10 Worst Towns To Live In 2024

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • Imagine a town where the sun rarely shines, the economy has seen better days, and the only thing on the rise is the violent crime rate…
    While America boasts some of the world's most enchanting towns, today, we look at the other side of that coin. Get ready to venture into the towns that time, and perhaps fortune, forgot. You know, places with very affordable real estate you won’t buy because of the crime rate no matter how the realtor explains how the neighborhood is coming up.
    Welcome to our countdown of the WORST towns in the United States.
    Prepare yourself; these are places you might not believe exist in the land of the free and the home of the Slurpee...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 748

  • @ANONM60D
    @ANONM60D Рік тому +85

    "If you don't get killed by lead in the drinking water you could get killed by lead another way" 😂😂😂😂

  • @Marine75
    @Marine75 Рік тому +10

    Born and raised in Danville. Was a nice area to grow up in. Mid 70-80's brought in the prison and the downside started. Then the state using it as a dumping ground for the Cabrini Greens trash some years back and that was the final nail in the headstone. Unfortunately they have a very useless mayor who doesn't want to change it. So Danville is doomed to only get worse...sad to say about where I grew up...But it's the Truth

  • @kirkanderson1520
    @kirkanderson1520 Рік тому +24

    Hope all is well. I would like to suggest a video that covers the best states / cities for veterans or military retirees (like me) to retire to. I currently live in Military city USA (San Antonio) but would consider looking to be somewhere cooler and with more green areas and water. I know you frequently mention your time in the Army so this might be a good topic to share with your fellow veterans. And.... Veterans day is just a few moths away. Cheers

  • @noahwalker8359
    @noahwalker8359 11 місяців тому +6

    I can safely say that both Saginaw and Flint are depressing areas to live in because the workforce in both of those cities were reliant only on one industry. I'm surprised though that Warren and Youngstown Ohio weren't included on the list.

  • @ThenaturalmedicAdventures
    @ThenaturalmedicAdventures 11 місяців тому +2

    I was almost sent to Fairbanks AK to work! Luckily I avoided it for now. Monroe I have been through many times and it's just depressing.

  • @billtsirtsis7060
    @billtsirtsis7060 Рік тому +6

    As a Hosier I was disappointed that Gary didn't at least get honorable mention!

    • @m.e.5482
      @m.e.5482 Рік тому

      HMD, IND! My kids live in Gary. Its q beautiful city honestly!

  • @janeentumbao8690
    @janeentumbao8690 Рік тому +9

    Another one to add to the list...
    East Cleveland Ohio.
    It's so bad...
    Two cops just got arrested for stealing from people they pulled over and arrested.
    This was were I was raised. This is why I left the Cleveland area all together! 😂

    • @pamoon_
      @pamoon_ 9 місяців тому

      As I remember from the fun times in cleveland video…
      “Don’t slow down in East Cleveland, or you’ll die.”

  • @joeybabybaby5843
    @joeybabybaby5843 Рік тому +8

    I'm surprized that Newburgh NY did not make the list.

    • @Dangic23
      @Dangic23 Рік тому +2

      Lived there 2000-2002.
      Very unusual place.
      Beautiful architecture and parks, and riverfront.
      But something is definitely off.

  • @briangarrow448
    @briangarrow448 Рік тому +37

    I remember driving through East Saint Louis when I was a teenager and my uncle and I did a cross country road trip. We didn’t stop there. It looked like a battlefield. The same thing could be said about Baltimore. We were there during a garbage strike- I’m sure that didn’t help things I’m sure! Duluth wasn’t much different. I’m sure every place has nice neighborhoods- that’s just what I saw while driving through on vacation and I had limited time at each place. FYI- the most dangerous places in America are in rural areas. You can check the statistics on the internet.

    • @michaellewyn4099
      @michaellewyn4099 Рік тому +6

      the difference between East St. Louis and Baltimore is that in Baltimore, the downtown is fine and there are lots of good areas. In East St. Louis, the downtown is incredibly deserted.

    • @robins.2749
      @robins.2749 Рік тому +2

      @@michaellewyn4099 I live in Belleville IL (25 min from East St. Louis). It's a wasteland that NOBODY goes through if they can help it. At least Baltimore is an actual city. So is Detroit for that matter. East St Louis is just closed factories, and mile after mile of vacant lots.

  • @corrinejacobson9232
    @corrinejacobson9232 Рік тому +4

    I had an Air Force friend from Pine Bluff. I went and visited her home and I thought it was great!. But again that was 30 years ago. How sad.

  • @robertpoche1585
    @robertpoche1585 Рік тому +3

    Johnstown, PA. Where daytime gunfire abounds

  • @dunestar29
    @dunestar29 Рік тому +3

    Not surprised to see a town in Oklahoma on here, but I’m suprised it’s not McAlester. Used to go to Muskogee for some fairs (renaissance fair in particular) when I lived in Oklahoma.

