Creepiest, bleakest places you've ever been to

[Anonymous]

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I'm not talking about poverty, crime, or abandonment so much as a sense of gloom and despair.

Weird sentence. These 5 things are very interconnecting.

Anyway, the Delta in AR is the saddest feeling place, outside of urban areas, that I've ever seen in the US.

Its a subtle difference.

Please elaborate. If you're OP, why is Utica creepy, bleak, and featuring a sense of gloom and despair, but not poverty, crime, and abandonment?

Not looking to pick a fight. It's a vibe, a haunted-ness. S Central LA, ie, may be crime-riddled and impoverished -- yet still pulse with spirit and life.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in a town in New England that had an abandoned mental institution in it. It was about the size of college campus, dozens of large brick abandoned buildings. Very creepy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a town in New England that had an abandoned mental institution in it. It was about the size of college campus, dozens of large brick abandoned buildings. Very creepy.

Danvers?

[Anonymous]

Youngstown, OH

Really depressing

Gary, IN is super scary too.

[Anonymous]

Wheeling, WV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I'm not talking about poverty, crime, or abandonment so much as a sense of gloom and despair.

Weird sentence. These 5 things are very interconnecting.

Anyway, the Delta in AR is the saddest feeling place, outside of urban areas, that I've ever seen in the US.

Its a subtle difference.

Please elaborate. If you're OP, why is Utica creepy, bleak, and featuring a sense of gloom and despair, but not poverty, crime, and abandonment?

Not looking to pick a fight. It's a vibe, a haunted-ness. S Central LA, ie, may be crime-riddled and impoverished -- yet still pulse with spirit and life.

I'm not either. Sorry to come across that way. I think it's interesting to think about. And sad, of course.

Syracuse feels this way to me. So do many blocks in downtown Rochester, NY. Detroit.

[Anonymous]

We stayed at a damp, dark theadbare hotel in Venice, Italy. The owner was creepy, the furnishings were chintzy and there was a spooky dark unsettling feeling. I hightailed it out the next day! We were trying to save money so the hotel was not in central Venice. It was rainy, cold, dreary.

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Richmond Hill on Montserrat, a load of houses and villas that were just left and abandoned after the volcano erupted. Some still have groceries in the cupboard and books on shelves.

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The entire state of New Jersey

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Anonymous wrote:Youngstown, OH

Really depressing

Gary, IN is super scary too.

I drove through Gary, In. It’s the saddest place I’ve been. Such immense poverty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Youngstown, OH

Really depressing

Gary, IN is super scary too.

Gary is so spooky. Literally 3 miles separates it from Chicago (14th biggest economy on the planet) but it just feels dead. At least what I saw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The entire state of New Jersey

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Western PA. The mountains are pretty but the rest of the place creeps me out.

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Ocean View in Norfolk - it has a sad, weird, and somehow abandoned feel to it even though there are actually plenty of people around. I was uncomfortable the whole time I was there.

[Anonymous]

Bridgeport, CT
Camden, NJ