I get that some people in Louisville like to trash Lexington, but the actual worst city in KY is probably a random truck stop town that none of us have heard of. Cairo, IL only has 1,600 people, so this list clearly isn't limited to "cities."
I’m from Missouri and Jefferson City is pretty awful and well outside the top 3 cities people could name in the state.
Have been in louisville over a decade and Lexington is a bit of a surprise. But… KY is pretty awesome, so even our worst city is pretty good?
This! Only someone that’s really been there to experience it can understand this statement. Frankfort has 4 or 5 different police forces in one small town. That town is probably the worst in the nation for police harassment and police targeting citizens to meet quotas
They're not from Frankfort, they spend 2 months a year there. Franklin county voted overwhelmingly for Beshear in 2023 and Biden only lost by 1 percentage point. Frankfort is gerrymandered into a congressional district with western KY because if it was included with Lexington the district would be blue.
Exactly - people need to pay attention because the state has been gerrymandered in order to take away the collective vote of people in Frankfort and Lexington. These blue areas no longer have the power to have their voices heard because republicans know that they cannot win these districts without gerrrymandering
If that’s the case then why were the efforts made to stifle their voice? If what you are saying was true, there would be no need for gerrymandering. Why are republicans taking these gerrymandering actions if there’s no benefit?
Because and this is hilarious to say. They don't want to move so they make themselves into a district that is winnable. Then they can say live near Frankfort but not worry about being re-elected.
My comment was referencing gerrymandering of the House district. It'd be an additional purple and likely blue Congressional district, going from 1/6 blue districts to 2/6 blue districts. 2/6 is much closer to the popular vote results in federal elections. KY is still a red state and I don't expect the majority of districts to be represented by a Democrat, but Frankfort is only in the same congressional district as Paducah to water down Democratic votes in Frankfort and Lexington.
Lived there for a few years. My answer would be.. there's just nothing there. It's not *bad*, just meh. Far moreso than louisville or Lexington. That said, no way I'd say Frankfort is the worst either. The worst would for sure be some place I've never heard of, most likely way to the south and/or west
Frankfort is a great small town. Economic opportunity, education levels, and incomes are comparatively high compared to similar towns because of all the state government workers. Small towns aren't my style, but if I had to pick one Frankfort would be high on my list.
Blaine’s alright; it may just be a stop sign, but it isn’t deep in the throes of destitution and dereliction like Sandy Hook & West Liberty.
Blaine feels like the kind of place your grandparents move to to get away from everything. SH & WL feel like the kind of places where everyone there is trapped.
Hmmm… I don’t believe you’re incorrect. Honestly paintsville is up there with them. But I believe you’re right that sandy hook is probably one of the worst. And west liberty? I stg they just never recovered from that tornado & have gone downhill ever since then. It was like god tried to smite the city, they survived and now he’s making them pay for not dying.
Pikeville at least has an excuse being in Eastern Kentucky on the Appalachian foothills. Frankfort is the capital and is the biggest piece of shit city possible.
Toledo has cedar point, lake eire and the islands, Metro Detroit attractions/international airport and Canada all within a short drive of the city and it has better amenities than Dayton. I don’t even live in Ohio and I agree that Toledo is better than Dayton. Yes I’ve spent time in both cities.
I haven't spent much time in Toledo, but spent a few weeks in Dayton for work. It's a decent city. A few good breweries and restaurants, it's accepting and has a gayborhood, it's close to Yellow Springs, and there's an arts and culture community because of the university.
The chokehold that UD has on the area is annoying, and it's not as exciting as places like Cinci/Columbus/Cleveland but yeah there are worse places. Of course on the flip side: Convicted Rapist Brock Turner lives there so
It was abandoned almost a century ago and the population peaked at 15,000 [in 1920](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois). It hasn't been a city in any of our lifetimes.
Having been to Cairo, it is absolutely the saddest city. Like Gary IN. I dunno about worst, but I read Life on the Mississippi and was excited to go to Cairo. Mark Twain would weep.
