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What is the worst city that you've ever visited?
a priori
8/14/19 8:02pm
Baltimore
a priori
8/14/19 8:03pm
Winnipeg
Baron
8/14/19 8:03pm
Gary, Indiana
Future_Tacos
8/14/19 8:04pm
Gary is the roughest town I've ever seen.
WDaddy
8/14/19 8:42pm
Why has everyone been to Gary? What’s there?
LifelongAP
8/14/19 10:25pm
Interstate freeway. Nobody in their right mind stops there.
TheLoanArranger
8/14/19 10:28pm
It's just south of Chicago.
VACOUGFAN
8/14/19 11:00pm
Clovis, NM
Texas Hammer
8/14/19 8:04pm
No doubt a dump but you have honestly never been to worse?
Bill
8/14/19 8:36pm
Then you’ve never been to Gallup, NM
Zaphod
8/14/19 9:07pm
Oakland
TNT
8/14/19 8:04pm
Definitely up there. Seen some scary stuff...
Mathew
8/14/19 8:27pm
Bakersfield
HighHorse
8/14/19 8:05pm
I didn't visit it, just drove through. That was bad enough.
HighHorse
8/14/19 8:06pm
Barstow has to be up there too
TNT
8/14/19 8:06pm
Bakersfield is significantly better than Barstow
LiveCoug
8/14/19 8:07pm
Good Mcdonalds pit stop on the way up to the Sierras.
Dr MoBYU
8/14/19 8:13pm
I occasionally work in Barstow
tjngirlz
8/14/19 9:56pm
Meth-Town, couldn't get out of that city fast enough
Jericho
8/14/19 8:12pm
I lived in Bakersfield. Went to HS there. I liked it. And I still have family and friends there. Driving thru isn't
ChinaFan
8/14/19 8:21pm
OK, so what is there in Bakersfield to visit? Other than family?
HighHorse
8/14/19 8:25pm
Nothing really worth visiting, but it's a fine enough town to live in
LiveCoug
8/14/19 8:29pm
Cal State Bakersfield campus? (WAC member)
MichCoug
8/14/19 8:36pm
That's not worth visiting. There's a decent number of good local places to eat.
molodyets
8/14/19 9:14pm
Agree. A lot of oil money in that town.
Eggguy
8/14/19 8:30pm
I think you are confusing Bakersfield with Baker
ovalY
8/14/19 9:10pm
Baker's a fine place. Worlds Tallest Thermometer.
HighHorse
8/15/19 4:57am
Memphis
Zedhead
8/14/19 8:06pm
Love Memphis but it is very scary.
dadofkhec
8/14/19 8:07pm
Stay downtown it’s ok. Lots of shooting deaths.
dadofkhec
8/14/19 8:11pm
How so? Never been but may go there
BlueSioux
8/14/19 8:08pm
As long as you don't stray off the major streets you will be fine.
Zedhead
8/14/19 8:12pm
Yikes
BlueSioux
8/14/19 8:22pm
That exact thing happened to me there. Scary place.
dYrtbYkerYder
8/14/19 9:14pm
I live in the nicer suburb in the area
stoils
8/14/19 8:29pm
Gary, IN or Oakland
Backcountry
8/14/19 8:06pm
My wife and I once made this mistake of driving through Washington DC. Bad
dadofkhec
8/14/19 8:06pm
New Orleans or Balitimore.
BYUtka
8/14/19 8:08pm
NOLA is a top city in the country.
Baron
8/14/19 8:23pm
One of those is not like the other
Lip Gallagher
8/14/19 8:24pm
Yeah, I almost didn't put Baltimore on there, but it was almost as bad as NO.
BYUtka
8/14/19 8:28pm
troll
Lip Gallagher
8/14/19 8:29pm
Not at all. NO is the grossest dirtiest city I have ever seen. Perhaps there are
BYUtka
8/14/19 8:33pm
New Orleans is seriously one of the most awesome cities in the US.
LiveCoug
8/14/19 8:36pm
Of course it's dirty. That doesn't make it the "worst." You can't seriously
Lip Gallagher
8/14/19 8:46pm
I'm not the only one who thinks so.
BYUtka
8/14/19 8:58pm
True. Several of you are missing the mark
cajuncoug
8/14/19 9:25pm
Or not letting pride/nostalgia cloud our judgement.
BYUtka
8/15/19 7:25am
Is years of actual experience or snap judgments on limited info more “clouded?”
cajuncoug
8/15/19 7:46am
El Paso
Chandler Cougar
8/14/19 8:08pm
Man, I love El Paso.
