Pessimistic Town Names ... name some

[auntAgonist]

Accident, Maryland
Mesick, Michigan
Downsville, Louisiana
Troublesome, Kentucky


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[democracyindanger]

1. Boring, Oregon

[auntAgonist]

2. good one! how about...

Faker, Texas

[begin_within]

21. There's a sign that says "Boring Oregon City -->"

I forget what highway, but I've seen a picture of it.

[auntAgonist]

3. no one else?

:cry:
I thought for sure you would have SOME

:shrug:

aA

[dolo amber]

4. Hell for Certain, KY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_for_Certain,_Kentucky

[smoogatz]

5. Bunghole, MO

Purgatory, WY
Clapsville, AR
Shitstain, IN
Dumbass, KS
Bipolar, AL

[Idylle Moon Dancer]

6. anyone from Dolgeville, NY?

I wonder if the place is as dull and sluggardly as it sounds.

[Momgonepostal]

7. Defiance, OH

[KitchenWitch]

8. Not sure if this is pessimistic - Siren, WI

[Jackpine Radical]

34. Siren was devastated by a tornado a few years ago.

IIRC, the supreme irony was that the town's warning siren didn't work.

[KitchenWitch]

48. Yes, I remember that!

That was ironic.

[blue neen]

9. Blue Ball, PA

:)

[New Earth]

10. lol

:P

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. Yeah, a guy can't get any action in THAT town!

[RoyGBiv]

20. To get to Paradise ...

You can get to Paradise via Intercourse, but if you take a wrong turn, you'll end up in Blue Ball.

Seriously.

[Wetzelbill]

25. I had to soak in the bath tab the whole next day after I was there

:)

[Jara sang]

12. Hitlertown, FL; Satansville, TX; Crackton, MS

[mykpart]

13. Tombstone, AZ?

[uppityperson]

14. Climax, ND. wait, not depressing?

[Odin2005]

41. It's Climax, MINNESOTA!

I'm a Fargoan, so I better know where Climax is!

[uppityperson]

45. oh dang, you are right. How about Fertile?

I was a Fargoan, but gone too long. I am also a relative of the person working at the Forum some 30+ yrs ago who wrote the famous "Fertile man dies in Climax" obit headline. Or was he just pulling my leg?

[Odin2005]

46. "Fertile man dies in Climax" LOL

And Fertile is in MN as well.

[uppityperson]

47. There was a third town that wasn't supposed to be in headlines either

can't remember what it was though. I looked them up on a map and it is conceivable that a Fertile man could've died in Climax, so to speak, since they are near each other.

[jobycom]

15. Las Vegas

Those were really bad cars.

[Kire]

28. And two really bad ass Quentin Tarantino characters

Mr. Blond, the torturerin Reservoir Dogs' real name is Vic Vega, and John Travolta's heroin addict in Pulp Fiction is Vincent Vega.

[IA_Seth]

60. What happened to their movie?

I had heard once upon a time that Tarantino had wanted to make a prequel to both RD and PF that showed the Vega brothers together..

Would have been a bad ass flick!

[khashka]

16. Meanville, Alabama

A relative just moved there. "Doesn't sound nice does it?" "Nope!" And we laughed about it.


Khash.

[auntAgonist]

36. that doesn't sound nice at all!

:hi: Khash!


:hug:

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[cobalt1999]

66. no , for nice you have to go to Niceville, FL

*

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. Crapo, MD

:rofl:

[RoyGBiv]

18. Slaughterville, OK

Wouldn't want to be the sheriff there.

[corporatemedia]

19. Intercourse, PA - I'm pessimistiic about gettin' some. n/t

[wickerwoman]

27. Beat me to it, dammit.

As my uncle always said, "If you're calling it "intercourse" you aren't getting any.

[Maine-ah]

29. maybe you should move to

Beaver Cove, Maine....

as for depressing or just plain bad...

how's Saint George...

[begin_within]

22. Why, Arizona

[begin_within]

23. Chagrin Falls, Ohio

[begin_within]

24. Hell, Michigan

As in;
"Excuse me, where is the nearest place to get a lube job?"
"Go to Hell."

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

38. How often does it freeze over, I wonder?

[Lefty48197]

40. From about Dec 1 to March 1

every year!

