Most depressing city in the area

Gramps · Post by **Gramps** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 3:48 pm

Went on a road trip to Arkansas this past weekend. Got rerouted a few times due to road construction and getting off route.
We went through a small city called Cairo Ill.
What a depressed place..... Dollar stores, liqueur and lottery places are all that are open, not even a gas station.
Burned out houses, almost no traffic and a few folks walking. Was a guy walking with a 2x2 with hunk of chain hooked to the end of it swinging it around.
Sad.....

Aesinsp · Post by **Aesinsp** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 4:49 pm

Turns out racial unrest (and other factors) have contributed to Cairo's population decline since 1950's. The area has had quite the history back to Civil war times.
Yes, I had some time to do some reading this afternoon.
Carry-on.

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Javelin Man · Post by **Javelin Man** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:37 pm

Sounds like Campbell, Ohio where we had a protest many years ago.

ESAFO · Post by **ESAFO** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:07 am

Javelin Man wrote:Sounds like Campbell, Ohio.

I'm 5min from Campbell & just like many other depressed area's, it's like a slow erupting volcano that lava just keeps creeping closer.
The profit margin for said Dollar/Liquor stores in general is outrageous, it's self explanatory when you see them pop up in the most run down area's.
As long as they avoid too much theft loss they will continue to stay in business.

weakhand luke · Post by **weakhand luke** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:14 pm

ESAFO wrote:
Javelin Man wrote:Sounds like Campbell, Ohio.
I'm 5min from Campbell & just like many other depressed area's, it's like a slow erupting volcano that lava just keeps creeping closer.
The profit margin for said Dollar/Liquor stores in general is outrageous, it's self explanatory when you see them pop up in the most run down area's.
As long as they avoid too much theft loss they will continue to stay in business.

We like to visit Mill Creek, that's pretty nice.

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M-Quigley · Post by **M-Quigley** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 3:42 pm

Gramps wrote:Went on a road trip to Arkansas this past weekend. Got rerouted a few times due to road construction and getting off route.
We went through a small city called Cairo Ill.
What a depressed place..... Dollar stores, liqueur and lottery places are all that are open, not even a gas station.
Burned out houses, almost no traffic and a few folks walking. Was a guy walking with a 2x2 with hunk of chain hooked to the end of it swinging it around.
Sad.....

That's a heck of a detour if you're in Ohio.

Or are you in another state?

Gramps · Post by **Gramps** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 4:07 pm

M-Quigley wrote:
Gramps wrote:Went on a road trip to Arkansas

That's a heck of a detour if you're in Ohio. Or are you in another state?

Wife was using an atlas to route us. Maybe that had something to do with it! We made it home though!

docachna · Post by **docachna** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:39 pm

Gramps wrote:
M-Quigley wrote:
Wife was using an atlas to route us. Maybe that had something to do with it! We made it home though!

We ended up going through Cairo a couple of years ago, enroute back to Nashville from Chiraq.

Thought it would be "cool" to take the scenic route.

Not so much.....

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