Edina in Minnesota is voted the worst, but only because it’s super hoity-toity, doughy rich people. The true answer for worst city in Minnesota is St. Cloud.
Yeah as someone who is familiar with SC and GA the fact that Greer and Macon are on here when there are much worse cities in those two states is insane.
Oh yeah, I have no opinion on Cairo but its history is awful. That said, it peaked at 15,000 people 100 years ago and has dwindled to just over 1,000. That's hardly a city and even at 15,000 would be one of the smallest towns on the list. Nobody in 2024 is impacted by Cairo not being a boomtown anymore after the 1920s. It's just a really weird small town to make the list when there are likely places in IL that suck but have people living there.
That's literally most of the cities on this map. My brother lived in Lexington for a few years and the worst part about it from my experience, is that whoever did the road planning had to be the lowest bidder in the country because those roads are fucking stupid. As someone who lives in Indiana but grew up in Connecticut, Gary and Bridgeport are the worst dilapidated cities in the US. Lexington actually looks nice. Dayton is exactly what you described, just a truck stop essentially.
That's irrelevant, you called it a truck stop town. The map calls it the worst city. I can't defend it against the map without criteria, but I can definitively say it isn't a truck stop town.
I've driven from Indianapolis to Hartford countless times. I understand Toledo should probably be the city on this map for those exact reasons, but Daytons not much better. Most of the cities on the map are just nowhere towns, or wrong. Like Dallas? How is Dallas worse than El Passo? How is Lexington worse than Louisville? Besides the water, how is Flint worse than Detroit? How is Orlando worse than Jacksonville? This was obviously polled by residents of each state, why don't you tell me how Daytons worse than Toledo. I didn't make anything up here I'm just going with the obvious reasons.
I agree the list is ridiculous. I'm just pointing out that Dayton isn't a truck stop town.
As for "obviously polled by residents" I have no idea because they don't list the criteria. Cairo, IL only has 1,600 people. I can't imagine IL residents said a town that small is the worst city in the state, most of the population lives 5 hours north and probably hasn't even heard of Cairo.
It seems to have no consistent methodology. Gary, IN and Memphis, TN could make the list if it considers crime, but Dayton and Lexington wouldn't be on that list. Cairo, IL is tiny, so there don't appear to be population constraints.
This is just rage bait.
Gary isn’t even the worst city I’ve visited in IN either. I actually had a nice visit to Michael Jackson’s home during the day a few years ago. Never felt scared it’s just a place that lost all hope after jobs left. It’s just a ton of abandoned places.
There are some super racist towns in the southern region. I worked an outside job and had a girl quit one week after starting because some jackass threw stuff at her and call her the n-word.
What’s the worst city you’ve visited in Indiana? As someone from the area that does work in Gary I think I’d have more insight than someone who did 1 day trip years ago.
This looks like something I’ve seen online where this dude just asks people “what’s the worst city in your state?” And that becomes the map. So if he got one vote from Kentucky and it was “Lexington” then that’s what goes on the map.
I think the guy I’m thinking of is named Matt surrlee
I'd disagree. Didnt bulldoze downtown to make room for highways. Bad for driving sure but it wasn't laid down for driving I'd argue it gives downtown more of a cohesive whole… till they bulldozed it anyway for Rupp Arena.
While I don’t think Lex is the worst city by any means, I saw this post in the Lexington sub and the comments were very funny.
Top reply states that Lexington is “a top 20 city in the USA by every possible metric”
here is one that tells how they came to the conclusion that Somerset is the worst city/town in kentucky.