  • @BWowed
    @BWowed Рік тому +6

    I lived in fairbanks for several years and I think it was a great town.

  • @glory3670
    @glory3670 Рік тому +5

    I was worried that Youngstown, OH would be on the list. Glad to see it isn't. I've got a lot of family there.

    • @cumulus1234
      @cumulus1234 Рік тому +1

      Youngstown is doing some things to improve the area. Having a better business climate would really help.

    • @trinidad179
      @trinidad179 Рік тому +1

      Youngstown has more than 50,000 residents! This is town's that have 50,000 or less people.

    • @marissa5074
      @marissa5074 Рік тому +2

      O wow! My husband and I said the same thing! We were shocked it didn’t make the list. My husband has family there as well.

    • @cumulus1234
      @cumulus1234 Рік тому

      @@marissa5074 There are a Lott of towns in the country that are worse than Youngstown.

    • @CitizenKev2
      @CitizenKev2 Рік тому

      ​@@cumulus1234yeeeeah, but I'm sure it could have made the list if the population cap allowed for it.

  • @Spacebuddy-dm6ps
    @Spacebuddy-dm6ps Рік тому +5

    I wasn’t surprised about most of these towns on the list. I knew that they all are very bad areas.

  • @wyattstone8222
    @wyattstone8222 Рік тому +2

    You end up in Gallup if you don't "take a left toin at Albuqoique"

  • @annhowcroft9493
    @annhowcroft9493 Рік тому +3

    How did Stockton CA not make this list?

    • @Xgenerati
      @Xgenerati Рік тому

      Stockton is not a town.

  • @pdxmtngoat
    @pdxmtngoat Рік тому +1

    Gallup sucks big time. Don't even stop for gas unless you have to.

  • @Explorecountries-fx4bz
    @Explorecountries-fx4bz 5 місяців тому

    Coming to these states, I was always insecure in my mind.

  • @ownnquillen1607
    @ownnquillen1607 Рік тому

    My state, Michigan, is on here twice. Sad 😔 😢

  • @juleswins3
    @juleswins3 Рік тому

    I drove through Monroe, Louisiana yesterday. I didn’t stop.

  • @neutronjack7399
    @neutronjack7399 Рік тому +1

    Wow! A Worst of List, where none of the towns are in Mississippi, Alabama or Texas!!!

  • @martincruz8319
    @martincruz8319 Рік тому +1

    Wow! 😮 I think a new Gallup Poll won't be necessary. That town is now as dangerous as 🤬!

  • @marydonahue3834
    @marydonahue3834 Рік тому

    I lived in Pine Bluff and it was scary

  • @woohunter1
    @woohunter1 Рік тому +1

    Youngstown Ohio.

  • @ChadDeLanzo
    @ChadDeLanzo 11 місяців тому

    Ahhhhh Commerce California, home of “LA’s friendliest Casino” 😂😂😂

  • @jobisrael8313
    @jobisrael8313 Рік тому

    👍👍 but amazing

  • @andregreen77
    @andregreen77 Рік тому

    I'm surprised that Opelousas la isn't on the list.

  • @SueProv
    @SueProv Рік тому +6

    Danville IL is the hometown includes Dick Van Dyke and his brother Jerry, Gene Hackman, Bobby Short, and Donald O'Connor,

  • @jeffatturbofish
    @jeffatturbofish Рік тому

    Arkansas: seems to always get a mention for worst and best towns. We from NWA, would like to apologize for the rest of the state.

  • @TheWebWheeler
    @TheWebWheeler Рік тому

    Where do you get these stats?

  • @8888EIGHTYEIGHT
    @8888EIGHTYEIGHT Рік тому

    I can see it now.....Fairbanks Alaska! It's never too cold for murder! 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @samanthashine4506
    @samanthashine4506 Рік тому +1

    So East St. Louis is even worse than Portland? I'll pass, thanks!😊

  • @formernorcal2530
    @formernorcal2530 Рік тому +1

    Saginaw Sterling Gears, local hockey team

  • @nelskrogh3238
    @nelskrogh3238 Рік тому +91

    Thank you for providing such a depressing start to the weekend. On the other hand, one can rejoice at not living in one of these places.

    • @savahbejin7511
      @savahbejin7511 Рік тому +1

      Bless your heart…you are not required to watch any videos.

    • @jadedangyle
      @jadedangyle 11 місяців тому

      Not if you live in Monroe.😂

  • @kevomeredith6509
    @kevomeredith6509 Рік тому +43

    I’m here in Monroe, LA. It’s a criminals dream. Spineless DA & coward politicians make this the cesspool city to avoid. However, there are a large group of us busting our asses to hold these people accountable. Regular every day people are trying to make it better. But…..your assessment was pretty damn spot on. Love your content. Come to Monroe for a long weekend & I will show you enough stuff for it’s own episode. God Bless. Be safe

    • @xKiNx
      @xKiNx Рік тому

      I went to tech school at Delta West Ouachita and lived close by some 20 years ago. Monroe was pretty bad back then, I can't imagine what time has done to that place. My thoughts are with you.

