Worst places to Live in United States

Old Apr 20th, 2002, 07:57 AM
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As an owner of one of those homes on the Colorado plains, I can tell you why...more house and land for the buck, peace, quiet, privacy, rural small town atmosphere, low crime rate. After living in cities and high density housing for years, it's a relief to escape my neighbors' blasting stereo systems, screaming children, barking dogs, power tools in the garage late at night, lawn mowers and those infernal blowers, teenagers tearing up and down the road in their cars, high property taxes, high crime rates and all those other urban and suburban ills.

Face it, as long as developers try to cram as many houses onto an acre of land as possible, those who can afford it will escape from it.
 
Old Apr 20th, 2002, 09:17 AM
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Interesting that Evansville Indiana would get two mentions in this series of posts about "worst places" to live. I've lived here - for 30 years - and wish I'd left after the first 6 months. People ask me, "Why did you stay?", and my stock answer is "Poor judgement". The weather is miserable with two good weeks a year, one in spring and one in fall, bad roads, no culture to speak of, a minimum two hour drive to a larger city (Louisville!) Evansville has all the problems of a large city with none of the benefits.
 
Old Apr 20th, 2002, 05:44 PM
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SE Missouri, a small town I won't name, was by far the worst place I lived. When the Challenger Space Shuttle tragedy occurred a resident of the town I lived in said, "I'm glad the space shuttle blew up...there was a chinee, a nig---, and a teacher on that rocket." I'm not kidding! This was echoed by others in that town. We couldn't leave fast enough
 
Old Apr 20th, 2002, 06:58 PM
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Grew up in Bowie, MD in one of the many white, middle-class Levitt communities. Fondly remember watching trains go by at the Lanham McDonald's. Remember the special treat of a visit to Toys-R-Us. Remember a field trip to Freeway field, now famous as a terrorist training site. Now live in Houston in neighborhood similar to Chevy Chase. The interesting thing is that many of the formerly clean and well-kept middle-class neighborhoods here have met a similar fate to Prince Georges county. Flight continues, farther and farther out, although a minority of generally wealthy families, singles, and empty-nesters has repopulated the inner loop neighborhoods. I think this may have occurred in other 30 year old suburban tract developments as well. Anyone else out there that couldn't live in the neighborhood where they were raised?
 
Old Aug 22nd, 2002, 05:50 PM
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anywhere in the state of Lousy-anna
 
Old Aug 22nd, 2002, 06:06 PM
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wow this thread confirmed what I always thought, Cali. stinks.
 
Old Aug 22nd, 2002, 06:11 PM
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iowa-one of the most expensive airports in the usa to fly out of. travel is so expensive here, costs more to fly to chicago than most people pay to fly across the country. there isnt alot to do here. i admit, very low crime and cost of living but gets veryyyy boring. we love to travel but cant do it often because of the cost of plane tickets.
 
Old Aug 23rd, 2002, 03:19 PM
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Southeastern Arkansas at anytime of the year, winters are cold, we have ice storms instead of snow storms, summers you just bake in the heat and humidity. but the worse time is coming up. As the fields are harvested, the bugs need somewhere to go, so the windows, doors, and walls of everything are covered with either green grasshoppers or crickets. So many that the ground actually looks like its moving, and the smell of millions and millions of mashed bugs yuk, plus they arrive without warning and thankfully leave the same way but they stick around, literally, for about a month.
 
Old Aug 23rd, 2002, 04:51 PM
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Extreme SE Georgia...what a pit!!! The only decent thing is the cost of living...which there is a reason for. Lived there for 3 years, then the military thankfully sent us elsewhere. I was in shock when we saw blatant racism...I thought that was mostly gone...but not there. Fire ants, yellow flies, gnats, love-bugs, mosquitos, snakes...everyday occurances.

After living there we are VERY thankful for everywhere else we have lived
 
Old Aug 23rd, 2002, 04:58 PM
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Another vote for Evansville, Indiana with Vincennes, Indiana being next.
 
Old Aug 24th, 2002, 08:20 AM
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Atlanta. If you are white you had better watch yourself in most of that dump of a city. To the person who was "surprised" at the open racism in SE Georgia, check out Atlanta. Hell, check out virtually every "inner-city" area in this nation. It amazes me people are surprised at racism. Again, any white person walking through most of the "hoods" anywhere will not make it. That is RACISM. Unfortunately, so many people are conditioned to only talk about "rednecks" and their racism. Please, it comes from all directions. It is just not PC to get into racism from blacks, hispanics, etc. It is blatant.
 
Old Aug 24th, 2002, 06:10 PM
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The worst place to live is Bensalem, PA with Newtown, PA running a close second.

First of all, the climate is horrible.
The summer is too hot to do anything and the winter is too cold. You have to spend all your time indoors.

Pay scale is low. I cannot make much money as a box shipper.

There are no eligible women to go out with me. So what if I'm fat and sweaty?

There is a big IV drug trade and the culture that goes with it.
Also pedophiles.
The nearby city is Philthadelphia nd yeah, even the hookers on south street are aids-ridden.
I should have stayed in Germany, where I was born and raised, thank you very much. Oink
 
Old Aug 24th, 2002, 06:21 PM
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My House!!!!
 
Old Aug 24th, 2002, 06:53 PM
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Ditto on Iowa. I lived in Des Moines for two years and endured one year in Cedar Rapids. Good Lord. I typically like to go back and visit places I've lived, to see the old friends and visit the old haunts. But not Iowa. It is a 4 letter word to me.

In Iowa, there is:
No Crime
No bad schools
No traffic
No housing that is outrageously expensive
AND NO GOOD JOBS
 
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