For starters, I don't consider partying to be trashy. Is Brazilian Carnavale trashy? Is Panama Beach spring break trashy? If you consider those trashy then by that logic the only partying that's not trashy are snooty, blueblood banquets and dinner soirees.

Second, that's temporary. Those are events. And most people that cause trouble at those festivals, whether it's eEssence or an celebration like Mardi Gras, come from out of town. It's impossible not to produce trash when you have 1.2M drunk, protestant midwesterners cutting loose in a fun, informal town like New Orleans, after a life of WASPy restraint.

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Sure there are nice things to visit, but be here after the streets flood. It's pathetic the amount of litter that accumulates in the gutters and sidewalks once the water goes down

That's a very literal definition of trashy. Nobody here is talking about literally trash.

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Posted by tilco

Spanish Fort, AL

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:08 am to keks tadpole

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I was informed that if USA Health (level 1 trauma center) was located anywhere else in Mobile, Mobile would have the highest murder rate in the country.

I doubt this is true. Although I admit it would be significantly higher. The Culcha in Mobile is strong.

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Posted by sumtimeitbeslikedat

Vidalia, La

Member since Nov 2013

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:11 am to VolsOut4Harambe

Jackson or Ferriday

(Couldn’t resist)

ETA: come to think of it, Jackson is just Ferriday on steroids.

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Posted by nola000

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Member since Dec 2014

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:13 am to tilco

Doesn't even make the list.

Not sure of the year on this one or the minimum population. It's at least 100,000 because Flint Michigan is on the list but it can't be as low as 75,000 because Gary Indiana isn't on the list. It would be top three for sure if not number one.

ETA: 2010 is the year for the above graphic

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Posted by tgrbaitn08

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:17 am to nola000

That graph is 10 years old

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Posted by Ed Osteen

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:17 am to sumtimeitbeslikedat

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Ferriday

Where are you from if you consider Ferriday a major city?

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Posted by Ed Osteen

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:20 am to nola000

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That puts Birmingham's 2017 rate at 49.9 killings for every 100,000 people, making it the third most deadly large city in America. Just behind crime kingpins St. Louis and Baltimore. Just in front of Detroit and New Orleans and Jackson, Miss.

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No gloating, though. Birmingham may be the poster child, but Alabama has five cities over 100,000 people, and every single one of them -- Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville and now Tuscaloosa -- ended up on the violent end of the list. Birmingham, Mobile and Montgomery were all in the top 25 of the nation's most deadly 300 cities. Huntsville was No. 78 and Tuscaloosa, barely making it into the population group, came in 102nd. Together they saw 225 homicides last year. Which is a lot. For reference, New York City, with population nine times those five Alabama cities combined, saw 292 killings last year. And it's not just our bigger cities.

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Posted by nola000

Lacombe, LA

Member since Dec 2014

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:22 am to tgrbaitn08

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That graph is 10 years old

Here's 2016. I'm trying to get newer but most of these only include large cities. I think it's fair to include midsize(as low as 100,000) cities since the South only has a few large cities.

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Posted by jchamil

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:22 am to nola000

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Is Panama Beach spring break trashy?

Is this a trick question?

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Posted by nola000

Lacombe, LA

Member since Dec 2014

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:25 am to jchamil

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Is this a trick question?

I know, I couldn't think of another example.

My point was, partying is both temporary and doesn't fit the definition of "trashy".

Trashy partying would be a house party on the front lawn of a trailer home attended by a bunch of middle-aged fat bodies drinking Natty Ice and laying in kiddie pools of their own puke. Not a bunch of college kids hanging out at the beach getting drunk. That's what college kids are supposed to do.

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Posted by tgrbaitn08

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:28 am to nola000

Top 30 for 2018

Countdown of the top 30 cities in the U.S. with the highest murder rates – 2018

30. Lakeworth, FL
Population: 37,812
Murder Rate: .26
No. of Murders: 10
29. Charleston, WV
Population: 49,138
Murder Rate: .26
No. of Murders: 13
28. Harrisburg, PA
Population: 48,904
Murder Rate: .27
No. of Murders: 13
27. Kansas City, MO
Population: 481,420
Murder Rate: .27
No. of Murders: 129
26. East Point, GA
Population: 35,471
Murder Rate: .28
No. of Murders: 10
25. Chicago, IL
Population: 2,704,958
Murder Rate: .28
No. of Murders: 765
24. San Bernardino, CA
Population: 216,239
Murder Rate: .29
No. of Murders: 62
23. Elkhart, IN
Population: 52,221
Murder Rate: .29
No. of Murders: 15
22. North Charleston, SC
Population: 109,298
Murder Rate: .29
No. of Murders: 32
21. Memphis, TN
Population: 652,717
Murder Rate: .30
No. of Murders: 196
20. Orlando, FL
Population: 277,173
Murder Rate: .30
No. of Murders: 84
19. Goldsboro, NC
Population: 35,792
Murder Rate: .31
No. of Murders: 11
18. Jackson, MS
Population: 169,148
Murder Rate: .34
No. of Murders: 58
17. Petersburg, VA
Population: 31,882
Murder Rate: .35
No. of Murders: 11
16. Cleveland, OH
Population: 385,809
Murder Rate: .35
No. of Murders: 135
15. Newark, NJ
Population: 281,764
Murder Rate: .35
No. of Murders: 100
14. Compton, CA
Population: 97,550
Murder Rate: .36
No. of Murders: 35
13. Wilmington, DE
Population: 71,442
Murder Rate: .38
No. of Murders: 27
12. Danville, VA
Population: 41,898
Murder Rate: .38
No. of Murders: 16
11. Salisbury, NC
Population: 34,001
Murder Rate: .41
No. of Murders: 14
10. New Orleans, LA
Population: 391,495
Murder Rate: .44
No. of Murders: 174
9. Detroit, MI
Population: 672,795
Murder Rate: .45
No. of Murders: 304
8. Flint, MI
Population: 97,386
Murder Rate: .46
No. of Murders: 45
7. Baltimore, MD
Population: 614,664
Murder Rate: .52
No. of Murders: 318
6. West Memphis, AR
Population: 25,284
Murder Rate: .55
No. of Murders: 14
5. Gary, IN
Population: 76,424
Murder Rate: .60
No. of Murders: 46
4. St. Louis, MO
Population: 311,404
Murder Rate: .60
No. of Murders: 188
3. Camden, NJ
Population: 74,426
Murder Rate: .63
No. of Murders: 47
2. Chester, PA
Population: 33,988
Murder Rate: .68
No. of Murders: 23
1. East St. Louis, IL
Population: 26,922
Murder Rate: 1.00
No. of Murders: 27

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Posted by taylormade

Tumbleton

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:30 am to VolsOut4Harambe

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Posted by ctiger69

Member since May 2005

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:34 am to VolsOut4Harambe

Dallas

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Posted by nola000

Lacombe, LA

Member since Dec 2014

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:34 am to tgrbaitn08

Now that's a comprehensive list. Good work.

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Posted by LSUbase13

Mt. Pleasant, SC

Member since Mar 2008

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Posted on 4/4/19 at 9:36 am to taylormade

How can anyone, with a straight face, name any other than "Trashville", Tennessee?

I mean, it is substantially more well off than Memphis, Jackson, Montgomery, New Orleans, and so forth, and yet, it still caters and panders to hicks and rednecks. The whole image and allure of Nashville is built up for trash.

How much barbecue, fried bologna, chicken, moonpies, and Mountain Dew can one eat and drink?