You ever heard of the phrase "The Armpit of America"??

[SmileyBoy]

Well, right now I'm taking nominations of towns for the official title of "The Sweaty, Smelly Taint of America". You know, a town that would make a regular armpit town look like Boston or San Francisco. If you make a nomination, feel free to give examples and reasons why you think the town or city deserves the title.

I hereby make my nomination for Glendive, Montana.

ON EDIT: I'm looking for a town or city that fits the description FIGURATIVELY, NOT LITERALLY (geographically).

[Left Is Write]

Been there. Through there, anyway. Several times.

But I'm voting for Emporia, KS.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. I lived there for 5 years

and loved it. But that town has gone downhill considerably since I Ieft it nearly 30 years ago.

Does that meat packing plant still stink up the town?

[Left Is Write]

29. Emporia? I don't know. I haven't been there in 20+ years.

But my impression the first two times around was not good. Admittedly, I wasn't there long enough to explore it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

30. It was a rockin place back in the 70s

Tons of good live music, a vibrant college and several beautiful lakes nearby.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. Kingfisher, Oklahoma

Makes Glendive look like New Orleans.
Duckie

[Dave Reynolds]

16. Every time I drove from Enid to OKC

my car broke down in Kingfisher.

My vote is with yours.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. You're from around here?!

Nifty! You been up this way recently?
Duckie

[Dave Reynolds]

22. Got stuck in Enid

for a couple of years way back when. Due to a slight misunderstanding and bench warrant I have not been back since. :evilgrin:

[xultar]

I thought it was Jersey and Florida is the Penis.

[WindRavenX]

2. Boston rocks

Retract said statement or I shall lay the smack down on your ass :nuke:

[SmileyBoy]

8. Uh, that was an inside compliment...

It wasn't a knock on Boston and San Fran.

[WindRavenX]

12. heh, I read it wrong

As in, "...making it as bad as Boston".
Im dumb right now, mea culpa.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Bah.

Newark NJ. Hands down.

[xray s]

4. Crawford Texas

Oh...sorry....that's where the Asshole of America...lives.

[Hippo_Tron]

42. Unfortunately, the asshole currently resides in Washington DC

[TheDebbieDee]

5. I say the "Armpit of America" is St. Louis, MO..........

or maybe St. Louis is the "Asshole of America"

I'm from Kansas City.

[njdemocrat106]

39. From what I've heard, East St. Louis, Illinois is the true Armpit

Never been there, though, so I can't say.

[Don Claybrook]

6. Beaumont, TX

This is definitive. Find Beaumont on a map in relation to the Gulf of Mexico. It's the armpit of the nation.

And yeah, I lived there once upon a time.

[SmileyBoy]

10. I'm looking for the sweaty, smelly taint of America.

Not the armpit.:D

[Don Claybrook]

14. Yeah, the smell of the refineries in the morning covers that base

I'm telling you, I've been lots of places, and you're going to have a hard time outdoing Beaumont:


-very Red part of TX
-just a few miles from Vidor, TX, where Cisneros had to post federal guards outside of the only black family's house in town.
-Not far at all from Jasper, TX, where the black man (James Byrd?) was dragged to his death.
-Just last year the city council decided it might be a good idea to rename Jap Road.
-The aforementioned refineries.
-No jobs, except for at the nice, newish prison.

I'm sure there's much more, but my brain has protected me with soothing forgetfulness about the whole bad episode.

[Redstone]

36. Good God, Beaumont!

We played there a few times when I lived in Houston and played country music for a living. Like playing a gig on the Planet of the Apes.

I've been telling people ever since what a pit the place is. This was back in the 1970s, but I guess it hasn't gotten any better.

I would have nominated it myself if you hadn't done so first.

Redstone

[undeterred]

7. Rockford IL

Nothing there to see.

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Florida is America's wang, I know that much

That's as far as my American Anatomy knowledge goes.

