Did they have a link to the full list somewhere? Would like to see where my hometown fits in.
As for the #1 worst city... I've only passed through St. Louis while traveling on the Greyhound. My 3 hour layover there was easily the most surreal experience on the entire trip.
Their bus station is housed in the hollowed out interior of an old bank, and features a single, gigantic room with massive stone pillars, gilded cornices, and huge chandeliers and brass lighting fixtures which birds fly about and nest in.
I was there at 5AM, sharing part of my stale bagel with a bouncy little angelic sparrow, while the sunrise came in through the fifteen foot tall windows on the Eastern wall, filling the room with a soft, golden light. Suddenly, two security guards tackle a man who was running away from them, knocking over the bench three feet away from me in the process. I hadn't slept in 23 hours and was planning to on the next bus. I just sat there, disinterestedly watching the fight, the sparrow having flown already.
Between the devils, the angels, and the beautiful architecture, I imagine it was like being in purgatory.
Outside, St. Louis was gritty, grey, and industrial. Layers of graffiti overlap below the underpasses, in layers going back as far as the invention of spray paint. It reminded me of Gotham.
Wish I had a camera on that trip, though it was probably safer not having it.