    • @rickcross4522
      @rickcross4522 Рік тому +1

      But you got the Duck Dynasty boys so it cant be all that bad. LMAO

    • @ArmyOne519
      @ArmyOne519 Рік тому

      That what happens when people vote for Democrats. They don't care about their citizens but they do care about the Criminals. Use your 2nd amendment rights and protect yourself. Im a Vet and God Bless 🇺🇸

    • @jadedangyle
      @jadedangyle 11 місяців тому

      The politicians aren't even cowards. They're corrupt property developers taking advantage of the laws that make this gold mine of opportunity for them. They don't care enough to even be cowards.

  • @Mikidy303
    @Mikidy303 Рік тому +66

    Weird! I have relatives in all these towns. I wonder if that's the cause?

  • @Shadownian
    @Shadownian Рік тому +30

    Briggs: People that are living in their vans...
    Me: Down by the ...
    Briggs: Theres no river...
    Me: Damnit!

  • @petegossett5494
    @petegossett5494 Рік тому +231

    We used to work in Danville & lived nearby. We moved to Mississippi and it’s such a vast improvement from there. Let that sink in.

  • @MarkRVillano
    @MarkRVillano Рік тому +140

    I could be wrong, but I suspect that the majority of the violent crimes in Fairbanks Alaska are committed by people who know one another, as opposed to the more random "stranger on stranger" crimes you see in most big cities to the south in the contiguous states. I think that depression and cabin fever have a lot to do with it, along with the drugs.

    • @UrbanPanic
      @UrbanPanic Рік тому +23

      Another possibility is statistics of small populations. One or two crime sprees can really push the average up.

    • @raylopez99
      @raylopez99 Рік тому +4

      @@UrbanPanic Yeah. You can also go to an online calculator and do a binomial distribution probability calculation for X>=1 occurrence of a violent crime using the violent crime rate and see how often you have one or more instances of a violent crime in N years. For some slum I once calculated it was 50% probability in about at least one every 12 years as I recall. So every decade or so you'll have an even chance to get mugged, assaulted or worse. But anywhere in the USA is likely not as bad as the worse places in Honduras or South Africa.

    • @Chris_at_Home
      @Chris_at_Home Рік тому +3

      Fairbanks gets a lot of people that come in from the dry villages to party. Also the military has a huge presence there. I knew a guy whose son was beat real bad by some GIs crashing a local party. 3 GIs got kicked out of the military so they could do their jail time.

    • @general-i15
      @general-i15 Рік тому +2

      Places with a wider sex ratio are more dangerous, either due to single motherhood or alcohol. Fairbanks is the latter, being a lot more male than female.

    • @mjwbulich
      @mjwbulich Рік тому

      Yeah, you're reaching. Robberies are usually committed by strangers by strangers but in every other category of violent crime the victim usually knows the perpetrator.

  • @chetisanhart3457
    @chetisanhart3457 Рік тому +15

    I used to dispatch ambulances in E.St.Louis.
    There were no lay-offs.

  • @andyjay729
    @andyjay729 Рік тому +31

    Visited Alaska last year; yeah, Fairbanks seemed pretty sketchy and depressing, which wasn't helped by some of the worst wildfire smoke I've ever seen. I think that smoke gave me either a cold or allergy attack (those can be hard to tell apart).

    • @Chris_at_Home
      @Chris_at_Home Рік тому +4

      Smoke is a regular occurrence in Fairbanks during the summer. I used to go the office for my work for a week every few months for many years.

  • @BradRains
    @BradRains Рік тому +16

    I'm SHOCKED not one town from Mississippi made the list.

    • @Retarmyaviator
      @Retarmyaviator Рік тому +4

      Take away Jackson with it's surrounding area along with the counties in the Delta and it turns into not such a bad place to live.

    • @DoomieGruntVentures
      @DoomieGruntVentures Рік тому

      I've skimmed statistics for various places in Mississippi. A lot of the bad towns fall in that level of bad where there's nothing remarkable or stand-out about it.

  • @roysmith9149
    @roysmith9149 Рік тому +8

    How tf is gary Indiana not on this list

    • @entransify
      @entransify Рік тому +1

      It's too large for his criteria.

  • @BillMorse-jr2ou
    @BillMorse-jr2ou Рік тому +80

    "there were beaches in the Normandy invasion that had lower rates of violence... " priceless... thank you for making me laugh, Briggs

  • @sdb454
    @sdb454 Рік тому +36

    You need to visit Kinsington in Philadelphia.
    Biggest open air drug use area.
    It's the worst of the worst..

    • @paranoidandroid6711
      @paranoidandroid6711 Рік тому +9

      I think you mean Kensington.

    • @LeopoldMaysonet
      @LeopoldMaysonet Рік тому +6

      Agreed, but they'd talking about small towns here. Knew someone from where I grew up from central Pa, went to Kensington and unfortunately passed away . Drugs are bad news everywhere

    • @rabidgoon
      @rabidgoon Рік тому +10

      kensington is crazy but it's not actually a town, just a street/neighborhood of philly. i'm sure briggs is aware of it.

