Pueblo, CO
Rochester, NY —It is just so quiet. Grand Rapids, MI Hamilton, NY |
I agree. Baltimore has such a rich history and cool neighborhoods and so much potential and it’s just all been squandered by what I have to assume is weak leadership in local government. Baltimore just makes you sad to see it compared to what it easily could be. |
+1 we refer to it as "Glen burnout" |
Yes! |
No, when I said white impoverished and conservative areas I’m thinking of rural areas throughout the plains states, where there is a lot of poverty and almost all white and conservative. I used to live in the delta. I know its demographics. |
I've been to Gary. I went to grad school in the midwest. And my spouse is from a small midwestern town where I have spent a lot of time, including an extended visit during the pandemic (yes, unlike many of you I get along very well with my in laws despite our differences). My ire isn't directed at the folks who say Gary is depressing -- I agree that it is. I'm mainly talking about people who write off entire states because they think they are too cool, too smart, and too sophisticated for them because they live in NoVA of all places. That's not the way to heal a divided America. |
I love Southern Md for its natural history, but it is an 80's time warp and the trump flags fly in abundance. |
Name a town. You can't because you haven't visited. It's absolutely ignorance to rule out entire states based on unfounded opinion. I don't believe you have visited Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota. Again you may have driven through one or more, but that doesn't count as a visit. That's a few hours in a car on an interstate. No you are not better than anyone simply because you live in a blue state. - Life long Democrat from the great plains |
Eastern KY- specifically salt lick, about an hour east of Lexington |
It's not the Trump flags or 80s that make a town depressing. Princess Anne, Maryland is economically and socially depressed. We visited while touring UM Eastern Shore. It could be a nice, small college town. The downtown area and surrounding homes had drugged out towns folk lingering on corners and in doorways. It's the county seat, so I imagine that surrounding communities are even worse off financially. There has to be some industry and money coming into a town in order to maintain population and properties. |
I’m not clear on the actual town, but the stretch of road from Breezewood, PA to the Pittsburgh area. Those of you who drive would recognize the Trump tractor trailer (God, coal pollution, guns and what other nonsense.) you know many of the insurrectionists live in that vicinity. Lots of wild animal safari zoos in the back of people’s yards. So depressing
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Really?! I’m from CO so I’ll admit I have a soft spot for Denver but, while it may not be the best city I’ve ever visited, I can’t see it being truly the most depressing town someone has ever visited. |
Binghamton, NY. |
Bullsh*t. Have you been to these towns? You don’t think it’s bleak and depressing when all the store fronts are boarded up? When there is nowhere to work?Or when homes are dilapidated and falling apart, and have been that way for decades? When adults can hardly read? Shame on you for accepting this. |
Denver is disappointing and kinda soulless but definitely not depressing |