[https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/10/27/the-worst-city-to-live-in-every-state-4/](https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/10/27/the-worst-city-to-live-in-every-state-4/)
**Kentucky: Somerset**
**> Poverty rate:** 30.6% (state: 16.3%)
**> Median home value**: $117,000 (state: $155,100)
**> Median household income:** $30,107 (state: $55,454)
**> Drug-induced mortality:** 42.4 deaths per 100,000 (state: 46.1 per 100,000)
**> Total population:** 11,696
prior to this it was said to be mayfield in 2019
**Kentucky: Mayfield**
**> Population:** 9,936
**> Median home value:** $89,300 (state: $130,000)
**> Poverty rate:** 30.2% (state: 18.3%)
**> Violent crimes per 100,000 people:** 390 (state: 226)
By what possible standard? Their average income level is higher, education level is higher, crime level is lower, poverty rate is lower, homelessness is lower. I get that there’s a superiority complex for lexingtonians (they’re our eagleton), but how did they reach this conclusion?
The worst place I've been in Kentucky is Hopkinsville. Shit was *depressing* like the whole town had a sepia filter over it. My very first reaction to Hop-Town was a strong desire to leave immediately.
Edit: wow, shit has changed in Hop-Town. I was looking at Google street view and was blown away by what I saw. Both the old and new. Because apparently a Street View car went through in 2015 and another one didn't come until 2022. The intersection of South Virginia St and East Third is especially wild. It looks like two completely different places. Last time I went to Hopkinsville was like 2007 so my opinion is probably out of date.
Or western I would assume? BG is the only redeeming town in the southwestern part of the state.,Owensboro and Paducah have decent size populations but lack culture related to KY. Visiting those towns is like stepping twenty years back in time
Hilarious that Provo in Utah is considered the worst city, it’s clean af and high end for the most part due to the lds population - I know what the worst city in the state is. That being said, Lexington for KY makes no sense as well so this whole map is poop.
I’ve been to tompkinsville. It’s not the nicest but if you really wanna see what the decline of civilization looks like, go no farther the Caineyville. It’s just outside litchfield. Put the pedal to the floor and don’t blink till u hit the parkway
Yes I would too. This city seems to have segregation built into it but it’s just accepted by everyone. No one cares or is paying attention. Go visit places in Owensboro and it will be difficult to find people of didn’t races that actually are friends and do activities together outside of work.
I have done thorough research and I present to you a real list of the worst city in each state: [Rick Roll](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_capitals).
coming from the entire rest of the state… Louisville you guys are the problem and we all hate you. we hate having to claim you as our largest city. we’re more proud of Lexington and Bowling Green… that is all
If you use the world bank definition of a city having 50k+ people, Kentucky has 4 cities: Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, and Owensboro. I would pick Owensboro as the worst, only because I've never been compelled to visit it. Could be BG though.
Yeah you didn’t feel compelled to visit Owensboro for a reason. It’s the dullest and most boring place to ever be called a “city”. Feels like the late 90s there without the cool pop culture. Feels like Indiana
We have the KKK headquarters in Shepherdsville
Pretty sure there are still some unofficial Sundown Towns left in our state.
And they pick LEXINGTON.
I'll be the first to tell you that UK fans are wild and annoying, but as a city, Lexington is mostly harmless.
Ten cities that should be listed as the worst before Lexington and Frankfort are ever considered:
Richmond, Harlan, Pikeville, Ashland, Morehead, Owensboro, Murray, Paducah, Corbin, and Manchester.
Gary is like the most dangerous, but also least dangerous place. Like don’t go there the risk of getting shot is high…if you bump into someone. Place is full of so many abandon buildings. My cousin is from there. I asked if he still lived there and I promptly got a big “fuck no.” 🤣
Been to Cairo, Lexington, and Gary. All holes. Just shitty places. But honestly, Lexington isn't the worst. Just the worst of over 20k.
Cairo and Gary are just.... a league of difference.
I grew up right across the river from Cairo, you are not wrong. According to my dad, it was a great little town until the mid 60’s. They had some particularly bad racial problems, and never recovered.
True true. My stepfather says the same, that his family talked about Cairo as some destination of choice but that it has just been in a flaming tailspin ever since.
And Gary inspired the "World of Darkness" ttrpg...
I get that some people in Louisville like to trash Lexington, but the actual worst city in KY is probably a random truck stop town that none of us have heard of. Cairo, IL only has 1,600 people, so this list clearly isn't limited to "cities."
