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[Transistor]

Vidor, TX

 

[perfectchaos007]

Actually, this is a good pick. What....is Yuma, anyway?

Home of Papa Giorgio!

Vidor, TX

Apparently there's one black family that lives there. Brave souls.

 

[Tylercrat]

Tons of small sun down towns all throughout Florida but if I had to choose one place in particular it would be Daytona Beach.

Driving through there and you would think time completely stopped after 1980.

Either there or Lakeland.

Yeah, Daytona Beach is a good one. If you want to travel to 1980. Go to Daytona Beach.

 

[GraveRobberX]

For NYC it's Staten Island

I mean we used to dump our garbage there and was a landfill spot

I mean the City literally made you a dumping ground

 

[Neptonic]

Actually, this is a good pick. What....is Yuma, anyway?

Lettuce farms and a prison

 

[Couleurs]

Colorado - Pueblo or Greeley

Probably Pueblo since friends who went to college in Greeley defend the town sometimes, when I've never heard anyone say anything positive about Pueblo.

 

[Dominator]

Camden, NJ

Nothing is even close.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Camden, NJ

Nothing is even close.

Camden to me is not really an armpit, it's a lethal place.

 

[aceface]

Buffalo NY

You've apparently never been to Central NY. Utica makes Buffalo look like a god damned paradise. Source: I live here

 

[Jencks]

Crossville, TN.

 

[DarthWoo]

I haven't been to Pittsburgh, so I can't speak to that, but from where I have been in PA, I'd hand it to Harrisburg. Literally the first thing you see as you enter the city on the train from where I live is a dump full of crushed cars. The area surrounding the train station is kind of scuzzy as well, although I did get a good Grilled Reuben from a diner there once. The capitol building isn't much to look at compared to any other.

Edit: Although I wonder if perhaps it should be some of the bumblefuck rural areas that handed the state to Trump.

 

[zeemumu]

Bakersfield

 

[ThouIsARobber]

Fredericksburg. All is egotism and commuting of Nova, and none of the culture or cash.

 

[Infernostew]

It's definitely Camden.

 

[Stinkles]

Here's a list of the largest US cities with declining populations

1. Detroit Michigan
2. Baltimore Maryland
3. Cleveland Ohio
4. St. Louis Missouri
5. Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
6. Toledo Ohio
7. Buffalo New York
8. Baton Rouge Louisiana
9. Birmingham Alabama
10. Rochester New York
11. Montgomery Alabama
12. Akron Ohio






25% of the top 12 list are cities in Ohio. Unlike the meme, people actually can leave Ohio....and they do!

Rochester seemed leafy and pleasant during my brief visit.

Here in Washington it's mostly stuff we make fun of for no good reason like Renton, Tacoma and Forks.

I'm sure there's some garbage east of the Cascades.

 

[LeroyPantwether]

Actually, this is a good pick. What....is Yuma, anyway?

The last place to get gas cheaply on the way to San Diego. They have a Taco Bell. Yuma sucks, it is for sure the right answer.

 

[WedgeX]

For DC its probably...the east side of 1st Street SE between C Street and D Street.

 

[Dominator]

Camden to me is not really an armpit, it's a lethal place.

Yes, and its very crappy haha

Other than that I'd probably say some areas in Elizabeth and Newark. I work in Newark so I see first hand how shitty it is.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

I mean, Bakersfield is bad and all, but at least there's stuff to do there, unlike Visalia.

If you live in Visalia, Bakersfield is where you go for fun.

 

[elrechazado]

Youngstown ohio

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

The last place to get gas cheaply on the way to San Diego. They have a Taco Bell. Yuma sucks, it is for sure the right answer.

Ah, touche.

Also, fuck Marana.

 

[Citizen Mane]

All of eastern Washington
or, Aberdeen
Graham
Tenino

I do have a soft spot for Aberdeen though since I have been there quite a few times. It's depressing to the point that its become endearing, I just want to see them succeed.

