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This Is The Ugliest City In Florida

By Diana Beasley

This Is The Ugliest City In Florida.  Are you surprised?

I wonder if this was hard to decide.  There are so many beautiful places here in Florida.  I instantly think of the beautiful beaches up and down the east and west coasts, the charming little beach towns and the perfect year round weather .  When I saw ugliest, I thought maybe Miami.  Miami gets a bad wrap from time to time, I wasn’t sure they could catch a break.  But, much to my surprise another city here in Florida has taken the title as “Ugliest.”

The folks over at Alot.com have come up with their list of the ugliest cities in each state.    According to their website, they made their choices based on lack of maintenance or just poor design choices.  They went on to say that these cities may be great places to look at but they won’t be winning any beauty contests soon.   Haha!  That’s kind of harsh.

For those of you who live in this area, don’t kill the messenger.  We love ALL of Florida here!

So, what was their choice for ugliest city in Florida?  Panama City took this one.

Here’s a little taste of what alot.com had to say about Panama City as their choice for ugliest city in Florida

Panama City Beach, Florida is a resort town full of lots of fun and scenic views. In a very confusing naming twist, there’s also Panama City, Florida which is just right down the road from the resort town. Unfortunately, people don’t think it’s nearly as beautiful or fun as PCB. 

The main complaint of residents, who are in agreement that Panama City isn’t the prettiest place to live, is all of the McMansions that seem to pop up all over the place. They’ve hit a critical mass of boring, tasteless homes and now it’s starting to drag the city down! 
So, we know this time of year, the snowbirds are here in Florida.   So we didn’t forget want to forget about you and the ugly towns in your states.

  • Ugliest City In Michigan: Detroit

    Here’s what alot.com says about Detroit:  Poor Detroit, Michigan just can’t seem to catch a break. It’s got a reputation for being a bad place to live, and it’s also a pretty ugly place to live too. Things are so bad that native Detroiters know that people are talking about them and are actually starting to agree with the naysayers!

  • Ugliest City In Minnesota: Glencoe

    Here’s what alot.com says about Glencoe:  Let’s be honest: every small, neglected town in America looks practically the same, and this lack of uniqueness makes these places rank even lower on the beauty scale. As for this tiny Minnesota town — on top of looking generally ugly– Glencoe suffers from the worst kind of small-town syndrome — exclusivity. Sitting at barely 5,600 people, you’d think these residents wouldn’t act so high and mighty!

  • Ugliest City In Illinois: Riverdale

    Here’s what alot.com says about Riverdale:  “Housing is terrible. Taxes are too high for what we get out of the city and it is not affordable if you are renting, especially. There is a lot of on-street parking [but] exterior quality is terrible. Now, a lot of the older people are passing away and their homes are being given to… people who don’t care… making it even worst than it already is.”

  • Ugliest City In Ohio: Youngstown

    Here’s what alot.com says about Youngstown:  There are lots of cities in the Rust Belt that have started to decline over the years. As businesses and people move away, a city slowly dies a becomes a shell of its former self. Unfortunately, that’s what happened to Youngstown, Ohio, and some people have started to notice just how far it’s fallen. 

  • Ugliest City In Massachusetts: Brockton

    Here’s what alot.com says about Brockton:  The only architecturally interesting part of Brockton, Massachusetts, is City Hall. The rest of the buildings are organized like a budget version of Paris with all of the straight-edged roads, squished townhouses, and a famous library. At least the city is home to a couple of boxing champions; otherwise, it’d be nothing special.

  • Ugliest City In Connecticut: New Haven

    Here’s what alot.com says about New Haven:  New Haven isn’t all bad. Time and time again residents and visitors alike point out that the Connecticut city is a great place to experience some delicious food. But, not all parts of New Haven are as glitzy, beautiful, and fun as the more tourist-heavy parts of the city. 

  • Ugliest City In Wisconsin: Milwaukee

    Here’s what alot.com says about Milwaukee:  Milwaukee has had some down years, but it’s back on the mend. While some people still consider it an ugly and undesirable city, residents state that they’ve started to see improvement in areas that were once less than stellar. It’s a good sign, but Milwaukee still has a long way to go

  • Ugliest City In New York: Albany

    Here’s what alot.com says about Albany:  If you’re not a fan of the big city, you’d probably think that New York City is the ugliest place in the state. However, there’s actually one city in New York that some people hate even more than the Big Apple–Albany. It’s the state capital, so Albany is definitely where business gets done, but it’s not somewhere you’d want to visit for fun. 

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