Comments on: The Worst Cities in America

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:55:24 +0000

I wasn’t surprised to see New Orleans either. New Orleans has gotten pretty bad-and a lot of them went to Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge is just nasty and full of rednecks. Lafayette is charming, but I’d say Shreveport is probably the most promising large city in Louisiana.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:49:52 +0000

What about Youngstown Ohio? Thats got to be a pretty shit ass city too. I live outside of youngstown and its pretty trashy and was once murder capitol of the world, and now its 15th. Theres absolutely nothing good there.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:55:28 +0000

While its murder/crime rates haven’t been comparable to those of Detroit or Baltimore for awhile, Philadelphia is extraordinarily dirty and its residents are incomparably trashy. I’ve visited wretched cities around the world, and I know of few other places (and none in the States) that are so filthy.

By: Ali

Ali — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:40:41 +0000

Norfolk, Va is definitely the worst city in the state. I went to collage there a few years ago and the city is very boring, simply there is nothing for fun, and people there are very unhappy people.

By: hellgrl

hellgrl — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:01:42 +0000

try living in memphis. we got fat people, crimes, a stupid economy, racism. i can’t even get out of my house alone without being jumped.

By: yo bo

yo bo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:39:33 +0000

If I remember correctly, that picture of modesto is taking across the street from THE POLICE STATION. Of course there are a ton of bail bond places…

By: sonya

sonya — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:43:32 +0000

i’m glad chicago wasn’t on the list :).

By: sonya

sonya — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:42:33 +0000

some of the worst i’ve been in are baraboo, wisconsin and the general area around san marcos, texas. san marcos itself was ok.

By: Kentucky Hometowner

Kentucky Hometowner — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:50:51 +0000

I grew up in Kentucky and because it is not mentioned here i am happy, however i now live in norfolk virginia and this place is the worst place i have ever been. Murders, Thefts from your yard, Horrible drivers, crazy laws and fines and not to mention the overall jackass mindset of the people here. This place could use an upgrade in hospitality. I just wish it would happen faster

By: Vicky

Vicky — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:19:49 +0000

Modesto is my hometown, and i think its the best place to live. Its a different point of view for everyone, and all the people i know would never move from Modesto cause they love it =]

Modesto Forever =]

By: sonja

sonja — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:40:43 +0000

I was not surprised to see anything bad about New Orleans. I have lived in north central Louisiana all my life and am familiar with the crime and filthiness in that city. Have not visited there but would like to just for the historical points and before that last great hurricane comes thru and fills that big bowl full of water, its all a matter of time. Those people down there are to busy living the life to realize its a dangerous place to live. Don’t believe everything you hear from the media about how bad those people had it when the hurricane hit 3 years ago,,it ain’t true. I have relatives that live down there and believe me they know the truth..
Shreveport and Baton Rouge are ok to visit but I wouldnt want to live there..I have relatives in Shreveport and they love it.
Louisiana is a beautiful place and I don’t think I would want to live any other place,,The folks here are friendly and hospitible.
Its somewhat fall time and the mornings are nice and cool but by the time noon gets here it feels like we ought to be swimming at the lake. This kind of weather lasts till around the middle or end of october. Some winters we can wear shorts and short sleeves.
I’ve seen a couple of January/Februarys were the flowers had bloomed and we thought summer was here then all of a sudden the air turned cold and we woke up to see snow on those flowers. Of course they died and had to start over in a month or so.
Some roads are good some are terrible,, there are new ones being constructed..
This is a great place to have a family,,its safe and we know everyone….Its a little short on family oriented activities and baseball & basketball are the biggest activities we got going on here,,the big cities have more…..
Visit in the spring or fall and if you like the hot amazon weather then visit in the summer..Winters aren’t bad either…hardly ever snows…

By: hated"it"

hated"it" — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:29:45 +0000

Oh my gosh, I can’t believe Philadelphia didn’t make it on this list. It is by far, the filthiest, rudest, wish they had class and sense to think outside of Eagles or Phillies. Don’t get me started on the traffic and crime. By far this place sucks and I am glad I got the heck out of there. Oh yeah, those that live there think it the best place to live. Why don’t they go on vacation or visit other places maybe they could see how horrible it really is.

By: Gil

Gil — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:38:14 +0000

I will say York, Pa. Crime ridden, dirty, lots of backwards, anti-social and provincial people

By: S.R

S.R — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:05:04 +0000

Stinking Miami, Florida is crummy in too many ways to count, but its rude drivers takes the cake! Driving in Miami is a nightmare. People are so inconsiderate and dirty.

