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re: East St. Louis, biggest shithole in America?

Posted on 3/23/21 at 8:46 pm to
Posted by ClampClampington
Nebraska
Member since Jun 2017
3967 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 8:46 pm to
Gary, IN

Pine Ridge Reservation (SD/NE). Not really due to crime, just extreme poverty coupled with substance abuse and astronomical suicide rates. I think they estimate between 15-20% of the male population ages 15-35 has attempted suicide at least once
Posted by James11111
Walnut Creek
Member since Jul 2020
4659 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 8:47 pm to
quote:

I told him I could show him bigger ghettos in Nola. I drove him all over...nola east, projects, and central city. He said ESL was way, way worse.


That must have happened after they tore down all of the old projects in New Orleans. Ive never seen anything shittier in this country than the St.Thomas, Magnolia, and St. Bernard projects.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
47497 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 8:47 pm to
quote:

Try visiting the Arch on your way to Louisville. Then realizing your are on empty as you cross the Mississippi River.



Only a woman driver let's this happen.
Posted by CamdenTiger
Member since Aug 2009
62431 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 9:00 pm to
Been working on the South side of St Louis for the last month, got 2 more to go. It’s right on the Mississippi, so don’t know if that’s the East part, but it’s pretty bad, the roads are bad. Going through some of the bad parts around where I work, and it’s fairly tense in areas. Most of the patients I’ve seen there are for drug, injection site infections. Fentanyl is strong, there...taking them out, as well....
Posted by mingoswamp
St. Louis
Member since Aug 2017
968 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 9:02 pm to
quote:

drove through for the first time this weekend


Consider yourself lucky to report on it
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32095 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 9:07 pm to
East St Louis is easily worse than Camden, Baltimore, or New Orleans.
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
25711 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 9:09 pm to
I’m surprised how nice the calliope and magnolia look now since they tore everything down and rebuilt it. Oh and don’t forget the Melpomene projects! Now, anything New Orleans East is a shithole after Katrina.
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
13527 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 9:10 pm to
One of the worst areas I've delivered in was Blue Island, IL - the south side of Chicago that you're all told about on the news and such. That area looks like it was carpetbombed in WW2 and never rebuilt, exactly like the photos of Germany right after the war. Complete and total shithole - I was praying the entire way out back to the 294 and hauled arse as soon as I touched the on ramp.
Posted by partyboy1930
Member since Jan 2014
1346 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 9:11 pm to
Can’t be worse than north BR
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2017
12856 posts
Posted on 3/23/21 at 9:17 pm to
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I drive through South Memphis to go to Tunica


Thoughts and prayers
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
27356 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 11:56 am to
quote:

biggest shithole in America?


Stiff completion:

Gary, Indiana
Old Detroit
Jackson, MS
Rochester, NY
S Chicago
“Insert-Wards” NOLA
NBR
Fayettville, NC
Los Angelas near LAX
Stockton, CA
JAX
Mobile (where Leprachaun is from)
Central Dallas
Central City - Phoenix
Overton - Miami

I could keep going...

Posted by Tiger Attorney
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2007
19663 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 12:18 pm to
Bruh, you don't even know about project housing unless you been to Marcy or Cabrini Green in their day. Nola projects got nothing on them.
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
23380 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 12:22 pm to
I've seen worse in Shreveport than what I saw in that video.
Posted by Ajo Devil
Tempe, AZ
Member since Sep 2006
2428 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 12:25 pm to
South Paradise Valley, AZ. Lowlifes driving around in Chevrolets and such, wearing all sorts of Nike paraphernalia. I kid you not.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
71050 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

One of the worst areas I've delivered in was Blue Island, IL - the south side of Chicago that you're all told about on the news and such. That area looks like it was carpetbombed in WW2 and never rebuilt, exactly like the photos of Germany right after the war. Complete and total shithole - I was praying the entire way out back to the 294 and hauled arse as soon as I touched the on ramp.




Came into Chicago on a train once. Went through the worst neighborhood I ever saw. You could see into apartment buildings where the walls were crumbling.
Posted by prostyleoffensetime
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2009
11434 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 1:07 pm to
I’ve never been to the Northern shitholes like Chicago, Detroit, etc., but East St. Louis, South & West Memphis, most of Atlanta, Jackson... Just frick all those places.
Posted by turnpiketiger
Southeast Texas
Member since May 2020
9446 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 1:08 pm to
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Never been to NOLA, not all interested in visiting either


Hot take there.
Posted by tigerskin
Member since Nov 2004
40233 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 1:15 pm to
That video sucks. He should have driven at night
Posted by Northshoretiger87
Member since Apr 2016
3689 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 1:16 pm to
Speaking of hot takes, here is Mogadishu.



Just kidding. It’s actually Minneapolis, in Omar’s district. I can’t imagine many places in the US being worse than here.



Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
15349 posts
Posted on 3/24/21 at 1:19 pm to
Lol Baton Rouge aint shieet to East St Louis
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