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Shittiest part of North Carolina

What is the shittiest part of North Carolina?

  • The lovely Gastonia / Shelby / Spindale corridor

    Votes: 2 3.2%

  • Fayettenam / Lumberton

    Votes: 33 53.2%

  • Chadbourn / Whiteville / Bladenboro triangle

    Votes: 12 19.4%

  • Appalachia NC version (I’m looking at you Canton / Waynesville)

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • Henderson to Oxford

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • Charlotte obvi

    Votes: 13 21.0%
  • Total voters
    62
DeacHead said:
My bingo card did not include "see your hometown dunked on" when I opened up the OGB forums today.

Yes, I am a native son of one of these towns, the one that seems to have been mentioned the most - Chadbourn. I want to offer a rebuttal but... I got nuthin.

It's more than a little perplexing to see Lumberton/Fayetteville getting votes from people that even been to my "triad". Where I'm from, going to Lumberton or, (especially) Fayetteville is a trip to the big city.

I do have this in its defense, the Strawberry Festival is fun and I can legitimately say the best Strawberries I've ever had came from local farmers. Worth stopping at a stand from April - early May to see for yourself if you're travelling through.

It had its heyday. That was long before I was born though (and I'm no spring chicken). When I was growing up the local economy was propped up by some textile and lumber mills. We all know what happened there. Now there's... nothing. Maybe work at Wal-Mart, Food Lion or Dollar General.

I still think of a recent trip down when someone was telling how "Trump was going to bring the jobs back". I was this [] close to saying my first ever "bless your heart". It's Trumpy, really Trumpy. And Jesusy. If I'm there for an extended period I get hit up hard to attend the church of whoever I'm talking to. I can't quite muster the chutzpah to tell them I'm not into their fairy tales, not at all.

Anyway, there are good folks there, the story is more complex than just "dumb rednecks being dumb".
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According to census data Chadbourn is 2/3 black, which might explain the Jesusy part but not so sure about the Trumpy.
 
DownEastDeac said:
According to census data Chadbourn is 2/3 black, which might explain the Jesusy part but not so sure about the Trumpy.
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It was actually a black woman that I was talking to that said he was bringing the jobs back, she was part of some Chadbourn revitalization group. Playing the odds, I thought I'd get a break from Trumpiness talking to her but nope.

Henry Chinaski said:
I’m impressed we have a local expert! Yeah I’m sure all these towns have a complex and (at times) sad history. Chadbourn seems like a place where the local sheriff runs the whole town unopposed and does whatever he wants with complete impunity. Like the town in Roadhouse.

i bet there are actually a lot of “Chadbourns” in NC, but this one is quasi famous because you have to drive thru it to get to Myrtle. Some just aren’t on the way to anything and no one has ever been there. BTW Tabor City kinda seems like a shithole too.

Also huge L on myself for not adding Jacksonville as an option
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This thread actually got me thinking about why no mention of Evergreen? Why no Cerro Gordo or Regalwood (these are all Colombus Co towns, like Chadbourn) and yeah, you're right, it's because the drive to Myrtle takes you there from basically all points in NC. You skirt around Tabor, so people don't get to see its downtown area. I'm convinced it's map software that's taken so many people through. When I was growing up beach traffic could be busy, but not obtrusive. Now from Memorial to Labor Day, Friday-Sunday can be hellish, backed up a mile. In ye olden days you'd pull out your map and it would look like driving to Conway was the way to go, more highway time. Now Google Maps tells you to turn right onto 410 from 74 and off you go.

So many locals I talk to have ambitions of grabbing some of that beach traffic for their business, I just want to tell them "no honey, these people want to get the hell on to their beach condo" but I don't want to dash anyone's dreams.

As for the "local sheriff", you don't know the half of it. The town is perpetually cycling through police chiefs who get fired for various grifts and crimes. The last one was a doozy, it reads like a Breaking Bad subplot: https://www.wect.com/2023/09/25/former-chadbourn-police-chief-pleads-guilty-fourteen-felonies/
 
Guess I'm the lone Henderson to Oxford vote. At least all of the other places still feel like NC in some respect. Henderson and Oxford simply just exist. They could be shitholes in literally any other southern state and I couldn't tell the difference.
 
I also played Henderson CC for the first time a few weeks ago and it tips out at like 6k yards. No self respecting person can take that seriously.
 
Frosty said:
Guess I'm the lone Henderson to Oxford vote. At least all of the other places still feel like NC in some respect. Henderson and Oxford simply just exist. They could be shitholes in literally any other southern state and I couldn't tell the difference.
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Henderson and Oxford have a nice collection of fast food and gas stations for your trip through to someone better.

In Eastern NC, if you get hungry on a road trip, I hope you like Hardee’s. If you need gas, you only have Sun-do.
 
Lumberton/Laurinburg area gets my vote. Lots of poverty, hellish heat and humidity in summer, not close enough to the beach to count, and just seems bleak all around. Roanoke Rapids is pretty bad too. At least if a town is in the mountains they've got the scenery and if it's close to the beach that's a plus.
 
bym051d said:
Henderson and Oxford have a nice collection of fast food and gas stations for your trip through to someone better.

In Eastern NC, if you get hungry on a road trip, I hope you like Hardee’s. If you need gas, you only have Sun-do.
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Just look for the bbq joints.
 
If Charlotte had a river no way it gets 9 votes here
 
Kory said:
If Charlotte had a river no way it gets 9 votes here
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It is crazy that none of the major cities in NC are near water. I think just about every major city in the US is on a river, Great Lake, or ocean. Except Charlotte and Raleigh
 
Henry Chinaski said:
It is crazy that none of the major cities in NC are near water. I think just about every major city in the US is on a river, Great Lake, or ocean. Except Charlotte and Raleigh
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Coastal areas of NC are very flat. The rivers aren't that deep. The ground near where the rivers meet the sea is not good for supporting large buildings. Hurricanes hit the coast frequently, so anything built has to be very strong or it is wiped away or flooded.
 
Kory said:
not going to bite on this Wilmington disrespect
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Wilmington is what the 7th biggest city in the state? C’mon now its basically like two shitty seafood restaurants on the river and Wrightsville. Let’s not get carried away.
 
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