2nd worst town in Kansas

[slackcat]

SE quadrant is the worst overall. I don't think it is even close, although the fact that Horton is in the NE quadrant made me hesitate.

No way. Western KS is terrible.

Western KS smells like money. SE KS smells like ass.

 


I'm glad to see SEK represented so well, something to hang their hat on.  Parsons, C'ville, Chetopa, Galena, Girard, Oswego...........I'll nominate Humbolt.  Biblesta.

[j-dub]

Wellsville is pretty shitty

can confirm. also la cygne. and blue mound. and garnett. and parker.

Those are all disqualified because you made them up.

i wish linn county was made up. as coal aggie is to the nation, so linn county is to kansas. (garnett is not in linn county)

[felix rex]

SE quadrant is the worst overall. I don't think it is even close, although the fact that Horton is in the NE quadrant made me hesitate.

No way. Western KS is terrible.

Western KS smells like money. SE KS smells like ass.

 


I'm glad to see SEK represented so well, something to hang their hat on.  Parsons, C'ville, Chetopa, Galena, Girard, Oswego...........I'll nominate Humbolt.  Biblesta.

You can't take away big Brutus and Little Balkans Days (maybe the most WTF "Days" event I've stumbled across).

[Johnny Wichita]

Lots of amazing emaws from Colwich. 

[Institutional Control]

What is wrong with Big Brutus? Do you think those beautiful strip pits made themselves?

[slackcat]

SE quadrant is the worst overall. I don't think it is even close, although the fact that Horton is in the NE quadrant made me hesitate.

No way. Western KS is terrible.

Western KS smells like money. SE KS smells like ass.

 


I'm glad to see SEK represented so well, something to hang their hat on.  Parsons, C'ville, Chetopa, Galena, Girard, Oswego...........I'll nominate Humbolt.  Biblesta.

You can't take away big Brutus and Little Balkans Days (maybe the most WTF "Days" event I've stumbled across).

Also don't understand Katy Days in Parsons.  Celebrate a railroad that took a giant dump on the town, talk about low self-esteem.  Drove around town and noticed how they use plywood as window treatment, amazing.

I've been through Horton and it's a shithole but I'll throw my vote behind C'ville.......tops.

[Institutional Control]

SE quadrant is the worst overall. I don't think it is even close, although the fact that Horton is in the NE quadrant made me hesitate.

No way. Western KS is terrible.

Western KS smells like money. SE KS smells like ass.

 


I'm glad to see SEK represented so well, something to hang their hat on.  Parsons, C'ville, Chetopa, Galena, Girard, Oswego...........I'll nominate Humbolt.  Biblesta.

You can't take away big Brutus and Little Balkans Days (maybe the most WTF "Days" event I've stumbled across).

Also don't understand Katy Days in Parsons.  Celebrate a railroad that took a giant dump on the town, talk about low self-esteem.  Drove around town and noticed how they use plywood as window treatment, amazing.

I've been through Horton and it's a shithole but I'll throw my vote behind C'ville.......tops.

You can't throw your vote behind Coffeyville, it is already #1.

The reason for the plywood boards in Parsons is because of the tornado that went through. So, it was 4 years ago. Big deal.

[slackcat]

So I can't vote for the current leader?  Drive around Parsons sometimes with open eyes.....these homes are condemned and not from the tornado 12 yrs ago.

Get your crap straight.

[Institutional Control]

So I can't vote for the current leader?  Drive around Parsons sometimes with open eyes.....these homes are condemned and not from the tornado 12 yrs ago.

Get your crap straight.

This is for the 2nd worst. Coffeyville is the undisputed worst.

Has it been 12 years already? I was being sarcastic. I don't drive around Parsons, just through it about 4 or 5 times a year.

[slackcat]

So I can't vote for the current leader?  Drive around Parsons sometimes with open eyes.....these homes are condemned and not from the tornado 12 yrs ago.

Get your crap straight.

This is for the 2nd worst. Coffeyville is the undisputed worst.

