By any of your standards.

10/27/2009 12:38:00 PM

Davidson County.
Home to that that ketchup pork abomination some people call BBQ.

10/27/2009 12:41:42 PM

In terms of worst performing, Bertie County is last in overall human development, ranking ninety-fifth in income ($14,096.00), eighty-third in health, and ninety-ninth in education.

10/27/2009 12:42:03 PM

johnston?

10/27/2009 12:42:28 PM

Union, Stanley, Cabarrus, Rowan, Iredell, Catawba, Lincoln and Gaston

its an 8 way tie

10/27/2009 12:42:43 PM

Don't start this shit again. Nobody gives a shit what kind of BBQ you like.

10/27/2009 12:43:02 PM

I really wanted to say Gaston but I don't think I've ever been there. So I would be biased.

10/27/2009 12:43:56 PM

Orange County, obvious reason.

10/27/2009 12:43:59 PM

wilson

highest electric rates in the U.S.

10/27/2009 12:44:28 PM

Thats a reason to hate it

Oh fuck, it costs me .0006 cents more to leave my computer on overnight

10/27/2009 12:45:19 PM

Robeson County is pretty fucking garbage.

And there is absolutely nothing special about my county (Columbus)...but there isn't anything horrible in it...like Lumberton, Fayetteville, or Jacksonville. So it can't be the worst.

[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 12:51 PM. Reason : .]

10/27/2009 12:47:35 PM

Madison County

(Mars Hill College is OK, but the rest is redneck trash)

10/27/2009 12:52:57 PM

Quote :

"wilson highest electric rates in the U.S. "

they're one of the lowest of all the electricities members.

10/27/2009 12:54:08 PM

Quote :

"Union, Stanley, Cabarrus, Rowan, Iredell, Catawba, Lincoln and Gaston its an 8 way tie"

better take Iredell out, boy.

10/27/2009 1:13:05 PM

Pamlico is poor as hell

although I do love places along the Neuse in that county

10/27/2009 1:14:33 PM

PamCo is where it's at!

ahahahahahaha.

same can be said for RockCo

[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM. Reason : .]

10/27/2009 1:15:33 PM

Quote :

"same can be said for RockCo"

Rockingham County FTW!

10/27/2009 1:32:06 PM

harnett and johnston both suck pretty bad, but robeson would get my vote

10/27/2009 1:33:01 PM

edgecombe

10/27/2009 1:38:13 PM

Onslow. One of the worst health ratings in the state.

10/27/2009 1:38:22 PM

Bertie: sooo poor
Halifax: ghetto and smells like sulfur
Warren: ghetto and poor

The counties in North Carolina with critical rates of poverty (at least 50% above the state average) include the following:

* Bertie (21.3%)
* Columbus (21.1%)
* Edgecombe (21.5%)
* Halifax (23.2%)
* Hertford (20.8%)
* Northampton (20.9%)
* Robeson (23.8%)
* Tyrrell (23.5%)
* Vance (20.7%)
* Warren (21.8%)

Poverty rates also reach critical levels in the following major cities (25,000 or more people):

Read more: http://poverty.suite101.com/article.cfm/poverty_in_north_carolina#ixzz0V9wAqSPZ


[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 1:43 PM. Reason : .]

10/27/2009 1:42:25 PM

Dear Warren County - when I dial you, why do I have to dial the fucking area code when it's the same as mine?

Thanks,

Scrumps.

10/27/2009 1:45:25 PM

The area code for Warren County is 252, silly.

10/27/2009 1:46:20 PM

rocky mount was recently included on the Forbes 10 most impoverished cities list. yay! we are half in nash and half in edgecombe, but the edgecombe side is the bad one.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/12/most-impoverished-cities-business-beltway-poverty-cities_slide_10.html

Quote :

"Rocky Mount, N.C., Metro Area Population: 143,364 Per capita income: $22,662 Income of bottom one-fifth: $7,840 People earning below 50% of poverty line: 7.8% Food stamp recipients: 17% Public health care recipients under age 65: 28,048 2008 unemployment: 8.7% The bottom fifth in Rocky Mount earn less than in other southern cities on this list Macon or Albany. Unemployment for 2008, even before the worst of the recession, was already elevated. It has since risen further to 13.8%."

the population they list there is including the "metro area", not just rocky mount. we're only 56,000 people in the city itself.

