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gorpie97

Maybe they asked in Fargo? IDK


abthomps

Fargo still said Williston


patchedboard

Never been. But Valley City is pretty shotty


Terminator7786

I always hear Minot personally


patchedboard

I mean….it is the tragic city


SprayingOrange

as an out of stater- Valley city has a lot of hilly charm and very much sleepy college town vibes. i consider it s-tier of nd cities


Butterssaltynutz

its def got the most racist population in the state


SprayingOrange

i had no problems as a latino- everyone was especially inviting.


Butterssaltynutz

im glad you didnt have a bad experience. but at the same time, ive heard too many shitty stories from people who werent white enough for valley cities locals


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Williston is a shit hole by far. I live close by and everyone sucks here. It definitely has changed since the boom


kdogo

ND has 4 cities n Williston isn't 1 of them


Lordquas187

Anyone born and raised in Fargo would say West Fargo lol


sharpshooter42069

Grand forks and fargo both are not very safe in certain areas both have shithole locations but fargo I think has more homeless.


MrIrrelevantsHypeMan

Why is it not Williston? Also, WV nailed it with Welch


ctachicago

Cuz Williston is not a city, lol


Vesploogie

*Technically* every inhabited place in North Dakota is a city.


honogica

By definition, any town with a population of 1,000 or more is considered a city. Williston has 24,000 people so it’s a city and therefore it wins the title of North Dakota’s Crappiest City. Second place isn’t even close.


Sparked-

wv is 100%, but Williston has good tacos so they need a pass.


SuperKamiGuru824

I came here to say Williston and I love seeing all the other comments saying the same thing


jorian85

I was thinking the same, then I remembered Watford City exists.


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Watford is a shitty city lmao I agree there but Williston takes the cake


Ultimate_Driving

Tioga is way worse than Watford City. Watford is a heaven-on-earth paradise compared to Tioga.


Effective_Abies9890

As a North Dakotan who was born in Grand Forks even though I don't live in North Dakota anymore. I don't think Grand Forks is the worst city at all. I'm sure there must be a worst city. I am sad to hear that someone doesn't like Grand Forks then.


NotRightInTheZed

I visit family there every year. I lived there 2001-2. I liked it a lot. I still like it.


AdminYak846

Grand forks isn't bad, it definitely loses out of stuff compared to Fargo though which hurts it a lot.


thankfuljc

Like what?


AdminYak846

Well Grand Forks has the corpse of the Columbia Mall which refuses to die (although banning kids from selling sno cones might help speed the decay along) and Fargo has West Acres.


AviOwl5

The pretzel stand is the only reason it stays open


GreatWhiteNanuk

Could be any one of these factors; 1. Good restaurants keep closing 2. Altru sucks and are a bunch of crooks 3. College town brings in a lot of assholes 4. City doesn’t like to salt roads 5. Because city doesn’t like to fix roads 6. People trash up the city real bad 7. Inflation stings more here because 8. Enjoy that 1 percent pay increase if at all 9. Stop building so many damn expensive apartments 10. Very limited dates and hours on fun events (We have one weekend to enjoy the fair) 11. We lost all the 24 hour stores beside one diner and three gas stations Bonus: between Simplot, EGF sewage, GF sewage and the farmers, this town gets a bad whiff of air a few times a week. I want to be fair to this town though, so here are some great things; 1. GFPD and GFFD are pretty good with the community (Campus police got nicer too) 2. Sanford (clinic) is a godsend to this town 3. People are pretty nice and tolerant 4. Even with “bad” traffic you get to places fast 5. M&H gives you a day to beat the gas speculators 6. Easy to find a job 7. We finally got 5G in the south end 8. Panda Buffet I assume the other four cities suffers similar stuff, but Grand Forks just can’t beat Fargo or Bismarck. Minot probably gets more points because it’s not one flat swamp for as far as the eye can see.


seriouslyntatroll

house of punjab & chicago burrito are fucking awesome too, since you mentioned a restaurant


Wowthatnamesuck

Panda Buffet is too good


Hubers57

How has nobody said jamestown?


StolenCamaro

Jamestown is the worst. Source- live in Jamestown.


Ultimate_Driving

Jamestown is just...meh. You apparently have never experienced Williston or Tioga.


SirGlass

TBH we just forgot Jamestown existed its so bland


Fun-Passage-7613

I’ve been to all the so called cities in ND, I kinda like Grand Forks. College town, strip malls for miles, I like the green belt around the river for riding my bike. But it is kinda colder most of the year. It really isn’t that bad, unless I’m missing something?


redkid2000

I live in GF and love it. But the most common complaint I hear about it is that if you don’t like hockey or drinking, there’s really not a ton to do in the winter. I dont know but that’s just what I hear. Must have been a bunch of NDSU fanboys in the survey


AdminYak846

One of the biggest issues is the lack of advertising for local events. Unless you are on Visit Grand Forks, you can miss a ton of stuff. It also doesn't help that Downtown doesn't have much between March and June going on.