Has it been 12 years already? I was being sarcastic. I don't drive around Parsons, just through it about 4 or 5 times a year.

I'm good with that.  #2 Parsons. 

[Bloodfart]

Colwich also has a failed lumber yard.  The owner has been trying to sell the property for about a decade.  Has been reduced to trying to rent.  No takers so far.  Have you ever smelled fermented milo.  It is flavo-ass with a tangy twist.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Parsons has some neighborhoods that are actually pretty nice. Most of those people send their kids to school at Altamont, but choose to live in Parsons. For this reason alone, I have a hard time believing they are actually second worst. I mean, why not just move to Altamont if Parsons is so bad?

[Institutional Control]

Parsons has some neighborhoods that are actually pretty nice. Most of those people send their kids to school at Altamont, but choose to live in Parsons. For this reason alone, I have a hard time believing they are actually second worst. I mean, why not just move to Altamont if Parsons is so bad?

No Super Walmart in Altamont.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Parsons has some neighborhoods that are actually pretty nice. Most of those people send their kids to school at Altamont, but choose to live in Parsons. For this reason alone, I have a hard time believing they are actually second worst. I mean, why not just move to Altamont if Parsons is so bad?

No Super Walmart in Altamont.

They drive their kids to school at Altamont five days per week, though. Wouldn't it be better to drive to the Super Walmart in Parsons once per week?

[Institutional Control]

Parsons has some neighborhoods that are actually pretty nice. Most of those people send their kids to school at Altamont, but choose to live in Parsons. For this reason alone, I have a hard time believing they are actually second worst. I mean, why not just move to Altamont if Parsons is so bad?

No Super Walmart in Altamont.

They drive their kids to school at Altamont five days per week, though. Wouldn't it be better to drive to the Super Walmart in Parsons once per week?

Valid point. Maybe they carpool to school.

When I was in high school, Labette Co. was one of the nicest high schools around.

[felix rex]

Altamont is pretty bland. Nothing super depressing other than the abandoned rest home on the main intersection. Possibly the best bball gym in the SEK. Also, liquor store! But maybe below the bubbles line.

[Asteriskhead]

Colwich also has a failed lumber yard.  The owner has been trying to sell the property for about a decade.  Has been reduced to trying to rent.  No takers so far.  Have you ever smelled fermented milo.  It is flavo-ass with a tangy twist.

I got really PAK'd in Colwich once. Not sure how that adds to the discussion 

Colwich does have a liquor store and a bar.

[Reboulet]

Colwich also has a failed lumber yard.  The owner has been trying to sell the property for about a decade.  Has been reduced to trying to rent.  No takers so far.  Have you ever smelled fermented milo.  It is flavo-ass with a tangy twist.

I got really PAK'd in Colwich once. Not sure how that adds to the discussion 

Colwich does have a liquor store and a bar.

Colwich now has TWO bars. In celebration, a small group of friends did a pub crawl there last Christmas.

The town has plenty of drawbacks, sure:

Super religious anti-abortion signs in every field
Crazy guitar lady at church
Lady who thinks there is an angel living in her barn
Sign at city limit that states "Home of Joel Weber, Speedboat Champion" or something
Priest forbid alcohol during receptions held in church assembly hall (This ban may have since been overturned.)
Ethanol plant

But it has pros:

Gambino's Pizza
Two bars, both serving food
Liquor store
Gas station that had the arcade version of Double Dragon for like 3 months in 1987
Small grocery store sells meat from Goddard locker
Elite Co-op
5 minutes from new hospital, 10 minutes from West Wichita

Colwich does not belong in this discussion. If you want a candidate for worst town in Western Sedgwick County, go with Garden Plain.

[waks]

Since I typically avoid small, shitty Kansas towns (except for Lincoln Center three times a year ), my knowledge on the subject is fairly limited. However, my vote goes to Westmoreland.

I had a friend move there in junior high and went to visit him once. What do the kids do for fun there? They go hangout in a cemetery.

