It seems like a lot of people have Georgia on their minds these days.
The state is home to more than 10 million people and a number that continues to grow each year
it's one of the fastest growing states after all but if you're considering making the move
south it's not all boiled peanuts and sunshine if you already consider georgia home you know
the state has a lot to offer from good manners to great food but today we're going to look at
which cities are considered the pits of the peach state now we looked at all kinds of data to rank
the cities in georgia that are the worst crime rates unemployment rates poverty rates education
and a whole lot more and while there's a whole lot of people taking that midnight train to georgia
they're not going to stop at the places we're going to talk about let's get started
we're going to begin our tour of the worst places in georgia with the stop in forest park
little city with a population of 19 000 people that's located about nine miles south of atlanta
so why did it make list forest park crime rates are soaring and violent crimes are about ninety
percent higher than the national average get this you actually have a one in twenty chance
of being the victim of a crime if you live here pretty scary right and it's not just crime that's
a problem the city has the 33rd lowest income but don't worry you don't need much money to live here
that's because forest park ranks worst when it comes to home values plus there aren't really too
many places to spend your money anyways unless you count the three family dollar stores all
within a four mile radius and that's not much fun the schools are surprisingly decent but
that's just about the only bright spot for this little suburb the story's pretty similar to our
next stop welcome to clarkson georgia population 12 000 people this little city is about 20 miles
east of atlanta and though it's only about one square mile big it's small but mighty a mighty
bad place to live sorry clarkson but let's back up a couple decades in the 90s clarkson seemed
like a great option for those looking to live outside of atlanta but still work in the capital
city there was convenient access to both public transportation and major highways and can you say
diversity the city of clarkson's noted for it in the 90s refugee asylum programs in the u.s
identified clarkson as a good fit for displaced persons of many different backgrounds in fact by
the year 2000 the local high school had students from more than 50 countries but let's fast forward
to today the unemployment rates 10 the schools are underfunded and property values are well
below the state average and you're just 20 miles outside of atlanta and a home costs just 122 000
that's saying something not to mention crime here is also an issue you have a 1 in 34 chance
of being the victim of some sort of property crime here every year no thanks our next worst
place to live in georgia is a small city of monroe where the population is just above 13 000 people
monroe was located an hour east of atlanta and was known for being the premier cotton producer back
in the 1900s but it's been all downhill since then the city went from booming economically
to now having one of the lowest median household incomes in the state and those making good money
seem to be the lucky ones the unemployment rate's high at 12 percent money isn't the only problem
crime in monroe is fairly high where 1 in 38 people have the chance of being a victim of
property crime and the schools are subpar overall there's not much to do here there's not many jobs
the weather is often crummy and you have a decent chance of having your car stolen or broken into
next stop at number seven as one of the worst places to live in georgia is swainsboro located
towards the southeastern part of the state the city finds itself at the intersection of two major
national highways us-1 and us-80 hence why the city motto is the crossroads of the great south
but that might be the only great thing about swainsboro
folks living in swainsboro are unemployed at a high rate of 9 percent that's tied
for the ninth highest in the state and three percentage points above the national average
the city's poverty-stricken with residents who have jobs earning only about 24k a year if you
think that's bad buckle up because swainsborough has the 12th highest crime rate in georgia too
residents have a 1 in 167 chance of being the victim of a violent crime here
that's pretty scary when you consider it's a small town with just over 7 000 residents and seriously
it's in the middle of nowhere at number six one of the tri-cities is making the list east point
the city is located just southwest of atlanta and has a population of about 35 000 people
the city's violent crime rate is more than triple the state-wide rate triple and while violent crime
rates are more common in east point than any other city in the state the property crime rate is even
more discouraging not only does east point have the highest property crime rate in the state it's
the second highest in the nation geez now when that study came out the city's mayor released a
statement saying there's no point like east point i'd say that's accurate and what usually goes hand
in hand with crime that's right poverty nearly 25 of the city's residents are below the poverty line
and five percent don't have jobs so this is not the kind of place you'd want to find yourself
after dark unless it's because you're watching stranger things on netflix that's right the
series filmed several scenes at east point so at least i have that at number five another one
of the tri-cities college park the city located about eight miles southwest of downtown atlanta
is home to the busiest airport in the world and it's chick-fil-a's headquarters
there's a good chance you've passed through this city on a layover but never knew it
now if you're not from georgia you probably heard a college park if you listen to rap a number of
