I wouldn’t consider Milwaukee a shithole. I get there quite often for work. Definitely a blue collar city, but not a shithole. At least not anymore. Newark=big ole shithole, Cleveland is a mid-tier shithole. Detroit, Memphis, now San Francisco, Oakland, those are grade A shitholes. One could make a case about Raleigh-Durham and the Floyd street area of Louisville too but that’s another topic.I love Idaho. Have a good friend who lives in Boise. Lots of Mormons up there, it’s like a mini Utah.
I’ve been to both Portland and Seattle in the last year and both are fantastic. If you consider them shitholes, I’d like to see your definition of a nice city.
Of cities I’ve been to, the first that come to mind when I hear “shithole” are Newark, Cleveland, Milwaukee. Of course, every one of those is Nirvana compared to the third world. We have a different definition of shithole here.
Can’t believe I’m calling cities shitholes. That’s racist.