Every two years, the worlds nations get together and partake in an event so huge, so logistically difficult, and so arrogant in sheer spectacle that it really has no right to exist. It's beautiful. The Olympics are a heartwarming display of human perseverance and (quite literal) world class athleticism.

The best of the best arrive each time to hopefully become the face of the sport for another four years. But it often isn't the best who capture our attention. More often than not, it's the human side of things that get us. Derek Redmond's father helping his hurt son finish his race immediately comes to mind, and there are plenty of others. Unfortunately, all to often, the darker side of the Olympics gets swept under the rug, leaving a single city to deal with the cruel aftermath. This has never been more evident than in Rio.

Since its modern inception, the Olympics have incurred obscene costs. The 1896 Olympic Games ran a tab of roughly $448,000, and that was simply 14 countries. In recent memory, only London and Beijing have found financial success in hosting the Olympics, and even then it's questionable. According to reports by the government, London has found a 1 billion profit from the 2012 Summer Olympics. Beijing spent 50 billion on hosting the 2008 Olympics, and while they haven't nearly covered the costs, they do consider it a success, as it modernized their infrastructure, forced renovations of old systems, and has drastically improved the public image of the city. But these two are the exception. Sochi's Winter Olympics, Rio and Athens Summer Games are far more common.

Take the Sochi games for example. Russia spent 50 billion on hosting the winter games in 2014. Infamous for all the problems that plagued them, the Sochi games were as close to a disaster as we've yet seen. Athletes, Reporters, and personnel lived in terrible conditions. Doors famously decided to not open, and the ski jump that was supposed to cost $40,000,000 soared to astronomic levels and ended up running a tab of $300,000,000.

It doesn't take much imagination to see how the costs for a city would be ridiculous. To host the summer games, your city would need to renovate or completely construct arenas for Basketball, Soccer, Wrestling, Track and field, Gymnastics, Swimming, Fencing, Badminton, Table Tennis, Boxing, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Field Hockey, Handball, Judo, Rugby, Tennis, Weightlifting, as well as courses and tracks for Golf, pentathlons, rowing and more. This doesn't even mention the construction of the Olympic village, the broadcasting center, and insane security costs. The worst part of all of this? What happens to the Olympic Soccer arena? Far more often than not, it's nothing. Many if not all of the facilities constructed for the Olympics go unused once they end. Billions of dollars spent on facilities that the country will hardly ever if at all use again.

So what's the best solution to all of this? Really it's quite simple. The Olympics need to stop moving. I know that it's a sense of pride for the host city. Hosting the Olympics puts your name on the map and in the annals of history, and if you do a good job, tourism skyrockets. But it's far more likely to ruin your city. The government of Rio declared a state of Public Calamity. Noting that without aid, public transportation, health, and education face destruction. The government was bankrupt. So the Olympics must stop city-hopping. The IOC (an already shady organization) needs to acknowledge this and decide upon a permanent host city. The city must already have the infrastructure in place to hold the Olympics. Places like L.A and London have shown they can handle the stress placed upon them by the Olympics. It's time one of them took this burden from the rest of the world.