10/27/2009 1:48:40 PM

The people saying Johnston haven't been very far outside Wake Co., that's for sure. Johnston really isn't all that terrible.

10/27/2009 1:49:00 PM

I just dialed Warrenton, and the person had a 919 area code. They must be losers!

10/27/2009 1:49:53 PM

^ It's probably a cell phone.

10/27/2009 1:51:03 PM

Carteret, duh.

10/27/2009 1:52:07 PM

Oh. Well, Johnston County is the same way - it's 919, but you have to dial the area code. And THEN there's some 336s you can dial from here and you don't have to dial 1 first.

So weird.

10/27/2009 1:52:59 PM

What an interesting thread....

I have driven through bertie county several times on the way to camden county (e-shitty) and the only business that has cars in the parking lot is the ABC store.

I hear the hunting is good there though....right pwrstroke?

Also, driving to emerald isle, I see how wrecked Jones County is....I think that's pretty poor too. But that's only speculation. I don't have any numbers to back that up - so therefore, that's strict opinion.

10/27/2009 2:06:58 PM

I don't know the exact answer, but I'm positive it's somewhere in eastern North Carolina.

10/27/2009 2:13:42 PM

But they have good barbeque, so poverty is well worth it!

10/27/2009 2:14:20 PM

^^ Then you've never heard of Appalachia's "Mountain Dew Mouth."

10/27/2009 2:20:29 PM

Duplin county is worthless. farms, illegal immigrants, and crackheads.

10/27/2009 2:21:53 PM

Great point, homosaw!

10/27/2009 2:23:55 PM

polk county

10/27/2009 2:28:53 PM

Quote :

"Carteret, duh."

Rage rage rage.

I'll take my nice, clean beaches with lots and lots of whiteys.

Erh, I'm not counting Jacksonville though.

[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 3:16 PM. Reason : kjkj]

10/27/2009 3:14:58 PM

cumberland county

fucking trash

Quote :

"johnston?"

dont get out much

[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 3:39 PM. Reason : lol]

10/27/2009 3:39:08 PM

I always thought Butner county would be a pretty podunk place

I mean, who the fuck lives in a place called Butner?

10/27/2009 3:41:05 PM

montgomery

10/27/2009 3:48:34 PM

^^I've never been there, or even heard of the place before, but I am forced to share your assumption.

10/27/2009 3:52:45 PM

Warren County

Also has some of the highest property tax rates on the east coast

and last year they DOUBLED and TRIPLED for many people

every official runs as a democrat unopposed pretty much every election

im hoping they find a way to give some of it back to VA to be honest. Lake gaston is theirs after all

[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 3:53 PM. Reason : asdf]

10/27/2009 3:52:56 PM

Robeson ~

10/27/2009 3:53:45 PM

^^ Lake Gaston ruins taxes for everyone in Warren County.

As for democrats there, Republicans will switch parties and run as Democrats so they can win elections. People simply vote a straight ticket in that county.

10/27/2009 3:56:25 PM

^^^ no shit, the only revenue northampton and warren get are from lakefront property tax

[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 3:57 PM. Reason : everyone should drive through macon at least once]

10/27/2009 3:56:57 PM

Robeson

10/27/2009 3:58:37 PM

According to my girlfriend's family, there is nothing in Tyrell County except mosquitoes. Sounds pretty shitty to me.

10/27/2009 3:59:30 PM

^^^ Everyone should drive through Macon and stop for a drink at the Long Riders or Lone Riders biker bar. It's also the only place where I've just seen a random Klan meeting/party outside that wasn't a major rally.

[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 4:00 PM. Reason : .]

10/27/2009 3:59:49 PM

thats where they meet up before they go lynchin and burnin crosses in niggertown aka warrenton

10/27/2009 4:00:45 PM

Nobody reads the 49th post.

[Edited on October 27, 2009 at 4:02 PM. Reason : l]

10/27/2009 4:00:50 PM