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re: Most depressing small town?

Posted on 2/11/24 at 8:48 am to
Posted by Tigris
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Member since Jul 2005
13122 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 8:48 am to
Sparta, GA

The small farming town my mother grew up in. Almost nothing left of it, fewer than 50 people. There are thousands of places like it.
Posted by LegalEazyE
Madison, Wisconsin
Member since Nov 2023
6292 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 3:41 pm to
Camden, Arkansas during winter time while raining. Was only there one night but it made me depressed.
Posted by LegalEazyE
Madison, Wisconsin
Member since Nov 2023
6292 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 3:45 pm to
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Clarksdale, MS


At least there are some good juke joints and restaurants. At least when Morgan Freeman owned a restaurant there.
Posted by Popths
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
4497 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 4:46 pm to
Haileyville, Alabama
Posted by chRxis
None of your fricking business
Member since Feb 2008
27883 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 4:48 pm to
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Ferriday

my vote... that whole corridor up there is a depressing as shite drive, to say the least
Posted by Lokistale
Member since Aug 2013
1342 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:05 pm to
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It was either Greenwood or Greenville or something like that, in Mississippi.


North half of Greenwood is a different world from south of the Yalobusha River.

Arcola, MS... We had to drive through it going to Hot Springs Ark. That's one depressing town.
Posted by ChestRockwell
In the heart of horse country
Member since Jul 2021
7577 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:06 pm to
Bunche Village
Posted by Boondock Saint
The Boondocks
Member since Oct 2005
4838 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:11 pm to
It may not be the worst, but my hometown of New Iberia, LA is pretty fricking depressing these days. I haven't lived there since 1994, but I visited recently and it's even more of a shithole than it was when I grew up there.

I suppose that's the case with most small towns in Louisiana, but it seems like it's extra bad because so many people have moved to the Lafayette area, especially the Youngsville and Broussard areas, from New Iberia.
Posted by neworleansnotsouthla
Mid-City
Member since Dec 2023
699 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 8:36 pm to
Raceland, Golden Meadow. Just as bad if not worse than some N la towns
Posted by sabbertooth
A Distant Planet
Member since Sep 2006
6167 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 9:07 pm to
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Buggalooza


No contest, winner.
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
19945 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 9:36 pm to
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Punxsuwtawney PA
bandmate of mine grew up in Minersville PA

i was in Hershey with the fam on Christmas vacation in 2022 and drove there on a whim

there are few places on this planet that compare with downtown Minersville PA as the sun is setting on Christmas Day

and I don’t mean that as a compliment
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
15124 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 10:14 pm to
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Pick any town in the Mississippi delta. It’s the land of the haves and have nots and with the land being completely flat it’s all out in the open. Depressing as hell.


Cleveland is the only Delta town that's viable. Greenville's heyday was from pre WWII through the 1950s. Greenwood was still doing ok until about 15 years ago. It has really nosedived since the pandemic.
Posted by Crawdaddy
Slidell. The jewel of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2006
19237 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 10:16 pm to
My mom grew up in Opelousas in the 50s -70s. Such neat stories to hear of those times. Not any more
Posted by VolunGator
Franklin, TN / Key West, FL
Member since Jan 2020
1461 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 10:44 pm to
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Cairo, Illinois


Here times 1000.

Drove through it once. I couldn't believe what I saw.
Posted by greenhead11
Member since Feb 2012
954 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 10:46 pm to
Creole basically doesn’t exist any more.

Ferriday has really seen some tough times.

The whole MS delta is up there.
This post was edited on 2/12/24 at 10:50 pm
Posted by jose
Member since Feb 2009
29718 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 10:57 pm to
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Carrollton, AL


My buddy owns a gas station there. Driving through downtown always reminds me My Cousin Vinny

Aliceville just west of it is even worse.
Posted by RustyDaDog
BAOK
Member since Mar 2023
1047 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:03 pm to
Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Posted by num1lsufan
Meraux
Member since Feb 2004
1575 posts
Posted on 2/12/24 at 11:55 pm to
Memphis Tennessee
Posted by RBTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
9168 posts
Posted on 2/13/24 at 12:53 am to
Merryville LA
Posted by ShermanTxTiger
Broussard, La
Member since Oct 2007
11374 posts
Posted on 2/13/24 at 1:17 am to
Tallulah with a possible challenge from Lake Providence.

The rest are just dreaming. Last time I drove through Tallulah it looked like a third world country. Same as it looked 10 years prior.
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