If my dad were here, he'd fight you about saying 29 Palms was a "good" place.

Jan 9, 2019
7:21:16am

russkiejedi All-American

Of course, he was there for boot camp, so his experience was probably different.

LOL, NM, looks like you were being facetious.

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JimmyZ

1/8/19 3:39pm

Care to include links or a pic?

Costanza

1/8/19 3:40pm

RE: Care to include links or a pic?

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:33pm

new mexico as a whole is the saddest state in the union.

riboflavin

1/8/19 3:40pm

*as a hole

Non-mo Coug

1/8/19 3:41pm

Santa Fe is a Gem. So in taos and Cimmaron.

idacoug

1/8/19 3:41pm

it's okay. kind of endearing.

riboflavin

1/8/19 3:43pm

Thaws may have an opinion

CopperLix

1/8/19 3:48pm

You need to get up north: Taos, Santa Fe, Red River, Eagles Nest.

Sooner Cougar

1/8/19 4:03pm

Land of Enchantment!

russkiejedi

1/8/19 4:25pm

yes. Gallup is infinitly worse, and its in the same state. Battle mountain, NV

idacoug

1/8/19 3:40pm

Needles,CA and Searchlight, NV feel like Mexico to me.

JAGA97

1/8/19 3:42pm

Searchlight feels like I jumped into a time machine

donnerstag

1/8/19 3:44pm

Isn't Harry Reid from there? Sounds about right.

AZ Coug

1/8/19 6:38pm

Most of the Mojave desert in CA is really depressing.

flavordave

1/8/19 3:43pm

Absolutely. Barstow is absolutely depressing. So is Baker.

idacoug

1/8/19 3:44pm

Those are the good parts of the Mojave Desert. You should try 29 Palms, Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley.

scall

1/8/19 3:45pm

I've never felt more depressed than when I drove through Boron, CA

flavordave

1/8/19 3:47pm

ive driven on 58 from barstow to bakersfield plenty, to include boron,

idacoug

1/8/19 3:49pm

Bad times.

flavordave

1/8/19 3:50pm

Here's the thing though. I would have given a lot to live in a city like Barstow or Bakersfield instead of 29 Palms.

scall

1/8/19 3:55pm

I grew up in Blythe, CA and I felt sorry for those living in 29 Palms

MoveTheChains

1/8/19 4:24pm

As you should have.

scall

1/8/19 4:26pm

I remember playing football in 29 Palms in 1981

MoveTheChains

1/9/19 10:51am

Even in 1996 we still played our games at the Junior High field because the High School didn't have a grass

scall

1/9/19 11:03am

I think that you mean Baker and not Bakersfield

ovalY

1/8/19 5:42pm

If my dad were here, he'd fight you about saying 29 Palms was a "good" place.

russkiejedi

1/9/19 7:21am

Engine of my brand new car blew out between Barstow and Baker

GeraldGarner

1/8/19 4:35pm

The triangle of trash cities in CA: Blythe, El Centro and Indio

AZ Coug

1/8/19 6:39pm

I remember seeing a billboard that said, "Battle Mountain, NV, America's Armpit"

Costanza

1/8/19 3:44pm

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JimmyZ

1/8/19 3:46pm

That isn't even the City Cemetery.

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:06pm

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JimmyZ

1/8/19 4:13pm

Hillcrest is in Gallup, my bad. I thought you were noting Farmington's cemetery

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:14pm

I went to middle school in Gallup. I concur.

bag

1/8/19 4:06pm

Gallup - home to pawn shops and laundromats

P-townCoug

1/8/19 4:19pm

And a bank.

cougfanblue

1/8/19 4:37pm

Battle Mountain is very sad.

UNLVcougar

1/8/19 5:14pm

29 Palms CA.

scall

1/8/19 3:43pm

29 Palms is right next to Joshua Tree National Park,

Conan

1/8/19 4:00pm

Get back to me after you have lived there. The NP is the only redeeming thing about 29 Palms.

scall

1/8/19 4:05pm

I've lived in both places.

Conan

1/8/19 4:06pm

That was fast.

Costanza

1/8/19 4:09pm

Sure was. But having lived a total of 8 years in 29 Palms including all my high school years, it is easily one

scall

1/8/19 4:19pm

I'm sorry it was such a horrible experience for you.