    • @jetsons101
      @jetsons101 Рік тому +4

      Many liberals turn a blind eye to Kingston PA.......
      "Nothing to see here."

    • @sdb454
      @sdb454 Рік тому +4

      @@rabidgoon yeah I know that, it starts at a park, and channels out, it's several streets to be honest, a huge triangle of streets.
      The street is in Philadelphia, and it has its own way of being.
      To bad Philadelphia is so drug rattled that the cops don't do anything about it.
      Drug dealers sell the products right out in the open.
      In the morning some dealers will offer what they call samples so they keep addicts coming.
      Philly has so much good going for it the history, the cheese steak.
      It's sad!!

  • @strugglesquad7830
    @strugglesquad7830 Рік тому +17

    Cant believe Cairo, Illinois wasn’t a part of this list.

    • @kdkklkzjk
      @kdkklkzjk Рік тому +2

      Going to be worse since they are closing the bridge to Missouri for a year.

    • @k7j6
      @k7j6 Рік тому +1

      @@personofnointerest or better yet! Add ALL OF OREGON. I’ve been to Illinois. And what I experienced there! They certainly can’t be even close to being half as bad as Oregon. In fact! I could almost bet if Oregon were there own Country instead of being a US State! They’d crack the Top 5 of most hated nations once people start to realize how bad they are.

    • @k7j6
      @k7j6 Рік тому +1

      @@personofnointerest Then Get a life BOZO! I’ve dealt with all that disgraceful stuff the State of Oregon has done ALL MY LIFE. You can have your STUPID OREGON! But don’t come crying to me when you start to learn the truth I’ve known forever.

  • @NoTzOe509
    @NoTzOe509 Рік тому +5

    Everywhere in the states cant be as bad as glasgow scotland i be happy move anywhere in us as long am away from uk

  • @halohat2286
    @halohat2286 Рік тому +7

    "I don't have the time or the crayons" 😂 gonna use that one...

  • @christopherjohnson8469
    @christopherjohnson8469 Рік тому +8

    My grandma is from Danville. They knew the Van Dykes. She used to talk about Dick VanDyke as if he was her friend from down the street.

    • @Marine75
      @Marine75 Рік тому +1

      He probably was...back in those days Danville was a great area. Very friendly people.and just a very nice place to live...BACK THEN

  • @WWeronko
    @WWeronko Рік тому +9

    Though Flint is indeed a dump, with a population of 81,252, it seems a bit high to be called a town.

  • @javierclyburn5688
    @javierclyburn5688 Рік тому +23

    It's really sad how the water looked during the Flint, Michigan segment. Really gross. Great video!👍🏾

    • @ButterFadeGolf
      @ButterFadeGolf Рік тому +2

      It's coming to new orleans too! Dif reason though

    • @bradleymcwilliams6348
      @bradleymcwilliams6348 Рік тому +2

      In all fairness to Flint, I would bet that was stock footage, no telling where it was at. But a safe bet it's not actually Flint's water.

    • @kurrie3280
      @kurrie3280 Рік тому

      @@bradleymcwilliams6348 Not a safe bet at all.

  • @johngriffith6692
    @johngriffith6692 Рік тому +10

    Was waiting for some town in New Mexico to pop up, and there it was at #4. Good ole Gallup. Lived there in the late 70s to mid 80s, and I think it's actually better now..well, maybe cleaner. Actually Gallup holds a special place in my heart. Met a lot of good folks there, but when I talk to inner city yutes from LA or Chicago who talk about how rough their neighborhood was, I kind of take it all with a grain of salt.

  • @susanbrynt
    @susanbrynt Рік тому +11

    I was thinking about Benton Harbor, Michigan. It's a place you roll up the windows and lock the doors when you must drive through town to get to St. Joseph, which is a very cool town on Lake Michigan.

  • @tygrahof9268
    @tygrahof9268 Рік тому +2

    Oakland, CA, AVOID this plague of a town with every fiber of your soul!! Military train medics here for the amount of high impact weapon injuries that Occur on Pulic streets!!!

  • @markeckman3662
    @markeckman3662 Рік тому +34

    Several items you didn't mention about East St. Louis:
    1. In the 1980's the city could not pay a workers comp claim and the judge awarded the injured worker city hall as payment.
    2. The police force at one time did not have any operating police cars. There was a murder of someone driving through town at night. Shot while stopped at a stop light. So the city removed the requirement to stop at a stop light.
    3. During the 1970's as the town was in steep decline, a group of downtown businesses tried to get the state to buy their downtown property and build a new airport for the area.

    • @andreabobbette825
      @andreabobbette825 11 місяців тому

      This sounds like East Cleveland. Look it up.

    • @feesor
      @feesor 11 місяців тому +1

      We could see how bad this was looking out the train windows on the way to St. Louis.

