Choose your own hell hole...!

[Che Guava]

Feeling down? Got the blues? Things couldn't get worse?

Feel better by comparing yourelf to the most unfortunate people on earth! Make your bid for the WORST PLACE TO LIVE IN THE WORLD TODAY!

Tell us the worst place in the world to be right now, and tell what might make life there particularly miserable...

and just to get you started, here's a few options:

Mogadishu, Somalia

Darfur, Sudan

Afghan countryside

Spoiler :

no, I'm not a callous sadist trying to make light of anyone's situation, just someone who's interested in humanitarian disasters, and why some places are 'popular' among foreign aid donors, and others not

 

[Azale]

Right now? Mogadishu with Darfur a close second.

Afghanistan at least does not have the Taliban in control...there is hope, even if the situation is kinda bleak for the foreseeable future.

 

[Che Guava]

Even with the taliban, at least there was some semblance of order...now it looks more like a free-for-all....

 

[Elponitnatsnoc]

Some other options (I think Darfur takes the cake):

-Bagdhad
-Swaziland (Life expectancy is approximately 32)
-Botswana (see above)
-the more violent parts of South Africa
-Liberia
-Haiti

 

[Che Guava]

oooooooooooh! Haiti! I knew I forgot one....

EDIT: IIRC, Botswana is doing ok...

 

[Xanikk999]

Haiti is the worst place to live in in the americas. No country in the western hemisphere has a worse standard of living.

 

[Phlegmak]

Any of the heavily polluted Chinese cities. You know, the ones with the perpetual smog. Living there is like smoking packs of cigarettes everyday.

 

[Hygro]

Right now? Mogadishu with Darfur a close second.

Afghanistan at least does not have the Taliban in control...there is hope, even if the situation is kinda bleak for the foreseeable future.

Afghan country-side, not Kabul. In the country-side, the Taliban is back in many places, and by many accounts is somewhat stricter than before.

 

[skadistic]

I pick DC.

I read somewhere earlier today that the murder rate in Iraq is 60ish per 100k and in DC its in the uper 70s per 100k despite the most restrictive gun laws.

 

[Babbler]

Some other candidates:

Columbia - The 40 Year Old Civil War
Ski Lanka - Even after the Tsunami, they still fight.
North Korea - Last communist hellhole.
Muslim Thailand - The government and the insurgents there are tearing the social fabric apart.

My "winner": Israel/Palestine - the neverending war.

 

[downtown]

I pick DC.

I read somewhere earlier today that the murder rate in Iraq is 60ish per 100k and in DC its in the uper 70s per 100k despite the most restrictive gun laws.

Bah, Washington isn't even the most dangerous city in America anymore. It isn't safe, but compared to Hati, Iraq or Somalia, it's a paradise.

 

[Babbler]

Bah, Washington isn't even the most dangerous city in America anymore. It isn't safe, but compared to Hati, Iraq or Somalia, it's a paradise.

What about Camden, NJ?

 

[downtown]

What about Camden, NJ?

I was thinking of Gary IN, but I'm sure Camden is right up there. Even the worst place in america though have developed infastructure and social support systems when compared to 3rd world countries.

 

[CaptainF]

North Korea tops them all.

 

[Dann]

Any urban slum anywhere in the world. The ones with no roads, no electricity, no water supply, no drainage system, and where you live next to filth. Literally.

Pics:

DC or NJ hellholes? Gawd some of you have no idea how good you have it.

 

[Stylesjl]

All of the above

Especially the places where both starvation and violence run amok

 

[Jawz II]

I actually like disasters, Ive been involved in a few minor ones (nothing nearly as bad as the 3 mentioned here) and well, its like half scary and half exciting, and when the worst bit is over, and youre 99% sure nothing bad is gonna happen to you, then its all fun.

Dont ask me why, theres something in the air, you go outside, and you know something unusual is happening. Walking around your block becomes like exploring a new planet.

Like if you survive a hurricane, you might just get to see a cow in a tree next to your favourite fast food joint. Ive never been through a hurricane, that was just an example.

I pick DC.

I read somewhere earlier today that the murder rate in Iraq is 60ish per 100k and in DC its in the uper 70s per 100k despite the most restrictive gun laws.

You said that once and someone proved it wasnt true. Or was it someone else who said it?

Anyway, its not true, its a lie.

 

[Che Guava]

Dann: Where are those photos from?

Some interesting answers! Brings to mind another question: what makes a place really miserable? Poverty? Disease? Violence? Repression? Or somespecial mix of all of them? (which is why I picked Mogadishu...)

 

[skadistic]

You said that once and someone proved it wasnt true. Or was it someone else who said it?

Anyway, its not true, its a lie.

Red Stranger and LA.

 

[classical_hero]

What about Zimbabwe? That palce has gone donwhill ever since the manaic got in charge.