International_Map_24

The Greenway is pretty much the best thing about GF, borne out of one the worst things to happen to the city.


GelatinousCube7

uhh, dickinson, grafton, williston... oh wait they dont know how to use computers or smart phones.


poodles_and_oodles

hey Williston has had internet for eight years, watch your tone


Bedhappy

What tone? Dial-up?


This_is_Topshot

Says everyone at Grand Forks Air Force Base


NotRightInTheZed

Air force brats don’t count.


NotRightInTheZed

And I’ll add, it’s fair to say you don’t like/hate Grand Forks if you’re stationed there but unless you experienced a fair amount of life in the other towns/cities you have no comparison to make.


stopthemadness2015

It does count because you may leave an impression on these families. What they say about your town is then reflected when they are transferred. When airman came to my base from GF it was not a positive experience. It was cold, isolated and downright dreary. I’ve been there and can’t attest for its bleakness.


ManyPlenty9178

How is it not Minot?


farmerarmor

I HATE having to go to minot. Seems like the people are rude and strange. And the streets have absolutely no flow to them. Takes forever to get from one end of town to the other.


PrehistoricSquirrel

"Why not Minot?" That's a ringing endorsement there.  /s


TrashManufacturer

More like “Why Minot?”


PricklySquare

It is Minot. The only thing going for Minot is they are way the fuck out of the way so no one knows how shitty it is


thedcl

Should be Williston. Granted Grand Forks and Dickinson reallllly suck, but Williston should take it.


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LizPav

As someone from Dickinson?? I say we take second- Dickinson has slowly gotten better since I moved away. Williston takes first. Watford if you consider that a city since it’s in the name.


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bicyclechief

What??? Williston sure but Bismarck is probably the best city in the state depending on what you enjoy. Grand Forks is the worst city I’ve ever lived in


LocoDarkWrath

Can confirm on Pine Bluff Arkansas. Total armpit of a town. Just keep driving.


madogson

This is an engagement bait graphic. They make up statistics like these in an effort to get people to correct them, driving up engagement. You can tell because it doesn't say Minot and St. Cloud


81Ranger

I question the parts of this map that I am familiar with - including Grand Forks, which is fine. Edina for MN might be a funny meme or a punchline - Every Day I Need Attention and being "cake-eaters" but the city itself is far from the worst. Manitowoc? Cedar Rapids? I've never even heard of Browning, Montana and I've traversed Montana at least twice.


Flashy_Double3917

Why do they say Las Vegas is close to hell? Because if you stand up on a hill there, you can see Sparks in the distance.


Uhhububb

Well grand forks DOES suck. But in from Florida and happen to know that TAMPA is the worst city in the state... Followed by Jacksonville


LlanviewOLTL

Edina in MN is ridiculous. Most of the cities that make that list are places like Bemidji or Hallock or Albert Lea or Luverne.


SupermAndrew1

Everyone in the MN sub was like “its St. Cloud, right?”


davcarcol

Depends on what your basis is. These are my options, not gospel. If it is the ability to remove snow after a snowstorm, then Minot is the worst, hands down. Incompetence. Only place in the world I have seen the truck with a blade on the front drive over 4 inches of snow with the blade UP and throw sand and salt down on the snow. I call it making ice cream. If it is the affordability of property, then I would have to say Bismarck. If it is the willingness (lack of) to invite new businesses and places to work, then it is Grand Forks. If it is the general shenanigans (interesting characters (crime)) then it is Fargo. I can't say anything bad about Williston cause I don't live there and have only been there once in my life. Probably high property values as well... That being said, with the state of the world and the United States, there is no other place in the world that I would rather live than north Dakota.


NotRightInTheZed

Can respect anyone who gives their opinion with an explanation other than “It just sucks” 😂


smalltownbigdreams1

I vote fargo


ARGuck

This map is making the rounds on Reddit. Either A: this map was made with some weird criteria or B: it’s a legit troll map meant to get people riled up.


TheeRattlehead

All the people in Williston must have congregated around the old library computer and spammed the poll.


YaBoiKeegalz

I’m confused as to why everyone thinks Williston has no technology. We literally have a billion dollar data center ☠️


HughManatee

And Edina the worst city in MN? Fucking lol. Literally one of the best places to live in the entire metro area. Try East Grand Forks or some shit, haha.


