Most Ghetto Cities In the U.S.

Yo I was born on the north side of the lake but all I can say is that this place is in the dirty ass south and way more ghetto than Detroit, plus we got Lil Wayne and dj khaled yo plus Louisiana got the highest crime rate, casinos and strippers everywhere as well as drugs. Yep, this place is the most ghetto

Story: I wasn't allowed to go alone in the Walmart with the Jazz statue next to the abandoned Six Flags alone because of how ghetto it was, in the car, me and my brother joked about if this was the NOLA Walmart, what would the Compton Walmart be like?

Atlanta is better. B-ham is a run down, brick layered, pile of crap

So many good qualities ( great restaurants, professional sports, charming neighborhoods with gorgeous French Victorian architecture, entertainment venues , a world renown zoo, gardens, etc) but unfortunately so many ignorant low life thugs that ruin it for others.

North & East St. Louis City say it all. Vacant buildings everywhere. And the murders. The disrespect. The crime. The racist police. If your black & you go to St. Louis county or South st lohis city. It's like police kkk against every black person. & it's so hot & humid in the summer!

This city is full of ghetto people. Women dying their hair like if they were clowns, men putting gold teeth in their mouth and getting piss poor tattoo inkings (especially when they're dark skinned Blacks), and the kids carry around switchblades and wear gay tight saggy khakis! Not to mention, littering on their own town and yelling like if it was their only option to expression.

-Baltimore City resident, moving out in the summer of 2016

On the news every night. Colored folks riot, burn parked cars, loot businesses, disrespect the law and refuse to obey police instructions - resulting in deaths. Unbelievable.

Wayne. (overseas visitor)

Its sad really. This comes from the lack of jobs that Detroit used to be VERY famous for... Cars and motors ( Assembly lines of Fords and processing of motors). This used to be one of the most prosperous cities but as time went on jobs were hard to hold on to because of racial problems, and many that even had money moved to the suburbs. Ghettos like this had not much support from the government anymore and sadly the citizens did not have the money t survive which there are many homeless and buildings not in tact.

I live in a affluent and wealthy part of Oakland and Still have to very careful. Upgrading our security systems with new tech soon because the location is more secluded and a hotspot for gang meetings. The premise home defense system, chokepoints, and secure locations in the house must be evaluated in case of a break-in. the more valuable items are in shielded and concealed rooms with false doors and top rated safes. One must assume the worst of Oakland when walking the streets. If you buy an expensive car, DO NOT buy any car with a non solid top such as a convertible and lock your doors when driving slowly through neighborhoods.

I remember, whenever we go there with only the boys (older sister is a tattletale, younger sister too young to hear the genre, Mom would scold Dad for listening to it), Dad would automatically switch to the R&B station because "it was the Dirty South, so duh" it was annoying because I didn't want to look like a white who thinks he's black I always told him to turn it down whenever we entered the Six Flags parking lot and all that stuff.

Hard to understand a word anyone says. Have some nice areas but man when you hit the west side, pure country ghetto, and the gold teeth business is in competition with New Orleans and Baltimore. Pure mess.

Worst place to live in the US is Compton, for sure. The gangs rule the town, and there is minuscule police presence. The town is full of filth, and abandoned businesses. As another person mentioned, I wouldn't eat in Compton. The crime rate is sky high, and nowhere is safe. No families, and drugs, sex, and violence galore.

Compton is infamous for the ghetto population, if you are white, good luck... Gangs outnumber the Innocent, even the most rural places have gangs and drugs galore, and the few children are called "Lil' Homies" there

Ghetto! It's an embarrassment to be from this place! 762 murders! Every politician in this city is a Democrat and 90% of the population here is brainwashed by the liberal politicians and media in this city, which is why it won't get any better. The Democrats and liberals will act like they want this city to be better, but all what they care about is someone saying a racist comment or the few police shootings, instead of being more focused on the real issue of 99% of shootings being gang-related, and only a quarter of the homicides in this city are solved. That is the real problem with crime in Chicago, and these soft ass liberals are too weak to face the real problem which is why there has been a 57% increase in homicides in the city of Chicago in 2016 alone! This is why I will be moving to Mobile, Alabama when I get a little older since they manage to keep the annual amount of homicides there under 30.

Gary is super ugly. Almost everyone I know from here is super ghetto and even though they graduated from high school they are ignorant. Almost all the homes here are infested with roaches and rats. There are drugs easily found everywhere and youll be surrounded by murders being commited. There is low police supervision. Gary is depressive to live in and it will make you depressed to pass by it.

Yo I live in Miami and there is a car accident every day. Once when I was in high school a student got jumped a few feet away from me at a stop waiting for her mom in Hialeah. This place is crazy but the worst part to me is downtown Miami. That place is the worst. I don't recommend it for anyone who isn't rich.

I live In Miami once you leave south beach and cross that bridge it's a whole different world. Also the further south you go from south Miami the worse it gets

Yes, it is a ghetto city. People with guns and knives walking around the city, many drunks walking around.

Probably the dirtiest, smelliest, most depressing city on the East Coast.

Tons of homeless, cush corner, always a shooting, car jacking or home invasion being reported. Dirty city lots of gang activity.

The crime rate is through the roof and there is ALWAYS a story of a shooting in the papers there

Ugly houses everywhere and lots of crime in certain neighborhoods

Not ghetto this is a wonderful city
It's called the city of good neighbors for a reason