Comments on: The Worst Cities in America

By: D

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:21:00 +0000

Modesto should be at the top of the list. I have never absoloutley hated a place so much. There is nothing to do here and it’s dirty and crowded and crawling with horrible people who like like they might shoot you if you look at them wrong. Not to mention that it’s an ugly city as well with terrible drainage during the rainy season.

By: Zeke Krahlin

Zeke Krahlin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:36:57 +0000

Yep, San Francisco’s dirty little secret: this town sucks big time. Arrogant, violent, racist, and (believe it or not) downright HOMOPHOBIC. If you’re a wealthy byatch (male or female, doesn’t matter), you’ll fit in just fine here. Everyone else: if you move here, you’ll be sh*t upon day in, day out. Biggest drug dealing/illegal criminal immigrant scam on the planet! The city’s wallowing in zombies taking up the sidewalks and streets…yet everyone else pretends they don’t exist.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:18:21 +0000

San Francisco

By: Lilcal045

Lilcal045 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:29:16 +0000

Not surprised that Oklahoma City made the list. It a miserable place to live if you have allergencies. It’s seems to get worst and worst every year. Now earthquakes enough is enough, not to mention the tornado alley…..

By: Ronald Ryan

Ronald Ryan — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:43:08 +0000

How could Fayetteville, NC not be included in this discussion? This crime ridden shithole has the most pathetic skyline of any city of over 200,000 population in the country!

By: sierra

sierra — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:12:18 +0000

Im happy my city didnt make the list I live in springfielde IL, and its a great place.

By: KD

KD — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:03:08 +0000

What do all of the bad cities have in common?

1. Higher population

2. High % of non-whites

3. More and bigger gov’t and gov’t programs

Small mid-western and great plains cities which aren’t as “sexy” are the best places to live – hands down.

By: Sy

Sy — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:32:33 +0000

SCHENECTADY, WORST place i ever visited at, i am a resident of Los Angeles and came to visit my relatives in Schenectady, on the first day of arriving here we already been warned by family members not to leave the house because the city is dangerous, but we figured”hey what can be worst than LA” I WAS WRONG, my friends and i walked up the street to do sigh viewing and couple of black guys came up and started punching my friend for No reason, we screamed so loud and NO ONE came to rescue us.
A Few days later we went to a local mcdonalds and this woman who was about 500lbs was sitting at a table with 7 of her kids started yelling at us and we were standing in line for our order. she was yelling because we were too close to her food (WHEN we were not) so she called her husband who looked like just came out of prison..he wanted to fight with us outside.
I am like “WHAT is wrong with these People here”

So PEOPLE of the WORLD: Please stay out of Schenectady as this is a VERY dangerous place to live.
I am working on getting my relatives out of the city as well.
Have i mentioned that there is a MAJOR POLICE CORRUPTION there as well, if you dont believe me just google “Police corruption in Schenectady”

I am going back to Los Angeles where i think its the safest!(West LA that is)

By: deserie guzman

deserie guzman — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:52:14 +0000

dude like wtf i live El Paso texas and your FULL OF IT MAN ITS NOT MY FAULT THEY PUT THE DUMM AZZ PEOPLE ON THEM BUT YOU HAD NO FUCKING RITE 2 SAY THAT

By: blair

blair — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:46:59 +0000

I just moved out of Modesto for college and I’m so glad to get out! Not only is car theft extremely high (mine has been stolen twice at school), but pollution is horrible, gang violence ripples throughout the entire community, it has scorching summers (sometimes 108+), NOTHING to do, shitty weed, tons of tweeks, almost no one goes to a 4 year school and if you do you only go the local CSU Stanislaus, it is flat, and anything fun you can do requires a string of illegal activities. Just drive through it and don’t stop.

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:34:44 +0000

Stay away from Edwardsville, Illinois. Its claim to have good schools in inflated and the police (I experience this as I type) never, never, make an effort to control noise!

By: delacourte

delacourte — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:42:16 +0000

Worst city in America? Beacon,NY! Although It actually is a small rathole town with backward,ignorant, rude idiots making up most of the population. The people here go everywhere dressed like they are about to “slop the hogs” and the schools are horrible. The biggest employer here the Downstate Correctional Facility, which is where half of the inbred children in town will end up as inmates.It’s full of crackheads and methheads. Manners are unheard of here and to top it all off, it’s expensive. Yes,it actually costs quite a bit to live in all this misery!!!

By: andy w

andy w — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:17:39 +0000

surely Centralia in pennsylvania is the worst place to live not only in the US but the rest of the inhabited world!!

By: Maegann

Maegann — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:25:09 +0000

How imbaressed should I be that I’ve been trying to move back to the Modesto area having missed it for so long? Maybe it’s because I never lived IN Modesto just within 30 minutes from it…

By: joen

joen — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:31:24 +0000

Just moved out of Modesto. Its great to be out of the Central Valley.