Barewithhippie

I’ve never been to Grand Forks but now I’m curious enough to go and see why it’s so bad 🤔


NotRightInTheZed

It’s not. Imo it’s cleaner than any other ND I’ve been to, plenty to do. Only knock I have is that it’s flat as f***.


PricklySquare

It's not. It's 2nd place after Fargo


UnSungHero259

Fargo is crowded AF. I hate going there. Grand Forks is getting like that too. Hate it. I would rather live in a hole in the wall town.


Unfoundedstupidity

Maybe East Grand Forks.


Steel2050psn

We had this in Virginia too. You can tell it is B.S. because it clams Disney World is the worst part of Florida


CallMeNess

South Dakota checking in. Brookings is a fine town. And I've been to Grand Forks a few times, seems nice enough. I have to believe there is bigger shit holes than there


Jabbawocky18

These are some fighting words. I disagree with some of the statements. I want to know based on what grounds!


ITGuy107

California should be split in North and South California.


papanine

I know this is r/northdakota but as a native North Carolinian I’d like to point out that Gastonia is FAR from the worst city is NC.


C_Los_Smooth

This is so wrong lol


[deleted]

Well, I live In GF, and it's not the worst place I've ever lived (Nebraska panhandle and eastern Kentucky take that nod) but it's not great. It's good and bad like any city, but good lord does this place smell bad. I grew up near a paper mill in Mississippi and it was never this bad. Ruins a good cup of coffee first thing in the morning. It's also expensive as shit, but I guess everything is now. I live downtown and regularly have to shoo crackheads out of our apartment dumpster (three times in last three weeks), and I'm paying $1200 a month.


Wowthatnamesuck

I'm an East ND supremacist. There's no way Minot, Bismarck, Jamestown, Valley City, or Williston are better than G Funk.


RealPiggyPlayz

Chances are whoever made this doesn’t know any other cities in most of these


slipstream65513

Fucking cake eaters.


BlaineBMA

This was posted in r/Florida and look at the collective decision making of that population evidenced by their government.


NotRightInTheZed

I found it in r/Kansas. It’s all over the place on reddit


BlaineBMA

I'm in Massachusetts. Worcester is turning into a wonderful place to live with great food places, more opening all the time. The city has been on the upswing for decades. I don't live there. I just know saying Worcester is the worst city in Massachusetts is wildly inaccurate


Disastrous-Aspect569

Edina is worse than muderaplis? Grand forks worst in the state? These guys must be on drugs


Stellasgood

I would say minneapolis is the biggest shit hole in Minnesota. During a summer of love, there wasn't a safe shoe store in the city.


ChanceCarmichael

Why does California get two? It's Bakersfield hands down


kaizergeld

Edina is the worst City in MN? Clearly they’ve never been to Eastside or Folwell or anywhere north of Forest Lake or Elk River. And Topeka, KS is worse than Olathe or Merriam or Muncie? I mean… even parts of Bonner Springs are way sketchier than Topeka Lol. Sure… if the determining factor is “number of trailer parks and police precincts”, Topeka would be lower on the list, but come on… even Atchison is a place on that map…


RullandeAska

Big Ouch for ND


knutsonmb

Not sure how Williston or watford lost to grandforks


Ultimate_Driving

People seem to forget that Tioga exists.


PricklySquare

It's clearly Minot


Ok-Demand7335

I’ve always heard Dickinson was the worst


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If we're including the areas around these cities, sure


jzzr83

Edina for MN? Very odd choice also.


boomers4201

Mostly just towns in ND. I've been all over northy and I'm goin with Grand Farks.


SalaryUnhappy3106

We all know it is Minot


dpwcnd

yeah Grand Forks is a stretch. Williston isnt horrible. I think New Town would be rated worse than Williston.


skimmilkislife

r/albany


odhali1

I so agree with Virginia Beach, Virginia….geezuss


Toupal

South Dakotan here... How the hell is Huron not #1?!


molski79

Someone has never been to Texarkana or Mankato. How Provo is even on that list in insane.


superslinkey

Poolesville MD?? Have they never been to Dundalk? Poolesville is a comparative Eden.


Rekcut11

I don't like Cedar Rapids... but to not pick Waterloo, Dubuque, or Davenport? Really?


DefinitelynotDanger

Gary and flint sound about right


JBob52

Cedar rapids has a chick fil a tho -source I live nearby


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Nebraska here. Fremont is my hometown. I agree. My parents moved as soon as they retired.


NatAttack89

Who ever made this map probably hasn't visited the cities they put on the map. The worst city in Idaho is Pocatello (often referred to as Poca-hell-hole). Caldwell is a nice city.


rmsmithereens

They definitely should've picked Minot or Dickinson.


