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Why Orlando sucks

I've been to Orlando for 9 days and I find it sucks so much.

First of all, what's good about Orlando?

The weather is nice in winter. Ever since I'm here it's been about 20 degrees Celsius. It gets chilly some days and warmer some other days but if you have a jacket you'll be fine.

I've heard during the summer though it's too hot to do anything.

The city also looks very very pretty. Everything looks new. Streets, houses, buildings, stores. They have lots of highways and streets filled with retail stores (The same big retail stores over and over again, nothing exciting). Everyone I've met live in very nice houses and neighborhoods even though they are broke, and I think it's because rent is affordable there.

Downtown looks really pretty. They have parks and trees and some tourists attractions, malls and shopping areas.

They also have Disney World and Universal Studios which I have not been because it's too expensive and I don't really have anyone I want to go with at the moment.

Now, what sucks about Orlando?

You need a car to do anything. Everything is spread out and far. It doesn't feel like a city at all. It feels like a suburb. There is no subway. You could take the bus but it's $2 each time and it takes forever to go anywhere.

But even if you could go anywhere in the bus, where would you go? Because honestly, there's nothing to do here. Everywhere is dead. Downtown is dead during the day. The parks, malls and tourist parks that are free to get in are dead as well. I like to pick up chicks during the day, but there's nowhere to do so here.

There doesn't seem to be any kind of cultural or fun event happening anywhere. Every week is the same. People go to the same places, do the same things.

If you don't live downtown (which is completely NOT affordable, like $700-900 a month for a room), then you need to drive to go to any restaurant or bar that is not a Taco Bell/Burger King. I hate driving and I don't even have a car. I like to walk.

Nightlife

The night life does exist, but it sucks. First of all it resembles the night life of a small city, because there's only a handful of bars/clubs and a few hundred people out on a Friday/Saturday night. On the week days there's usually one or two venues to go to on each day. The best bars/clubs all have expensive covers such as $5-15. Most people go there with a big group of friends and hop all in the same car. It makes it really hard to have a one night stand with any of them because they all live so far away because Orlando is so spread out.

There are like no after hours places most of the days. Last call is at like 1:45. I've seen several fights for no reasons which makes me very careful not to be too aggressive with girls I've just met.

In Montreal and Toronto, there's hundreds of bars, thousands of people partying on a Friday, chicks go to the bar with 1 or 2 friends to meet other people. There's places to go after the bar. You can walk to your house or cab there.

Girls

There's not that many girls, and they are not very attractive.

People are not nice. I go talk to them are they like at me like I'm weird. It's like they've never met a new person in their entire lives. They are weird and snobbish.

I know how to pick up chicks. I've been doing it for years. I know what I do works.

Economy

Everyone I know here has a shitty job and is struggling for money. They all wish they could leave this place and go somewhere else. They have like 2 jobs that pay $8 per hour and they try to pay the bills. Plus they need to have cars and pay for covers at the bars. This is getting them nowhere.

In conclusion

My roommates are amazingly chill. They take me everywhere and we have so much fun. Even though most people are pricks, I still end up meeting a hot girl that is normal and likes me every night. Most of the time they also hate Orlando so we get along. It's worth it to be here just to have a 10 minutes conversation with a chick that I really enjoy, even if chances are against me to take it anywhere.