Let's be honest, we have all referred to certain places of this very country as "shitholes" (correctly in most cases I might add)

What places in the US fit the bill as "shitholes" (cities, states, counties, etc.)

My list:

1: Cleveland
2: Buffalo
3: West Virginia
4: St. Louis
5: Alabama

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Lakemoor

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Maywood

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There’s no competition for number 1. Everyone’s fighting for 2nd-5th.



1. Ft Polk
2. Schaumburg
3. Indiana
4. Florida
5. Los Angeles

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St Louis, Cleveland, and Detroit

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Mississippi
Alabama
North Louisiana
Indiana
Kansas

And my vote for worst city, Dallas

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Detroit
Orlando
Wisc Dells
New Jersey

Don't know the fifth.

We went to St. Louis a few years ago. I thought it was a pretty good place for a weekend and want to go back.

I want to change my list. Replace LA with Washington DC. Can’t believe I fucked that up so bad.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I thought of DC. I think it's great except for the politicians.

As a parent, little tops DC in my book.

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When I see the worst possible crime stories in the news, I just assume it either happened in Ohio or Florida.
Wisconsin is doing it's best (worst) to get on the list..........

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

Every place is going to have a few high points

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

He has two?

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This man has clearly never set foot on Ft. Polk.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

On a different note, I'm starting to become curious about going to North Carolina

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bases dont count. They are supposed to be shitholes. They help keep America great

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

You know, we'll have a Woodmans in a few months.

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No way. Ft. Bragg is awesome. Ft Hood is cool if you’re not being murdered by a Muslim army officer. Ft Leonardwood in your state wasn’t bad.

Ft Polk is uniquely, singularly awful. There’s no place like it.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Agreed. MANY great things to see and do in DC.

!. Dallas
2. Springfield, IL
3. LA
4. Las Vegas
5. Phoenix

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Isnt that where you got your drive through liquor places you liked so much?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Outside of Ft Polk is cool. You got drive through liquor places, old black dudes rocking confederate flags. Strange place.

The base and everything about it sucks.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

My nephew worked as a records contractor for the army at Ft Polk.

He shares your disgust with the whole place too.

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This guy’s nephew gets it.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Detroit, Rockford, Milwaukee, Calumet City, and Florida.

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My wife has worked at Ft Bragg and considers it pretty awesome as well.

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Galena
Breezewood
Phoenix (Illinois)
Places south of I-80
The Mars Cheese Castle and the rest of Kenosha

Philly/Camden, PA
Bridgeport/New Haven/Waterbury, CT
Kingman, AZ
Shreveport, LA
Gary, IN/Rockford, IL
Stockton/LA/other Cali cities -- overrun with growing tent cities, despite glowing official economic data. i guess once you've been down and out long enough, you don't even register on the official economic indicators.

Most of the riff raff is west of Sheridan Road, but this whole town has taken a nose dive over the last decade or so.

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

DC is spectacular starting from the Mall and going Northwest along Connecticut, Wisconsin Avenues toward Maryland--the part of DC btw Rock Creek Park on the east to the river on the west. Travel southeast from the capitol along Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Acacostia River and beyond and it's not so nice. Not at all.