East St. Louis regularly fights Camden, NJ (a suburb of Philadelphia) for worst city in the country. It is a toilet, and part of me thinks it should be bombed over and started from scratch.
St. Louis is in the midst of a renaissance of sorts...new construction, people coming back to the city, etc. I left 6 years ago in part because none of that sort of thing was happening. I've been back more over the past year, and just moved back a week ago, but so far, I'm impressed. I'm sure I'll get sick of it again soon, though.