    • @twofiveb
      @twofiveb 9 місяців тому +2

      and ...
      The abandoned Spivey building was built in 1927. The last tenant moved out in 1980. It also happens to be the tallest building in East St. Louis.
      Much of the post-apocalyptic film Escape from New York was filmed in the abandoned parts of East St Louis.

    • @edmclendon9399
      @edmclendon9399 9 місяців тому

      Many many years ago I was able to go up inside the St Louis Arch! Now days I steer clear of cities because of democrat infestation. They destroy all that is good in America.

  • @Pthommie
    @Pthommie Рік тому +27

    How did Mississippi & Alabama towns escape being on this list?

    • @chrisgabbert658
      @chrisgabbert658 Рік тому +8

      That’s my thinking 🤷‍♂️ .

    • @nunyabidness3075
      @nunyabidness3075 Рік тому +2

      Successfully spreading out the trouble makers maybe?

    • @EthanNeal
      @EthanNeal Рік тому +3

      They're actually getting better, albeit slowly. They still have a long way to go, but each state has models for what towns and cities should be like in Huntsville and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

    • @edmclendon9399
      @edmclendon9399 9 місяців тому

      That would considered a racist thing to say.

    • @Pthommie
      @Pthommie 9 місяців тому

      No it's not racist, it's true.@@edmclendon9399

  • @jordansage
    @jordansage Рік тому +12

    I always look forward to the videos here. Reliable, fair, solid foundation, educational, and informative. Always a great source of actionable data for weighing options. 👍

  • @harrykoppers209
    @harrykoppers209 Рік тому +18

    I live 70 miles from Fairbanks. We have to make weekly (if we're lucky) trips to shop or see doctors. Fairbanks is a kinda ugly town. Alaska has advantages, though. Cheapest houses in the area are less than 70,000bucks (dry cabins, haul yer own water.) No income tax, no sales tax (mostly,) no or low property tax. Plus, with the PFD (google it) a poor family with 5 kids gets $10,000 to 20,000 a year. Subsistence hunting and fishing is common (get several hundred lbs of meat a year, 50 lbs of fish.) Poor folk can do OK here. Alas, booze and crack are way too common. (nuthin else to do in the winter they think.)

    • @harrykoppers209
      @harrykoppers209 Рік тому

      @@rayb.6537 North Pole does, Fairbanks doesn't.

  • @bradbaker4679
    @bradbaker4679 Рік тому +4

    Sign me up. That means Californians won’t be flocking there jacking up home prices for everyone.

  • @JesseA22
    @JesseA22 Рік тому +14

    Really appreciated the “living in a van down by the river” joke when talking about Commerce 😂

    • @Brayfrait
      @Brayfrait Рік тому +1

      Rest in peace Chris Farley

    • @malachi100
      @malachi100 11 місяців тому

      I just made a comment about this not to long ago, my dad literally showed me the video the other day and was telling me about Chris Farley and the 90s and all that 😂 funny thing is, it was the first time I saw it and only days later I find this video and it makes a small reference, I would’ve never got this joke had my dad not told me a few days before, the timing is crazy and sure is mind boggling.

  • @thomaszanzal7846
    @thomaszanzal7846 Рік тому +16

    Now here is the interesting question I want to ask , """What is the percentage of black population in these towns when compared to the national average ?"". Or is that to much of a racist question to ask ? My guess is that that percentage is very high , but that is my assumption. It would be nice to be proved wrong on that assumption. Am I ?

    • @Myfriendwaits
      @Myfriendwaits Рік тому +2

      Great question.

    • @Myfriendwaits
      @Myfriendwaits Рік тому

      Is it in the water?
      It would be nice to know what is REALLY happening.

    • @briangarrow448
      @briangarrow448 Рік тому

      The truth is that the most violent places in the entire country are in rural areas- mainly white. You can check the crime statistics on the federal government websites. People love to point out ghettos, but the truth is that those rural areas have much higher crime rates. Nobody cares or reports on this because they are rural.

    • @Myfriendwaits
      @Myfriendwaits Рік тому +1

      Might be time to boldly call a spade a spade.
      Not all bad, but look at our schools/universities, if we can still call them that.. the violence in our convenience/grocery stores, airports, on the streets, highways..
      First step is to identify the problem.

    • @seikoellis17
      @seikoellis17 Рік тому +2

      @@pillarwatch Fairbanks= 60% yt
      Commerce= 54% yt
      Muskogee= 50% yt
      Danville= 60% yt
      Gallup= 41% native 35% yt

  • @vincentmeredith2561
    @vincentmeredith2561 Рік тому +3

    Every state has it's bad towns but I'm surprised Louisiana didn't take more spots cause the criminals down here work overtime to keep the stats up.