 

[shoelacer]

Wareham, MA, in the geographic sense at least

 

[Fat4all]

Are there any good things about WV?

2 or 3 places

 

[demosthenes]

You've apparently never been to Central NY. Utica makes Buffalo look like a god damned paradise. Source: I live here

As someone that lives in Buffalo and whose girlfriend grew up in Utica, this is 100% accurate.

 

[Ogodei]

Here's a list of the largest US cities with declining populations

1. Detroit Michigan
2. Baltimore Maryland
3. Cleveland Ohio
4. St. Louis Missouri
5. Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
6. Toledo Ohio
7. Buffalo New York
8. Baton Rouge Louisiana
9. Birmingham Alabama
10. Rochester New York
11. Montgomery Alabama
12. Akron Ohio



25% of the top 12 list are cities in Ohio. Unlike the meme, people actually can leave Ohio....and they do!

Damn, Alabama's big cities are both in decline? And here i thought it might become a sunbelt destination. Guess not...

 

[bionic77]

The middle of PA is pretty horrible.

Everyone seems to have a sign on their yard about Obama, Trump or abortion.

 

[BRYCKER]

For Arizona the entire state is an armpit

Heh heh heh. As an Arizonan born and raised (602 FOR LIFE), I'd argue that both Yuma and Tucson are our armpits.

 

[Sunster]

Gainsville, FL

 

[Kevtones]

Bakersfield, California.
Drain, Oregon.
Yakima, Washington.

 

[btrboyev]

Wisconsin. Which is appropriate

 

[TimeEffect]

What about in Ontario Canada

 

[Korey]

Riverside, CA

 

[Shadybiz]

Camden to me is not really an armpit, it's a lethal place.

And my job is moving to a new office there next year, yaaaaayyyyyyy.

Spoiler

From its current location in Cherry Hill...lol.

 

[Alcotholic]

Here is the armpit of America:
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/armpit-of-america

 

[Zackat]

The Panhandle of Florida

 

[Piggus]

Medford, Oregon, is a meth-infested shithole that I have the displeasure of living about 15 miles from. Thank god for Amazon Prime, for it has significantly cut down on the number of shopping trips I have to make there.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

And my job is moving to a new office there next year, yaaaaayyyyyyy.

Spoiler

From its current location in Cherry Hill...lol.

Hey, might have a positive economic effect!

 

[SomewhatGroovy]

Texans, I have us covered.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidor,_Texas

 

[v1lla21]

Either Bakersfield or Fresno.

 

[maruchan]

Spokane, WA

you spelled tacoma incorrectly..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AXVBtBJjLw

Hell if you live south of the i90, or north of 75th ne and anywhere east of this area you are the armpit..

 

[Vilix]

Houston. It's hot. It's humid. The traffic is ridiculous. The crime is outrageous.

 

[RoboPlato]

I live in the Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse belt of misery in NY. It has to be here.

 

[Eblo]

Ports-

Portsmouth.

I can vouch for this.

Eyup.

 

[Talonluck]

In Arizona it's Tucson. Place is a complete waste.

 

[Rocketz]

Monroe MI

 

[Empty Space]

There's a lot to choose from in Florida. Two (of many) armpits are Okeechobee and Starke.

I feel like all the smaller towns in the panhandle like Apalachicola are way worse. It's like a redneck costal Maine without the quaint brightly colored houses. Starke in particular is your standard small rural town those panhandle towns are that plus all the rot that comes with being so close to the ocean.

The Panhandle of Florida

This person knows what I'm talking about!

 

[Bronx-Man]

North Carolina is weird in this regard.

Like almost every "city" here is decent at worst. Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem, Asheville's a damn hipster haven

Then it's all just surrounded by Deliverance.

 

[Shadybiz]

Hey, might have a positive economic effect!

It will likely give some people there some opportunities, in time at least. It all depends on how much my company expands over time (it's a utility), and/or how many people leave due to the new commute. We shall see.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Houston. It's hot. It's humid. The traffic is ridiculous. The crime is outrageous.

What?