Towns & Cities that are F----d.

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Just watched another one.. East St Louis... they can't even afford to demolish the Spivey building. It's intriguing that the US is by far the most powerful superpower on Earth, it has the mega expensive NASA, it has given over 80 billion in aid to Ukraine and yet this town can't afford to demolish a 12 storey building. So there it stands !!

The Spivey Building
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You don't half pick em! Since you're obviously on a roll with this, check out Memphis.
When you travel a bit in America (and do I need to say that I bow to the massively superior wisdom of people on here who live there), what you wake up to is that there is serious poverty. A rich country, but not rich for everyone.
A few years back, drove from Athens, Georgia down to Savannah. It feels like a longish drive to a European. It was a nice drive, but I was fascinated by the little rural villages we drove through. I'm not saying they were shanty towns, but some of them looked as if — if a big bad wolf were to huff and puff — it would simply blow them away.

 

[blue44]

I once passed through " Wankie " in Zimbabwe on my way from Harare to Victoria Falls.
They've changed the name of the town to Harange now mind,which i think is a bit wank tbh !

 

[maccieblue]

It's OK if you just want some sea air and a walk along the prom, prom, prom, or are thinking about the surrounding areas. However the grim underbelly of the town centre is mega-grim.

Similar to Margate then?

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

It's OK if you just want some sea air and a walk along the prom, prom, prom, or are thinking about the surrounding areas. However the grim underbelly of the town centre is mega-grim.

Yeah, I'm afraid that's the only part I saw. My sister lived on one of the rougher council estates in the last years of her life.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Similar to Margate then?

Similar to almost every English seaside town.

 

[Keeper!]

https://www.youtube.com/@Turdtowns

 

[Lavinda Past]

Looks a million times better in the dark..

Smells a million times better on video.

 

[Scottyboi]

https://www.youtube.com/@Turdtowns

Haha I watch this channel occasionally, the Welsh valleys are grim.

Wandering Turnip another good one.

 

[Kompany Car]

I do wonder how some of the places mentioned compare to say similar sized towns and cities in Japan or South Korea. Is it purely an issue with western societies or does it percist in places like Japan which are culturally very different but still have capitalist values.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I'm always glad to get out of Athlone whenever I'm forced to make a visit. It's shite.