RSL
8/14/19 9:07pm
Out in the west Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl.
BYUCPA
8/14/19 9:28pm
I really hope that worked out for you.
RSL
8/14/19 9:30pm
RE: Out in the west Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl.
Peanut
8/15/19 6:57am
Blythe, CA
Natedog916
8/14/19 8:10pm
Phoenix
YIsForBrigham
8/14/19 8:11pm
New Orleans
SuperTank
8/14/19 8:11pm
Camden, NJ
Dr MoBYU
8/14/19 8:12pm
I worked there last year quite a bit. Not a cool place
Mathew
8/14/19 8:24pm
They’ve got you going all over the place Mat.
Dr MoBYU
8/14/19 8:36pm
That was my old job. Seriously tho, New Jersey has the worse and also
Mathew
8/14/19 8:41pm
Kaysville Utah
spugeddy24
8/14/19 8:12pm
Mapleton Utah
MormonThug
8/14/19 8:12pm
Careful pal. That's not too far from paradise (ie Centerville)
TNT
8/14/19 8:23pm
Port au Prince
mokelembembe
8/14/19 8:14pm
Having lived there for two years, I can vouch for this
Chester Copperpot
8/14/19 8:18pm
Laredo TX
1-Wing RCAF
8/14/19 8:15pm
Lived there for three years and loved it.
Joel Tilton
8/14/19 9:06pm
Red Hill Calif - an absolute armpit par excellance
hitechcpa
8/14/19 8:16pm
Camden, NJ
NorthwestCoug
8/14/19 8:16pm
This is mine as well.
Cougarclaw
8/14/19 8:57pm
Winnemucca
bruincoug
8/14/19 8:17pm
Rockford Illinois
jaredm
8/14/19 8:21pm
Okay. This over Winnipeg
Baron
8/14/19 8:29pm
Seriously though, we've had rocks thrown at our car, once had a group of guys
jaredm
8/14/19 11:00pm
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mwcoug
8/14/19 9:09pm
Wait, are we friends? I grew up just sw of Rockford. West side on kishwakee
jaredm
8/14/19 10:52pm
Maybe
mwcoug
8/15/19 4:39am
Lompoc
Lip Gallagher
8/14/19 8:24pm
Spokane was not the worst but was surprisingly bad. Meth-heads aplenty.
Phasor
8/14/19 8:24pm
Downtown was surprisingly bad
Backcountry
8/14/19 8:29pm
Disagree. Just visited. Many listed are worse!
MichCoug
8/14/19 8:38pm
No doubt many are worse, but Spokane was sneaky bad in expectation vs. reality.
Phasor
8/14/19 8:49pm
I was just there, it wasn’t too bad. Didn’t see many druggies
ByuImaginesDragons
8/15/19 10:15pm
Allentown, PA
Indy Coug
8/14/19 8:27pm
Since they started closing all the factories down
Ojiisan
8/14/19 8:29pm
I’m looking at a job there. Can you BM me more about it?
TexanY
8/14/19 9:37pm
Fall River, MA
cougarnerd
8/14/19 8:29pm
Truth. Anywhere bordering southern Mass and into RI. Brutal.
Ironhide
8/14/19 8:51pm
Interesting. I grew up just south of that area.
VACOUGFAN
8/14/19 9:13pm
You're right. Directly south is nice, I was thinking New Bedford and Dartmouth
Ironhide
8/14/19 9:22pm
New Bedford and Dartmouth are def shady as heck.
VACOUGFAN
8/14/19 9:38pm
Anyone who answered New Orleans completely blew it
cajuncoug
8/14/19 8:32pm
Smells like pee and garbage
stoils
8/14/19 8:37pm
Yeah this is mostly bologna
cajuncoug
8/14/19 9:05pm
That’s great you had a good experience
stoils
8/14/19 9:23pm
I think in contracted like 4 STDs just walking through the French quarter at
TriggerWarning
8/14/19 9:16pm
Of all the cities I stepped over piles of diarrhea on the sidewalk, New Orleans is the best
TEXAS
8/14/19 9:27pm
Tucson, Arizona
BYU Fan
8/14/19 8:32pm
Tucson is the worst
Dissenter
8/14/19 8:44pm
What area? I grew up mostly in the North Stake, near MVHS. It wasn't bad.
BYUtka
8/15/19 12:15pm
I lived in Oro Valley.