  • @chrishampton8842
    @chrishampton8842 Рік тому +22

    Shocking Illinois and Michigan have 2 each in the worst towns in the USA😂

    • @funfun8095
      @funfun8095 Рік тому +4

      Yep. Here in Illinois, we have one of the worst governor's, too! And worst taxes! Worst 2A laws! AND. A city that says they are a sanctuary city (Chicago) then ship them to the suburbs! SMH

    • @angussneef
      @angussneef Рік тому +1

      ⁠@@funfun8095it definitely helps when your governor is a billionaire and only technically lives in your state. I’m guessing we’re stuck with jelly boy for another 4 years. Keep strong my IL brother, lord knows our taxes are only going up

    • @funfun8095
      @funfun8095 Рік тому +3

      @@angussneef Yeah, to pay for illegal's Healthcare and not our veterans and AMERICANS in need!

    • @nobodyimportant7804
      @nobodyimportant7804 Рік тому +1

      I am shocked that WV, MS, or Florida didn't have any towns on this list.

  • @yabbadabba2887
    @yabbadabba2887 Рік тому +7

    Hey. I see a glaring problem here. Flint has well over 50k. I thought that was one of the prerequisites of being on this list

  • @johnortiz1964
    @johnortiz1964 Рік тому +4

    Wow!! Muskogee, Ok. That's the town from that great Merle Haggard song : "Okie from Muskogee" ..."where even squares have a ball"

    • @michelletidler6773
      @michelletidler6773 Рік тому

      Its meth haven. Think thats the reason for so much crime.

    • @skipperson4077
      @skipperson4077 Рік тому +1

      one of my favorite parts of Wikipedia is the song and musical artists entries, very comprehensive and often full of interesting notes. I just read both Merle Haggard and Okie From Muskogee' entries, highly recommended. I'll let them tell the stories but the song is about more than Muskogee...

  • @mayatuck
    @mayatuck Рік тому +4

    Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford?????

    • @outbackigloo6489
      @outbackigloo6489 Рік тому

      Although all of them are officially “towns”, they all have over 50,000 people and wouldn’t make this list.

    • @andyjay729
      @andyjay729 Рік тому

      @@outbackigloo6489 Actually, they're all official "cities".

    • @outbackigloo6489
      @outbackigloo6489 Рік тому

      @@andyjay729- They are all cities, but are each among Connecticut’s 169 towns.

    • @andyjay729
      @andyjay729 Рік тому

      @@outbackigloo6489 What I meant is that they all have the official designation of "city" as opposed to "town".

  • @marilyn8490
    @marilyn8490 Рік тому +9

    Have to laugh. I had a BIL who lived in Gallup for 2 years and yeah, that was no garden spot. The poverty there is really unfortunate. Also had a sister who lived between Flint and Saginaw and also...just headed south with the demise of GM and so few jobs. Also, the governor and his govt aides screwed over Flint in handling the lead pollution issue...unconscionable and gov seal the fate of his defeat largely due to mismanagement like this.

  • @nuked9959
    @nuked9959 Рік тому +7

    No surprise to me that Crime Bluff was in the top 5.

  • @FLORIDAHOODVLOGS
    @FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Рік тому +5

    briggs is halarious. i gotta make my own list of towns that suck 😊 i need to travel more and see more crappy places

  • @Xktree72
    @Xktree72 Рік тому +5

    The bright spot in this video was when you showed the picture of Allsup's in the Gallup segment.
    I grew up in New Mexico, and Allsup's chimichangas are one of the few things I look forward to when I visit.

  • @StormFanatic210
    @StormFanatic210 Рік тому +10

    I’ve been through Gallup, New Mexico multiple times and Monroe, Louisiana once. For Monroe, I made sure not to get off the Bus. Gallup, I’ve been been through by Bus and by Car. Didn’t get off the Bus in Gallup. The only time I ever exited a Vehicle was when I had to get Gas in Gallup. I sure as hell didn’t stick around. They both give off that vibe of “Nope, I ain’t sticking around”.

    • @pdxmtngoat
      @pdxmtngoat Рік тому +2

      Yes Gallup is truly horrible.

    • @mikeshumaker
      @mikeshumaker Рік тому

      As a Route 66 fan that is good to know if I ever visit there; in this case the historic El Rancho Hotel would probably be the only thing to see and then get out of there. I'd probably feel much safer in Flagstaff, AZ 200 miles away along with quadruple the population.

    • @johnnyh3653
      @johnnyh3653 Рік тому

      ​@@mikeshumakerI just drove through Gallup for the first time last weekend. Definitely drive the old route 66 through town but, if you need gas or stop to eat, I recommend crossing over to the north side of I-40 where the "new" chain-businesses are located.

  • @bradleymcwilliams6348
    @bradleymcwilliams6348 Рік тому +5

    Having spent some time in both, but never lived in either, I would pick Monroe over Pine Bluff any day. Monroe just doesn't seem as hopeless as PB...

  • @MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia
    @MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia Рік тому +3

    Indian country? We are not Asian Indians Briggs

  • @Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant

    I visited Fairbanks about 20 years ago and it reminded me of a bigger version of Tahoe City... I can't imagine it having gone downhill so bad...