By: Laurel

Laurel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:06:42 +0000

Some have said Johnstown Pa. was voted by glamour magazine a few years back to be the “most depressing city in america” but i have yet to find that article… id love if some one could find it cause i cant… help…… ( and well… i think it is depressing… i just want verification)

By: Chicagorilla

Chicagorilla — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:23:38 +0000

I’m glad chicago wasnt on there, but i wasnt suprised every body kno we da realist city, n get it crackin!!!

By: Henry Mc

Henry Mc — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:56:40 +0000

go pittsburgh(except for the weather).

p.s. it’s not that bad for single people.

By: Shady Packs

Shady Packs — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:05:28 +0000

FLINT MICHIGAN IS THE WORST OF THE WORST CITIES IN AMERICA. I LOST 2 HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND FROM JUST SENSELESS VIOLENCE.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:09:58 +0000

Living in Sioux Falls, SD had its ups and downs. May be a good city to live in (economically wise), but people are backwards when it comes to equality rights. They have no idea what advocacy means when it comes to gay rights. Yet gays and lesbians will sit there in a bar and stab you behind your back because you’re gay. Stupid.

By: Azar

Azar — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:27:34 +0000

Let me think..one aspect of cities spills into the countryside when full up to the detritus level. The Phoenix area has got to be in the tough 3..where the fallout moves form back east. Then there are the “police towns” like Sedona where you work for nothing and are expected to gather your 2 cents and give it to the next wealthy person passing. Costs up there are prohibitive…paid by a wondersome bunch of cheapskates that will luck out with a penny on a dollar. Housing is impossible. The situation deplorable how much one has to pay for a place to live and how much one can earn….Of course one will say its the vortex…lifted upside down, its the vortex of a pocketbook being turned over…this is living on the edge no matter what education level you have you are treated like…well, the words go beyond me.

By: atmodesto

atmodesto — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:38:49 +0000

Well, it explains it all – Modesto.

By: antitexas

antitexas — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:38:37 +0000

Pleas stay out of Texass hot and humid with a bunch of bug so do not even go there… yuck

By: Mindy

Mindy — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:38:13 +0000

St. Louis Missouri…. I’ve been driving a cross the country, out of all the 16 states I’ve been to I was SHOCKED by St. Louis Missouri. Why is it so run down? I’ve never seen anything like it except in bad parts of Mexico. Even New York was cleaner. It’s SO weird, because there was all this nature, lots of trees and green grass and lakes, but SO many nasty houses and graffiti and burned out buildings, it truly looks like zombies took over the city and burned buildings, kicked in windows, threw lawn furniture and trash all over peoples lawns, graffitti’d the place up and made everything look dangerous and nasty and left. Why is Missouri’s legislation allowing their city to be so run down??

By: jim

jim — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:10:08 +0000

I lived in the central valley of CA for 20+ years and I must agree with the negative comments.Once one goes south of Lodi,you enter the “armpit” region of CA.No recreation,except for gangbanging and tweeking.Heck,the cops even refer to Manteca as “Mantweeka” because of the meth problem.I once was fishing in an irrigation canal when I noticed a beater pickup truck pull up and dump chems into the water!I could smell the strong chemical odor,probably used meth chems.I reeled in my line and left.Those that claim its a great place to live,I must ask,compared to what?They will never eliminate the gangbangers or the drug problem in Ca. but it sure creates lots of jobs trying!Trust me,U would’nt want 2 live there!

By: juakine

juakine — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:11:45 +0000

the worst city???Modesto??? NAhh that cant be right… Stockton is way worse..although my friends chevy tahoe got stolen out in front of fuddruckers and the new wall mart… although the only thing i can think of why it is bad is because of the air quality… there is a lot of things to do for a teenager you just have to know where to go… I have lived here for 14 years.. and its not that badd. i would rather live here than compton or stockton. or san jose

By: Michigander

Michigander — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:08:14 +0000

No Detroit? A city where even the ex mayor himself can’t throw a party without some strippers ending up dead. Damn pity it is.

Heres a joke:

Why do birds fly upside down when going over Flint, MI?

Answer- Cuz it ain’t worth shitting on!!

By: christ

christ — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:17:58 +0000

new england in general,ive had a bad back for years (nothing major,just a constant mild pain)i went to florida 2 weeks ago,and all the pain was gone like it never happened,now im back in this tundra called connecticut,and so is the pain,until our winter ends in late june.