Dissenter
8/15/19 12:49pm
Juarez Mexico
bubbastats
8/14/19 8:35pm
But they have the best overpass decorations!
Zaphod
8/14/19 9:08pm
NOLA, Wendover and Reno all come to mind but Newark was pretty bad.
whiteninja
8/14/19 8:42pm
Reno is amazing if you are an adventurous/outdoors person (or like low taxes).
SweetBabyG
8/14/19 10:04pm
For me personally just really brown and dry
whiteninja
8/14/19 10:33pm
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Albuquerque Coug
8/14/19 8:46pm
Interesting. For some reason I thought you’d been to Albuquerque.
fredetteaboutit13
8/14/19 8:55pm
Guy has a problem with Arizona... which is weird for a dude from a dump
kotacoug
8/14/19 10:45pm
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Albuquerque Coug
8/15/19 11:54am
Newark left a fair amount to be desired
Brutus216
8/14/19 8:48pm
Compton, CA back in the early 90's. Feared for my life as we drove through when
Ode to Hoy
8/14/19 8:50pm
Stockton CA
1-Wing RCAF
8/14/19 8:50pm
Laramie
fortysixn3
8/14/19 8:50pm
Bad but Rawlins and Rock Springs WY are worse
Osteotome
8/14/19 10:36pm
I like Rawlins, the old jail there is cool.
ByuImaginesDragons
8/15/19 10:16pm
Roma, Tx
bday
8/14/19 8:51pm
Strangest city was the downtown of Wichita Falls TX in 2005
Busiturtle
8/14/19 8:51pm
Where to start...
Bovine University
8/14/19 8:54pm
Newark NJ in the US. Johannesburg South Africa in the world. It’s a big city and
Dynasty1
8/14/19 8:55pm
Newark has some awful parts of town.
Cougarclaw
8/14/19 8:57pm
Joplin MO
1-Wing RCAF
8/14/19 8:57pm
East St Louis. Butte Montana 1980’s For completely different reasons
Osteotome
8/14/19 9:06pm
Alamogordo, New Mexico. And it's not close.
RSL
8/14/19 9:07pm
Mogadishu. In the US, New Orleans.
TriggerWarning
8/14/19 9:12pm
San Pedro Sula in Honduras. Highest murder rate in the world. I rode through
Game Changer
8/14/19 9:13pm
If Chicago were split into multiple cities, some of them would be pretty awful.
dYrtbYkerYder
8/14/19 9:20pm
I agree with many of the ones listed. I'll add Little Rock to the list. Take a
dYrtbYkerYder
8/14/19 9:24pm
Fall River MA
toadie
8/14/19 9:33pm
If driving through on the highway I can understand why many would think that...
VACOUGFAN
8/14/19 11:26pm
El Paso is awful, worst place I've ever been...
CoachSpeak
8/14/19 9:35pm
Farmington NM is a pretty lousy place...
CoachSpeak
8/14/19 9:37pm
Shiprock, NM is pretty sketchy
Busiturtle
8/15/19 4:53am
Trenton, nj
maxpowers
8/14/19 9:39pm
Newark, NJ
Veracruz
8/14/19 9:47pm
Sonoyta Mexico on the way to Rocky Point or somewhere around
kotacoug
8/14/19 9:50pm
Baltimore
PickleButton
8/14/19 9:58pm
Juarez and Agra.
Yohy
8/14/19 10:04pm
Sunburst Montana
1-Wing RCAF
8/14/19 10:06pm
Actually, Browning Montana
1-Wing RCAF
8/14/19 10:06pm
that’s a tough one, I think I’d be more scared of the rednecks in Sunburst than
kotacoug
8/14/19 10:13pm
Still have nightmares about time I spent in Cut Bank and Harlem Montana
Osteotome
8/14/19 10:19pm
One of our trains ran a guy over in Vernon, CA this weekend.
tjngirlz
8/14/19 10:07pm
Albuquerque
SausageKing
8/14/19 10:25pm
The bad side of Vegas.
lightmann
8/14/19 11:00pm
Orem
beantownblue
8/14/19 11:04pm
It was great before they built all those stupid apartments.
ByuImaginesDragons
8/15/19 10:17pm
Only one correct answer...Tooele
zero84043
8/14/19 11:26pm
East St. Louis.
Hotty-Toddy-Reb
8/15/19 5:40am
Santa Rosa, NM. Place was a complete dump.
ByuImaginesDragons
8/15/19 10:19pm
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