Robstown, Texas
You’re taking a big risk by deciding to live in the city that gave birth to Texas hold’em. According to Money magazine, this Nueces County suburb of Corpus Christi is ranked as Texas’ worst place to live, with poverty rates exceeding 40% and a high prevalence of drug use. Robstown has a fifth of the population living in poverty, and the median household income is only $35,504, though some residents believe addiction is the real issue. The Caller-Times reports that Nueces County has one of Texas’ highest overdose death rates, with 10.4 deaths per 100,000 people.
Robstown, Texas
Southbridge Town, Massachusetts
Southbridge Town in Worcester County was never able to reclaim its former glory after the American Optical Company left in the 1990s. The former American Optometric campus, according to the Telegram & Gazette, was once the world’s largest manufacturer of optometric products. The sprawling site is slated for redevelopment, and a trio of fountains paying homage to the old campus was recently unveiled. Even the switch that was used to turn them on was made out of reclaimed AO building materials. Manufacturing is the region’s largest industry, even though it has been declining for some time. The manufacturing sector in Greater Worcester has lost half of its jobs since 1990, according to the Worcester Business Journal. Overall job growth had been improving, but the economy came to a halt in 2018 and 2019, after a decade of expansion. The city’s median household income is $51,270.
Southbridge Town, Massachusetts
