We love San Antonio, but we also know that everything here isn’t sunshine and roses all the time. In fact, a number of spots in SA kinda suck ass.

Whether it’s in the car, trying to get some shopping done or just going out and about, there are plenty of hellscapes that any San Antonian will try to avoid. Or maybe they’ll brave it so they can live to tell the tale. Some of them are perfectly delightful most of the time, but one small thing can take things from happy to sad.

Here are 25 of San Antonio’s most miserable places. Please let us know if there are any we missed.

The construction nightmare that’s an everyday reality in so many neighborhoods, especially around downtown. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
Waiting for an Uber when a concert lets out at the AT&T Center. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
Drifting off to sleep in front of the tube when that Americus Diamond guy starts talking. Credit: Photo via Twitter / dylangonzalez21
The Medical Center during rush hour. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
Anywhere in San Antonio during allergy season. Credit: Photo via Instagram / happy.mood.2021
On the Finesilver Curve when a tractor-trailer jack-knifes. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
Your favorite out-of-the-way barbecue place at the precise moment they sell out of meat for the day. Credit: Photo via Instagram / reesebrosbbq
On a bicycle anywhere around a San Antonio driver. Credit: Photo via Wikimedia Commons / Alextredz
A Fiesta porta-potty. Credit: Photo by Jaime Monzon
Trying to park for free anywhere around the Pearl. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
Anywhere within eyesight of one of the billboards featuring Jeff Davis’ giant hand. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
College Night at NIOSA at around 9 p.m.
I am way too 35-years-old for this experience. Credit: Photo by Jaime Monzon
Costco on a weekend. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
Trying to navigate the River Walk when the Alamo Bowl is going on. Credit: Photo via Unsplash / Mick Haupt
The Olmos Basin after a rainstorm. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
First Friday in July in an unairconditioned art gallery. Credit: Photo via Instagram / bluestarartscomplex
In the Taco Cabana drive-thru after the bars let out. Credit: Photo via Wikimedia Commons / Andreas Praefcke
Trying to escape the cluelessly designed Alamo Quarry parking lot. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
U.S. Highway 281 around Stone Oak at any time of day. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
A North East ISD school board meeting when sex ed or library books are up for discussion. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
Driving through a yellow light in Leon Valley. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
In the San Antonio City Council chamber when Jack M. Finger is called on to speak. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
Trying to get back to the highway after a Spurs game. Credit: Unsplash / Musa Haef
The RIM anytime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Credit: Photo via Google Maps
The stretch of McCullough Avenue between Basse Road and the Olmos Park Roundabout that’s perpetually filled with bored Olmos Park cops. Credit: Photo via Google Maps

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