rappers are from this small city of 14 000 people and there's several shout outs to college park and
their lyrics so you might be questioning why this wouldn't be a great place to live with access to a
major airport the chicken sandwich headquarters and just a short train ride from atlanta
for starters college park is one of the poorest cities in the state nearly seven percent of its
residents are unemployed and those who have a job earn under 36 000 a year and the major reason
college park is on our list is crime college park is one of the most dangerous places in georgia
it has the fourth highest crime rate and is known for street criminal activity and for gangs this is
not the place you won't forget to lock your car doors or your front doors either now we have to
travel about 200 miles south to get to our next stop camilla georgia this teeny tiny little city
only has a population of about 5 000 people but don't let this give you a false sense of safety
the crime here is actually the 13th highest in the state what does that mean exactly well
if you live here i hope you're not too attached to your belongings because you'd have a 1 in 24
chance of having them taken from you and crime isn't the only downfall in camilla either this
city has a very high unemployment rate at nearly 20 percent 20 percent people and those residents
who actually have jobs are making an average of 34 000 a year that's not very much at all
it's clear nobody wants to live here in just the past 10 years the population's gone down by about
eight percent it's not hard to understand when one of the most popular events of the year is the
nat days festival whatever that is let's move on to the center of the state where we'll find macon
georgia's third worst place to live right now macon's home to about 150 000 people
the city's nickname is the heart of georgia but it would be hard to find a lot to love
about macon right now sadly its home values are some of the lowest not only in the state
but in the entire country and the median income is less than 35 grand people who live here are just
plain broke but those are the least americans problems though the city has a huge crime
issue it's ranked 18th in the state for violent crimes and six for property crimes it's seriously
dangerous people from here joke that if you're from macon you have the bullet holes to prove it
let's just say that when they build a highway just to bypass your town you know it's time to move at
number two on our list albany located in southwest georgia it has a population of just over 73
000 people but it's going down quickly people are leaving this city left and right for a number of
reasons for starters people are jobless albany has the fifth worst unemployment rate in the state
at nearly 14 percent and has nearly doubled the state's poverty rate education could be to blame
only about 20 percent of adults living in albany have a college degree compared to about 31 percent
of adults nationwide houses here are also dirt cheap the city has the second worst median home
values in the state and it should come as no surprise crime is also a major issue here
albany ranks in the bottom third for crime if you live here you have a 1 in 13 chance of being the
victim of a crime so albany has all the problems of a very small town but none of the benefits
and it has the problems of a big city like high crime and traffic and corruption and poor schools
let's just say that people who grew up here and left say albany is a great place to be from if you
think albany's bad guess what atlanta is the worst place to live in georgia where do we even begin
with the capital city yes it has a lot to do from colleges and pro sports teams and there's a lot of
culture and filmmakers get tax breaks but that's all clouded by the city's high violent crime rate
and insufferable traffic the violent crime rate in atlanta is three times higher than
the national average and it was once named as one of america's top 25 murder capitals that's
right folks living here fall asleep listening to the sound of street racing and gunshots the city
also struggles with homelessness and 22 percent of its residents live below the poverty line
and then there's the traffic atlanta ranked number four on the most congested cities in
the us list and eighth for worst traffic on the planet folks in atlanta spend about 70 hours in
traffic every year yikes plus there's just certain parts of atlanta that you would not
ever want to go into it's terrible you do not want to live in atlanta trust me
okay so that's it the worst places you can live in georgia these are all bad places to live in
a somewhat below average state i can also let you know that the best places to live in georgia
are all places like dunwoody and alpharetta and johns creek and norwood and decatur all basically
northern atlanta suburbs where there's no crime the schools are really good if you live in one of
those places you should go out and celebrate with a slice of pecan pie and a sweet tea
that fish is big so eat the one you caught and the rednecks here will eat the deer they shot
never starve again i'll just shoot another [ __ ] never will go hungry they call me daniel boone
putting on my camo shoot a couple of bears or three then i'll make some grits and drink all of
my sweet tea hunting's what i got and my dinner is free i don't have to ask anyone for charity come
to my house fish is what you will get served along with grits and a side of bird hunting's what i got
that pig will soon get shot that fish will soon get caught oh hunting is what i got
it's where it's at hunting is what i got i got i got i got
oh i will cry when my deer runs away i will get angry at the tags i have to pay i will get angry
when i miss my shot i'll never lie about the fish that i caught hunting and fishing
it's all the same being in the woods the only way to stay sane hunting will always be a part of me
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