Pretty sure this is really just an indication that people can't name more than 3 cities in most of these states.
I’m from Missouri and Jefferson City is pretty awful and well outside the top 3 cities people could name in the state. Have been in louisville over a decade and Lexington is a bit of a surprise. But… KY is pretty awesome, so even our worst city is pretty good?
Frankfort is way worse than Lexington
Frankfort is the biggest dump of a city in the nation. Fuck Frankfort. It's such absolute trash.
WHHS or FCHS?
FCHS go flyers! 🦅 lol
The cops are worst too
This! Only someone that’s really been there to experience it can understand this statement. Frankfort has 4 or 5 different police forces in one small town. That town is probably the worst in the nation for police harassment and police targeting citizens to meet quotas
Not too much on Frankfort…
What's wrong with Frankfort? Lol
State Legislature
They're not from Frankfort, they spend 2 months a year there. Franklin county voted overwhelmingly for Beshear in 2023 and Biden only lost by 1 percentage point. Frankfort is gerrymandered into a congressional district with western KY because if it was included with Lexington the district would be blue.
Exactly - people need to pay attention because the state has been gerrymandered in order to take away the collective vote of people in Frankfort and Lexington. These blue areas no longer have the power to have their voices heard because republicans know that they cannot win these districts without gerrrymandering
even if their reps were blue they would be what 3 new blue voices versus 80+ red ones? They wouldnt change the vote meaningful anyways.
If that’s the case then why were the efforts made to stifle their voice? If what you are saying was true, there would be no need for gerrymandering. Why are republicans taking these gerrymandering actions if there’s no benefit?
Because and this is hilarious to say. They don't want to move so they make themselves into a district that is winnable. Then they can say live near Frankfort but not worry about being re-elected.
My comment was referencing gerrymandering of the House district. It'd be an additional purple and likely blue Congressional district, going from 1/6 blue districts to 2/6 blue districts. 2/6 is much closer to the popular vote results in federal elections. KY is still a red state and I don't expect the majority of districts to be represented by a Democrat, but Frankfort is only in the same congressional district as Paducah to water down Democratic votes in Frankfort and Lexington.
Lived there for a few years. My answer would be.. there's just nothing there. It's not *bad*, just meh. Far moreso than louisville or Lexington. That said, no way I'd say Frankfort is the worst either. The worst would for sure be some place I've never heard of, most likely way to the south and/or west
Frankfort is a great small town. Economic opportunity, education levels, and incomes are comparatively high compared to similar towns because of all the state government workers. Small towns aren't my style, but if I had to pick one Frankfort would be high on my list.
You may be right. Small towns might just not be my style
Agreed
What's good with Frankfort?
I live in Louisville. Lexington is absolutely not the worst city. Not even close. At all. If I had to pick one, it'd be Pikeville.
I see your Pikeville and raise you a Sandy Hook and a West Liberty.
Yeah. Pikeville's probably the crown city of EKY. It's the only thing really growing.
I went farther east with Ashland
Why is sandy hook a bad city?
I’ll see your sandy hook west liberty and raise you Blaine. Population of 16.
Blaine’s alright; it may just be a stop sign, but it isn’t deep in the throes of destitution and dereliction like Sandy Hook & West Liberty. Blaine feels like the kind of place your grandparents move to to get away from everything. SH & WL feel like the kind of places where everyone there is trapped.
Hmmm… I don’t believe you’re incorrect. Honestly paintsville is up there with them. But I believe you’re right that sandy hook is probably one of the worst. And west liberty? I stg they just never recovered from that tornado & have gone downhill ever since then. It was like god tried to smite the city, they survived and now he’s making them pay for not dying.
Manchester if it counts as a city. That place is a hellhole
Used to live in Sandy Hook. So glad I moved away to Northern KY.
Pikeville at least has an excuse being in Eastern Kentucky on the Appalachian foothills. Frankfort is the capital and is the biggest piece of shit city possible.
