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Gallup, NM
Hell On Earth -
12/2/2009Carl's opinion of Gallup is spot on, but treads a little lightly.
Literally everybody who sets foot within city limits is immediately accosted by hoards of local street drunks from the neighbouring Navajo reservation begging for handouts. It's a constant hassle, for tourists and residents alike.
Crime is another major factor. Anything left outside for more than ten minutes tends to be pilfered. Simply leaving one's rubbish out is an invitation for it getting rifled through for empty aluminium tins. I once had an "inventive soul" try to sell me half a discarded coffee maker on the street. Spoils from an apparent dumpster dive.
The affairs of the locals are carried on in such a fashion that it would make something from the back-woods of Afghanistan or Appalachia look like a Tea party at the Ritz. Simply put, it's quite possibly the least civilised place I've ever had the misfortune to live in.