If you had to live in one of these cities which one would it be?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

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[CLARENCE 2015!]

Newark...close enough to NYC

[All Along The Watchtower]

Compton. It ain't as ghetto as NWA would have you believe.

East St. Louis is like a post-apocalyptic nightmare.

[opebo]

East St. Louis is like a post-apocalyptic nightmare.

Coming soon to a street near you.

[All Along The Watchtower]

East St. Louis is like a post-apocalyptic nightmare.

Coming soon to a street near you.

opebo you are a funny.

[Verily]

I would seriously consider living in one of the new highrises in downtown Newark, so it's the obvious choice. Would also consider living in the Broadway neighborhood of Newark (not the Ironbound, though, it's ugly as sin, and that matters to me).

Wouldn't live in Compton because it's in SoCal, don't care whether it's run down or dangerous or not. Would rather live in downtown Newark than Beverly Hills. Similar for Detroit and ESTL--would rather live in downtown Newark than Grosse Pointe Shores (or whatever the equivalent in the STL area would be).

[minionofmidas]

Ugh... a poll where the Jersey options are the most enticing.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Newark.

[opebo]

Wouldn't live in Compton because it's in SoCal, don't care whether it's run down or dangerous or not. Would rather live in downtown Newark than Beverly Hills. Similar for Detroit and ESTL--would rather live in downtown Newark than Grosse Pointe Shores (or whatever the equivalent in the STL area would be).

The suburb 'Ladue' is generally considered the symbol of wealth in our metro.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Where did you vote for opebo? Did you ever try to pick up "ladies of the night" in ESTL?

[Sbane]

Compton or Newark. Though there are other ghetto neighborhoods in LA I would rather live in, closer to downtown or west LA. Compton is just too suburban for what you get. Newark is right across from NYC, so yeah. Too bad you didn't include Oakland (though it really doesn't belong in this list), but I would choose it in a heartbeat.

Really, Detroit and East St. Louis are just in a category of their own. I am not sure about Newark, but Compton doesn't really have entire streets and neighborhoods that have been abandoned.

[Torie]

Newark, because of where it is, and because it has some tolerable pockets to live in.

[Torie]

Compton or Newark. Though there are other ghetto neighborhoods in LA I would rather live in, closer to downtown or west LA. Compton is just too suburban for what you get. Newark is right across from NYC, so yeah. Too bad you didn't include Oakland (though it really doesn't belong in this list), but I would choose it in a heartbeat.

Really, Detroit and East St. Louis are just in a category of their own. I am not sure about Newark, but Compton doesn't really have entire streets and neighborhoods that have been abandoned.

Compton would be near the bottom of the list of places to live in SoCal, if not at the bottom. It's still dangerous and dysfunctional.

[ag]

Newark, because of where it is, and because it has some tolerable pockets to live in.

Fully agreed. It also has some amenties of its own. Newark Museum is, actually, quite good for a town this size, for instance. Of course, Detroit has a lot more on that count - it used to be a major city. But, frankly, for most purposes Newark is just a nastyish part of New York.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Where are Memphis, New Orleans, Cleveland, and Gary?

[Sbane]

Compton or Newark. Though there are other ghetto neighborhoods in LA I would rather live in, closer to downtown or west LA. Compton is just too suburban for what you get. Newark is right across from NYC, so yeah. Too bad you didn't include Oakland (though it really doesn't belong in this list), but I would choose it in a heartbeat.

Really, Detroit and East St. Louis are just in a category of their own. I am not sure about Newark, but Compton doesn't really have entire streets and neighborhoods that have been abandoned.

Compton would be near the bottom of the list of places to live in SoCal, if not at the bottom. It's still dangerous and dysfunctional.

No disagreement there. Areas near downtown that may be just as dangerous (the areas around USC and to the west of it?) at least are close to the more happening areas. Compton is just a crap suburban town, surrounded by more suburbs.

[Alcon]

Newark, although this question would be a bit harder if I weren't able to choose which part of the city I'd end up in.

[Torie]

Compton or Newark. Though there are other ghetto neighborhoods in LA I would rather live in, closer to downtown or west LA. Compton is just too suburban for what you get. Newark is right across from NYC, so yeah. Too bad you didn't include Oakland (though it really doesn't belong in this list), but I would choose it in a heartbeat.

Really, Detroit and East St. Louis are just in a category of their own. I am not sure about Newark, but Compton doesn't really have entire streets and neighborhoods that have been abandoned.

Compton would be near the bottom of the list of places to live in SoCal, if not at the bottom. It's still dangerous and dysfunctional.

No disagreement there. Areas near downtown that may be just as dangerous (the areas around USC and to the west of it?) at least are close to the more happening areas. Compton is just a crap suburban town, surrounded by more suburbs.

The USC hood has either gentrified or turned Hispanic. It is a fine place to live now, and reasonably safe. The goal of hooking USC to downtown has been to a substantial extent achieved, what with the Staples Center and a lot of new housing built at the southern edge of downtown around 9th to 12th street or so south, plus the revival of the Adams district (where the Bourgeoisie used to live until Hancock Park got going around 1915-1920 or so). Things fall apart rather abruptly about 15 blocks south of USC or so, around 50th street or so as I recall. I drove that area from a hole in the wall granite place north on Figueroa to downtown about a year ago, to observe all of this.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Detroit (aka Grosse Pointe)

[Person Man]

Newark, because of where it is, and because it has some tolerable pockets to live in.

I went there to get a girlfriend a tattoo. It wasn't that bad. Best haircut in my life.

[Dave from Michigan]

Detroit, it's closest to where I currently live. There are some decent areas. I would live downtown in a apartment. it's quite safe downtown. I think Detroit is underrated here due to it's awful reputation.