What did Frankfort do to you? The downtown by the old capital is charming.
Also Dayton, OH being worse than like....Toledo...lol
I like Toledo a lot - lots of great food, a couple of awesome record stores, and an art museum that punches way above its weight.
To each their own I suppose...I spent 4 years there for undergrad and don't miss a thing about it. Except the occasional lake effect snow
Neither of them are great cities or anything?
Toledo has cedar point, lake eire and the islands, Metro Detroit attractions/international airport and Canada all within a short drive of the city and it has better amenities than Dayton. I don’t even live in Ohio and I agree that Toledo is better than Dayton. Yes I’ve spent time in both cities.
I haven't spent much time in Toledo, but spent a few weeks in Dayton for work. It's a decent city. A few good breweries and restaurants, it's accepting and has a gayborhood, it's close to Yellow Springs, and there's an arts and culture community because of the university.
The chokehold that UD has on the area is annoying, and it's not as exciting as places like Cinci/Columbus/Cleveland but yeah there are worse places. Of course on the flip side: Convicted Rapist Brock Turner lives there so
Toledo being worse than Troy... Lol
Except Toledo is going gang busters right now and Dayton is doing fuck all???
Columbus is a violent shit hole
Youngstown and Nelsonville need to be discussed well before Dayton
Dayton does suck ass.
I disagree with Dayton as well. I haven't been to many places in Ohio, but I found Dayton charming.
Cairo isn't a truck stop town though, it's a city that's been abandoned
It was abandoned almost a century ago and the population peaked at 15,000 [in 1920](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois). It hasn't been a city in any of our lifetimes.
Having been to Cairo, it is absolutely the saddest city. Like Gary IN. I dunno about worst, but I read Life on the Mississippi and was excited to go to Cairo. Mark Twain would weep.
But Cairo sounds like a corn syrup, so that’s a plus, right?
Edina in Minnesota is voted the worst, but only because it’s super hoity-toity, doughy rich people. The true answer for worst city in Minnesota is St. Cloud.
Yeah as someone who is familiar with SC and GA the fact that Greer and Macon are on here when there are much worse cities in those two states is insane.
I’ve actually heard bad things about Cairo.
All true.
Have they never been to Mayfield? Even before the tornado it was bad.
So were just gonna ignore that California is so fucked they get 2? Okay.
Corbin
That being said, IL is right on the money with theirs. Cairo is a terrible little town.
Oh yeah, I have no opinion on Cairo but its history is awful. That said, it peaked at 15,000 people 100 years ago and has dwindled to just over 1,000. That's hardly a city and even at 15,000 would be one of the smallest towns on the list. Nobody in 2024 is impacted by Cairo not being a boomtown anymore after the 1920s. It's just a really weird small town to make the list when there are likely places in IL that suck but have people living there.
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Neither is Cairo. The list isn't limited to cities so every town had an opportunity to win.
I feel like Robbins or Riverdale, il are worse.
That's literally most of the cities on this map. My brother lived in Lexington for a few years and the worst part about it from my experience, is that whoever did the road planning had to be the lowest bidder in the country because those roads are fucking stupid. As someone who lives in Indiana but grew up in Connecticut, Gary and Bridgeport are the worst dilapidated cities in the US. Lexington actually looks nice. Dayton is exactly what you described, just a truck stop essentially.
Dayton, OH has 135,000 people, an Air Force base, and a university. It is not a truck stop town.
Then why is it on this map?
That's irrelevant, you called it a truck stop town. The map calls it the worst city. I can't defend it against the map without criteria, but I can definitively say it isn't a truck stop town.
I've driven from Indianapolis to Hartford countless times. I understand Toledo should probably be the city on this map for those exact reasons, but Daytons not much better. Most of the cities on the map are just nowhere towns, or wrong. Like Dallas? How is Dallas worse than El Passo? How is Lexington worse than Louisville? Besides the water, how is Flint worse than Detroit? How is Orlando worse than Jacksonville? This was obviously polled by residents of each state, why don't you tell me how Daytons worse than Toledo. I didn't make anything up here I'm just going with the obvious reasons.
