Chilifest
Most 3rd world place you've been to while still in the USA?
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North Forest High School
Zone416 said:
Chilifest
Poor Capn Poopy Pants
had to spend a few days for work driving ALL over Detroit. That was the worst. Here's 2 guys in collared dress shirt (we thought losing the tie would help)....we're at a stop sign and cop car goes across street in front of us....cops slowed down and stared at us...that's when you know it's bad.
certain parts of RGV
certain parts of New Orleans
but then also went duck hunting for a few days in the swamp/sticks outside of Greenville, MS. Not just that area was surreal the drive to/from once we turned off highway in Louisiana as well. Like we took a monster step back in time.
certain parts of RGV
certain parts of New Orleans
but then also went duck hunting for a few days in the swamp/sticks outside of Greenville, MS. Not just that area was surreal the drive to/from once we turned off highway in Louisiana as well. Like we took a monster step back in time.
Finn Maccumhail said:
Mods- can we fix the forum so we can embed Vimeo just like YouTube?
Anyway, a little slice of East Texas for you. And this is nice by some Piney Woods standards.
https://vimeo.com/51110972
Grew up in Crockett and knew someone in the video. Hadn't seen that clip before. Thanks for posting.
"Azteca" neighborhood in Laredo
North Bryan.
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I can't remember the name of the Alaskan town. I think it was Katalla. If not, it was near it. Our boat pulled in there for some repairs. Nothing major, just needed a calm place to fix something.
People on land heard and saw our boat. They started crawling and stumbling out of caves. Others slept on dock with shelter made from two pallets and a blue tarp. All of them were Natives. All of them were alcoholics and beyond repair. They were the kind of drunks that would drink lighter fluid.
The entire town did the slow shuffle/stumble/walk and looked like zombies. If I filmed it, you would have sworn that you were watching The Walking Dead.
People on land heard and saw our boat. They started crawling and stumbling out of caves. Others slept on dock with shelter made from two pallets and a blue tarp. All of them were Natives. All of them were alcoholics and beyond repair. They were the kind of drunks that would drink lighter fluid.
The entire town did the slow shuffle/stumble/walk and looked like zombies. If I filmed it, you would have sworn that you were watching The Walking Dead.
MLK street between business 6 and HWY 6.UTExan said:
North Bryan.
EDIT: Did a quick google earth to see how it's changed over the last 12 years and I see that it hasn't changed too terribly much. What an ingenious way to spell "convenience"!
Haha I've lived in Fresno my whole life. These are my peopleeeee, this is where I come frooooooooom!!malenurse said:
It's better now, but "Four Corners" just next to Sugar Land was a crap hole.
Cameron, TX
Fresno, TX (when I was working in the MUD business, we would lock out the sewage on houses that were many months late on payments. Residents would just open the clean outs and let raw sewage into the yards.)
I have had the pleasure of living in Rockwall and Williamson counties, and the displeasure of living in Cameron and Hidalgo counties. Sure made me stop and think for a second.
Contracted to repair the Walmart in the 9th ward immediately after Katrina. It had 22' of water, but that didn't stop them from looting. They thought it might show good will to get it back up and running since everything around was destroyed. The tally of bodies in nearby houses was tragic.
Sheriff stopped by the first day to talk with the superintendent and me about how it was going to go. They essentially kept a unit within eye sight during the day, but made it clear we were on our own at night. They were raising the bridges to keep the area contained. It was worse than third world at night. If you didn't leave in time you got to spend the night. It was a real life version of Escape from LA.
He asked if we were armed and when I explained I was flying in regularly he offered to arrange for something. His words "There is no law. Do what you have to do and we'll sort it out later."
Sheriff stopped by the first day to talk with the superintendent and me about how it was going to go. They essentially kept a unit within eye sight during the day, but made it clear we were on our own at night. They were raising the bridges to keep the area contained. It was worse than third world at night. If you didn't leave in time you got to spend the night. It was a real life version of Escape from LA.
He asked if we were armed and when I explained I was flying in regularly he offered to arrange for something. His words "There is no law. Do what you have to do and we'll sort it out later."
AgLA06 said:
Sherriff asked if we were armed and when I explained I was flying in regularly he offered to arrange for something. His words "There is no law. Do what you have to do and we'll sort it out later."
Good lord!
Kent, Tx. Looks like a ghost town until you see faces peering out of the windowless buildings.
Parts of Memphis.
And St. Louis, Detroit, etc.
And St. Louis, Detroit, etc.
My uncle was fairly high up in the Corps of Engineers. He was tasked with overseeing the rebuilding of the Baghdad infrastructure, and then came back stateside to oversee the construction of the assorted flood protection around New Orleans (which he isn't real optimistic about). He found Baghdad to be easier.
The area around Eyeguy's shop.
I know this doesnt count, but I lived in Laredo for a year, and you could look across the river and see some pretty flimsy housing.
I doubt if they let them do this anymore, but Mexicans used to come across into Laredo on bicycles and collect cardboard from dumpsters, etc, for "building materials". They were pretty good at getting a big pile of cardboard onto the back of their bicycle.
I doubt if they let them do this anymore, but Mexicans used to come across into Laredo on bicycles and collect cardboard from dumpsters, etc, for "building materials". They were pretty good at getting a big pile of cardboard onto the back of their bicycle.