  • @tracyroland915
    @tracyroland915 Рік тому +7

    Seriously Flint again. The water has been cleaned up (for the most part). Outside of Flint and the surrounding communities are pretty decent. What do you expect from decades of Democratic leadership.

    • @ryanvandy1615
      @ryanvandy1615 Рік тому

      Yep at least most of the lead pipes have been replaced.

    • @tracyroland915
      @tracyroland915 Рік тому +1

      We in Flint call Saginaw Sagnasty.

    • @lilbatz
      @lilbatz Рік тому +2

      ​@tracyroland915 The Nadty makes Flint and Detroit look good.
      I've went partying at night in both Flint and Detroit. No way hell I'd do that in Saginaw.

  • @michaelgalea5148
    @michaelgalea5148 Рік тому +6

    I was surprised to see Danville Illinois on the list. Had relatives that lived there. Sorry to see that the city went downhill.😢

  • @robpalmer2032
    @robpalmer2032 Рік тому +3

    definitely agree with Flint. My family grew up in the area and we always avoided Flint.

  • @yatta99
    @yatta99 Рік тому +3

    No Camden, NJ?

  • @fenixrising1972
    @fenixrising1972 Рік тому +12

    Casper, Wyoming gets my vote. I've been all over the country and Casper is the worst place I've been. I spent a month there for work in 2017. The population at the time was 55,000. If you ever find out you only have six months to live, you should move to Casper because it will be the longest six months of your life.
    There's nothing there except a mostly empty, run-down mall. There aren't any good restaurants or shopping or recreation. There's no culture. There's a movie theater but I never saw any cars in front of it. The people seem depressed or at least complacent. I didn't meet anybody there who had any kind of interests or motivation or enthusiasm for anything.
    I don't know about the violent crime rate. I never saw any crime and there were very few homeless people, but I know the town has a huge meth problem. Most people there acknowledge it.
    I went to Cheyenne a few times just to get away from Casper for a while, but it isn't much better. It's basically just like Casper, only bigger.
    I'm normally a cheerful, optimistic person but it was hard not to let it bring me down. I was never so happy to leave a place. When I drove out of Casper the last time, it felt like Christmas. I was so happy and excited to be going anywhere else. Arriving in Denver felt like a dream.
    Cost of living is difficult everywhere now, including Denver, but I would rather be homeless on the street in Denver than in a big fancy house in Casper.
    Any time I get stressed or discouraged, I just remember that I'm not in Casper anymore and it makes me feel better.

    • @Kell4088
      @Kell4088 Рік тому +5

      I’m guessing you don’t work for the Caspar Chamber of Commerce…😂

    • @fenixrising1972
      @fenixrising1972 Рік тому +3

      @@Kell4088 No and whoever does is not doing their job.

    • @GM-jv9jz
      @GM-jv9jz 11 місяців тому +1

      And Rapid City, South Dakota should be on this list.

    • @rexmyers991
      @rexmyers991 9 місяців тому +1

      I took a promotion at Sears and moved to Casper for about a year (64 -65. Crime wasn’t too bad but it was really depressing even then. My happiest day was the day I quit and drove back to Denver

  • @FLORIDAHOODVLOGS
    @FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Рік тому +1

    I totally agree on monroe. and the comments on my video were NASTY man!

  • @mitch206
    @mitch206 Рік тому +3

    I live a stones throw from Monroe LA and I have to agree, it's a cesspool especially the south side. My daughter goes to college at ULM and all my Doctors are located there.

  • @wrldvw1836
    @wrldvw1836 Рік тому +2

    East St Louis is very 3rd world. And noooooo. Do not want to live there. Drive past as quickly as possible

  • @QED_
    @QED_ Рік тому +2

    This is all uniquely American nonsense, of course. Any of these places can be easily fixed . . . except *the residents don't want them fixed.* By *want* . . . I mean they won't do what's necessary. If you were to go into any of these places and try to fix them, the residents would resist. They simply won't accept cause-and-effect.
    If you want prosperity, you have to do certain things . . . and the residents there would rather *not* do those things than be prosperous. For example, if I offered a good-paying, low-skilled job to every resident of one of these towns . . . how many would show up on time every day and do the job (?) Not enough, I *guarantee* it.
    Cause and effect . . .

  • @trailrvs
    @trailrvs Рік тому +6

    So was Stockton, California too populous for this list?

    • @burmy1552
      @burmy1552 Рік тому +2

      Probably. We suck but we suck on a grand scale. Briggs has plenty of other videos which sum it up on Stockton though.

    • @deirdre108
      @deirdre108 Рік тому

      Isn't Lodi, CA worse though? If fact every town named Lodi in the US could be on this list.

    • @johnnyh3653
      @johnnyh3653 Рік тому

      ​@@deirdre108Oh lord, stuck in Lodi againnnn.

