienced traveler who says – “Maputo: My least favorite city in the world. “
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7. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dar es Salaam takes the 7th place among our 10 unfriendliest cities in the world in 2018 because travelers say Tanzanians are very rude.
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6. Tijuana, Mexico
Mexico is known for violence, and that is the reason why Tijuana has found its place here. Being the 5th most dangerous city in the world, it can’t be very tourist friendly, right?
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5. Caracas, Venezuela
Another city notorious for its crime problems and poverty, Caracas, takes the 5th place.
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4. Atlantic City, New Jersey
First American city on our list, takes the 4th place on our list of the 10 unfriendliest cities in the world in 2018. Atlantic City is known for its casinos. And where are casinos and gambling, there is violence, right? Yes, we all know that.
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3. Detroit, Michigan
America dominates the top of our list, and the third place belongs to Detroit – Motor City which is infamous for its violence. You did watch Eminem’s 8 Mile, right?
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2. Oakland, California
We are coming to the end of our list, and in the second place, we have Oakland, a city known for being dangerous.
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1. Newark, New Jersey
Could you have guessed it? If you are an experienced traveler, then maybe you could. In any case, Newark, definitely tops our list of 10 unfriendliest cities in the world in 2018, allegedly because tourists mostly complain about the horrible traffic and ”sad looking” scenery.
What do you think?
Have you been to worse places?
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