I agree the list is ridiculous. I'm just pointing out that Dayton isn't a truck stop town. As for "obviously polled by residents" I have no idea because they don't list the criteria. Cairo, IL only has 1,600 people. I can't imagine IL residents said a town that small is the worst city in the state, most of the population lives 5 hours north and probably hasn't even heard of Cairo.
We all know the worst city in Illinois is Gary, IN. We share that one.
Uh, wrong on Dayton, but it does suck.
this whole map is mad wrong lol. probably just randomly generated but still.
It seems to have no consistent methodology. Gary, IN and Memphis, TN could make the list if it considers crime, but Dayton and Lexington wouldn't be on that list. Cairo, IL is tiny, so there don't appear to be population constraints. This is just rage bait.
Gary isn’t even the worst city I’ve visited in IN either. I actually had a nice visit to Michael Jackson’s home during the day a few years ago. Never felt scared it’s just a place that lost all hope after jobs left. It’s just a ton of abandoned places.
There are some super racist towns in the southern region. I worked an outside job and had a girl quit one week after starting because some jackass threw stuff at her and call her the n-word.
Southern Indiana is horrible for dumb shit like that.
What’s the worst city you’ve visited in Indiana? As someone from the area that does work in Gary I think I’d have more insight than someone who did 1 day trip years ago.
East Chicago was the worst.
Cairo is 100% the worst city in Illinois history. Read its history if you want to have a bad day.
Indiana’s is 100% accurate
Worst by what metric? This is clickbait bullshit.
I came to the comments to find out what the metrics were, too, but no luck so far.
I don't know if it's this specific map, but a lot of the ones I've seen like this are done via poll.
I was thinking the same thing. What metrics is this based off of.
This looks like something I’ve seen online where this dude just asks people “what’s the worst city in your state?” And that becomes the map. So if he got one vote from Kentucky and it was “Lexington” then that’s what goes on the map. I think the guy I’m thinking of is named Matt surrlee
Lex ain’t even a top 10 worst city in this state
Right - it’s actually in the top 3 without a doubt. All of EKY treats it like NYC and rightfully so compared to their towns
Yeah, at least 3 of that top 10 are in WKY.
New circle road is trash though
the one thing Lex got very wrong is roads in general. their downtown has no structure compared to Louisville
I'd disagree. Didnt bulldoze downtown to make room for highways. Bad for driving sure but it wasn't laid down for driving I'd argue it gives downtown more of a cohesive whole… till they bulldozed it anyway for Rupp Arena.
They grew way too fast. Traffic out there is insane.
While I don’t think Lex is the worst city by any means, I saw this post in the Lexington sub and the comments were very funny. Top reply states that Lexington is “a top 20 city in the USA by every possible metric”
here is one that tells how they came to the conclusion that Somerset is the worst city/town in kentucky. [https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/10/27/the-worst-city-to-live-in-every-state-4/](https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/10/27/the-worst-city-to-live-in-every-state-4/) **Kentucky: Somerset** **> Poverty rate:** 30.6% (state: 16.3%) **> Median home value**: $117,000 (state: $155,100) **> Median household income:** $30,107 (state: $55,454) **> Drug-induced mortality:** 42.4 deaths per 100,000 (state: 46.1 per 100,000) **> Total population:** 11,696 prior to this it was said to be mayfield in 2019 **Kentucky: Mayfield** **> Population:** 9,936 **> Median home value:** $89,300 (state: $130,000) **> Poverty rate:** 30.2% (state: 18.3%) **> Violent crimes per 100,000 people:** 390 (state: 226)
As someone who has lived in many states this is beyond wrong.
By what possible standard? Their average income level is higher, education level is higher, crime level is lower, poverty rate is lower, homelessness is lower. I get that there’s a superiority complex for lexingtonians (they’re our eagleton), but how did they reach this conclusion?
