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Haiti in the time of Papa Doc, then there was Guadalcanal, lived in Bethel Alaska for a bit! But I would have to say the Island of kauai Hawaii, the people there were just down right rude! I enjoyed my time on Guadalcanal, its a 3rd World Mess but Marines are held in very very high regard, and they were still digging up and disposing of bombs at the Airport in 1996 when I was there, Got in tight with a old local who was a kid when the Japanese had the place, took me all over! And then there was the Steak house run by a New Zealander- you could get a decent steak dinner to boot!

FWIW, Main Street America 2016.

Hyampom and Hayfork are both booming metropolises compared to Ruth Ca or Zenia Ca. Heck Hayfork High School was at least 3 times the size of Southern Trinity.

Ever been to Pine Ridge, Batesland, or Sharps Corner South Dakota??

Been close to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is the second poorest county in the United States. As for me, the most backwater place was no doubt Quetico N.P Ontario and the most stunning beauty I have ever seen. Place is indeed desolate. No cars or motors and it is all water. Most desolate place most likely in southeast california on the Arizona state line in 1981 or going through Utah when it said " next gas 103 mi". Then we get gas and it said" next gas 106 MI." Worst SHHHithole , if that is the O.P's question , Well, I did H.U.D. houses in Milwaukee in the early 1980's and go there sometimes. . Milwaukee is really getting bad. A zip code in Milwaukee has the highest welfare in the nation. Truly , a third world city. Been through bad places in Chitcago, went through Detroit , Buffalo NY. Seemed the scariest for some reason but I was a kid.

Victorville, CA. What a pit.

cuznguido,

"JOKE. C'mon man."

I knew that - it is why I answered the way I did.
Got a bit of a chuckle out of it.

Myron

Any where in Texas. True chit hole.

Pine Ridge, or Red Shirt SD

Kaunakakai, Molokai in Hawaii. I was born and raised here and 6 decades later - still here. 2 gas stations (4.06 gal) a couple of stores, the barge from Honolulu cones in on Mondays and Thursdays. if you want whipped cream in an aerosol can or other stuff you have to get to the store as soon as it comes in or do without for another week. One pizza joint, one burger joint and a few restaurants. Probably since I was born here I don't get "rock fever" but lots of folks do and move to "Vegas" but soon return. Lots of "snow birds" come here in the winter to escape the cold and support our economy. Had a Ohio snow bird come in today to buy 22 ammo! Goggle Molokai, Hawaii to find out more. Mel

Sounds like a paradise compared to Red Shirt, SD count me in!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Shirt%2C_South_Dakota

Jeez, Man,....ya' just have me rollin' here.

Uh,...you DO know what the number of that highway runnin' through there was, not that long ago, dontcha ?

I was hoping to get your attention lol. Ive miss you cabron
Yeah it was 666 before they changed it to 191.
I swear there have been some pretty sick murders down in that area. Last one I remember I think it was 2 grandkids took out their grandparents. Havent followed the news much to know if theres been any lately.
Whats interesting tho is people there are hit or miss, but most of them seem so nice. atleast they did in 2003 when I worked at vision quest.
What do you think of the area since you are close to it?

Kique

Forgot about Zinia and Ruth, but just to let all those folks out there know that Cali isn't all L.A., San Fran, and San Diego we could add to the list all along the NW coast of the state.

Orick, (with more than a handful of teeth you might be the handsomest man in town!)
Gasquet, Salyer, Hoopa, Forks of the Salmon, Maple Creek, Kneeland, etc.


And for those really interested, I think I heard the other day that the town of Bridgeville is for sale.............. again. Yes folks the whole town.

Geno

PS, I don't know how I could have forgotten Orick, what a reputation that place had when I lived near there in the 90's.

You got a purdy mouth boy...










West Virginia

Spent some time in the jungle on the Peru-Colombia border. One did not go out at night and look to hard at the river traffic. Food was what you caught, and the water was undrinkable without a lot of purification.

The worst, scariest backwater i have ever been at was on the way to Weatherbys (the old one in Southgate) when i got turned around and had to cruise through the neighborhood around the Watts towers. The Yanomamo tribal warriors looked downright friendly compared to these porch monkeys drinking beer at 10am...

Kaktovik, Alaska was a [bleep], probably still is, Scorbysund Greenland was probably the most backwater. St Paul and Akutan deserve a honorable mention as well as most of the coastal villages along the Bering Sea coast

Haven't you Dudes ever been thru rural Nevada? Ewwwww...

Try Montello, Denio, Tuscarora, Midas, Owyhee and Carvers. A little bigger, but also Hawthorne, McGill, Austin, Pioche, and Beatty.

There ain't a late season buck tag in Nevada worth any of this.

For you I thought It would have been the dry out center.

We are talking here about places.....not your old lady's snatch.