By: Saul

Saul — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:30:41 +0000

Ok modesto has got to be the worst city in all of california. The people are stingy racist and theres no jobs no money and no where to hang out. And people say te word “hecka” for everything. Its getting on my nerves. Im moving back to los angeles where theres life. Lol

By: dan in C town

dan in C town — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:53:09 +0000

What have we learned here… If you live in or near a large city, there is gonna be some ghetto.. I live in the Cleveland area , and we have always been the butt of so many jokes and so on. Yes, there are places here that you just dont hang out at after dark, but I love CLeveland and there are plenty of nice things about the area. The weather could be better , but on the whole the people are decent, hard working folks.

By: christine padilla

christine padilla — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:36:52 +0000

we moved from ceres to modesto for the simple reason that we could not afford a home in ceres,we bought a house for 27,600.It might not be the best neighborhood but the neighbors are very nice.I believe its what you make of it.Modesto is really not all that bad.

By: timbo slice

timbo slice — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:44:29 +0000

whoever wrote this article has forgotten about a city quite close to modesto called stockton. forbes magazine has rated it the worst place to live in the usa. ill have to agree. i grew up in stockton and it doesnt get much worse.

By: black from S.E. D.C.

black from S.E. D.C. — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:31:52 +0000

D.C. Is fuck up people go downtown D.C. And think its all good the
Hole D.c. Is won big shit hole.New York naggs came on down back in 80′s-mid 90′s naggs like Alpo and got fuck up.
Won thing win lorton prison got closed they ship naggs all over the map I just came home from the FEDS and we run the FEDS D.C. Blacks Barry Farms stand up Cuz.

By: Broxy

Broxy — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:09:32 +0000

Portland,OR or Vancouver,WA ..just over the bridge. The worst place to live. moving from the rocky mountain area over a year ago, I can tell you that Portland should be near the top of any list of a city to avoid. The weather being a big one, 8 months of darkness, summer is beautiful. Kids don’t play outside in Portland, they can’t it’s a mud-fest, at least where I am from when it snows the ground is nice and frozen and kids can still play. Let’s not forget about the unemployment rate, one of the nations highest, why? this is an “artsy” community. there is no major business, except Nike. it’s all arts and restaurants. How do I know this? According to my realtor, I have lost all of my equity in my home if not more from the house i sold in the west. my old house? …has INCREASED in value!! …can’t wait to get out of here. what a nightmare.

By: mikemike

mikemike — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:28:14 +0000

As far as New York State is concerned, ive been to every city there, I live in NYC and would have to say Schenectady and Albany Ny are the worst small citys in the state as far as ghetto and crime. The citys are small but Very dangerous as far as what ive driven through and have family there. They even beat Newburgh as far as run down and Ghetto.

By: gunfumbler

gunfumbler — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:49:02 +0000

Lived in California for many, many years, in various cities. Never Modesto, but I can say for sure that Modesto is the butt of every joke when people (from CA) want to cite an awful place. That whole stretch of the San Joaquin Valley, from Stockton to Bakersfield, is typically called “Calabama,” and Modesto is right in the middle. It is truly a dump.

By: Davanya Detros

Davanya Detros — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:07:51 +0000

the world city to live in by far has got to be

EAST ST LOUIS. IL

THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF THIS PLACE IS:

BOTTOM OF THE URBAN HEAP!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:04:08 +0000

I think Lawrence, MA is the worst, it’s the filthiest and most corrupt city I’ve ever seen. 90% of the people are on welfare and half the city was burned in the 1990′s due to arson. It gets more money from the state than any other and all they have to show for it is a high school that looks like a penitentiary. Nobody cares about anything and your car would get broken into or stolen at least once a month. I heard it’s getting a little better, but it is still the laughing stock of Massachusetts.

By: bobtobroberta

bobtobroberta — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:02:10 +0000

How about……Richmond, Virginia? All this talk about Norfolk. Go to Richmond……The stench along 95 entering city limits in indescribable…..New Jersey doesn’t have sh*t of the horrific smells of Richmond. Every other building on the north end or south end is boarded up. Crime seems to be a problem…..Ranked 5th for 2005 and in the top 20 for 10 years by Morgan Quitno Press. Be happy you have a Food Lion if you do; here we have Lion Mart’s!!

By: modesto sucks

modesto sucks — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:59:15 +0000

I’ve lived in modesto for 25+ years and i’m 25 years old. I am goin to so-cal as soon as I can It deserves the top worst city to live. I hate that people defend this shit hole. They only defend it cause they can’t leave and that they will not accept that they live in the worst city in the country. I’ve been saying this for years and finally I have some evidence to back me up. Theres nothing to do, no jobs, no money, no future If you have to relocate to modesto cause your job or your family you have two options quit your job or quit your family for reals lol

By: BIG E

BIG E — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:30:59 +0000

AIN’T DIZ DAT BULLSHYT I’M FROM BALTIMORE N DAMN WE DO HAVE ALOTA RATS N YES THERE IZ RAT ROAD KILL BUT ITS FUN AS SHYT

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