[UrbScotty]

69. More like October 1 to May 15 (nt)

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. Truth or Consequences, NM

Half-pessimistic, anyway. :shrug:

[SoCalDem]

30. Droop, West Virginia.....Gross, Idaho.....Imalone, Wisconsin

Loco, Oklahoma


A list I found:

1. Accident, Maryland, USA
2. Ache, Pennsylvania, USA
3. Angostura, Mexico
4. Antiville, Indiana, USA
5. Askew, Mississippi, USA
6. Babbitt, Minnesota, USA
7. Badger, Iowa, USA
8. Bane, Virginia, USA
9. Bard, Ontario, Canada
10. Battiest, Oklahoma, USA
11. Battle Ground, Indiana, USA
12. Battles, Mississippi, USA
13. Bias, West Virginia, USA
14. Bitter Springs, Arizona, USA
15. Bitterwater, California, USA
16. Bland, Florida, USA
17. Blandville, Kentucky, USA
18. Bleak, Virginia, USA
19. Blue, Arizona, USA
20. Bluff, Utah, USA
21. Blunt, South Dakota, USA
22. Boos, Illinois, USA
23. Boring, Oregon, USA
24. Bullhead City, Arizona, USA
25. Bumbletown, Michigan, USA
26. Bummerville, California, USA
27. Burden, Kansas, USA
28. Burke, Idaho, USA
29. Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania, USA
30. Burnt Woods, Oregon, USA
31. Calvary, Georgia, USA
32. Camp Crook, South Dakota, USA
33. Carp, Nevada, USA
34. Castle Danger, Minnesota, USA
35. Cathro, Michigan, USA
36. Cavalier, North Dakota, USA
37. Cheapside, Texas, USA
38. Cormorant, Minnesota, USA
39. Coventry, Massachusetts, USA
40. Coward, South Carolina, USA
41. Cranks, Kentucky, USA
42. Cravens, Louisiana, USA
43. Creve Coeur, Missouri, USA
44. Crooks, South Dakota, USA
45. Cross, South Carolina, USA
46. Culls, Maryland, USA
47. Cumber, Michigan, USA
48. Cut and Shoot, Texas, USA
49. Dafter, Michigan, USA
50. Deadwood, Oregon, USA
51. Death Valley, California, USA
52. Defiance, Iowa, USA
53. Dent, Ohio, USA
54. Devil Town, Ohio, USA
55. Diablo, California, USA
56. Diablo, Washington, USA
57. Dickey, North Dakota, USA
58. Difficult, Tennessee, USA
59. Dingy, West Virginia, USA
60. Dismal, Tennessee, USA
61. Dolores, Colorado, USA
62. Donnybrook, North Dakota, USA
63. Dooms, Virginia, USA
64. Dowdy, Arkansas, USA
65. Downer, Wyoming, USA
66. Downs, Illinois, USA
67. Downsville, Louisiana, USA
68. Droop, West Virginia, USA
69. Dull, Ohio, USA
70. Dunning, North Dakota, USA
71. Dust, Washington, USA
72. El Duende, New Mexico, USA
73. Embarrass, Wisconsin, USA
74. Exile, Wisconsin, USA
75. Faker, Texas, USA
76. Fink, Texas, USA
77. Folly, North Carolina, USA
78. Funk, Nebraska, USA
79. Gascon, New Mexico, USA
80. Goodno, Florida, USA
81. Gore, Georgia, USA
82. Greasy, Oklahoma, USA
83. Grimville, Pennsylvania, USA
84. Gripe, Arizona, USA
85. Gross, Idaho, USA
86. Haggard, Kansas, USA
87. Hardscrabble, Vermont, USA
88. Harms, Tennessee, USA
89. Hasty, Colorado, USA
90. Hazard, Nebraska, USA
91. Hazardville, Connecticut, USA
92. Hector, Minnesota, USA
93. Hicks, New York, USA
94. Hoard, Texas, USA
95. Hoodoo, Tennessee, USA
96. Hope Falls, New York, USA
97. Horry, South Carolina, USA
98. Huff, Arkansas, USA
99. Huff, North Dakota, USA
100. Hurry, Maryland, USA
101. Illiad, Montana, USA
102. Imalone, Wisconsin, USA
103. Jonah, Texas, USA
104. Kismet, Kansas, USA
105. Last Chance, Colorado, USA
106. Little Hope, Pennsylvania, USA
107. Loco, Oklahoma, USA
108. Lost Nation, Illinois, USA
109. Loveless, Alabama, USA
110. Lowpoint, Illinois, USA
111. Lumpkin, Georgia, USA
112. Maddomg. Arkansas, USA
113. Mar, Ontario, Canada
114. Meeker, Colorado, USA
115. Mesick, Michigan, USA
116. Micawber, Oklahoma, USA
117. Mire, Louisiana, USA
118. Mold, Washington, USA
119. Moody, Maine, USA
120. Mt. Diablo, California, USA
121. Nada, Texas, USA
122. Needmore, Arkansas, USA
123. Needy, Oregon, USA
124. Nix, Texas, USA
125. Nixville, South Carolina, USA
126. Notress, Texas, USA
127. Panhandle, Texas, USA
128. Panic, Pennsylvania, USA
129. Perdue, Alberta, Canada
130. Petty, Texas, USA
131. Phucet, Thailand
132. Picayune, Mississippi, USA
133. Pillager, Minnesota, USA
134. Pine, Idaho, USA
135. Poor Town, North Carolina, USA
136. Poverty, Kentucky, USA
137. Quail, Texas, USA
138. Queechy, New York, USA
139. Rash, Alabama, USA
140. Recluse, Wyoming, USA
141. Remote, Oregon, USA
142. Reserve, New Mexico, USA
143. Retreat, Indiana, USA
144. Revenge, Ohio, USA
145. Riddle, Wyoming, USA
146. Rooks, North Carolina, USA
147. Ruin, Kentucky, USA
148. Rush, New York, USA
149. Savage, Montana, USA
150. Seven Devils, North Carolina, USA
151. Shady, Florida, USA
152. Shaft, Pennsylvania, USA
153. Slaughter, Florida, USA
154. Slay, Texas, USA
155. Spirit Falls, Wisconsin, USA
156. Split Silk, Georgia, USA
157. Strain, Missouri, USA
158. Sully, Iowa, USA
159. Thrall, Texas, USA
160. Tiff, Missouri, USA
161. Tightwad, Missouri, USA
162. Troublesome, Kentucky, USA
163. Uncertain, Texas, USA
164. Waterloo, California, USA
165. Waterloo, Montana, USA
166. Weed, California, USA
167. Weed Patch California, USA
168. Welch, Oklahoma, USA
169. Withers, Georgia, USA
170. Worms, Nebraska, USA
171. Worstville, Ohio, USA

