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Which City is America's Worst

Which City is America's Worst

  • Atlanta

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • Chicago

    Votes: 8 11.3%

  • New York

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • Los Angeles

    Votes: 4 5.6%

  • Detroit

    Votes: 40 56.3%

  • Washington DC

    Votes: 5 7.0%

  • Miami

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Cleveland

    Votes: 1 1.4%

  • Memphis

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other, please explain

    Votes: 11 15.5%
  • Total voters
    71
voyager1 said:
Anyone who votes for Chicago is either a partisan hack or doesn't travel much. Personally I would be torn between Detroit and Memphis... Chicago is a wonderful city and nobody would care about it if it were not for the Obama Derangement Syndrome some have.
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yup.. it's all about Obama... it has nothing to do with the murders and gang violence.. nothing at all.:roll:
 
I grew up in Dearborn which is a pretty much all white working class suburb right next tot he west side of Detroit Michigan. I have worked in Detroit extensively and have spent countless days there taking up a good chunk of my life.

Recently I was chief of staff for a state legislator from Detroit. In two different campaigns I walked every block of the district which took up an area of about 20 or more square miles of Detroits west side.

I know the city well. If we are using crime as a barometer of how bad a city is- here is my experience.

In my entire 65 years living here I have been the victim of crime twice. Once when I was in college I went to Tiger Stadium for a game and parked on the street where somebody broke a window in my vehicle and took a jacket from the car. That happened near the downtown area. The other time was also when I was in college working as the night auditor at a hotel when we were robbed at gunpoint. That was in Dearborn.

I have been to every city on the list and have never experienced any crime while in any of them.
 
Here's another really interesting article about Detroit. Did you know that Detroit receives less money than Columbia and many, many other nations that we give aid to? Disgusting, really. We should be taking more of an interest and spending more money in our OWN country!!! (Some interesting pictures in this link too).

Detroit Receives Less Federal Money Than All Of These Foreign Nations (INFOGRAPHIC)

The nation of Colombia receives more federal aid than bankrupt Detroit... and it's not the only country getting more cash from the feds.

Even though the Motor City murder rate is almost twice as high as Colombia's, the federal government still sends almost three times as much money to the Latin American nation. Though several Detroiters have questioned whether a bailout is needed to save the city, the Obama Administration has made no moves to pay off any of the city's estimated $18 billion debt.

Next City Columnist Bill Bradley posted an infographic titled "Detroit vs. the World," which helpfully points out every single country around the world that receives more federal dollars than Detroit.
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haymarket said:
I grew up in Dearborn which is a pretty much all white working class suburb right next tot he west side of Detroit Michigan. I have worked in Detroit extensively and have spent countless days there taking up a good chunk of my life.

Recently I was chief of staff for a state legislator from Detroit. In two different campaigns I walked every block of the district which took up an area of about 20 or more square miles of Detroits west side.

I know the city well. If we are using crime as a barometer of how bad a city is- here is my experience.

In my entire 65 years living here I have been the victim of crime twice. Once when I was in college I went to Tiger Stadium for a game and parked on the street where somebody broke a window in my vehicle and took a jacket from the car. That happened near the downtown area. The other time was also when I was in college working as the night auditor at a hotel when we were robbed at gunpoint. That was in Dearborn.

I have been to every city on the list and have never experienced any crime while in any of them.
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Do you look like you're poor and don't have any money on you ?
 
personally, I picked Detroit.. because it 's a city in decay on most levels.. it's the quintessential ****hole..

but really, I can pick any big city and say "it's the worst"... primarily because I think big cities are the worst.

Watching my beloved Las Vegas turn into a big city was painful....it was a much much better place when it was a small city.
now, like every other big city.. it's impersonal, it's crime riddled, it's ugly, it has nasty ass ghettoes, barrios, and methvilles.

a small city run by the mob was simply a better place than a big city run by corporations, politicians, and all the people who don't give two ****s about anything but themselves.

**** big cities... they're all ****holes, imo
 
APACHERAT said:
Do you look like you're poor and don't have any money on you ?
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I would say probably not. I look like a white middle class person. When the car was robbed - the criminal never even saw me. When the hotel was robbed - I was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and he was there for the money - not my money but the hotels money.
 
Thrilla said:
personally, I picked Detroit.. because it 's a city in decay on most levels.. it's the quintessential ****hole..

but really, I can pick any big city and say "it's the worst"... primarily because I think big cities are the worst.

Watching my beloved Las Vegas turn into a big city was painful....it was a much much better place when it was a small city.
now, like every other big city.. it's impersonal, it's crime riddled, it's ugly, it has nasty ass ghettoes, barrios, and methvilles.

a small city run by the mob was simply a better place than a big city run by corporations, politicians, and all the people who don't give two ****s about anything but themselves.

**** big cities... they're all ****holes, imo
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My experience has been that big cities have a great deal to offer and can be great places with amazing things to see. that would include places like Vegas, Chicago, New York. Memphis and others that I have visited and had wonderful times in.

In April we went to New York City for a long weekend and it was tremendous. We stayed right near Broadway and the theater district. At at some great restaurants including Japanese Iron Chef Morimoto's place which was heaven- saw Denzel Washington live in RAISIN IN THE SUN and saw KINKY BOOTS the next day. We went to the 911 site and spent Sunday morning at the big art museum and saw things you cannot see even at the Louvre or Vatican. We walked a great deal. On the three three mornings I was there I woke up at 6 AM ran six to seven miles in Central Park and back to the hotel.