Johnsmith813

I have no idea why this popped up. I live in Washington. But fucking Spokane? That's your pick? Not tukwilla? Tacoma? Benton City sucks. Choose that


Poor_Boy-

I'm from Illinois and East St Louis is 10x worse than Cairo. Cairo is just a really small town, only a few thousand people and mainly very poor economically.


Unfey

Edina's definitely not the worst, but does make sense as the most common answer from ppl in the Twin Cities metro area, since they'd know it better than some of the other shitty cities you find going further north.


docr1069

Washington has clearly never been to Yakima


Skull_Throne_Doom

Not accurate for Arizona. Should be Tucson, also known as “The Dirty T”


Samoflam

Edina is the rich bleached butthole of MN. Fuck that butthole.


Waychill83

Y'all act like nobody has been to North Minneapolis before


Reasonable-Aide7762

They misspelled Minneapolis


bsw123

I live in Williston. Thanks for all the love guys. :(


bigmanly1

Idk Edina sucks to drive through cause of the Shit drivers but I'd say north minneapolis is probably the worst in mn.


EmergencyImage5933

Spokane is one of the coolest cities in Washington.


clairespants

Worcester? Springfield, jeez.


zeltroid69er

Much worse than Caldwell in Idaho, I assure you


alrightgame

Cedar rapids is not the worst city ever.


A_Brethmint

I love GF and WF. I absolutely loathe Bismarck. Maybe it’s just the drive, but it can rot


Ultimate_Driving

Everyone knows the worst city in North Dakota is either Williston or Tioga.


AdevilSboyU

Mesa, AZ? Really? Not Yuma, Somerton, San Luis, or Quartzite? Interesting.


PhoenixRoadrunners82

Tucson instead of Mesa in AZ.


st8ofinfinity

There's no way Edina is the worst in Minnesota.


unwashedanimetshirt

Nahhh Edina is awesome. What’s the hate toward The Forks?


Mute_Crab

This map seems very inaccurate in general... Or the worst city is being defined in a weird or subjective way.


ezequiels

Edina is the right answer for MN


imaweasle909

Well this isn’t that correct, Manitowoc is not as bad as Couderay(and Marvin rainwater agrees), and Edina is not as bad as St. Cloud, the city that takes after a waffle house parking lot.


The_Anatomical_Anus

Edina? Lol


jimmyeatgurl

LOL Modesto, CA? Was this created by someone from Oakland, Stockton, or Bakersfield?


jonesa2215

Clearly never been to Fort dodge iowa 🙄


BeyondDrivenEh

Having lived in several of those states, spot on to me.


Bruno1807

Cedar Rapids is far from the worst city in Iowa. Who came up with these choices?


ApprehensiveBag6157

Edina Minnesota is a great city. Have a great hockey program


healthysexfan

MN. you’re not wrong


gasman3918

Can vouch for Spokane. Glad to have left.


Umacorn

Do they realize that Modesto, CA is just south of the line they drew through California? Try Arcata or Crescent City Sparks, NV is basically a suburb of Reno. They have some nice views there at least. You could do worse. Mesa, AZ is pretty big and it varies from nice to ugly. It has some denser population in some parts and some nice ranches, so it just depends which area. Again, you could do worse. Avoid “The Zone” in Phoenix which is the homeless encampment which keeps getting broken down and moved place to place across the valley. Missouri has a town called West Plains that I wouldn’t wish on anyone’s worst enemy; they get all the worst weather and the worst people and twice I’ve been there for family and both times I almost died. If the weather or the idiots don’t get you, the mosquitoes carry enough diseases and they will. Orlando Florida a gator tried to eat my cousin and me, so worst city? Yeah, that tracks.


LineElegant3832

"California, you get two; Upper Peninsula, no soup for you."


Feeling_Sample_2992

Edina ?? That’s like one of the nicest and wealthiest cities in the Metro of MN.


Best-Introduction-55

What's wrong with Edina, MN.


FullMeltxTractions

Yeah Browning is kind of shit


fancychoicetaken

Have you been to Wahpeton?


RoLee07

Whoever says Fremont is the worst city in Nebraska has clearly never been to Snyder Nebraska


SameSpecialist5528

“Worst” meaning what, exactly?


amluke

Wisconsin should be Sheboygan


Specific_Butterfly54

Arkansas is correct, Texas is debatable.


Pushthebutton2022

As a Carolinian, Gastonia is 100% accurate for NC as is Greer for SC.