[sniffa]

32. heehee

my response. :thumbsup:

if fLorida is the wang, i guess caLifornia is the gigantic ass.... and i can get grosser describing hawaii. :puke:

[ghostsofgiants]

33. Hahaha, gold

[SmileyBoy]

11. People, I don't mean "sweaty, smelly taint" LITERALLY.

I mean it FIGURATIVELY.

[LynzM]

13. Terre Haute, Indiana

A paper mill and a creosote plant (the black tar stuff they dip railroad ties in). Stinks like nothing you'd believe, and half the town is downwind of it...

Also, crap for jobs, and a shitload of meth. But they've got a great college.

[MrScorpio]

15. Fort Riley Kansas is the Armpit of the Army

I've heard this on more than one occasion

[madinmaryland]

17. bridgeport, ct

or lima ohio

nuff said, if you've been there

[bigwillq]

24. Agreed on B-Port!

:hi:

[madinmaryland]

38. waterbury isn't much better, unfortunately

lived there and watertown for awhile:

Rowland
Santopietro
giordana (hopefully rotting away for 37 years)


b'port: has ganim


:hi:

[norml]

18. Jacksonville Florida is both the literal, and figurative armpit of the USA

Jacksonville is an overgrown run down crime ridden culturally vacant freeperville to the max.

[Mizmoon]

19. Buffalo, NY

The city is so decayed it's painful to drive through.

Even Jim Kelley's restaurant went under ...

[maveric]

21. Lawrence MA! Hands Down!

Decay, depression, drugs, murder, arsons,the auto insurance fraud capital of america, unemployment,dlapatated tenements,gangs....
Go there and then you'd agree.

[liberal N proud]

23. Cleveland, Ohio has to be up there with the top 1 or 2

This place is the dumps.
Dark days, gray lake, Smoggy when the sun does shine.
feet of snow in the winter that never ends.

I nominate Cleveland.

[Allenberg]

31. I agree, although

I think if the nation were to get an enema, the hose would be planted in Baltimore. :D

[mcscajun]

25. Heard it? I used it for years to refer to New Jersey.

Most New Yorkers who've had to travel the NJ Turnpike through the Chlorine Corridor have used it.

[Theres-a]

26. Melvindale ,Michigan

Scary,smelly ugly.

[BlueJazz]

27. Jacksonville, Florida.......(More)>>>

Jacksonville is (and has) been an embarrassment to Floridians for many years. It's incredibly right-wing...Vote averages for Republicans run around 70 to 75 Percent....For many Years the First Baptist Church actually "Ran" the City.....Tickets for various infractions like speeding, improper lane change, Etc is Usually 600 to 800 Percent higher in the Poor areas than in the Middle class or Wealthy Areas..(Yeah right...Middle class people never speed)...
Jacksonville is the most Class-Conscience, Phony Bologna, Redneck, Hillbilly Large City I have ever had the misfortune of having to live in.

Got a Date with a girl from Jacksonville?
Be prepared to be asked: What Year and type of car do you drive?
What do you make each year? What are your parents worth? How much do you have in the Bank?

In Jacksonville the most nasty, cruel, uncaring republican people are treated like Gods IF...IF they have Money.

And Last...only in Jacksonville would the People elect a piece of human garbage like TILLIE FOWLER...who would make the John Birch society look like Mother Jones Magazine...

[EstimatedProphet]

34. Columbus, GA-the colon of America

[RetroLounge]

35. Gary, Indiana

if god gave the world an enema, that's where the hose goes...

RL

[sleipnir]

37. Nomination for the "CROTCH OF AMERICA" ---Evansville, IN

Those who have lived there and visited know what I am talking about.

[Seabiscuit]

40. Bakersfield, California

[unsavedtrash]

41. Ada, Ohio or Kingsport, Tennessee. take your pick

[Skittles]

43. towns? come on, it's Texas

yes INDEED