Went to Chicago two weeks ago - we took our 12 year old grandson and stayed right where Michigan Ave intersects the river downtown across from the new Trump Tower. Had a great time and took one of those architectural boat tours, went to the Field Museum, Navy Pier, walked and shopped the Miracle Mile and other things. I also ran every morning from the hotel to the lake and down to the Field and back. This may have been my 25th trip to Chicago over the years and we like to go once a year or so.
 
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where obama was born
 
ChrisL said:
Here's another really interesting article about Detroit. Did you know that Detroit receives less money than Columbia and many, many other nations that we give aid to? Disgusting, really. We should be taking more of an interest and spending more money in our OWN country!!! (Some interesting pictures in this link too).

Detroit Receives Less Federal Money Than All Of These Foreign Nations (INFOGRAPHIC)
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no, Detroit does not receive less federal money than Colombia..Detroit receives quite a bit more.... over a billion and a half more.
whomever put out that meme decided not to count 1.9 billion in federal spending going directly to the city and/or it's residents
for instance, medicaid dollars sent to Detroit residents, alone, is about twice as much as the federal dollars we sent to Colombia. ( 600+ million versus 320+ million)
 
voyager1 said:
Anyone who votes for Chicago is either a partisan hack or doesn't travel much. Personally I would be torn between Detroit and Memphis... Chicago is a wonderful city and nobody would care about it if it were not for the Obama Derangement Syndrome some have.
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Obama is a carrier of this syndrome.
 
ChrisL said:
Here's another really interesting article about Detroit. Did you know that Detroit receives less money than Columbia and many, many other nations that we give aid to? Disgusting, really. We should be taking more of an interest and spending more money in our OWN country!!! (Some interesting pictures in this link too).

Detroit Receives Less Federal Money Than All Of These Foreign Nations (INFOGRAPHIC)
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İf it is world power it should financially help its backyard .if not it should never stick its nose into other countries
 
haymarket said:
My experience has been that big cities have a great deal to offer and can be great places with amazing things to see. that would include places like Vegas, Chicago, New York. Memphis and others that I have visited and had wonderful times in.
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yes, there are cool places to see .. without a doubt.

take Vegas.. some of my favorite places to visit are in Vegas ( I like the Orleans and the Wynn.. i'm a poker lover)... but it's all a facade.
go behind the casino and it's disgusting and smelly... and the nasty ass neighborhoods that surround the casinos for miles and miles and miles.

probably my biggest problem with big cities arises from my conservationist ways.. I like nature.. I like preserving nature.
I don't mind using nature , as long as we don't ruin it.
the growth of Vegas,for an example, ruined the entire valley... what was once a beautiful and vibrant desert, is now just .. gone.
i'd call it a "concrete jungle', but jungles are actually beautiful... it's just a concrete wasteland.... with stucco and red tile roofs as far as the eye can see..and lots of lights.

of course this is all personal preference.. some people love big cities.... i'm of the opinion that big cities are the worst than humanity can offer.
 
I don't have enough experience with any of these cities to comment and since I'm Canadian it's probably not a good idea to participate in the poll, so I won't.

I did want to say, however, that I went to Boston once for 4 days and although it was nice, had some good qualities, and the people were very nice, the whole time we were there it smelled like a giant fart. I don't know why - none of the locals seemed to notice and I got tired of the questioning looks I got if I asked - but it was very irritating and the reason I never have returned and never would go back.
 
Thrilla said:
yup.. it's all about Obama... it has nothing to do with the murders and gang violence.. nothing at all.:roll:
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Gang violence is everywhere, but in red state land it is just in Chicago...
 
Detroit is a ****hole. It's just sad.

Chicago's bad mainly due to the impoverished "Chiraq" sector of it, Detroit is just one giant mess.
 
haymarket said:
I grew up in Dearborn which is a pretty much all white working class suburb right next tot he west side of Detroit Michigan. I have worked in Detroit extensively and have spent countless days there taking up a good chunk of my life.

Recently I was chief of staff for a state legislator from Detroit. In two different campaigns I walked every block of the district which took up an area of about 20 or more square miles of Detroits west side.

I know the city well. If we are using crime as a barometer of how bad a city is- here is my experience.

In my entire 65 years living here I have been the victim of crime twice. Once when I was in college I went to Tiger Stadium for a game and parked on the street where somebody broke a window in my vehicle and took a jacket from the car. That happened near the downtown area. The other time was also when I was in college working as the night auditor at a hotel when we were robbed at gunpoint. That was in Dearborn.

I have been to every city on the list and have never experienced any crime while in any of them.
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I don't think crime should be the only barometer. The one thing that sets Detroit apart from all other cities on the list is the complete economic devastation it's experienced. In my book that's a pretty weighty barometer.
 
I'm actually surprised that NYC and LA got votes. I just threw them in there because they are the two largest cities but how annyone could say they are overall worse than Detroit, Chicago or Memphis is beyond me.
 
DB20 said:
I don't think crime should be the only barometer. The one thing that sets Detroit apart from all other cities on the list is the complete economic devastation it's experienced. In my book that's a pretty weighty barometer.
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I have to agree with that. It is the flight from the city - both from business and the middle class that killed the city and made it largely undesirable.
 
DB20 said:
This poll isn't overtly political but I didn't see a place to post polls in the non political section.

Anyway which of these is the worst US city in terms of crime, economy, housing, general livability etc etc etc

Basically which city should be known as America's toilet?
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None of the above. Camden, New Jersey is the right answer...
 
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