What's the most depressing U.S. town you've ever visited?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the plains states: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, iowa, the dakotas.

Gary, IN. East St. Louis, MO. Most of IL and MO except Chicago and st Louis.

Most of the little towns in the Mississippi and Arkansas delta.

Much of Kentucky, Indiana, ohio, and West Virginia.

When you rule out an entire state you sound like a fool who has only driven though on I-80. Omaha is a great city, getting bluer and better every year. Lincoln is a wonderful college town. All of the plain states have nice friendly small towns, that of course you haven’t visited.

Yea, it's a weird list. She also single out several cities with large AA populations. So she's both ignorant AND racist. Quite the combo.

It’s not a weird list. The PP listed a couple impoverished areas that also happen to have large AA populations and lots of impoverished rural areas w lots of conservative whites in them. Pretty consistent if you ask me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the plains states: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, iowa, the dakotas.

Gary, IN. East St. Louis, MO. Most of IL and MO except Chicago and st Louis.

Most of the little towns in the Mississippi and Arkansas delta.

Much of Kentucky, Indiana, ohio, and West Virginia.

When you rule out an entire state you sound like a fool who has only driven though on I-80. Omaha is a great city, getting bluer and better every year. Lincoln is a wonderful college town. All of the plain states have nice friendly small towns, that of course you haven’t visited.

Yea, it's a weird list. She also single out several cities with large AA populations. So she's both ignorant AND racist. Quite the combo.

It’s not a weird list. The PP listed a couple impoverished areas that also happen to have large AA populations and lots of impoverished rural areas w lots of conservative whites in them. Pretty consistent if you ask me.

What conservative white impoverished areas are you referring to? The Mississippi delta? Newsflash: it's black. Beyond that, she just named entire states, most of which are not even remotely "impoverished."

It's an ignorant list put together by a snob.

[Anonymous]

You all need to spend some time in Camden, nj. Would make many of these places seem just fine.

[Anonymous]

I'm a total bleeding heart highly educated liberal, and when I see threads like this I totally understand the rise of Trumpism. You are all a bunch of elitist self-important snobs who think a little money and education makes you better than other people. No wonder this country is so divided. I'd hate us too, if I were them.

Shame on all of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gary, Indiana

Yup, Gary. It smells awful. What a depressing place.

[Anonymous]

Twentyninepalms, CA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a total bleeding heart highly educated liberal, and when I see threads like this I totally understand the rise of Trumpism. You are all a bunch of elitist self-important snobs who think a little money and education makes you better than other people. No wonder this country is so divided. I'd hate us too, if I were them.

Shame on all of you.

Lol. Camden is not supporting Trump. Not even close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a total bleeding heart highly educated liberal, and when I see threads like this I totally understand the rise of Trumpism. You are all a bunch of elitist self-important snobs who think a little money and education makes you better than other people. No wonder this country is so divided. I'd hate us too, if I were them.

Shame on all of you.

Lol. Camden is not supporting Trump. Not even close.

Not talking about Camden and you know it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For me, it would have to be a tie between Utica, New York, and Torrington, CT -- with the NY side of Niagara Falls being hot on both of their heels.

You?

I read this thread specifically, because I knew I would know somewhere someone was hating on. Didn't need to look too far (although I did look through the whole thread) - Torrington, CT.

I have been visiting Torrington all my life. My grandparents lived there and then my mother took over their house. In fact I was just there over the weekend! I love being in Torrington. It's a quiet town. Everything is much cheaper than where I live. There's so much to do. It's close to hiking, skiing. We go to Hartford to watch sports. Short drive up to the Berkshires. We go to the town pool. It's a small town of working people. It used to be very white. Now there are all different kinds of races and ethnicities living in town. We consider ourselves lucky to have Torrington as a free getaway. And my kids loved KidsPlay downtown when they were younger.

Having grown up in another New England post-industrial city, I'm used to the snobbery of those who consider these places "rundown". This country's anti-urban policies have left these once vibrant towns to fend for themselves. The real estate and construction lobbies push cheap new suburban construction over rehabilitation of urban areas. Our culture values the car over public transportation and walkability. Increasing concentrations of poverty intensify a vicious cycle of disinvestment.

Personally what I find depressing is suburban sprawl which we have in CT even though we have an aging and declining population. There's nothing more depressing to me than an empty suburban strip mall, but you can find those anywhere.

Where do you ski??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a total bleeding heart highly educated liberal, and when I see threads like this I totally understand the rise of Trumpism. You are all a bunch of elitist self-important snobs who think a little money and education makes you better than other people. No wonder this country is so divided. I'd hate us too, if I were them.

Shame on all of you.

Lol. Camden is not supporting Trump. Not even close.

Not talking about Camden and you know it.

Well Gary indiana and a lot of other places on this list are not supporting Trump either.

[Anonymous]

I guess I'm sheltered having spent my life here and Miami. This thread makes most of 'Merica sound frightful. We need to turn it around

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a total bleeding heart highly educated liberal, and when I see threads like this I totally understand the rise of Trumpism. You are all a bunch of elitist self-important snobs who think a little money and education makes you better than other people. No wonder this country is so divided. I'd hate us too, if I were them.

Shame on all of you.

+1000. DCUM at its worst (and given how rancid this site is generally that’s no small feat).

[Anonymous]

Wichita Falls, Texas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOLOLOLOLOL somebody living in a NoVA suburb lecturing us about there being too many white people in Indiana. How many non-white friends do you have? HA! I've seen everything!

And are you a white DC transplant who is part of the gentrification of DC

[Anonymous]

Troy, New York, in 1982. Maybe it’s better now.