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What is the worst name for a town, ever?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46812points) August 9th, 2013

We have a town called “Burden” here in Kansas. Depressing little place!

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Sunny2's avatar

Truth or Consequence, New Mexico.

KNOWITALL's avatar

Peculiar in Missouri but I really like Hell, MI…lol

http://thefw.com/worst-town-names/

majorrich's avatar

Dicktown, New Jersey

DominicX's avatar

@Sunny2 That one is pretty bad; a town named after a game show. But it does draw some tourism, I’d imagine.

In the foothills of California, there’s a town called “Bummerville”...

Dutchess_III's avatar

Dicktown??!! LOLL!!

anartist's avatar

Accident, Maryland

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Blue Ball, PA and just down the road from Intercourse, PA and both are somewhere near Paradise, PA.

flutherother's avatar

There is a village called Dull in Perthshire, now twinned with Boring in Oregon.

AstroChuck's avatar

It’s a tie between Dildo, Newfoundland and Fart, Virginia.
Real places. Look them up.

Mama_Cakes's avatar

Fucking, Austria

Apparently, people keep stealing the sign here.

anartist's avatar

@AstroChuck Fart, Virginia??????????????????????????

El_Cadejo's avatar

damn it @Mama_Cakes I was just typing that :P

Intercourse Pa

anartist's avatar

Citizens of Fucking, Austria are trying to get their town renamed Fugging. I guess they’ve never heard of Tuli Kupferberg & Ed Sanders.

Dutchess_III's avatar

They could rename it Humping.

ucme's avatar

There’s a town close by named Pity Me, residents are said to be apathetic, or maybe just pathetic.

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

Weiner Arkansas

Yes… they have The Weiner Police.

My grandmother lived there. They all pronounce it “Weener”.

Dutchess_III's avatar

Why do penises keep popping up in almost every thread today? :D

Berserker's avatar

I want to go to that Fucking place. and gank the sign

rojo's avatar

Isn’t there a Wetwang in Yorkshire?
A Middlefart in Denmark?

And for those having trouble finding some, There is a Muff in Ireland and a Twatt in the Orkneys?

ucme's avatar

They visited Penistone on Top Gear’s last series.

Berserker's avatar

Not really related, but this question did remind me of this…

http://www.penisland.net/

we specialize in wood…lol.

Dutchess_III's avatar

I theenk they need a different name!

Pachy's avatar

Cheesequake, New Jersey And with apologies to any Jersey Jellies, this makes me think of Chris Christie.

YARNLADY's avatar

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

chyna's avatar

Big Ugly, WV.
True story in paper: Big Ugly woman died in a car wreck…..

rojo's avatar

For those of you not inclined to go to the Orkneys for Twatt, on the east coast of Scotland is Peterhead.
When we drove through there there was a big painted sign on a wall that said Peterhead Engineers and we thought, duh, aren’t they all?

Katniss's avatar

@KNOWITALL I don’t live too far from Hell. lol
They have a bar, a small convenience store, and an ice cream parlor called Screams.
Seriously, not even a gas station or a traffic light.

Katniss's avatar

How about Kalamazoo? That’s a silly name.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

Butte, Montana. I can’t help it, I just think of it as Butt.

Dutchess_III's avatar

Me too. Always, when I see it, I think of Butt.

Dutchess_III's avatar

When I hear or read Kalamzoo I some one playing a harmonica….wizzzzzzzz!!

filmfann's avatar

Pahrump, Nevada is a silly name.

dxs's avatar

There’s a Pittsfield in Massachuestts. I always think of armpits or something.
@WillWorkForChocolate It’s pronounced “byoot”, right?

Dutchess_III's avatar

No, I think it’s “Beaut.” But I see Butt.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

Yep. Beautiful Butt, Montana, lol.

livelaughlove21's avatar

My biological father lives in Bland, West Virginia. As if there’s any part of that state that isn’t bland.

chyna's avatar

@livelaughlove21 Um, hello! I live in WV. There are parts that aren’t bland.

livelaughlove21's avatar

@chyna My condolences.

My entire family lives in WV. It’s all bland to me. I live in South Carolina; I know bland when I see it. WV is even worse than here. Mountains and coal mines and not much else.

rojo's avatar

MOUNTAINS!!!! BLAND!!!! I think not!

livelaughlove21's avatar

@rojo Mountains are pretty – for about a week.

rojo's avatar

Mountains are beautiful…..........from the plains.

chyna's avatar

@rojo Here is a picture of the New River Gorge Bridge in WV.

rojo's avatar

@chyna To quote Bob and Doug McKenzie “Beauty ey!”

AshLeigh's avatar

@WillWorkForChocolate, I live in the town next to Butte, Alaska!
I freaking hate Big Lake, Alaska. There isn’t even a big lake there.

El_Cadejo's avatar

Whenever my family would road trip to FL we’d pass Dumfries Virgina. It always made me laugh as a kid

downtide's avatar

There’s a town in Lancashire called Ramsbottom. And a village in Essex called Fingringhoe.

Penistone never crossed my mind as being funny because I always see it how it’s pronounced – Pennys-ton

Dutchess_III's avatar

@AshLeigh My turn! “There isn’t even a big lake there.” Ha ha ha ha ha haaaa!!!

AshLeigh's avatar

I’m serious! It makes me mad. Haha.

El_Cadejo's avatar

Drove through a town today in north Jersey called Buttzville lol

wildpotato's avatar

Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey.

@Pachyderm_In_The_Room Yeah, the first time I saw that sign I nearly drove off the Garden State cracking up. Turns out it’s pronounced CHEZ-uh-quick.

El_Cadejo's avatar

@wildpotato how about that….. I hear cheesequake on the radio all the time but I never knew it was spelled like cheese quake due to the way people always pronounced it.

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