[ikri]

31. A few from the UK

Coffinswell in Devon
Grimness on Orkney
Great Snoring in Norfolk
Nasty near Stevenage
Pity Me near Durham
Ugley near Bishop's Stortford
World's End near Newbury

[wildhorses]

32. drowning creek

[alcibiades_mystery]

33. Scotrun, Pennsylvania

I defy anyone to drive by the exit sign for Scotrun, PA on I-80 and not misread the sign as Scrotum, Pennsylvania.

Not pessimistic, but certainly weird.

[HuskerDU]

35. Waterloo, Iowa

Theme song: 'You're my Waterloo'

[Va Lefty]

37. Dooms, Virgina

Not really a town, more of a wide spot in the road.

[grasswire]

39. and Fossil, Oregon (eom)

[Twillig]

61. Malheur, Oregon

[AngryAmish]

42. Truth or Consequences, NM

Home of Cactus Jack.

[1gobluedem]

43. Misery Bay, Michigan

I keep seeing it in the paper but I don't know where it is.

[auntAgonist]

67. I didn't know that!

:hi:

thanks for posting :)

aA
kesha

[Blue_In_AK]

44. Dead Horse, Alaska

[Arugula Latte]

49. There's a Cape Disappointment in Oregon

not really a town, but still ...

[njdemocrat106]

50. Mount Misery, New Jersey

I believe it was founded as a United Methodist retreat camp. I've never been there, but someday I'll check it out.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

54. Where in Jersey in that? Like around what towns?

I never heard of it before.

[njdemocrat106]

55. In Burlington County, off Route 70

Right in the middle of the Pine Barrens.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

56. Figures...as far as I'm concerned, I'm in misery everywhere in S. Jersey.

[u4ic]

51. Seven Persons, Alberta

Doesn't sound like they're looking to expand...:shrug:

[dad]

52. Locust, NC ; Cape Fear NC

[blitzen]

53. Dry Prong, Louisiana....

although i'm not sure that a juicy one would be better!

[WoodyTobiasJr]

57. Head -Smashed In, Alberta

OK not really a town per se but is an actual place



some other ones:

Athol, Idaho
Spuzzum, B.C.
Dogpound, AB
Red Dick, Illinois

[1monster]

58. Aitch, Pennsylvania

that's pronounced "H"

[XNASA]

59. Downers Grove IL

[Gato Moteado]

63. good one....

...downers grove is a downer, for sure. but then, i felt that way about all the burbs around chicago.

[anarch]

62. Pittsburgh

what?

[Gato Moteado]

64. malpais, costa rica

mal pais means bad country. the strange thing is that it's a beautiful place.

[Throd]

65. Felch, Michigan or Downers Grove, Illinois

[ellisonz]

68. Silent Hill, West Virginia

I hear its lovely in the fall.

[sakabatou]

70. Let's see...

Dismal, TN
Frankenstien, MO
Kill Devil Hill, NC
Lawyersville, NY
Muck City, Alabama
No Name, CO
Panic, Penn.