Conan

1/8/19 4:59pm

It had a couple decent Mexican food places

troutmaster13

1/8/19 6:22pm

Umm... Ship Rock?

scottfunkel

1/8/19 3:44pm

Years ago I was on a road trip and planned on a stop in Ship Rock for lunch

Skeptical Optimist

1/8/19 3:50pm

Drove through there a few years ago. All I remember is the number of people

scottfunkel

1/8/19 3:55pm

I refer to it as Ship Wreck. Your explanation shows why for sure.

J-Rod

1/8/19 3:56pm

Eastern NM is the worst. Portales, Clovis, etc.

cougfanblue

1/8/19 3:47pm

Bakersfield CA is the worst

Jericho

1/8/19 3:50pm

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Zedhead

1/8/19 3:50pm

Camden, NJ.

El Fuego

1/8/19 3:53pm

I drove into Camden back in August from Phliadelphia a while back.

flavordave

1/8/19 3:55pm

Based on what Camden should be (location) it's bad.

El Fuego

1/8/19 4:03pm

Wow... you chose a crappy place to visit in NJ lol.

jcase16byu

1/9/19 12:13pm

It was the closest place. We left quickly and ended up in Mt Royal I think.

flavordave

1/9/19 12:24pm

Yeah understood. You really need to make it to the shore. It's pretty awesome

jcase16byu

1/9/19 3:40pm

Served my mission there. Held up at gunpoint twice. Having said that, it's

UNLVcougar

1/8/19 5:13pm

I've only been through there one time and thought it wasn't to bad

RC Vikings

1/8/19 3:55pm

SLC, UT

fbguru

1/8/19 4:02pm

I live here, its fine. Whats so sad?

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:04pm

The people

cougfanblue

1/8/19 4:09pm

Judge mutch?

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:10pm

The emoji would imply he is joking. Is your TIC meter off?

Costanza

1/8/19 4:16pm

Or is it mine?

Costanza

1/8/19 4:16pm

my ability to open a message and read the content is off.

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:17pm

3 LDS Stakes in that area.

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:11pm

And there's a Farmington mission IIRC.

scottfunkel

1/8/19 4:33pm

That’s where my mission pres is from

gurt

1/8/19 4:12pm

Who is it?

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:14pm

One of mine as well.

El Careeb

1/8/19 4:14pm

Mine was Dean Larsen/Larson - I can't remember.

El Careeb

1/8/19 4:18pm

Perry max Webb

gurt

1/8/19 4:15pm

What an awesome guy. Owns a car dealership

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:16pm

now a temple president

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 4:17pm

He is an awesome man. Like my grandfather

gurt

1/8/19 4:30pm

My bishop growing up. Great guy.

SJS

1/8/19 5:06pm

Where? In Farmington?

BRONCOUGAR

1/8/19 5:46pm

gary indiana , stopped there for gas and to use the bathroom, nope-d right out

doubled1981

1/8/19 4:36pm

Everywhere else in NM at least matches it in sadness.

gww687

1/8/19 4:36pm

Guadalupe, AZ.

Pete

1/8/19 4:50pm

Wasn't Guadalupe annexed into Mexico or California last year?

AZ Coug

1/8/19 6:41pm

In all honesty, the most I ever felt like I was in another country in AZ was in Chandler, There's a neighborhood SE of

Pete

1/9/19 11:02am

I contend that Klamath Falls is the worst. They don't even have falls.

ClackamasCoug

1/8/19 4:52pm

Really?

flavordave

1/8/19 5:13pm

Quartzsite, AZ the largest trailer park in the world

DJROSS

1/8/19 4:59pm

No. gigantic craphole IMO

spugeddy24

1/8/19 5:24pm

No.

Squeegee

1/8/19 5:40pm

Snowflake, AZ

LumberCoug

1/8/19 6:49pm

But there's a temple next to the golf course

Sumguy

1/8/19 11:58pm

I'll try to defend...Aztec Natl. Ruins Monument is cool, and near Farmington

Avery

1/9/19 6:55am

Translated: the best part about NM...

cougfanblue

1/9/19 7:14am

And some ruins of places that people abandoned hundreds of years ago.

russkiejedi

1/9/19 10:23am

Browning, WY is pretty sad. Plastic bags blowing in the wind all over the place,

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