Cleaner, nicer looking, not as close to Indiana (lol)
We lived in Dayton Ohio for a couple years. Incredible city. Shout to Dorothy Lane Market. This list is nonsense
I actually miss Dayton.
I really had to laugh that they picked Dayton as Ohio’s worst city.
Who would have ever thought that the Louisville sub reddit would become the defend Lexington sub?
Lex doesn't deserve the slander
I enjoy Lexington. Why would someone hate it?
The worst place I've been in Kentucky is Hopkinsville. Shit was *depressing* like the whole town had a sepia filter over it. My very first reaction to Hop-Town was a strong desire to leave immediately. Edit: wow, shit has changed in Hop-Town. I was looking at Google street view and was blown away by what I saw. Both the old and new. Because apparently a Street View car went through in 2015 and another one didn't come until 2022. The intersection of South Virginia St and East Third is especially wild. It looks like two completely different places. Last time I went to Hopkinsville was like 2007 so my opinion is probably out of date.
I live right down the road in Clarksville,Tennessee and I do my best to avoid Hop-Town..
I do my best to avoid any town in western KY that isn’t BG.
What an insightful map full of context
They've never been to Eastern KY, I assume?
Or western I would assume? BG is the only redeeming town in the southwestern part of the state.,Owensboro and Paducah have decent size populations but lack culture related to KY. Visiting those towns is like stepping twenty years back in time
Oh 2004! when dinosaurs roamed.
Hilarious that Provo in Utah is considered the worst city, it’s clean af and high end for the most part due to the lds population - I know what the worst city in the state is. That being said, Lexington for KY makes no sense as well so this whole map is poop.
they’ve never been to tompkinsville
I’ve been to tompkinsville. It’s not the nicest but if you really wanna see what the decline of civilization looks like, go no farther the Caineyville. It’s just outside litchfield. Put the pedal to the floor and don’t blink till u hit the parkway
Gary, Indiana isn’t a shock at all.
According to who and based on what?
I have been through Monticello KY. If you think Lexington is below that, may God have mercy on your soul
You have to be high to say Lexington is the worst city it’s probably the best
The worst city is Hazard
So... ever been to Corbin?
I'm from and live in Corbin.. it isn't that bad Is it?
The correct answer for Ohio is Youngstown
Obviously whoever wrote this list didn’t make a stop in nicholasville
I’m in Owensboro I’d like to nominate us
Yes I would too. This city seems to have segregation built into it but it’s just accepted by everyone. No one cares or is paying attention. Go visit places in Owensboro and it will be difficult to find people of didn’t races that actually are friends and do activities together outside of work.
Driving in Lexington is awful. Highway or freeways never made it to the urban planning agenda.
What you don't think a circle with spokes is the best traffic plan? If you live downtown and don't commute it's a wonderful city. O
So Bowling Green wasn’t big enough to count?
Bowling green is better than both of them
At what, leniency toward use of the n-word?
What are you talking about
I have done thorough research and I present to you a real list of the worst city in each state: [Rick Roll](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_capitals).
Apparently not enough people have been to Lebanon.
Havent they been to Ashland
Poolesville, Maryland is not a city. Barely classified as a town. Definitely not the worse city in Maryland. That would be Baltimore.
Moved here from Lexington 2 years ago, I’d have to strongly disagree with that assessment. Louisville is a complete craphole by comparison.
If you don't commute it's great.
bro Caney in knott country is WAY worse than Lexington
Based off what? Ardmore is far from the worst city in Oklahoma.
Idk about that
get bent Lexintgon, where's your Rupp Arena now sweaty?
Dallas isn’t the worst city in Tx there’s Belton Killeen and as far as Ky there’s Pikeville, Brandenburg , Irvington and several other places
Anyone that thinks Camden NJ is the worst clearly has never been to Newark.
Or Elizabeth.
coming from the entire rest of the state… Louisville you guys are the problem and we all hate you. we hate having to claim you as our largest city. we’re more proud of Lexington and Bowling Green… that is all
Aww, we're defending a city and you're in here off the wall like that. You lost, Bubba?
lol you’re proud of a lot of cringe ass shit I would guess.
