California, New Jersey well represented on list of ‘miserable’ US cities

Austin is not bad, however there was a Bonsian or eastern european truckstop SE of Lancaster a hour or so as the crow flies near I-35 prior to it's burning down, they had what I thought to be a hell of a food menu and a good cook and happy crew. I never stayed there longer than I needed to put away a good stiff meal.

 

I could do SD or Northern WHY-OH-MING too. I feel like I'd fit in those places.

 

Plenty of Crap Towns to see all over the USA!

 

Not always.

"The Boss" sang it best when he sang about the towns going away after the mill closed.

For us it started about late 70's when the first big box stores were built. In those days it was a marvel and a tourist destination to have everything you need to build a home inside one warehouse store. However within a few years the inner core of several towns were out of business, followed by fires as they burned out later. Because no one would invest in that kind of retail money. Preferring to go to the mall on the town line or better yet the next county over.

This mall died in Owings Mills Maryland and is rotting to this day publicly.

Its been demolished. Which is a good thing.

Here is a video which I think is one of the last surviving. There was a daylight murder within walking distance of the facility shortly before its degrading.

 

I'm from stockton CA. Idk how it didnt make the list. Most violent city in ca. More then Oakland My house is in escrow closes oct 18tj and I'm out of this state. I will never come back. Wife has some family here so she'll come back prob twice a yr. But she'll be by herself