America's Most Boring Towns - Top 13 with pictures

A Duck wrote:

I passed through Helena, Montana once, and stopped at a fast food place...because it was late at night that that was all that was open.

There were 5 cop cars in front of the place. Turns out a woman had driven up, and then ordered something...and passed out...either drunk or someone had given her the date rape drug and it had just hit her.

I'd still vote for anyplace in Montana being the most boring.

Helena is a beautiful town and safe....unlike meth infested Oregon.

Manchester, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Hinesville, Georgia is the most boring place. And its boredom is insidious because people actually inhabit the place. The city's motto 'Home for a day or a lifetime' is appropriate because a day feels like a lifetime especially in summer.

I'm guessing the author bases much of his opinion on the relative availability of alcohol in those towns. Don't Kansas and Oklahoma have "dry laws" on the books still?

Welch, West Virginia?

90% of the towns in South Carolina are less interesting than the most boring square foot of sod in Kansas, Nebraska or Oklahoma, or any other state in the U.S. And I'm being conservative with the 90% figure.

narf wrote:

As a Kansan:

Hutchinson...has the Cosmosphere, they have the Apollo 13 capsule and a lot of other NASA stuff.

I laughed. One step away from "They have an old fighter jet on the courthouse lawn!"

All of those Kansas towns are undoubtedly boring as hell, although it IS a bullshit list, biased and too narrow. While Hutch is a boring town, don't misinterpret the previous comment on the Cosmosphere. It's an awesome place and definitely worth checking out if (and ONLY if) you're in the area!

The dude who came up with the list has apparently never been to Towner, ND.

See here -

http://www.townernd.com

They have a page called "News from Around Towner", and in it is this bit - "Tayton C. Kramer, son of Shawn and Melissa Kramer, Towner, was awarded the 2011 Pioneer Scholarship of five hundred dollars ($500) by the Towner Pioneer Daughters on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at their monthly meeting."

Not only that, but they then have the essay online for all to see:

"My great, great, great grandfather Peter Pister Sr., the son of Leonard and Catherinam Elisabetham. Peter was born on December 12, 1847 in Hassoloch, Pfalz, Bayenn, Germany. He married Margaretha French in Germany.

Peter and Margaretha came to America in May of 1884. They entered at a port in New York and they homesteaded in Breman, North Dakota. Together Peter and Margaretha had five children. Their oldest son was George Sr, born April 13, 1872, in Munchen, Germany. George later married Rosina (Rosa) Schock on June 9, 1902 in Fessenden, North Dakota. George and Rosa homesteaded south of Kief, North Dakota, where George farmed.

George and Rosa had ten children. Their ninth child was Ella Nora. She was born June 20, 1922 in Kief. On the fourth of December in 1944, in Washburn, Ella married Selmer Hegney Sr. Together they had six children. Their third child was Lonie.

Lonie was born November 15, 1948 in Minot, ND. Lonie married Garry Paul Hauf on October 23, 1966 at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Max, North Dakota. Together they had four children, their first daughter, Melissa Lynn, was born September 24, 1971. On April 8th of 1995, Melissa married Shawn Kramer. They had four children together. I am their eldest son, Tayton Christian Kramer.

I plan to attend Bismarck State College this fall. I am taking up the carpentry program they have there. After college I plan to work around the Minot area with hopes of having my own business someday."

Compete with THAT!

Is Scott Sargent the greatest troll in the world???

Look at the comments on his page to all of these towns, they are great.

Congrats

anonymous coward wrote:

Is Scott Sargent the greatest troll in the world???

Look at the comments on his page to all of these towns, they are great.

Congrats

Yes u may be right

I particularly like the comment, "only boring people get bored."

michael t. smith wrote:

Boring,Oregon

I clicked on this thread to suggest the same thing. That's gotta be tough to top.

Dan

I went on a business trip to Wichita. Was curious about it, having grown up as a JRyun fan. Ok, I was there in winter, but still--grey, flat, boring, charmless--and for a "big city" it had dull, chain restaurants, crummy hotels. People there probably are nice, and they have a great running tradition, but if I was a young kid, I would be out of there the minute I could.

Look, all over the USA, there are "towns" of less than 500 people that maybe have a place to buy cigarettes and beer and that's it...not even anywhere to RINK the beer except back at your trailer or shack. Those places are more boring than anyplace on that list.

I mean, what about some of those little New York State towns up by the Canadian border? no, I don't mean Buffalo...the really little ones, closer to Vermont.

Moore Oklahoma is by far the most boring and worst town in america to live in.

Moore Oklahoma has more police officers than it has citizens. They have the highest police density in the country, more than new york city and l.a. combined. Very very stupid and unncessary. 90% of the citys g.d.p. index comes from traffic tickets. Its gotten so stupid, that even hometown legend Toby Keith refuses to do business there. Moore Lions football, which was once televised on espn for its rivalvy with WestMoore highschool, hasnt even won a game in 4 years. The average age of a moore citizen is 61 years old. Grass in this town must be kept at inch. Town curfew is at 9pm. cars must be parked neatly in driveway. house must be painted a plain christian color with no rust.

Moore is also widely known as the most conservatown town in the United States. With a population of close to 94,000 people, on 7 people voted for barack obama in 2008. You will be arrested in moore oklahoma just for being non-white or non-baptist. STAY AWAY FROM MOORE.

A Duck wrote:

I passed through Helena, Montana once, and stopped at a fast food place...because it was late at night that that was all that was open.

There were 5 cop cars in front of the place. Turns out a woman had driven up, and then ordered something...and passed out...either drunk or someone had given her the date rape drug and it had just hit her.

I'd still vote for anyplace in Montana being the most boring.

Hey Duck, thanks for your in depth review of the Macdonald's next to the highway at 1 AM, which is identical in every town and city in America.

I must add. I have driven across the country several times and been to probably 45 states. And the Central Valley of California must have some towns in the running. Drive down 5 or 99, say between Sac. and the grapevine, and get off any secondary route and you will find some contenders. Zero charm, awful weather that would make you not want to be outside, and absolutely nothing going on. What the f*ck would you do??

I'd rather live in one of those towns the OP threw out there.

dkap wrote:

michael t. smith wrote:

Boring,Oregon

I clicked on this thread to suggest the same thing. That's gotta be tough to top.

Dan

Well, literally, yes, but Boring, OR is far from it. Nice scenery, gateway to the Mt Hood Ski stuff and heck there's a Hood-to-Coast changeover right there by the Fred Meyer parking lot.