By: kyle

kyle — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:09:26 +0000

I gotta say that all this makes me feel better about living in southern california. Plus I knew about ten people from modesto that I met in college and each one said that it’s the worst place on earth to live, and on earth means they’re comparing it with Uganda and northern Mexico.

By: JA

JA — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:32:42 +0000

Baltimore is definitely rat infested. The second city that might be worse than BodyMore on rats is New Orleans. 5 Years ago I saw a rat there that would have made a large dog scared.

Despite what they keep saying about Washington D.C. and it gentrification taking place. I must say they are full of $***!!! The Anacostia river itself looks like something out of the Amazon, Almost all of southeast across the river looks like war torn Africa or some gentrification you could say (Nice houses Ghetto’d out with drug dealers) Cops don’t know what to do because there’s a robbery every 10 seconds. Northeast D.C. is complete a $h*thole excp. on benning road going into trinidad ect. Last week there were 7 murders and 4 shooting in 12 hours. And everywhere in Northwest there are nice houses that run into complete open air drug ghetto’s. Southwest has allot of new businesses and hoods. Everybody is mean as hell. All the good clubs they keep destroying year after year for some stupid crap. I have lived here almost all my life and loved it but hated it just as much. Jesus Christ, this is our Nations Capital? What the hell is going on here?

They say D.C. is getting better but every year we are on the worst cities of America list. As of 2008 from wikipedia we are #7. It won’t be long before we are once again, the murder capital of the united states.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:09:04 +0000

Yes! Baltimore and Pittsburgh were mentioned, but no Cleveland!

By: big red

big red — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:09:22 +0000

ashland ky , nasty , dirty people , dont care about themselves or anyone els …..

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:04:36 +0000

I just now today got my email to function and this is a favorite website.

By: Deana

Deana — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:51:34 +0000

Okay, so now we know the worst cities. Are the best ones a secret? Maybe the best ones are just trying to keep all the freaks out.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:10:20 +0000

I was also surprised that Flint, MI did not make the list. I have not visited there personally, but from what I have heard about it from my husband who lived there for a short while, it is an awful place.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:05:40 +0000

What’s That Smell???? Oh, yea Terre Haute, Indiana. I’m a Hoosier but wouldn’t live in Terre Haute if somebody gave me a house, car and perfect family to go with it.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:27:25 +0000

i live in memphis, tn and i thought that we were the fattest city. (well we were last year). now its las vegas. im glad that we’re no longer #1 on the list.

By: Solstafir

Solstafir — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:49:04 +0000

Modesto, man, every town in the Central Valley is like that. Downtown Fresno is littered with bail bonds everywhere, and for a town with nearly 500,000 people living here, there isn’t a whole lot to do, aside from join gangs and do meth. Seriously

By: SPLIFFS MOMMY

SPLIFFS MOMMY — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:14:41 +0000

They forgot portland oregon,nastiest homeless population on earth.

By: Nomone

Nomone — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:28:21 +0000

Toledo Ohio should be in there somewhere. The current Mayor “hizzoner” “Fink”-beiner is a tyrant who acts like a spoiled baby when he can’t get his way or something upsets him. The streets are pothole after pothole, nothing to do (yeah, they’ll laud the museum of art, the zoo,…) downtown rolls up and goes to sleep after 5, the center of science and industry closed, the schools…thats another story. THE absolute worst!

By: Sise

Sise — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:31:05 +0000

I used to go to Modesto all the time… all I can think of when I hear Modesto is SCOTT PETTERSON!!!

*sad*

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:29:29 +0000

I live right outside Scranton (which I am kind of surprised made the list) and I don’t know anyone that has asthma to be able to confirm or deny that. However, I will say that the pollen in the city is terrible this year. My sister’s suffering more than the rest of us since she’s attending the U of Scranton in the heart of downtown.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:30:05 +0000

No rats in Baltimore . You need to spend more time there maybe even a day? because you are clueless.

By: Jim Steward

Jim Steward — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:30:33 +0000

Calling this photo downtown Modesto is technically correct, but pretty deceiving. If I could go to any city and find the raunchiest corner and take a picture and represent that as downtown, that would be the equivalent. I’ve lived in Modesto for more than 30 years and I would much rather be here than hundreds of other places. It’s a great place to live.