It's just south of Chicago.

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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