  • @stevensnk
    @stevensnk Рік тому +24

    I've grown up and lived in Saginaw for my entire life, I live in the township now but still have been in the area for 33 years. Saginaw is violent, but it's slowly getting better. People do honestly care and want to make this city great again. We are trying to change the perspective of outsiders and it's slowly getting there. A ton of investment is happening downtown due to us getting the OHL Memorial Cup this year and change is honestly good for this city. You just need to know where not to go at night, which is easy since I work and drive through most of those areas.

    • @robins.2749
      @robins.2749 Рік тому +1

      I live in Belleville IL.( 25 minutes from East St. Louis) and have friends in Saginaw and have been there many times. I question a list that puts Saginaw (an actual town) so much further up the list than East St. Louis ( a wasteland). Saginaw or E. St.? Saginaw in a heartbeat.

    • @stevensnk
      @stevensnk Рік тому

      @robins.2749 That's the thing, there's just so much bad press that it's hard to get over that. I love this town, it's not that bad of a drive to Grand Rapids, let alone Detroit. It's still that mindset of Detroit or Michigan vs everybody

  • @nightcourier
    @nightcourier Рік тому +7

    As a born and raised Shreveporter I thought Monroe was a quiet place the few times I visited. Seems that has REALLY changed.

    • @derrickcox7761
      @derrickcox7761 Рік тому

      "quite place" might be telling you something.

    • @richardmaxwellii2689
      @richardmaxwellii2689 Рік тому +1

      Nope it's not quite there's at least 4 people on the news every night that have shot, assaulted, or robbed someone but it's usually confined to a few bad neighborhoods

    • @twalker294
      @twalker294 Рік тому +1

      No, Monroe is still MUCH better than Shreveport. There are a few neighborhoods in Monroe where the vast majority of the crime occurs but most of the city is just fine.

  • @Castapher
    @Castapher Рік тому +4

    Please, one about the States with the most car accidents. 😊

  • @Sixbears
    @Sixbears Рік тому +5

    Always nice when my hometown does not make a list like this.

  • @manojsaxena9840
    @manojsaxena9840 Рік тому +8

    Great videos! Do some on Canada too, please!

  • @TimCarter
    @TimCarter Рік тому +3

    I lived in LA and Orange County for more than 35 years, and Commerce wouldn't even make my top 20 for worst towns in that metro. Just look at a few of the towns that border Commerce that are worse. Bell Gardens, Maywood, Bell, Pico Rivera, and there are plenty of other towns like Lynwood, Compton, Huntington Park, Hawthorne, Lomita, Santa Ana, Basset, El Monte, and way too many more to mention. All of those places-Trash!

    • @deirdre108
      @deirdre108 Рік тому

      I worked in Hawthorne for a while in the 1970's. One of the worst places I'd ever been.

  • @653j521
    @653j521 Рік тому +4

    I just heard that in Las Vegas a family of a coworker of mine locks themselves into their bedrooms at night, fearful of someone breaking into their house in a nice area of town. I wonder if Vegas will be in the video on larger towns. Another coworker mentioned bars on the windows of a family member's house in Tucson. Sounded like some NYC apartments.

  • @jw4172
    @jw4172 Рік тому +2

    I don’t know how West Memphis, AR didn’t make the list. Crime is almost 4x the national average, unemployment is double, people in Memphis avoid it, lol. Oh and something you won’t find that locals know about? The town is overrun with rats, they’re everywhere. They had to close a Family a dollar facility because they couldn’t get rid of them. There are open fields that if you were to walk through would terrify you because you’d come under the sudden realization your surrounded by thousands of rats.

  • @melanieg6957
    @melanieg6957 Рік тому +1

    I don't even like stopping for gas in Gallup. That place has a bad vibe you can't miss.

  • @m.r.jarrell3725
    @m.r.jarrell3725 Рік тому +1

    East St Louis was ranked far too low! It's always been a hellhole!

  • @kevinmcc9408
    @kevinmcc9408 11 місяців тому +1

    When you think about it, there are dozens of towns and areas in America that really,really suck.

  • @lorkmikko
    @lorkmikko Рік тому +2

    Two number 10's Briggsy boy

  • @amberlayne6082
    @amberlayne6082 Рік тому +2

    Very true about Gallup NM I used to live there in ABQ NM and so it is how I know that it's bad out in Gallup NM. That was way back in the aughts too so I can only imagine how it is today given the new governor was just on the national news about gun laws and gun crimes. There's an upheaval over it now.

  • @wonderwinder1
    @wonderwinder1 Рік тому +1

    Alaska just didn’t build nice looking cities. That affects mood more than you would think.

  • @mrbutch308
    @mrbutch308 Рік тому +2

    Even sunny Florida has some really dreadful smaller towns ... and I mean dreadful: Belle Glade, Clewiston, Florida City, Opa Locka.

    • @jajupa78
      @jajupa78 Рік тому +1

      West cocoa

    • @77D777
      @77D777 11 місяців тому

      North side of Jacksonville