All but two of the people I met there had spent a night in jail within the last month (all for separate reasons). Additionally, on more than five occasions, my buddy successfully fled from the cop(s?) by simply cutting across a field.

I was also stunned to find that literally everyone I met, regardless of age, chewed tobacco or smoked cigarettes. How did minors obtain their tobacco? From the local mom and pop's grocery store, of course.

It was a horrible place.

[The Big Train]

So I can't vote for the current leader?  Drive around Parsons sometimes with open eyes.....these homes are condemned and not from the tornado 12 yrs ago.

Get your crap straight.

This is for the 2nd worst. Coffeyville is the undisputed worst.

Has it been 12 years already? I was being sarcastic. I don't drive around Parsons, just through it about 4 or 5 times a year.

Was a student-athlete at JUCO in Coffeyville for 2 years.  First week I was there a basketball player got shot in the ass ON CAMPUS.

The "Great Flood" happened between my frosh and soph years, may have actually helped the city not be so shitty.

[bunter]

The "Great Flood" happened between my frosh and soph years, may have actually helped the city not be so shitty.

Define "easy on the eyes" - Still standing condemned oil soaked houses.

I lived in C'ville for a year (CCC!).  In a town known for bank robberies (check out the Dalton Gang) I was locked down on campus one night when a man robbed the Bank of America and killed an onlooker while in a shoot out with police after being chased down on his bike.

I vote Sedan for #2. I thought it was a junkyard when I first drove through it. They have a nice museum at least:

http://sd2cx1.webring.org/l/rd?ring=kssites;id=15;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eemmettkellymuseum%2Ecom%2F

[AbeFroman]

I'm not going to pretend like I know anything about SE or SW Kansas because I would never go there, but the worst town in Kansas I've been to is WaKeeney.

[slackcat]

The "Great Flood" happened between my frosh and soph years, may have actually helped the city not be so shitty.

yeah, more green space now, less dumpy.

[Dugout DickStone]

Colwich is pretty awful. 

   They have an alcohol plant just east of town.  It make the entire place reek of fermented milo.  There is a new business that engineers/invents new industrial equipment, but they lay people off as fast as they hire.  The town had a nice ball diamond but the ball club sold it to the school district so they could expand the grade school yet they still have mobile unit class rooms.     The new diamonds are ok but are depressing because all the new trees and shrubs planted are dying because of the record drought. 

   There is a power plant just east of town that caught on fire last week and will cost $8 million to repair the damage.  Also a forest of radio/tv towers litter the eastern horizon.  You would think that your radio would be able to pick up a signal on the other side of the planet being so close to all those towers.  Nope all you get is static.  The cooling towers from the power plant produce their own clouds some times.  The radio towers are also magnets for lightning strikes wich almost makes the towers worth while but still an eye sore 99%  of the year. 

   Oh and the town water treatment facility is just west of town 50 yrds south of the main road and on hot days your car's a/c will blow the cent of human crap in your face.  It's a late entry but feels like a strong contender to me.  The only thing saving this town is being in close proximity to Wichita.

Not alcohol plants, biofuel.  Abengoa is elite.

[Johnny Wichita]

Colwich now has TWO bars. In celebration, a small group of friends did a pub crawl there last Christmas.

The town has plenty of drawbacks, sure:

Super religious anti-abortion signs in every field
Crazy guitar lady at church
Lady who thinks there is an angel living in her barn
Sign at city limit that states "Home of Joel Weber, Speedboat Champion" or something
Priest forbid alcohol during receptions held in church assembly hall (This ban may have since been overturned.)
Ethanol plant

But it has pros:

Gambino's Pizza
Two bars, both serving food
Liquor store
Gas station that had the arcade version of Double Dragon for like 3 months in 1987
Small grocery store sells meat from Goddard locker
Elite Co-op
5 minutes from new hospital, 10 minutes from West Wichita

Colwich does not belong in this discussion. If you want a candidate for worst town in Western Sedgwick County, go with Garden Plain.

I'm certain we are at least friends of friends.