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Probably Trenton... Of the ones I've seen anyway. Took a Amtrak once from here to there on my way to the NJ Townships, and decided to walk around a bit around the station... My GOD! What a dump!
East St. Louis pics were shocking... might be worse than the ones I saw of Gary... never been to either though... I heard Camden was starting to clean up a little bit and I hope that's true... parts of NOLA and Miami that I have seen first hand are quite bad... the 7th ward in New Orleans doesn't look too bad but believe me it's up there... Model City in Miami is kinda like NOLA in that it doesn't look too bad but it really is... I've noticed that with "ghetto" areas in both the South and West, they are newer and generally still don't look super bad like their counterparts in the Northeast and MW...
Baltimore, North Philly, Camden, Trenton, Chester, East St. Louis, Hartford Ct., Highland Park, MI and Detroit, MI. I disagree on two towns mentioned in this thread; Gary is more desolate suburban, and Cairo is just dead, not ghetto. I have been to all of these, btw.
I've urbexed in Gary before, along with exploring the Miller area, and I would NOT say most parts of Gary have a suburban feel. Maybe in the very south part(near where it borders Merrillville) Gary may feel a little more suburban, and also on a few blocks of the Miller neighborhood (since IIRC some streets there are narrow, i.e. Ogden Dunes, and Beverly Shores) but I'd say the majority of Gary didn't feel suburban to me.
Most parts of the city of Gary have much more of an urban feel, and did NOT feel suburban to me at all. The places surrounding Gary(especially when you go east and south of there) do feel more suburban, though a few communities bordering Gary do have walkable downtowns that are small (i.e. Hobart, Griffith, Highland, Chesterton). Portage felt more suburban, OTOH. On a note of urbanity, I'd say Hammond and East Chicago feel pretty urban, a la Gary. But to me, neither place felt as run down, as a lot of parts of Gary (excluding Miller, which I'd argue might be one of the only sections of Gary that didn't feel run down to me).
I noticed unofficially that the more east and south you go in Northwest Indiana(excluding the few traditional downtowns you may find within a few communities, i.e. Chesterton, Crown Point, Valparaiso, Michigan City, etc), the more suburban NWI starts to feel. Especially south of US 30, and east of I-65.
Based on photos and links of people's view of what a ghetto is, I dont understand why Skid Row LA is a ghetto compared to the other areas.
Skid row doesn't have abandoned, boarded up buildings. It doesn't have areas of fenced in grass fields. It doesn't have empty streets that even homeless will camp on.
Skid row has sections of warehouse districts like the seafood and toy district to the north, produce to east, flower district to the south and men's fashion district to the southwest. At night , metal shutters keep businesses safe and locked. But daytime people work there. And busy and open despite the tents.
Scattered throughout are well kept missions, shelters, and similar businesses that provide services and food. Also many old and new affordable housing for former homeless, not a single one boarded and unused, even a few new construction affordable apartments.
There are few businesses that are there as most customers would be poor and homeless. Skid row is a specific area for the homeless and extremely unfortunate, not some area that was thriving but was slowly abandoned. As the homeless population in socal grows, skid row tents grow. Not enough shelter or housing.
It is really, gross, trash, needles, smelly from bodily waste. Yes it is the worst area of LA. But... hard to call it a ghetto.
Chester, PA. It's small scale, but the parts between the Delaware River and I-95 look like a bombed out war zone.
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