Mexican trailer park in Markham
Twentynine Palms, CA and pretty much anywhere south of I10 between Texas border and Baton Rouge; looks like swamp people central.
Gary, Indiana
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Wrong. Lafayette is a great town. True, Acadiana is different but not third world.
North Odessa bears a striking resemblance to Juarez, Mexico...
Momma was looking for true love and couldn't stay married for longer than a year but she decided we needed a upstanding father figure to mentor us in the finer ways of the world. Guess I was 12 when she convinced the refinery worker husband of her friend Lulu from Orange to take us deer hunting. Got up early and headed out to the Piney Woods of East Texas, our mentor said he needed to stop and get permission to hunt on the land, we stop and go inside this shack. Dirt floor, no running water, no stove, no light and as my eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness 8 people came out a doorway covered in hay.I was like WTF is going on? I quickly checked the room and it was a dirt floor covered in hay. Very nice people who invited us to stop for lunch after our hunt. As all the food was cooked outside I had full sized leafs in all my food, you just haven't had mashed taters until it was full of leaves.
I'll second Pine Ridge or Rosebud…Sioux reservations in South Dakota.
Government homes with large sections of outside walls knocked out so livestock can drink from the bathtub.
People out on highway walkabouts miles away from anything.
Government homes with large sections of outside walls knocked out so livestock can drink from the bathtub.
People out on highway walkabouts miles away from anything.
The pics in the original post with all the exposed insulation board reminded me of touring Alaska years ago. We thought there was a lot of new construction going on and asked a local about it. He said no, loophole in the tax law allowed that until the siding was installed, the property was taxed at the much cheaper 'unimproved' rate. Some neighborhoods were quite nice and then you might come up on 3 or 4 houses on the street with pink insulation board everywhere and trim wood/roofing that looked 25 years old.
Dilley. When we were feeling down about our lives in Pearsall we'd drive to Dilley and then we'd feel better.
Agree with OP. Plum Grove, Tx. Currently the largest and fastest growing Colonia in the U.S.
One hundred percent Hispanic. Even all of the street names. 40 miles NE of downtown Houston. Third World.
One hundred percent Hispanic. Even all of the street names. 40 miles NE of downtown Houston. Third World.
I used to travel to Memphis a lot for work. We decided to do a Memphis BBQ tour and ended up in many of those places you are probably thinking of.MemphisAg1 said:
Parts of Memphis.
And St. Louis, Detroit, etc.
Had a case in Southern Illinois and St. Louis was closest place to stay. On the way back to St. Louis there was a traffic jam and Waze took me off the highway and into deep East St. Louis. Good lord. As Clark said, "Roll 'Em Up."
Driving through Indian reservations in Nebraska.
There's a lot of mutants that hang out by the Jewett liquor store.
And of course, downtown Austin.
Pluto, MS
Navajo Res in Arizona
Navajo Res in Arizona
We used to go to a lake just north Indiana Michigan border to spend time with friends. You have to cross over the Chicago Skyway bridge that takes you through South Chicago and then Gary India before you hit the rural stretch near South Bend.
My Yukon blew a tire and I had to pull off at gas station in about the worst possible spot to get it changed. To make matters worse, my wife had dressed our young boys up in cute fancy madras shorts and polo shorts for a school event at the local park. You could not have asked for a bigger picture of helpless middle class white people breaking down in the hood.
The gas station attendant took pity on me. He was behind pretty thick bulletproof glass that had all sorts of deep dents and scratches. He took a long look and then allowed went out back, opened a gate, and told me to get back there ASAP. He looked real urgent and said I didn't need to be hanging out on his corner any longer than I already had.
I changed that tire with formula one pit crew speed, tipped the guy handsomely for his protection, and then drove on out of Afghanistan back into the civilization.
Gary is about as desperate a stretch as you could imagine. There are huge, glorious old buildings that have been completely abandoned in the downtown area. The City Methodist Church was glorious in its day but is empty and rotting now.
You have large stretches of burnt out and abandoned brownstones and stores. It makes for a great post-apocalyoptic movie backdrop.
My Yukon blew a tire and I had to pull off at gas station in about the worst possible spot to get it changed. To make matters worse, my wife had dressed our young boys up in cute fancy madras shorts and polo shorts for a school event at the local park. You could not have asked for a bigger picture of helpless middle class white people breaking down in the hood.
The gas station attendant took pity on me. He was behind pretty thick bulletproof glass that had all sorts of deep dents and scratches. He took a long look and then allowed went out back, opened a gate, and told me to get back there ASAP. He looked real urgent and said I didn't need to be hanging out on his corner any longer than I already had.
I changed that tire with formula one pit crew speed, tipped the guy handsomely for his protection, and then drove on out of Afghanistan back into the civilization.
Gary is about as desperate a stretch as you could imagine. There are huge, glorious old buildings that have been completely abandoned in the downtown area. The City Methodist Church was glorious in its day but is empty and rotting now.
You have large stretches of burnt out and abandoned brownstones and stores. It makes for a great post-apocalyoptic movie backdrop.
We drove through skid row a year ago just to see what it looks like. That is the definition of third world in America.
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Clear winner.Canyon99 said:
The first thing that comes to mind is portions of New Orleans a couple of months after Katrina.
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