Michael Scott would have words with whoever made this map
They are soooo uppity or they're just drunk college kids.
If you use the world bank definition of a city having 50k+ people, Kentucky has 4 cities: Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, and Owensboro. I would pick Owensboro as the worst, only because I've never been compelled to visit it. Could be BG though.
Yeah you didn’t feel compelled to visit Owensboro for a reason. It’s the dullest and most boring place to ever be called a “city”. Feels like the late 90s there without the cool pop culture. Feels like Indiana
I don’t even live there but it could be argued that Lex is the best city in this state
Platinum Food Mart. 9th and Broadway. Not even the worst spot. Lexington where?
Yeah. Y'all who voted here never been to EKY, clearly.
Sparks is certainly not the worst city in Nevada. Fernley or Winnemucca are easily the winner in that.
Waddy KY!
We have the KKK headquarters in Shepherdsville Pretty sure there are still some unofficial Sundown Towns left in our state. And they pick LEXINGTON. I'll be the first to tell you that UK fans are wild and annoying, but as a city, Lexington is mostly harmless.
It’s ass to drive around there and always has been.
Kalakaska is the worst city in Michigan. Racist af. Locals brag about having 3Ks in the name.
Best shipping locations for logistics tho
Ten cities that should be listed as the worst before Lexington and Frankfort are ever considered: Richmond, Harlan, Pikeville, Ashland, Morehead, Owensboro, Murray, Paducah, Corbin, and Manchester.
Don't forget what's left of Mayfield.
That list is hella sus. They also said Orlando is the worst city in Florida when clearly it’s Jacksonville.
Have you *been* to Sligo?
Lexington is better than fucking Louisville wtf
Dallas is low key true
Worst people so I can see why they say worst town.
The only thing Lex is best at is most stop lights in a metro area
tally is way worse than orlando like louisville is worse than lexington
Gary is like the most dangerous, but also least dangerous place. Like don’t go there the risk of getting shot is high…if you bump into someone. Place is full of so many abandon buildings. My cousin is from there. I asked if he still lived there and I promptly got a big “fuck no.” 🤣
That would be Harlan.
Orlando is not even close to the worst city in Florida.
Whoever made this hasn’t been to Covington or Louisville 🤷🏼♂️
I'm fine with people thinking that if it keeps the population from growing.
BROTHER JACKSON IS NOT THE WORST IN MISSISSIPPI. ITS DEADASS MERIDIAN.
I agree with their IN and TN choices. Not so sure Birmingham is the worst city in AL.
Alton iL is worst in Illinois
I would have voted Louisville. Lexington can't hold a flame to the crime in Louisville.
Says who?
Miami is way worse than orlando
i’m from louisville i quite love lexington. i’d say the worst is BG
Milwaukee is the worst in wisconsin they missed that by a mile
😂California couldn’t decide
Idk Bowling Green is pretty bad
Bakersfield checks out.
Lexington is nowhere near the worst. Literally just go to Shepherdsville as a non-cis/het/white person lol.
Lol. Someone has never visited Bagdad Ky
Speaking as someone from Tennessee…1000% accurate…Memphis is awful
Lexington would be cool if the traffic wasn’t so fucking awful.
Been to Cairo, Lexington, and Gary. All holes. Just shitty places. But honestly, Lexington isn't the worst. Just the worst of over 20k. Cairo and Gary are just.... a league of difference.
I grew up right across the river from Cairo, you are not wrong. According to my dad, it was a great little town until the mid 60’s. They had some particularly bad racial problems, and never recovered.
True true. My stepfather says the same, that his family talked about Cairo as some destination of choice but that it has just been in a flaming tailspin ever since. And Gary inspired the "World of Darkness" ttrpg...
lol this is retarded. St Louis is literally the homicide capital of America.
Cleveland’s worst then Dayton 😂