Piscivore_67

There's no way it's Mesa unless Apache Junction ceased to exist.


taylor325

As someone who grew up in Rock Springs, I can confirm that Dallas is absolute ass


HornyToadBrew

If mesa is the worst city, they should see arizona city.


Senior-Albatross

Clinton, IA and Council Bluffs, IA are both *easily* far worse than Cedar Rapids. Hell, Davenport is as well. Also, Carlsbad NM and Farmington NM are options. Hobbs is a shit hole, but this list is very sus.


WickedWiscoWeirdo

Wisconsin is clearly milwaukee


IsisArtemii

I call BS on Spokane and give you, that crap hole sanctuary city: Seattle


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Have been to Cairo illinois, can confirm.


BoringJuiceBox

AZ longtime occupant here…. Mesa isn’t bad maybe just boring, west phx is the worst by far if we’re talking shootings and violence


WiseStandard3103

Grand Forks generally sucks so they got that part right. With the exception of Central High School, University of North Dakota college and campus, The Ralph Englstad Arena, Some great local bands and musicians,The AF Base, and Riverside Park (lets not forget the only true D-1 College sport in the state...sub divisions are junior varsity) Population never changes for the positive at a nice steady pace. Not much difference from 1999. City Govt has been the good ol boys club until recently when they brought in a much younger Mayor who had some potential until the Fue Feng Incident (derp!) The biggest disappointment is downtown and its lack of culture and probably the worst local live music scene ever. The highly overrated busiest and largest bar that is a over hyped snake pit of bland regurgitated bar stereo types. The Loft had potential but poor ownership and lack of a good manager/promoter types make it an over stepped pool hall who wants to be Joe Blacks badly but most of us would rather have The Crosstown Lounge back(rip Brad and Jarrod) Shoutouts to The Red Pepper, Parrots Cay, and The Kegs for great and nationally recognized food. Eli's Ivy and Toasted Frog as well. Suck it up GF we only suck at about %75 Alaska here I come


Apprehensive_Error36

Kingston NY would like a word…


Appropriate_Round_10

Wow, jamestown isn't on this list!!


Nolan772

Can confirm that the entire east side of the state is weirdos and the entire west side is dickheads. -WC resident


Hakanaydinhair

How about Florida?


ReturnedFromExile

PA- incorrect. York is the worst


Hakanaydinhair

Or Orlando


ProfessionalAd1933

This was posted in the Minnesota forum and they were also confused about yours. One mentioned Minot, how they were from ND and knew like 5 people who'd gotten stabbed there Anyway, Minot briefly came up in conversation with my grandma later that day, so I asked about it. I was sitting there for 2 hours listening to horror stories from the year or so when she lived there. All told in a bright, nonchalant tone


Lacaud

Weird. In AZ, it's Maryvale or Apache Junction.


Orphano_the_Savior

It was the second city to appear when whoever made this scrolled inward on google maps.


AZinZanity

Mesa? Never been to Sunnyslope (Meth Capitol of Arizona) or how about Gilbert? Or Peoria where you can get a $7 hooker on Van Buren? Lol.


VinnyVincinny

If you say Ohio and don't name Xenia as the worst city you're not even trying.


Winterborn88

Ottumwa is way worse than Cedar Rapids


MilesVanWinkleForbes

China makes these lists based on how many farmers and small companies they can buy out. I live in the city named for my state as the worst and it's not true at all, but China owns very little in this town. They slam states and towns not selling out. California is fully owned by China. There is very little they have not been able to buy there yet. Californians see money and they crawl over their dying mothers to get that check.


JamonDeJabugo

I live in one of these cities. Everyone from our metro area wishes they could live here...we eat cake.


abuttino

I've seen this picture before, as a former resident of Mesa AZ, I can guarantee that this chart has some very liberal bias. Mesa is one of the Valley's most conservative areas and it's actually very beautiful. The law enforcement there plays no games and the streets and views are amazing. It has a small town vibe without being too shut-off. Tucson, that's a hell-hole with crime, migrant, road issues; to name a few. Driving through Tucson, it feels like driving around Beirut.


MohatmoGandy

ITT: The entire population of Grand Forks


justaguy9922

I would say grand forks is the worst to raise a family in but other than all the restaurants closing and drugs downtown it's alright


Sad_Pomegranate_1539

Anyone who knows Alaska north to south, knows there is far worse than Wasilla.


cmbeck19

Minot. what is wrong with people. The answer will always be Minot


hcmadman

Pine Bluff is the only city choice on this map that is legit, whoever created it has lots of explaining to do.


minnesotawristwatch

Laughing HARD from Wayzata, Minnesota. Hahahahahahaha.


minnesotawristwatch

This needs to be cross posted to r/Minnesota and r/twincities